ATP Ranking 2024: Sinner, absolute dominator

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Point and end to the 2024 season. The ATP Finals final has resulted in a new title for Jannik Sinner and solidifies his position as the world number one in the ATP ranking at least until after the 2025 Australian Open. The Italian has displayed a stellar level of tennis that has made him the clear dominator on hard courts throughout the season. He has reached 70 ATP victories and has shown how much he can amaze with a racket in hand.

The ATP ranking has undergone changes in 2024 compared to how it ended last season. There have been surprises, disappointments, players who have entered the top 100, and others who have retired definitively like Rafa Nadal, Andy Murray or Dominic Thiem. Let's review the most notable movements.

- The 'Next Gen' that never arrived

With the retirement of Dominic Thiem at just 31 years old, the eagerly anticipated generation that was supposed to directly challenge names like Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, and Novak Djokovic is left orphaned, as the Austrian was the only one of that select group of chosen ones who has, to date, won a Grand Slam title. Although Alexander Zverev is at one of the best moments of his career as world number two, names like Jannik Sinner or Carlos Alcaraz seem to have outshined not only him but also Stefanos Tsitsipas, and even Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov.

The season has been quite tough for both the Greek player and the Canadians. They have hardly been able to display their good tennis at any moment, and in Tsitsipas' case, he has dropped out of the top 10 and has even experienced a drastic change in his staff, with his father being left out of his professional team due to the rough patch they were going through together. On the other hand, Shapovalov has been outside the top 100 during the year and will start 2025 on a good note due to his recent weeks of good tennis, but he still has a lot to prove to be the feared young player of a few seasons ago. 

- Djokovic is no longer interested in the ranking

Novak Djokovic won the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, an achievement that meant he had won everything in tennis. From that moment, Nole stated that he preferred to focus on Grand Slams and Serbian national team events rather than continue fighting for the world number one ranking or more ATP titles, which resulted in him losing the top spot in the rankings and dropping to sixth place where he currently stands. Furthermore, he declined to participate in the ATP Finals, definitively indicating that at 37 years old, he is no longer interested in the ATP ranking. Will he drop out of the top 10 in 2025?

- A new pure server

Following John Isner's retirement and Reilly Opelka's indefinite absence, elite tennis was left without a leading figure of a game focused 'almost' exclusively on serving. Unexpectedly, Giovanni Mpetschi Perricard emerged, a French player with a one-handed backhand who is breaking records in terms of powerful missiles from the first shot of the point. At only 21 years old, he already has numerous Challenger titles, two ATP titles, and has climbed to 31st place in the rankings, where he started the 205 season.

- The future of Spanish tennis

With six players positioned within the top 100 and Carlos Alcaraz as the main reference, Nadal's retirement seems not to have impacted Spanish tennis as much as it could have since two Grand Slams left for Spain this year. Additionally, everyone has noted the name of Martín Landaluce, who is already emerging as a great promise, and his rise of more than 300 spots in the rankings throughout 2024 showcases his enormous potential. He began the year at 449 and finishes it at 164; he still has a long way to go, but he is on the right path.

The 2024 season closes packed with emotions, featuring new faces on the circuit and other legends fading away. However, tennis remains more alive than ever, and each tournament in 2025 will bring many sensations and new surprises. What are your predictions?

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