Updated ATP Rankings After US Open 2024: Carlos Alcaraz Loses Spot, Taylor Fritz Breaks Into Top 10

The final Grand Slam of the 2024 calendar year has finally concluded with Jannik Sinner defeating USA's Taylor Fritz in straight sets to win US Open 2024. This marked Jannik Sinner's second Grand Slam title and he maintained his spot as the world number one men's singles player. 

Jannik Sinner's win also meant that it was the first time an Italian men's tennis player won the US Open title. Post the US Open 2024, ATP has released its updated world rankings for men's and women's singles. In the latest rankings Carlos Alcaraz has received a shock news in the rankings. 

Carlos Alcaraz loses spot in the rankings

Carlos Alcaraz was the world number 2 player going into US Open 2024 however his second round loss meant that he lost out pretty dearly in the ATP World Rankings. 

Carlos Alcaraz lost his second spot to Alexander Zverev and moved down to third spot. On the other hand American Taylor Fritz who made a dream run to the finals of US Open 2024 has risen to the top 10 in ATP Rankings. 

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U.S. Open men's runner-up Taylor Fritz returned to the top 10 in the ATP rankings at No. 7 on Monday, and women's runner-up Jessica Pegula rose to No. 3 in the WTA list, while semifinalist Emma Navarro climbed to a career-best No. 8.

Men's champion Jannik Sinner nearly doubled his lead as the ATP's No. 1 — a spot he's held since June — a day after defeating Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5, and women's champion Aryna Sabalenka stayed at No. 2 in the WTA behind Iga Swiatek, who lost to Pegula in the quarterfinals.

“I mean, I’m not trying to focus on ranking, to be honest. Not like I’m checking where I’m going to be after the tournament,” Sabalenka said Saturday after her 7-5, 7-5 victory over Pegula in the final. “I’m just trying to focus on myself, and I know that if (at) each tournament I’ll be able to play my best tennis ... I’ll be able to become world No. 1 again. So my focus is on myself, on improving myself as a player and as a person. Hopefully one day I’ll see myself (back) on the top of the ranking.”

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Sabalenka briefly supplanted Swiatek at No. 1 after finishing as the runner-up to Coco Gauff at last year's U.S. Open. Sabalenka is the only woman to collect more than one Grand Slam title in 2024; she won the Australian Open in January.

Last year's champions at Flushing Meadows both dropped Monday: Gauff went from No. 3 to No. 6 after being eliminated in the fourth round by Navarro, and Novak Djokovic slid from No. 2 to No. 4 after he was beaten in the third round by Alexei Popyrin.

(With AP Inputs)