South Africa’s Lloyd Harris remained ahead of Swiss tennis great Roger Federer in the latest ATP Tour rankings released on Monday. Photo: Getty Images
Lloyd Harris stays AHEAD of Roger Federer in latest ATP rankings
South Africa’s Lloyd Harris remained ahead of Swiss tennis great Roger Federer in the latest ATP Tour rankings released on Monday.
South Africa’s Lloyd Harris remained ahead of Swiss tennis great Roger Federer in the latest ATP Tour rankings released on Monday. Photo: Getty Images
South Africa’s Lloyd Harris remained ahead of Swiss tennis great Roger Federer in the latest ATP Tour rankings released on Monday.
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This comes after Cape Town’s Harris reached the last 16 of a Masters 1000 event for the first time at last week’s Miami Open.
Harris, 25, beat Argentina’s Facundo Bagnis, Canada’s Denis Shapovalov and Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka in Florida before losing to defending champion Hubert Hurkacz of Poland.
Those wins were enough – as first reported by The South African website – to see Harris improve to 40th in the world.
That left him four places above 20-time Grand Slam winner Federer who dropped to 44th spot.
Roger Federer’s lowest ranking in 22 years
This represents Federer’s lowest ranking since 12 June 2000 when, as a then 18-year-old, he had yet to win an ATP Tour title.
Fast forward almost 22 years and the 40-year-old now boasts 103 titles!
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Federer hasn’t played since last year’s Wimbledon due to a knee injury and it’s remains uncertain when – or if – he’ll return to the tour.
Despite not having played the recent two Masters 1000 titles in Indian Wells and Miami, Novak Djokovic remains the No 1 player in the world.
TOP 20 IN THE LATEST ATP TOUR RANKINGS:
1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 8 420
2. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 8 410
3. Alexander Zverev (GER) 7 195
4. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 7 115
5. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 5 980
6. Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 4 945
7. Casper Ruud (NOR) 4 380
8. Andrey Rublev (RUS) 4 375
9. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 3 625
10. Cameron Norrie (GBR) 3 440
11. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 3 411
12. Jannik Sinner (ITA) 3 054
13. Taylor Fritz (USA) 2 920
14. Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 2 873
15. Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 2 693
16. Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 2 580
17. Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) 2 255
18. Reilly Opelka (USA) 2 225
19. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 2 060
20. Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 1 881
Other:
40. Lloyd Harris (RSA) 1 166
44. Roger Federer (SUI) 1 120
107. Kevin Anderson (RSA) 647
