Fonseca Surges, Sinner Passes Alcaraz in Weeks at No.1

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday February 17, 2025

Joao Fonseca is making his means up the ATP rankings at a speedy clip. The 18-year-old, who grew to become the tenth-youngest participant to say an ATP title within the Open Period on Sunday in Beunos Aires, jumped 31 spots from No.99 to No.68 within the February 17 version of the boys’s singles rankings.

Fonseca, the youngest participant from South America to say an ATP title in 38 years, is the No.1 Brazilian in in the present day’s rankings.

He’ll take his spot within the 500-level draw at Rio this week, the place he’ll face Alexandre Muller within the first spherical.

Fonseca is the one participant below 19 to rank contained in the ATP’s High 350.

Fonseca’s sufferer within the Buenos Aires semifinals, Laslo Djere, makes his High 100 return this week. The Serbian, a former World No.27, rises 14 spots to No.98.

Additionally rising 14 is one other Serbian, former World No.27 Miomir Kecmanovic, who saved a pair of championship factors to defeat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in Sunday’s Delray Seaside ultimate.

Davidovich Fokina rises ten spots again to No.50 for his runner-up efficiency in Florida.

Medjedovic Profession-Excessive (+23)

Hamad Medjedovic saved issues rolling on a particular week for Serbian tennis because the 21-year-old reached his second ATP ultimate in Marseille. He jumps 23 spots to a career-high of No.73.

Marseille repeat champion Ugo Humbert is up three spots after claiming his seventh profession title. Humbert jumps to No.14, one spot shy of his career-high.

American Alex Michelsen (+4 to No.33) and Spain’s Pedro Martinez (+4 to 37) hit recent profession excessive rankings in the present day.

Of gamers but to show 21, Michelsen ranks second highest, solely behind 21-ranked Arthur Fils.

Sinner Passes Alcaraz in Weeks at No.1

Jannik Sinner enters his thirty seventh week atop the ATP rankings, which strikes him forward of Carlos Alcaraz in weeks at No.1. The Italian now ranks sixteenth all-time in weeks at No.1, and is closing in on Ilie Nastase (40), Andy Murray (41) and Gustavo Kuerten (43).