ROMA (ITALPRESS) – New primacy for Italy with the first Atp rankings of the new year 2026. Luciano Darderi improves his best ranking and climbs to position number 24, behind Jannik Sinner (2), Lorenzo Musetti (which dates back to number 7) and Flavio Cobolli (22). There are so four blues among the top 24 of the world on the ATP ranking in singular: Since the computerized classification exists, it never happened. In the first ranking of the new year, in which players can no longer count the points obtained in 2025 in United Cup, in Brisbane and Hong Kong (the circuit had begun a week earlier), we find five Italians in Top 40 and eight in Top 100. Lorenzo Sonego (39, +1), Matteo Berrettini (55, +1) and Mattia Bellucci (73, +3); stop at position number 61 Matteo Arnaldi, who was canceled by the Brisbane tournament after being repeated as lucky loser. Behind them the new best ranking by Francesco Maestrelli (137, +3), despite the elimination in the first round of qualification in Hong Kong.
Looking overall at the ATP chart this week, Top 10 Taylor Fritz lost three positions and slipped to number 9, excavated by Australian Alex De Minaur, Musetti and American Ben Shelton. Among the first 50 celebrate the best ranking this week the American Learner Tien (26, +2), the French Arthur Rinderknech (27, +2) and the German Daniel Altmaier (44, +2), Arnaldi’s designated opponent in the first round in Brisbane before the blue forfait.
This is the top ten of the new Atp ranking:
1. Jannik Sinner (Ita) 12.050 (–)
2. Carlos Alcaraz (Esp) 11,500 (–)
3. Alexander Zverev (Ger) 5.105 (–)
4. Novak Djokovic (Srb) 4.780 (–)
5. Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) 4.190 (–)
6. Alex De Minaur (Aus) 4.080 (+1)
7. Lorenzo Musetti (Ita) 3.990 (+1)
8. Ben Shelton (Use) 3.960 (+1)
9. Taylor Fritz (Use) 3.840 (-3)
10. Jack Draper (Gbr) 2.990 (–)
So the other Italians:
22. Flavio Cobolli 1.995 (–)
24. Luciano Darderi 1.579 (+1)
39. Lorenzo Sonego 1.240 (+1)
55. Matteo Berrettini 945 (+1)
61. Matteo Arnaldi 858 (–)
73. Mattia Bellucci 758 (+3)
105. Luca Nardi 599 (+2)
137. Francesco Maestrelli 439 (+2)
139. Andrea Pellegrino 438 (+2)
140. Francesco Passaro 436 (-2)
PAOLINI NUMERO 8 DEL MONDO AL FEMMINILE
Italtennis female starts the year 2026 with two blues among the first hundred. Tricolor leader is still Jasmine Paolini: the 29-year-old of Bagni di Lucca is always eighth. Behind her, she earned two positions Elisabetta Cocciaretto, now number 81, while recovering three places Lucia Bronzetti, exited at the end of October last from the top one hundred: the Romagna is number 105. There are five steps also Lucrezia Stefanini, now at number 136. Takes six steps ahead Nuria Brancaccio, now at number 161: the 25-year-old of Torre del Greco precedes Silvia Ambrosio, who recovers four positions and goes back to number 213. Three more seats than seven days ago for Camilla Rosatello, now at number 215, while behind her he earned four positions also Jessica Pieri, at number 226. The young Tyra Caterina Grant takes four steps: the 17-year-old Roman is now number 234. Finally he earns six positions Lisa Pigato, now number 271, which begins the new year by signing the “best” and closes the Italian top-ten.
Aryna Sabalenka, for the sixty-fourth consecutive week (the total 72nd: it had already been from 11 September to 5 November 2023): Minsk’s 27-year-old, awarded in Riyadh as number one of 2025, retained 2.312 points of advantage over Iga Swiatek, the 24-year-old of Warsaw, former world tennis queen, who had lost leadership in October 2024 after 125 weeks overall (last 50 consecutive). On the third step of the podium the American Amanda Anisimova – detached from 1.891 from the Polish – signed the “best”. Freehold’s 24-year-old excavated the compatriot Coco Gauff, fourth, who saw his victory in the United Cup last year. The new “master” Elena Ribakina can be found in fifth position: behind the kazaka there is Jessica Pegula, sixth. Right behind the 31-year-old Buffalo, there is the fourth American in the world elite, Madison Keys, in seventh place with only 99 points of advantage over Jasmine Paolini, eighth. Stable in the ninth place the 18-year-old Russian Mirra Andreeva, detached of 111 points from the blue: unchanged position for the other Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, tenth, confirming the “best” and closing the world elite.
This is the top ten of the new Wta ranking:
1. Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) 10.490 (–)
2. Iga Swiatek (Pol) 8.178 (–)
3. Amanda Anisimova (Usa) 6.287 (+1)
4. Coco Gauff (Usa) 6.273 (-1)
5. Elena Rybakina (Kaz) 5.850 (–)
6. Jessica Pegula (United States) 5.583 (–)
7. Madison Keys (Use) 4.335 (–)
8. Jasmine Paolini (Ita) 4.236 (–)
9. Mirra Andreeva (Rus) 4.125 (–)
10. Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) 3.375 (–)
So the other Italians:
81. Elisabetta Cocciaretto 837 (+2)
105. Lucia Bronzetti 739 (+3)
136. Lucrezia Stefanini 518 (+5)
161. Nuria Brancaccio 430 (+6)
213. Silvia Ambrosio 336 (+4)
215. Camilla Rosatello 333 (+3)
226. Jessica Pieri 318 (+4)
234. Tyra Caterina Grant 309 (+4)
266. Lisa Pigato 257 (+6)
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