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ATP Ranking: Jódar Falls Just Short of the Top 10

Carlos Navarro - 18 Oct 2026
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Jódar, one step away from the top 10 in the ATP ranking.

Although at this point in the year we are looking more closely at an ATP Race that will determine the tickets to Turin, the ATP ranking also presents numerous changes after an exciting ATP Shanghai 2026 that has caused small tremors within the top 20. While many players are still waiting to defend their points from the end of the season, the conclusion of the Asian tournament has accelerated Alexander Zverev's approach to the number one spot in the world... although not at the speed that the German would have liked.

He admitted to being very tired physically and mentally after his defeat in the semifinals against Davidovich, and this setback has left him, indeed, less than 1000 points away from the top of the ranking. Sascha is increasingly close to the first place on the podium, waiting for Jannik Sinner to soon lose his points from Vienna (500, champion) and Paris (1000, also champion). In the top 5, we already find a first change: the decline of Felix Auger-Aliassime begins as he has lost the 250 points he earned as champion in Brussels (dropping to #7 in the world), allowing Daniil Medvedev to reclaim a spot among the five best tennis players on the planet.

Rafa Jódar and Alejandro Davidovich, the most dramatic rises in the ranking

The major figures in the ranking at a qualifying level, indeed, speak Spanish. They are none other than Rafa Jódar and Alejandro Davidovich, protagonists of a historic final for our tennis and the figures who have signed a historic acceleration. However, perhaps the player from Leganés will regret not having finished the job in the final of the penultimate Masters 1000 of the year: he is just a step away from entering the top 10, less than 100 points from the boundary marked by Arthur Fils. If he had achieved victory today, he would have become the player who took the least time to move from the top 100 to the top 10, surpassing Boris Becker's historic record.

The one who will have little to reproach himself is Alejandro Davidovich, who will wake up tomorrow with his best historical ranking. It is the last reward for all the work from months ago, work that is already bearing fruit in the form of a season full of successes. Foki will be the new #13 in the ATP ranking, surpassing his previous best position (#14) and placing himself just 160 points away from the next position... currently held by Novak Djokovic, who, after his surprising defeat against Hubert Hurkacz, is the big loser of the week, dropping four places in the world ranking.

The significant rises and falls in the ATP ranking after ATP Shanghai 2026

  • #11 Rafael Jódar (+2)

  • #13 Alejandro Davidovich (+13)

  • #15 Tommy Paul (+3)

  • #44 Arthur Gea (+12)

  • #68 Mattia Bellucci (+18)

  • #83 Damir Dzumhur (+20)

  • #7 Felix Auger-Aliassime (-2)

  • #12 Novak Djokovic (-4)

  • #32 Valentin Vacherot (-18)

  • #63 Arthur Rinderknech (-30)

  • #94 Corentin Moutet (-23)

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