Stefanos Tsitsipas is back in the Top 10, making it two one-handed backhands in the elite now

When Stefanos Tsitsipas dipped out of the Top 10 on February 19th, it marked the first time in ATP rankings history—since 1973—that there were no players with one-handed backhands in the Top 10.

Six weeks later on April 1st, Grigor Dimitrov ended that nightmare by returning to the elite after his electric run to the final in Miami.

And now, two weeks after that, the population has doubled.

Tsitsipas bounces back into the Top 10 this week, rising from No. 12 to No. 7 after winning Monte Carlo, and with Dimitrov currently sitting at No. 10, this is the first time there are two players with one-handed backhands in the Top 10 since the week of October 25th, 2021, when Tsitsipas was ranked No. 3 and Dominic Thiem was at No. 9.

Thiem fell out the next week, and Tsitsipas flew the one-handed flag by himself for almost two-and-a-half years until this past February.

The Greek is now at his highest ranking since the Australian Open fortnight in January of this year, when he was also ranked No. 7.

ONE-HANDED BACKHANDS IN THIS WEEK’S ATP TOP 50:
No. 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas
No. 10 Grigor Dimitrov
No. 24 Lorenzo Musetti
No. 42 Chris Eubanks
No. 49 Dan Evans

There’s another big move in the ATP Top 10 this week, as Casper Ruud—who reached the final in Monte Carlo, taking out Novak Djokovic along the way for the biggest win of his career—rises from No. 10 to No. 6, his highest ranking in more than seven months, since he was No. 5 during the two weeks of the US Open last summer.

And a few more just outside the Top 10: Ugo Humbert rises from No. 15 to a new career-high of No. 13 after reaching the quarterfinals in Monte Carlo; and though Ben Shelton didn't play Monte Carlo and doesn’t move from No. 14 this week, he’s now the new American men’s No. 1 after Taylor Fritz dips two spots from No. 13 to No. 15.

Meanwhile, Sumit Nagal rises from No. 93 to a new career-high of No. 80 after making history in Monte Carlo, where he reached the second round—becoming the first Indian player to win a Masters 1000 match on clay since that level of tournament began in 1990.

There were no WTA events this past week so no big news from the WTA rankings, though there was a Top 100 debut, with 21-year-old Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro rising from No. 102 to No. 90 after reaching the final of a $100,000 ITF Circuit stop in Zaragoza, Spain.