NEWS

Russia’s Daniil Medvedev will be the new ATP No. 1, replacing Djokovic who would have held the spot for a record 361 weeks

HOW IS THE RECOGNITION DONE

• Merit-based system for determining the rankings in men’s tennis
• The top-ranked player is the player who, over the previous 52 weeks, has garnered the most ranking points on the ATP Tour
• As of 2019, the rankings are calculated by totalling the points a player wins in his best eighteen tournaments, subject to certain restrictions
• For top players the counting tournaments are the four Grand Slam tournaments, the eight mandatory ATP Masters tournaments, the player’s best four eligible ATP Tour 500 tournaments (the non-mandatory ATP Masters 1000 event in Monte Carlo may be substituted for one of these), and his best two results from ATP Tour 250 tournaments.
• Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in tournaments and the category of those tournaments
• The ATP has used a computerized system for determining the rankings since August 23, 1973