The ATP in the present day revealed the 2023 year-end Pepperstone ATP Rankings on ATPTour.com with Novak Djokovic ending as ATP Yr-Finish No. 1 introduced by Pepperstone for a record-extending eighth time.
After a back-and-forth battle with Carlos Alcaraz all through the season, Djokovic clinched the honour on the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin. The Serbian is now two year-end No. 1 finishes away from the participant with the second-most year-end No. 1 finishes, Pete Sampras (6).
The 36-year-old now owns the three oldest ATP Yr-Finish No. 1 honours in historical past (since 1973) after conducting the feat as a 33-year-old in 2020 and a 34-year-old in 2021.
The Monday after successful his seventh Nitto ATP Finals, Djokovic started his historic four-hundredth week atop the Pepperstone ATP Rankings. Solely Roger Federer (310 weeks) has additionally eclipsed the 300-weeks milestone. Djokovic tied Federer for probably the most year-end finishes within the Prime 3 with 15. That is Djokovic’s 402nd week atop the Pepperstone ATP Rankings and he’s assured to stay No. 1 by means of the week of twenty-two January.
The winner of a Tour-leading seven titles this season, Djokovic held the highest spot for 28 weeks throughout 4 stints. He first returned to No. 1 after successful the Australian Open, lower than three months after falling to No. 8. The highest spot switched seven occasions in 2023 between Djokovic and Alcaraz, probably the most No. 1 modifications since 2018, when there have been additionally seven. The one years by which it switched extra usually have been 1983 (10) and 1999 (8).
The person he exchanged No. 1 with all year long, Alcaraz, completed within the year-end Prime 2 for the second consecutive yr. Twenty-year-old Holger Rune ended the season at No. 8. It’s the first time two gamers aged 20 or youthful accomplished a yr within the Prime 10 since 20-year-old Marat Safin (No. 2) and 19-year-old Lleyton Hewitt (No. 7) in 2000.
Rune is the lone new face within the year-end Prime 10 after climbing to a career-high No. 4 in August. He’s the primary Danish participant in Pepperstone ATP Rankings historical past (since 1973) to complete within the year-end Prime 10.
Frances Tiafoe was the one participant in 2023 who cracked the Prime 10 for the primary time when he ascended to No. 10 in June. It’s the second consecutive season by which an American made his Prime 10 debut. Taylor Fritz did so final yr and has now completed within the Prime 10 for 2 consecutive years.
9 of the gamers within the year-end Prime 10 are aged 27 or beneath, with a median age of simply older than 25. The 22-year-old Jannik Sinner, at a career-high No. 4, joins Alcaraz and Rune to make a trio of Prime 10 gamers aged 22 and beneath.
It’s the first time three 22-and-under gamers have completed within the year-end Prime 10 since 2009, when 22-year-old Djokovic (No. 3), 22-year-old Andy Murray (No. 4) and 21-year-old Juan Martin del Potro (No. 5) did it.
2023 YEAR-END PEPPERSTONE ATP RANKINGS TOP 10
1) Novak Djokovic – Earns record-extending eighth ATP Yr-Finish No. 1 introduced by Pepperstone and leads ATP Tour with seven titles.
2) Carlos Alcaraz – Finishes within the Prime 2 for the second consecutive yr, wins second main title at Wimbledon.
3) Daniil Medvedev – Finishes in year-end Prime 3 for the second time in three years.
4) Jannik Sinner – Climbs to career-high No. 4, claimed maiden ATP Masters 1000 trophy in Toronto.
5) Andrey Rublev – Finishes in Prime 5 after successful first ATP Masters 1000 title in Monte-Carlo.
6) Stefanos Tsitsipas – Earns fifth straight year-end Prime 10 end.
7) Alexander Zverev – Returns to the Prime 10 after struggling a devastating ankle harm in June 2022.
8) Holger Rune – After reaching career-high No. 4, certified for Nitto ATP Finals for the primary time.
9) Hubert Hurkacz – Finishes in year-end Prime 10 for third straight yr after main the Tour in aces (1,031).
10) Taylor Fritz – No. 1 American received each finals performed, secures second Prime 10 end.
2023 Yr-Finish Pepperstone ATP Rankings Fast Information
- 504 spots jumped by Alex Michelsen – most in year-end Prime 100 (No. 601 in 2022 to No. 97 in 2023).
- 213 spots jumped by Arthur Fils – most in year-end Prime 50 (No. 249 in 2022 to No. 36 in 2023).
- 38-year-old Stan Wawrinka is oldest participant in year-end Prime 100 at No. 50. The Swiss entered the 2023 season at No. 148.
- Three teenagers completed contained in the year-end Prime 100, all of whom competed within the Subsequent Gen ATP Finals introduced by NEOM: 19-year-olds Fils (No. 36), Luca Van Assche (No. 71) and Alex Michelsen (No. 97).
- With Fils and Van Assche, it’s the first time two French teenagers have ended a yr within the Prime 100 since Richard Gasquet and Gael Monfils, each then 19, in 2005.
- Six gamers climbed at the very least 100 locations to complete within the year-end Prime 50: Fils (+213), Max Purcell (+178), Sebastian Ofner (+152), Nicolas Jarry (+134), Jan-Lennard Struff (+126) and Alexander Shevchenko (+106).
- 21 gamers 30-and-older completed within the Prime 100 (25 in 2022, 31 in 2021, 40 in 2020).
- 16 gamers 25-and-under in Prime 30 for the second consecutive yr. It’s the highest mark since 17 in 2008.
- 9 gamers in year-end Prime 10 have competed in or certified for the Subsequent Gen ATP Finals introduced by NEOM of their careers.
- 10 gamers from the US in year-end Prime 100 – probably the most of any nation. Two of the gamers, Christopher Eubanks and Michelsen, cracked the Prime 100 in 2023.
The 2024 ATP Tour season begins on 29 December 2023 with the 18-country United Cup, which is able to happen throughout Australia in Perth and Sydney.
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