On May 2, Beijing time, ATP officially released the latest edition of the world rankings. Since there were no high-level events last week, there was not much change in the top players. However, for the Chinese men's tennis team, this week is a week worth remembering, a number of Chinese men's tennis players have soared in the rankings, and there are a total of 13 Chinese players in the world's top 1,000.
Djokovic remains at number one in the world this week, with his advantage over 2nd place Medvedev by 320 points. This is djokovic's 368th week of career ranking first in the world, continuing to set a new record he holds. After Djokovic, Medvedev, Zverev, Nadal and Tsitsipas are 2nd to 5th respectively.
The top 20 players have changed only once this week, with Dimitrov moving up two places from 22nd to 20th. Basrashvili, who previously ranked 20th, slipped seven spots this week to 27th.
The two players who won last week have improved significantly. Baez, who won the championship in Estoril, lifted 19 places to 40th in the world. Roone, who won the title in Munich, rose from 70th to 45th this week, and the ranking soared by 25 places. Tiafo and Van der Zamshup, runners-up in two races, moved up 4 and 9 places respectively, both setting new career rankings.
Several Chinese players have improved significantly this week, and Zhang Zhizhen, who has performed well in the American Challenge, rose 11 places this week to 256th in the world. Buyun Chaokerte and Wu Yixun, who won the ITF Challenge, improved by 211 places and 880 places respectively. At present, there are a total of 3 Chinese players in the TOP500, and the number of Chinese players in the TOP1000 has reached 13.