Rankings as at 16 July 2023

                                                             2 July 2023                  16 July 2023

1       Carlos Alcaraz                                    7675                            9675

2       Novak Djokovic                                  7595                           8795     

3        Danill Medvedev                               5890                            6520                

4        Casper Ruud                                       4960                           5005                         

5        Stefanos Tsitsipas                              4670                            4850                                     

6         Holger Rune                                     4510                            4825                        

7        Andre Rublev                                    4255                             4525                            

8        Jannik Sinner                                    3345                             3615                  

9        Taylor Fritz                                       3310                            3310                                       

10      Frances Tiafoe                                  3085                            3130                                  

11      Karen Khachanov                             3035                           3035                                        

12      Felix Auger-Aliassime                     2760                           2770                                      

13      Cameron Norrie                                2610                          2610            

14      Tommy Paul                                     2250                           2320           

15      Borna Coric                                     2305                           2315           

16     Lorenzo Musetti                               2210                           2290           

17      Hubert Hurkacz                               2060                            2195         

18      Alex de Minaur                               2115                            2150                                      

19      Alexander Zverev                           1630                             1720          

20      Franscisco Cerundolo                     1860                             1615          

21     Grigor Dimitrov                               1426                            1600          

22      Pablo Carreno-Busta                      1640                             1550          

23      Denis Shapovalov                          1335                             1515        

24     Jan-Lennard Struff                          1625                             1507         

25     Roberto Bautista-Agut                    1480                              1480          

26     Nicolas Jarry                                1336                                 1351         

27     Alexander Bublik                         1354                                 1384       

28     Sebastian Korda                            1355                                1365         

29     Daniel Evans                                1321                                 1321                          

30     Yoshihito Nishioka                       1351                                 1315         

31     Christopher Eubanks                     976                                  1304

32      Matteo Berrettini                        1172                                  1262        

33     Jiri Helecka                                   1243                                 1083                                  

1    Carlos Alcaraz                                6675

2    Novak  Djokovic                            5945       

3    Danill Medvedev                            5120       

4    Stefanos Tsitsipas                           3175

5    Jannik Sinner                                 3175                                  

6     Holger Rune                                  3025   

7     Andrey Rublev                              2965  

8     Casper Ruud                                 2250

9     Taylor Fritz                                   2085             

10     Karen Khachanov                       1900                 

The  Next Generation Finals

The  top 2 candidates qualifying to play in this tournament is Alcaraz and Rune - but they are likely to play in Torino and will not play in this tournament.    So the top 10 players qualifying for this tournament will be the following to date, but some of the players may play in minor tournaments next week which may require updating:-

1     Lorenzo Musetti                            1065              

2     Arthur Fils                                      693                 

3     Ben Shelton                                    645                         

4     Luca van Assche                            477                   

5     Dominic Stricker                           351                              

6     Arthur Cazaux                               345                

7     Flavio Cobolli                               308                

8     Hamad  Medjedovic                      296                  

9     Dalibor Svrcina                             247               

10    Bu   Yunchaokate                         239

Analysis

There are various interesting aspects and moves stemming from  Wimbledon  that may impact on the situation by the end of the year;-

*    The winner of the final tomorrow will determine the ranking of 1 and 2.    Th e question remains will Djokovic go and play in the USA  Hard Court season this year?   Even a win tomorrow will mean he would remain vey long  as the number 1 ranking if  he does not compete in the USA  - where his performances the last year he did play in the US Open he lost against  Medvedev in the final.   The fact is he did not win a major US  title since 2018 and if he does not play in the USA  - he will not gain enough points to remain as  number 1 in the world.    

*    the next person on the ranking list is likely to remain as.   There is a circa 1 500 point diffence between him and the next group of four players - which are point wise too many to gain without winning a major.

*    the next 4 players are circa 500 points and that could change in some single tournaments and individual performances will actually determine who will .make up no 4 to 7. 

*    as to 8, 9, 10 and 11 there are also not a large point difference and that could also change over  the months until November 2023.

*    After that there are not many changes envisaged in the players between 12 and 20.   Zverev is still struggling  to recover confidence after  his serious injury last year - he can move up drastically in the rankings on the faster US hard courts.

*     At least four players have moved in the top 32 rankings as a result o the Roland Garros and Wimbledon tournaments.    Whether they will remain in the op 32 remains a question - nobody would vouch for,         

Analysis

There are various interesting aspects and moves stemming from  Wimbledon  that may impact on the situation by the end of the year;-

*    The winner of the final tomorrow will determine the ranking of 1 and 2.    Th e question remains will Djokovic go and play in the USA  Hard Court season this year?   Even a win tomorrow will mean he would remain vey long  as the number 1 ranking if  he does not compete in the USA  - where his performances the last year he did play in the US Open he lost against  Medvedev in the final.   The fact is he did not win a major US  title since 2018 and if he does not play in the USA  - he will not gain enough points to remain as  number 1 in the world.    

*    the next person on the ranking list is likely to remain as.   There is a circa 1 500 point diffence between him and the next group of four players - which are point wise too many to gain without winning a major.

*    the next 4 players are circa 500 points and that could change in some single tournaments and individual performances will actually determine who will .make up no 4 to 7. 

*    as to 8, 9, 10 and 11 there are also not a large point difference and that could also change over  the months until November 2023.

*    After that there are not many changes envisaged in the players between 12 and 20.   Zverev is still struggling  to recover confidence after  his serious injury last year - he can move up drastically in the rankings on the faster US hard courts.

*     At least 4 players have moved into the top 32 rankings as a result o the Roland Garros and Wimbledon tournaments.    Whether they will remain in the op 32 remains a question - nobody would vouch for,