On Monday, the latest player world ranking for the week was announced, and no small number of changes have taken place.
First, let's talk about the change in the ranking of men's players.
Undoubtedly, the 18-year-old Alcaraz is the most talked about. After winning the Barcelona championship last week, the talented teenager rose directly from 11th to 9th in the world rankings, making him in the top 10 of the world for the first time in his career.
As a result, Alcaraz became not only the youngest in the world's top 10 since Nadal (who entered the top 10 in 2005), but also since 1994, with two Spanish players in the top 10 of the ATP rankings.
It can be said that this is a phenomenon that attracts people's attention. The 18-year-old Alcaraz also became the 9th youngest in the world's top 10 in history.
Youngest player in history to reach the top 10 of the ATP rankings:
Players, age
Aaron Krikstein (USA), August 13, 1984, 17 years and 11 days
Zhang Depei (USA), June 12, 1989, 17 years, 3 months, 21 days
Becker (Germany), July 8, 1985, 17 years, 7 months and 16 days
Matz Wieland (Sweden), July 12, 1982, 17 years, 10 months 20 days
Bjørn Borg (Sweden), 3 June 1974, 17 years, 11 months, 28 days
Agassi (USA), June 6, 1988, 18 years, 1 month, 8 days
Andrey Medvedev (UK), 7 June 1993, 18 years, 9 months 7 days
Nadal (Spain), 25 April 2005, 18 years, 10 months and 22 days
Alcaraz (Spain), 25 April 2022, 18 years, 11 months and 20 days
Let's talk about women's players.
In the WTA rankings, Bardoza's world rankings rose from No. 3 to No. 2 in the world, becoming the fourth player in Spain to enter the top two in the world.
Top 2 Spanish players in the WTA rankings:
Players: Time and ranking
Sanchez, ranked first on February 6, 1995
Martinez, ranked second on October 30, 1995
Muguruza, ranked first on September 11, 2017
Bardoza, ranked second on 25 April 2022
In fact, the above four people are also the four Spanish female players in the history of Spain so far in the world's top 5, and there is another player who has entered the top 10 of the women's singles world, she is Navarro.
Other players in the women's singles have also changed a lot. After reaching the quarter-finals in Stuttgart, the post-00s player Raducannu rose from 12th to a career-high 11th, just one step away from 10th in the world.
It is worth mentioning that Raducano is the only English female player in the current top 100 WTA. (Source: Tennis House Author: Wu Li Fun)