Carlos Alcaraz kicks off 100th consecutive week in the Top 10 after winning Indian Wells

As if winning his second straight title at Indian Wells on Sunday weren’t enough to celebrate, there’s some icing on the cake for Carlos Alcaraz—this week is his milestone 100th week in the Top 10.

That’s career and consecutive.

The Spaniard first broke into the Top 10 of the ATP rankings on April 25th, 2022 and hasn’t left the elite since, not even for one week.

He’s the youngest man to accumulate 100 weeks in the Top 10 since Rafael Nadal, who did it at a slightly younger 20 by about a month.

Even more impressive: Alcaraz has now spent the last 80 of these 100 weeks in the Top 2, 36 weeks at No. 1 and now 44 weeks at No. 2.

Alcaraz isn’t the only Indian Wells winner with icing on their cake.

By winning her second career title in tennis paradise, Iga Swiatek now has her biggest lead at No. 1 on the WTA rankings in a year.

Having gone into the WTA 1000 event with a 1,380-point lead over No. 2-ranked Aryna Sabalenka (10,105 to 8,725), she’s now 2,520 points ahead of the two-time Australian Open champion (10,715 to 8,195). That’s the biggest gap since the two weeks of Miami last year between March 20th and April 2nd, 2023, when she was 3,235 points ahead of the same No. 2, Sabalenka (9,975 to 6,740).

And given Swiatek wasn’t able to play in Miami last year due to a rib injury, she could increase her lead even more in two weeks’ time.

Speaking of Sabalenka, like Alcaraz, she also hits a big milestone—this is her 200th career week in the Top 10 on the WTA rankings.

She got her first 25 weeks in the Top 10 in three stints in 2019, but then started her current residency in the elite in November of 2020—and this is her 175th consecutive week since then.

SABALENKA’S CAREER TOP 10 WEEKS:
~ 16 weeks from January 28 to May 20, 2019
~ 3 weeks from June 10 to July 1, 2019
~ 6 weeks from July 15 to August 26, 2019
~ 175 weeks from November 16, 2020 to present

She’s spent 87 of her 200 career weeks in the Top 2, too—eight at a career-high No. 1 last fall and now 79 at No. 2.

And last but not least, there’s a smattering of notable ranking movers after Indian Wells: American Emma Navarro makes her Top 20 debut, rising from No. 23 to No. 20 after reaching the first WTA 1000 quarterfinal of her career in tennis paradise; Italy’s Luca Nardi makes his Top 100 debut, rising from No. 123 to No. 96 after a breakthrough run to the fourth round that included a stunning upset of Novak Djokovic; and American Hailey Baptiste also makes her Top 100 debut, rising from No. 105 to No. 96 after qualifying and reaching the second round at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

And then, a trio of moms—all former No. 1s—make big moves up the WTA rankings after impressive performances in the desert: Naomi Osaka rises from No. 287 to No. 229 after reaching the third round; Angelique Kerber jumps from No. 607 to No. 342 after reaching the fourth round; and Caroline Wozniacki soars from No. 204 to No. 129 after reaching the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 event.