Carlos Alcaraz knocks Jannik Sinner off No 1 spot in rankings endorsed by Novak Djokovic
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Carlos Alcaraz may be ranked at No 3 in the official ATP Rankings, but he has leapt to the top of another rankings list after his stunning win at Wimbledon.
Alcaraz was in sensational form as he hammered Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-2 7-6(4) in the Wimbledon final, with his performance on Centre Court leaving little down that he has now moved a few steps ahead of the ageing 24-time Grand Slam champion.
His Wimbledon win backed up his French Open success last month, where he beat Alexander Zverev in a thrilling Paris final.
Now the UTR rankings have installed Alcaraz as their new No 1 after his stunning summer of form saw him take his haul of Grand Slam titles to four at the youthful age of 21.
Alcaraz has moved ahead of Jannik Sinner at the top of the UTR Rating list, with Djokovic down in third place after his Wimbledon disappointment.
And it is clear that the Spanish youngster is not prepared to rest on his laurels as he has set his sights on joining Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Djokovic on the list of the game’s all-time greats
“Obviously it’s a really great start to my career but I have to keep going, I have to keep building my path,” said Alcaraz.
“At the end of my career, I want to sit at the same table as the big guys. That’s my main goal. That’s my dream right now. It doesn’t matter if I already won four grand slams at the age of 21. If I don’t keep going, all these tournaments for me, it doesn’t matter.
“I don’t know what is my limit. I don’t want to think about it. I just want to keep enjoying my moment, just to keep dreaming. So let’s see if at the end of my career it’s going to be 25, 30, 15, four.”
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Norway’s Casper Ruud is in fourth position on the UTR Rating list, with Germany’s Alexander Zverev in fifth place and the fast-improving Australian Alex de Minaur in sixth.
Wimbledon semi-finalist Daniil Medvedev is down in eighth place, just behind Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Intriguingly, Nick Kyrgios is in 13th position in the UTR Rating, even though he has played just one tournament since the start of 2023 due to injury.
Backed by Djokovic, the UTR Rating, also known as the Universal Tennis Rating, was created by UTR Sports (formerly known as Universal Tennis) and is a global rating system that promotes fair and competitive play across the tennis world.
It’s more just than a ranking system. All players, regardless of age, gender, geography, or skill level, are rated on the same scale between 1.00 and 16.50 based on actual match results.
For each match played, the algorithm calculates a match rating and a match weight for each player.
Two factors are considered when calculating the match rating. The first factor is the UTR Rating difference between opponents. The second factor is the competitiveness of the match, as determined by the percentage of total games won.
Given the UTR Rating difference, the algorithm expects a certain percentage of total games won.
The player who performs better than the algorithm’s expectation will see their match rating go up while the other player’s match rating will go down. When one player’s match rating increases, the other player’s match rating decreases by the same amount.
