ATP Rankings Winners & Losers Monte Carlo: Alcaraz No 2, Djokovic No 5, Tsitsipas -8, Musetti rises

Oli Dickson Jefford 13 Apr 2025 8:44 AM

Carlos Alcaraz, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Novak Djokovic, and Lorenzo Musetti.

Carlos Alcaraz and Lorenzo Musetti were on the cusp of huge rankings milestones ahead of their Monte Carlo final – and they weren’t the only players impacted by action this week.

Here, we look at the rankings winners and losers from the first Masters 1000 of the clay swing.

ATP Rankings (April 7, 2025)

1) Jannik Sinner, 10,330
2) Alexander Zverev, 7,645
3) Carlos Alcaraz, 6,720
4) Taylor Fritz, 5,290
5) Novak Djokovic, 4,510
6) Jack Draper, 3,780
7) Casper Ruud, 3,765
8) Stefanos Tsitsipas, 3,445
9) Andrey Rublev, 3,440
10) Alex de Minaur, 3,335

Despite not playing due to his three-month suspension, Sinner’s lead heading into Monte Carlo was so significant he was ensured of staying at No 1 – despite dropping 400 semi-final points from 2024.

This event was a must-win for Zverev’s hopes of replacing Sinner as No 1 ahead of the Italian’s comeback, while the battle for No 2 was between the German and world No 3 Alcaraz.

With semi-final points to defend, world No 5 Djokovic needed a good result to boost his hopes of a return to the top four – with world No 4 Fritz out of the event due to injury.

Only 345 points separated world No 6 Draper and world No 10 de Minaur, meaning there was plenty of room for manoeuvre inside and around the top 10.

That was particularly so for world No 8 Tsitsipas and world No 7 Ruud, the champion and finalist from Monte Carlo a year ago.

ATP Live Rankings (After Final)

1) Jannik Sinner, 9,930
2) Carlos Alcaraz, 7,720
3) Alexander Zverev, 7,595
4) Taylor Fritz, 5,280
5) Novak Djokovic, 4,120
6) Jack Draper, 3,780
7) Alex de Minaur, 3,535
8) Andrey Rublev, 3,490
9) Daniil Medvedev, 3,290
10) Casper Ruud, 3,215

Though he has dropped 400 points, Sinner still has a significant lead as the world No 1 thanks to Zverev’s second-round exit to Matteo Berrettini.

But, following his run to the final, Alcaraz has boosted his points tally significantly – and has now usurped Zverev as the world No 2.

Djokovic’s opening-match exit has seen him drop 390 points and fall over 1,000 points behind Fritz in the race for a top four seeding at Roland Garros.

However, the good news for the Serbian is that no one was able to take advantage of his early exit and push him down the ATP Rankings.

Most notably, Tsitsipas will fall out of the top 10 after his quarter-final exit to Musetti, while Ruud is also at risk of leaving the top 10 – having already fallen to world No 10 in the live rankings.

De Minaur’s run to the semi-final sees him move back up to world No 7.

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Big winners

At the very top of the ATP Rankings, this has been a significant week for Alcaraz, who has boosted his points ahead of his French Open defence at the end of the clay swing – and has jumped up one place.

Inside the top 10, the biggest winner in terms of movement is de Minaur, who is projected to rise three spots to world No 7 on 3,535 points.

Meanwhile, runner-up Musetti is projected to rise five places to world No 11 after reaching his first Masters 1000 final.

Arthur Fils is set to rise one place to a new high of world No 14, while Grigor Dimitrov is set to move back up one place to world No 17.

Lower down the rankings, there is good news for beaten semi-finalist Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, who is projected to rise 12 places to world No 30, while Daniel Altmaier is set to rise 16 spots to world No 68.

Big Losers

Once again, Zverev has failed to take significant advantage of Sinner’s absence – and now will lose his world No 2 ranking if Alcaraz wins Sunday’s final.

However, there can be no doubt that the biggest loser from a rankings perspective is defending Monte Carlo champion Tsitsipas.

Ranked eighth heading in, the Greek is projected to fall eight places to world No 16 thanks to his quarter-final exit, his lowest ranking since 2018.

2024 finalist Ruud is also set to drop three places to world No 10, though he has managed to stay inside the top 10 thanks to Musetti’s defeat in the final.