ATP Ranking: Díaz Acosta’s shocking leap with the title in Buenos Aires and unpublished data reminiscent of Roger Federer

Like every Monday, this February 19th a new update of the ATP ranking was published For the first time since its creation on August 23, 1973, there is no tennis player with a one-handed backhand in the Top Ten. This comes after the Australian’s good performance in Rotterdam Alex De Minaur, having reached the final, it now enjoys its best historical position (9th) and is displaced Stefanos Tsitsipas from tenth to eleventh place.

The Greek, who has not played officially since the Australian Open, entered the world top ten for the first time on March 4, 2019 and since then has never stopped being part of that select group, fueling this curious statistic. However, it is now out and It breaks a record that has stood for more than 50 years.

One of the great people responsible for that brand now being cut is Roger Federer, record holder of 946 weeks in the Top Ten, which equates to just over 18 years. The Swiss, winner of 20 Grand Slam titles, also spent 734 consecutive weeks in that privileged place between 2002 and 2016. Impressive.

A torn meniscus in his right knee forced him to drop to 17th place for a short time between the end of 2016 and the beginning of 2017, and at that moment he was the one who occupied the place of failures in the elite was your compatriot, Stan Wawrinka current US Open champion at that time. And the Austrian also appeared Domenico Thiem.

Then Tsitsipas appeared, finalist of two Slams and champion of the Masters Tournament in 2019, but his fall in the rankings is now a reflection of the fact that this elegant shot is seen less and less in tennis.

Without going any further, some of the great legends of the sport such as Rod Laver, Pete Sampras, Guillermo Vilas or Boris Becker They played with the one-handed backhand, which was an important part of tennis in the early Open Era.

Sinner and the Argentine Díaz Acosta, the protagonists of the week

Jannik Sinner, winner of the Australian Open at the beginning of the year, he became champion of the ATP 500 in Rotterdam and remains undefeated in 2024: 12 victories and no defeats. He beat Alex De Minaur 7-5, 6-4 and won the twelfth title of his career at the age of 22.

The Italian, leader together Carlos Alcaraz (20) of the generation of young tennis players who want to take up the baton “The Big Three”, This Monday he appears in third place in the rankings, the best of his entire career. took the place of Daniel Medvedev his “victim” in the Melbourne Park final and who lost the 500 points he was defending for being champion in Rotterdam last year.

Meanwhile, Alcaraz remains number two despite the points lost in Buenos Aires and Novak Djokovic remains number onethus extending his record as the tennis player with the most weeks at the top of the world rankings.

And if we talk about promotions, the name of the week is that of the Argentine Facundo Diaz Acosta. The 23-year-old Argentine, surprise champion of the ATP 250 in Buenos Aires, jumped from 87th to 59th place and is experiencing the best moment of his career.

He entered the main draw having received an average of wild card by the organization and exhibited the best tennis of his career to lift the trophy at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis after beating the Chilean Nicholas Jarry by 6-3 and 6-4 in the final.

The new Top Ten

• First Novak Djokovic
• 2nd Carlos Alcaraz
• 3rd Jannik sinner
• 4th Daniil Medvedev
• 5th Andrei Rublev
• 6th Alexander Zverev
• 7th rune Holger
• 8th Hubert Hurkacz
• 9th Alex De Minaur
• 10th Taylor Fritz

Argentines in the Top 100

• 23 Francisco Cerúndolo
• 27th Tomás Martín Etcheverry
• 30th Sebastiano Baez
• 76th Pedro Cachin
• 85th Federico Coria