Ranking Reaction: Novak Djokovic returns to No. 1, Petra Kvitova back inside Top 10

The Sunshine Swing is in the books and there are some major shifts on the rankings this week, beginning right at the top with Novak Djokovic returning to No. 1 on the ATP rankings.

Having won Miami last year, Carlos Alcaraz needed to successfully defend his title to hang onto the top spot—but he fell to Jannik Sinner in the semifinals in one of the matches of the tournament, meaning he now dips to No. 2, and Djokovic moves back up to No. 1.

This is Djokovic’s record-extending 381st career week at No. 1, now 71 weeks ahead of second on the list (Roger Federer, 310 weeks).

The battle for No. 1 will resume in Monte Carlo next week as both Djokovic and Alcaraz lost their opening matches there last year, and so are only dropping 10 points on Monday, April 17th. Djokovic currently has a 380-point cushion over Alcaraz, 7,160 to 6,780, so the Spaniard will need to do significantly better than the Serb at the Masters 1000 event to make up the difference and pass him.

A few spots down the ATP rankings, Daniil Medvedev rises from No. 5 to No. 4 after winning his fifth Masters 1000 title in Miami. This is the sixth straight ranking period the former No. 1 has moved up:

MEDVEDEV IN LAST SIX RANKING PERIODS:
~ February 13th: No. 12 to No. 11 [after Norrie fell from No. 11 to No. 12]
~ February 20th: No. 11 to No. 8 [after winning Rotterdam]
~ February 27th: No. 8 to No. 7 [after winning Doha]
~ March 6th: No. 7 to No. 6 [after winning Dubai]
~ March 20th: No. 6 to No. 5 [after reaching Indian Wells final]
~ April 3rd: No. 5 to No. 4 [after winning Miami]

The upwards trend will end now, though. He’s not playing this week and can’t climb any higher than No. 4, and he may even dip back to No. 5 depending on how Casper Ruud does in Estoril.

Meanwhile, there are two very notable Top 100 debuts on the ATP rankings this week, starting with Christopher Eubanks. Having first broken into the Top 200 back in 2018, the American finally breaks into the Top 100—shattering his previous career-high of No. 102—rising from No. 119 to No. 85 after reaching the first Masters 1000 quarterfinal of his career as a qualifier in Miami. The 26-year-old got the biggest win of his career en route against No. 20-ranked Borna Coric before ultimately falling to Medvedev, 6-3, 7-5.

And a bit further down, Luca Van Assche rises from No. 108 to No. 91 after winning his third career Challenger title in Sanremo, Italy—the 18-year-old Frenchman, who turns 19 next month, is the first man born in 2004 or later to reach the Top 100 in ATP rankings history.

There are some notable movers on the WTA rankings, too: Petra Kvitova rises from No. 12 to No. 10, her first time in the Top 10 since September 2021, after winning her biggest title in almost five years in Miami; and Martina Trevisan rises from No. 24 to No. 20, her Top 20 debut, after reaching her first WTA 1000 quarterfinal in Miami.

Trevisan is the first Italian woman to be in the Top 20 of the WTA rankings in more than six years, since Roberta Vinci’s last two weeks in the elite in January 2017 (during the Australian Open).