ATP RANKINGS 06-06-2016: Djokovic more than 8000 points ahead of Murray, Thiem cracks Top 10

After his historic victory at Roland Garros yesterday, Novak Djokovic has won additional 800 points (he lost in the final last year) for the total tally of almost surreal 16950 points, 8035 points clear ahead of 2nd-ranked Andy Muray! This is the 202nd week at the top of the ATP rankings for Novak, and he will need around 16 months to catch Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl in 3rd and 4th place before the final chase towards Pete Sampras and Roger Federer. With the way he’s been playing over the last few years, and with the clear gap he has over any other player on the ATP Tour, there’s realistic chance that Novak will be the player with most weeks at number 1 spot in the ATP rankings, and he can achieve that by staying on top for 2 more years. After his strong and constant results on clay this spring, Andy Murray is now clear of Roger Federer in the 2nd spot, with almost 2300 points ahead of the Swiss star. Still, it must be very depressing to see such a huge difference between the first and the second player, not to mention the others behind Murray. To illustrate, Novak has 700 points more than Nishikori, Thiem, Berdych, Raonic, and Gasquet combined, and they are all in the Top 10! Stan Wawrinka has lost a huge number of points after not defending his Roland Garros crown, which means he falls to 5th spot, behind Rafael Nadal who is back inside the Top 4 after 13 months.

Dominic Thiem is the new player inside the Top 10 after his great run at Roland Garros and in 2016 in general, moving from 15th to 7th, and he is now by far the youngest player in Top 10 company. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Marin Cilic are now out of the Top 10, with David Goffin in 11th waiting patiently for his breakthrough in the elite group. Despite the huge number of points at players disposal in Paris, there were no new names inside the Top 20, and Lucas Pouille is the only new player who made Top 30. After reaching his first Grand Slam quarter-final, Albert Ramos-Vinolas is one happy camper, …

continue reading in source www.tennisworldusa.org