Tennis Rankings: American teenager Coco Gauff rose to a career-best No. 13 in the WTA rankings on Monday after her runner-up finish to No. 1 Iga Swiatek at the French Open. Follow Tennis Rankings Updates with InsideSport.IN
Gauff, an 18-year-old from Florida, jumped 10 spots by getting to her first Grand Slam final before losing to Swiatek 6-1, 6-3 on Saturday.
The French Open’s effect on the rankings for both the WTA and ATP will hold sway longer than usual, because the two professional tours have announced they will not award points this year for Wimbledon, which starts on June 27.
That was in response to the All England Club’s decision to bar players from Russia and Belarus from the grass-court Grand Slam tournament because of the invasion of Ukraine.
Rafael Nadal’s 14th French Open title, and 22nd Grand Slam trophy overall, lifted him one place to No. 4 behind top-ranked Novak Djokovic.
Tennis Rankings: Rafael Nadal jumps to 4th after Roland Garros triumph, Coco Gauff moves to 13th
Nadal beat Djokovic in the quarterfinals along the way to the final, where he overwhelmed Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 on Sunday and became, two days after his 36th birthday, the oldest man to win the singles championship at Roland Garros – all despite needing pain-killing injections for a chronic problem in his left foot.
Nadal has won both of this year’s major titles so far, including the Australian Open in January, but his ranking is hurt by his lack of activity over the past 12 months. He played only two matches between the end of the 2021 French Open and the end of last season because of that foot, then missed more time this year because of that issue and a rib injury.
Tennis Rankings: Rafael Nadal jumps to 4th after Roland Garros triumph, Coco Gauff moves to 13th
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