THE 8 MEN TO PASS 10,000 ATP RANKING POINTS AS JANNIK SINNER JOINS ELITE 11,000-POINT CLUB: NOVAK DJOKOVIC AT NO 1
Only eight men have breached the 10,000-point milestone in ATP Rankings history while only six have earned more than 11,000 points and Jannik Sinner is now part of the exclusive 11,000-point club.
The Italian has been top of the rankings for the past 13 weeks as he became the 29th world No 1 following the French Open in June. And he is set to remain there for several more months as he has opened a 4,000-point lead over second-placed Alexander Zverev.
After reaching the 2024 US Open final, Sinner hit the 10,000-point mark and he took it up another notch by winning Sunday’s final against Taylor Fritz to crack the 11,000-point milestone.
Lleyton Hewitt (9,890 points), Andy Roddick (9,852) and Carlos Alcaraz (9,815) are some of the most recent world No 1s to just miss out on the milestone of 10,000 points.
The likes of Ivan Lendl, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg also don’t feature as they played at a time when the points system for the rankings was quite different.
The Big Three of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have breached the 10,000-point mark on different occasions, but only players’ highest-ever points tally is taken into account.
The 8 men to pass 10,000 ATP Ranking points:
8. Andre Agassi – 10,739 points
Andre Agassi spent 101 weeks in total at No 1 in the ATP Rankings and his first spell at the top started on April 10, 1995 and he remained there until November.
He achieved his highest points tally on August 21, 1995 as he had accumulated 4,000 points from winning the 1994 US Open and 1995 Australian Open while he also won Masters titles in Paris at the backend of 1994 and in Miami, Canadian and Cincinnati in 1995.
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7. Daniil Medvedev – 10,780 points
Daniili Medvedev first rose to the top of the ATP Rankings in February 2022, but it was when he was world No 2 when he reached 10,000 points.
Djokovic was at No 1 with 12,133 points with Medvedev behind him on 10,780 points with the Russian’s big points coming from winning the 2021 US Open, finishing runner-up at the Australian Open and winning the Canadian Open.
Medvedev also finished runner at the Paris Masters the previous year and won a couple of ATP 250 events.
6. Pete Sampras – 11,005 points
Pete Sampras has 11 different spells at No 1 and his best in terms of points accumulated was on November 8, 1997 when he reached 11,000 points.
The American was No 1 from Apr 15, 1996 until March 29, 1998 and it was during this spell that he racked up the points as he won the Australian Open and Wimbledon as well as the Cincinnati and Paris Masters.
Sampras he also had points from the previous year’s Tennis Masters Masters Cup title.
5. Jannik Sinner – 11,180 points
The Italian’s major points hauls have come from his title run at the Australian Open and the US Open.
Sinner has won seven titles in the past 52 weeks as he lifted trophies at the Australian Open, Miami Open, Cincinnati Open, China Open, Vienna Open, Rotterdam Open, Halle Open and New York.
He also finished runner-up to Djokovic at the 2023 ATP Finals.
4. Andy Murray – 12,685
Andy Murray enjoyed one of the most incredible season-ending runs in 2016 as he became world No 1 for the first time on November 7.
The Brit won Wimbledon, the ATP Finals, Italian Open, Shanghai Masters and Paris Masters while he also finished runner-up at the Australian Open and French Open. He ended up winning nine titles in 2016.
3. Rafael Nadal – 15,390
Rafael Nadal spent a total of 209 weeks at No 1 and the Spaniard got his biggest points tally on April 20, 2009.
The tennis great was in possession of the French Open, Wimbledon and Australian Open titles at the time. He was also the Canadian Open, Indian Wells Open, Monte Carlo Masters, Barcelona Open, German Open and Queen’s Club champion at the time.
2. Roger Federer – 15,903
Roger Federer spent 237 consecutive weeks at No 1 in the ATP Rankings from February 2, 2004 until August 17, 2008 and it was during this period when he became the first man to reach 15,000 points.
November 20, 2006 is the exact date on which he got to 15,903 points as he won the Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open and ATP Finals that year while he also finished runner-up at the French Open.
Outside of the Slams and ATP Finals, there were also Masters titles at Indian Wells, Miami, Canada and Madrid.
1. Novak Djokovic – 16,950
Statistically, the 2011 season was Novak Djokovic’s best, but it was during 2015-16 that he was in possession of all four Grand Slams and that contributed a cool 8,000 points to his tally.
Djokovic won Wimbledon and the US Open during the second half of the 2015 season and then won the Australian Open and French Open during the first half of the 2016 season to accumulate 16,950 points on June 6, 2016.
He was also in possession of Masters trophies at Shanghai, Paris, Indian Wells, Miami and Madrid.
Djokovic remains the only player to reach 16,000 points.
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