A few weeks ago, after winning his fourth straight Masters 1000 title in Monte Carlo, Jannik Sinner surpassed 13,000 ranking points for the first time in his career, going from 12,400 to 13,350.
Today, he breaks another barrier.
After winning his record-breaking fifth straight Masters 1000 title in Madrid, the world No. 1 surpasses 14,000 ranking points for the first time in his career, going from 13,350 to 14,350.
He’s the first man in almost a decade to cross that threshold.
The last man to have more than 14,000 ranking points was Novak Djokovic, when he had 14,040 during the week of October 3rd, 2016. Sinner’s current total is the most since Djokovic had 14,840 points shortly before that, during the 2016 US Open—the weeks of August 29th and September 5th, 2016.
Sinner could add up to 1,050 ranking points to his total during the rest of the clay-court season—that’s 350 in Rome (he earned 650 for reaching the final last year, and the champion earns 1,000) and 700 at Roland Garros (he earned 1,300 for reaching the final last year, and the champion earns 2,000).
Further down the ATP rankings, there are some breakthroughs.
Rafael Jodar rises from No. 42 to No. 34, his Top 40 debut, after a sensational run to his first Masters 1000 quarterfinal in Madrid. The Spanish teenager has been surging up the rankings, only breaking into the Top 50 for the first time two weeks ago, and into the Top 100 five weeks ago.
And another rising star, Alexander Blockx, also makes his Top 40 debut, jumping from No. 69—which was his previous career-high—all the way to No. 36 after making an even more sensational run to his first Masters 1000 semifinal in Madrid. The 21-year-old Belgian only just cracked the Top 100 in January.
Two players make their Top 20 returns this week, as well: Arthur Fils, a former No. 14, rises from No. 25 to No. 17 after reaching the semifinals in Madrid, his first time in the Top 20 since last summer; and Cam Norrie, a former No. 8, rises from No. 23 to No. 19 after a fourth-round showing in the Spanish capital, his first time inside of the Top 20 in more than two years.