Carlos Alcaraz kicks off 100th consecutive week in the Top 5 of the ATP rankings

Meanwhile, Alex de Minaur hits a new career-high after winning the grass-court event in ’s-Hertogenbosch.

Published Jun 17, 2024

MATCH POINT: Alex de Minaur holds off Sebastian Korda (and rain) to win 's-Hertogenbosch

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Eight days ago, Carlos Alcaraz won his first Roland Garros title, and having already won the US Open in 2022 and Wimbledon in 2023, he became the youngest man ever to win a Grand Slam title on all three surfaces—hard, grass and clay.

And today, the milestones keep coming for the 21-year-old.

This week is Alcaraz’s milestone 100th career week in the Top 5 of the ATP rankings, and they’ve all come consecutively since he first broke into the elite on Monday, July 25th, 2022.

He rose from No. 6 to No. 5 that day after reaching the final of the clay-court event in Hamburg, where he finished runner-up to Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti after a grueling two-hour, 47-minute final.

And the Spaniard hasn’t left the Top 5 since, not even for a single week, including spending 36 career weeks at No. 1.

He’s currently ranked No. 2 behind new world No. 1 Jannik Sinner.

Alcaraz first broke into the Top 5 of the ATP rankings two months after his 19th birthday in July 2022.

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Meanwhile, Alex de Minaur rises from his previous career-high ranking of No. 9 to a new personal best of No. 7 after winning the grass-court event in ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

He just bounced back into the Top 10 a week ago after reaching the quarterfinals of Roland Garros for the first time—on clay—and now he keeps climbing after winning a title on grass.

The 25-year-old is now tied for seventh-highest-ranked Australian player in the history of the ATP rankings.

AUSTRALIANS TO REACH TOP 10 ON ATP RANKINGS (since 1973):

John Newcombe [career-high No. 1 in 1974]
Patrick Rafter [career-high No. 1 in 1999]
Lleyton Hewitt [career-high No. 1 in 2001]
Ken Rosewall [career-high No. 2 in 1975]
Rod Laver [career-high No. 3 in 1974]
Pat Cash [career-high No. 4 in 1988]
Peter McNamara [career-high No. 7 in 1983]
Alex de Minaur [career-high No. 7 in 2024]
Tony Roche [career-high No. 8 in 1975]
John Alexander [career-high No. 8 in 1975]
Mark Philippoussis [career-high No. 8 in 1999]

De Minaur first cracked the Top 10 in January and reached his previous high of No. 9 in February.

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The two finalists at the other ATP event this past week in Stuttgart also make notable moves up the rankings: Britain’s Jack Draper, who won the first ATP title of his career at the grass-court event, rises from No. 40 to No. 31, surpassing his previous high of No. 35; and former No. 6 Matteo Berrettini jumps from No. 95 to No. 65 after reaching his second final in his last three tournaments.

And over on the WTA rankings, Katerina Siniakova inches up from No. 31 to No. 30, her Top 30 debut—she didn’t play this past week but moved up after some reshuffling among the players around her. The Czech just won her eighth Grand Slam doubles title at Roland Garros alongside American Coco Gauff.

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