NEW YORK — Carlos Alcaraz formally returned to No. 1 within the ATP rankings for the primary time in two years on Monday, changing Jannik Sinner there after beating him in the U.S. Open males’s remaining, and Amanda Anisimova jumped 5 spots to a career-best No. 4 within the WTA after ending because the runner-up to Aryna Sabalenka.
“If you obtain the objectives you arrange (for) your self at the start of the yr, it feels superb,” Alcaraz mentioned after successful his second title at Flushing Meadows and his sixth Grand Slam trophy.
“For me,” he added, “(to) obtain that after once more … is a dream.”
Alcaraz moved up from No. 2 and swapped locations with Sinner by advantage of a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory over him in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday.
Sinner had held No. 1 since making his debut there in June 2024, a 65-week keep.
Alcaraz first reached that spot in September 2022 at age 19 — making him the youngest No. 1 in ATP historical past — by claiming his first main championship at that yr’s U.S. Open. He relinquished that rating in September 2023.
Alexander Zverev stayed at No. 3 on Monday, whereas Novak Djokovic, the 24-time main champion who misplaced to Alcaraz in Friday’s semifinals, went up three spots from No. 7 to No. 4.
Sabalenka was assured of remaining at No. 1 by attending to the quarterfinals in New York, then wound up gathering her second U.S. Open title in a row with a 6-3, 7-6 (3) win Saturday over Anisimova, a 24-year-old American.
Anisimova’s second consecutive runner-up run at a significant — she misplaced to Iga Swiatek within the Wimbledon remaining in July — allowed her to climb 5 spots from No. 9, a part of a outstanding surge from outdoors the highest 350 when she returned final season from a mental-health break.
Swiatek, eradicated in the U.S. Open quarterfinals by Anisimova, stayed at No. 2, adopted by Coco Gauff.
Jessica Pegula slid from No. 4 to No. 7. She exited towards Sabalenka within the semifinals final week, a yr after shedding to her within the U.S. Open remaining.
Naomi Osaka’s first Grand Slam semifinal because the 2021 Australian Open — she misplaced Thursday to Anisimova in that spherical — carried her from No. 24 to No. 14. The four-time main champion and former No. 1 hadn’t been within the prime 20 since January 2022.
