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Find out how the current 2012 ATP Top 20 rankings compare to 2011

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Find out who has moved up and down in the ATP rankings during the past year.

ATP Top 20 rankings and points as at 19 November 2012 compared to 26 December 2011

2012 ranking and points                              2011 ranking and points

1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 12,920                1 – 13,630    Same position

2. Roger Federer SUI 10,265                     3 – 8,170     Moved up 1 position

3. Andy Murray GBR 8,000                        4 – 7,380     Moved up 1 position

4. Rafael Nadal ESP 6,795                         2 – 9,595     Moved down 2 positions

5. David Ferrer ESP 6,505                        5 – 4,925      Same position

6. Tomas Berdych CZE 4,680                    7 – 3,700      Moved up 1 position

7. Juan Martin Del Potro ARG 4,480           11 – 2,315      Moved up 4 positions

8. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA 3,490                6 – 4,335       Moved down 2 positions

9. Janko Tipsarevic SRB 2,990                  9 – 2,595       Same position

10. Richard Gasquet FRA 2,515                 19 – 1,765      Moved up 9 positions

11. Nicolas Almagro ESP 2,515                 10 – 2,380      Moved down 2 positions

12. Juan Monaco ARG 2,430                     26 – 1,335      Moved up 14 positions

13. Milos Raonic CAN 2,380                     31 – 1,255      Moved up 18 positions

14. John Isner USA 2,215                       18 – 1,800       Moved up 4 positions

15. Marin Cilic CRO 2,210                       21 – 1,665       Moved up 6 positions

16. Gilles Simon FRA 2,165                    12 – 2,165       Moved down 4 positions

17. Stanislas Wawrinka SUI 1,900           17 – 1,820       Same position

18. Alexandr Dolgopolov UKR 1,855        15 – 1,925        Moved down 3 positions

19. Kei Nishikori JPN 1,830                    25 – 1,430       Moved up 6 positions

20. Philipp Kohlschreiber GER 1,770        43 – 960          Moved up 23 positions

 

**Sorry the numbers above don’t line up, it’s a WordPress thing!**

On the rise

  • In terms of places Kohlschreiber made the most improvement jumping from 43 to 20.
  • Raonic and Monaco also made great progress rising by 18 and 14 places respectively.
  • Both Federer and Del Potro increased their points tally by more than 2,000 points over their 2011 totals.

For every position from 5 to 20 more points were scored in 2012 than in 2011.

Sliding down

The following players were in the 2011 season’s end top 20 have dropped out:

  • Mardy Fish USA (2011: 8 – 2,965; 2012 27 – 1,255)
  • Robin Soderling SWE (2011: 13 – 2,120; 2012 Not ranked)
  • Any Roddick USA (2011: 14 – 1,940; 2012 Retired but still 39  – 1,015)
  • Gael Monfils FRA (2011: 16 – 1,910; 2012 78 – 660)
  • Feliciano Lopez ESP (2011: 20 – 1,755; 2012 40 – 1,005)

Simon achieved the same points total in 2011 and 2012, yet this year he was four places lower. This was the largest fall in the rankings for a player who was in the top 20 in both 2011 and 2012.

Only three top 20 players in both years scored fewer points in 2012. Djokovic (710 points lower), Nadal (2,800 lower) and Tsonga (845 lower).

The gap is narrowing at the top

In 2011 the number 2 ranked player (Nadal) achieved 70% of the number 1 ranked player’s (Djokovic) points. Whereas in 2012 Federer, as number 2 achieved 79% of Djokovic’s total.

Until next time

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