Nadal & Halep maintain top spot in ATP, WTA rankings
Spain's Rafael Nadal continued to lead the men's Association of Tennis Professionals world singles rankings released on Monday with 9,310 average points, ahead of Switzerland's Roger Federer.
Top-10 players are holding on to their positions except for South Africa's Kevin Anderson who dropped to the sixth, elevating Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov to the fifth spot, reports Efe.
Further down the rankings, Martin Klizan of Slovakia rocketed 35 places to World No. 77, thanks to winning the Generali Open in Kitzbuhel, Austria, while Australian Alex de Minaur jumped 27 positions to the 45th for being a runner-up in the Washington Open.
The current top-10 ATP rankings and point scores are as follows:
1. Rafael Nadal (Spain) 9,310 Points
2. Roger Federer (Switzerland) 7,080
3. Alexander Zverev (Germany) 5,665
4. Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina) 5,455
5. Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 4,610
6. Kevin Anderson (South Africa) 4,355
7. Marin Cilic (Croatia) 3,905
8. Dominic Thiem (Austria) 3,665
9. John Isner (USA) 3,490
10. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 3,355.
Romania's Simona Halep continued to lead the Women's Tennis Association rankings released on Monday with 7,511 points, followed by Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki.
Sloane Stephens of the United States came third, followed by Germany's Angelique Kerber and Ukraine's Elina Svitolina, respectively, reports Efe.
Spain's Garbiñe Muguruza remained in her seventh spot, ahead of Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic.
Further down the rankings, Romania's Mihaela Buzarnescu broke into the top 20 after she won her first WTA title at San Jose over Greece's Maria Sakkari 6-1, 6-0.
Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia also rocketed 41 spots to the 87th when she claimed Washington Open title after defeating Croatia's Donna Vekic 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2.
The current WTA rankings and point scores are as follows:
1. Simona Halep (Romania) 7,511 points
2. Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 6,660
3. Sloane Stephens (USA) 5,492
4. Angelique Kerber (Germany) 5,305
5. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 5,020
6. Caroline Garcia (France) 4,680
7. Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) 4,535
8. Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 4,505
9. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 4,485
10. Julia Goerges (Germany) 3,900
