By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday June 14, 2021
A pair of teenagers made waves at Roland-Garros—and were rewarded with career-high rankings.
Lorenzo Musetti of Italy rises to No.61 in the rankings after his trip to the round of 16 on his Paris debut. The 19-year-old took two sets off of Novak Djokovic in the round of 16 before losing in five sets.
Also rising is 18-year-old Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, who reached the third round at Roland-Garros, also on his debut.
He climbs to No.78.
The biggest news inside the Top 10 is a career-high ranking for Stefanos Tsitsipas. The 22-year-old, who became the first Greek to reach a Grand Slam final in Paris, climbs to No.4. It will help him at Wimbledon, where he’ll be assured of not having to face Djokovic or Nadal before the semi-finals (unless Wimbledon's seeding committee makes some drastic changes).
The biggest riser inside the ATP’s Top 100 was Alcaraz who climbed 19 spots.
Novak Djokovic moved into the top spot in the ATP’s Race to Turin, vaulting over Tsitsipas, whom he defeated in Sunday’s final, 6-7(6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
The World No. 1 is spending his 325th week as the ATP’s No.1-ranked player. If Djokovic finishes No.1 in the Race to Turin, he will become the first ATP player to ever hold the ATP’s year-end No.1 ranking seven different times. Last year he tied Pete Sampras for the all-time record when he notched his sixth year-end No.1 ranking.