More than 10 years after they first battled for No. 1, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will play for the top Emirates ATP Ranking this coming week at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. With current World No. 1 Andy Murray sidelined by injury, either Nadal or Federer will seize the top spot the Monday after Cincinnati. World No. 3 Federer continued to gain ground on No. 2 Nadal by reaching the final of the Coupe Rogers in Montreal, although his defeat in the title match to Alexander Zverev means the Swiss will spot the Spaniard a 320-point lead heading into the seventh ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event of the season. However, both players have destiny in their...
See the latest Emirates ATP Rankings as of 7 August 2017, after the
Citi Open in Washington, D.C., the Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel presentado por Cinemex in Los Cabos and the Generali Open in Kitzbuhel.
No. 20 Sam Querrey, +4 The American’s second tournament victory on Mexican soil this season saw him break back into the Top 20 in the Emirates ATP Rankings for the first time since July 2013 (at No. 20). His three-set defeat of Thanasi Kokkinakis to claim the title in Los Cabos marked only the second season of his career, after 2010, in which he had won more than one title for the year. Querrey has now claimed eight of his past nine matches, losing only to Marin Cilic in the Wimbledon semi-finals. Read & Watch Highlights No. 32 Kevin Anderson, +13 The big-serving South African finished his week in Washington, D.C. with 70 aces after he reached his first final...
Rafael Nadal's path to No. 1 became a lot simpler with the withdrawal of Andy Murray from the Coupe Rogers in Montreal on Thursday. Nadal needs to reach the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament to return to the top spot in the Emirates ATP Rankings. The 31-year-old Spaniard was last No. 1 in June 2014. He has spent a total of 141 weeks at No. 1. [ALSO LIKE] Murray, who's recovering from a hip injury, has reigned at No. 1 for 39 weeks. Last November, he became the 26th player and first British male to reach No. 1 in the history of the Emirates ATP Rankings (since 23 August 1973). “Sadly I’ve had to withdraw from...
See the latest Emirates ATP Rankings as of 31 July 2017, after the
German Tennis Championships 2017 in Hamburg, BB&T Atlanta Open and the J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Gstaad.