The ex-US Open winner, who has not played a match on the ATP Tour since June 2021 due to a wrist injury, ranks 52nd. He also held this position on March 23, 2015.
The 29-year-old from Lower Austria announced his comeback at the earliest for the tournament in Indian Wells, which starts on March 10th. The top ten in the ranking remained unchanged, Serbian Novak Djokovic continues to lead ahead of Russian Daniil Medvedev.
Tennis world rankings as of February 21:
1st (1) Novak Djokovic (SRB) – 8,875 points
2nd (2) Daniil Medvedev (RUS) – 8,435 points
3rd (3) Alexander Zverev (GER) – 7,515 points
4th (4) Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) – 6,565 points
5th (5) Rafael Nadal (ESP) – 6,515 points
6th (6) Matteo Berrettini (ITA) – 4,928 points
7th (7) Andrei Rublev (RUS) – 4,590 points
8th (8) Casper Ruud (NOR) – 3,975 points
9th (9) Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) – 3,883 points
10th (10) Jannik Sinner (ITA) – 3,429 points
Further:
52. (40) Dominic Thiem (AUT) – 1,070 points
121st (128) Dennis Novak (AUT) – 557 points
160th (143) Yuri Rodionov (AUT) – 395 points
182. (187) Sebastian Ofner (AUT) – 340 points
Source: Nachrichten
