Promotions and Demotions following the 2015 US Open

Of note:

• Yokozuna (Grand Champion) Novak Djokovic has been awarded the title Dai-Yokozuna (Great Grand Champion), following the win of his 10th grand slam title (not reflected in the table below, as formally the elevation to Dai-Yokozuna is not a promotion).
• Venus Williams reactivates her Yokozuna status after reaching the second Grand Slam quarterfinal within 12 months (not reflected below, as the switch of status from inactive to active is not a promotion).
• Rafael Nadal needs to reach the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, otherwise his Yokozuna status switches to inactive.
• Semifinalist Simona Halep earns an immediate re-promotion to Ozeki (Champion) - making use of the Ozeki rank protection rule - following the loss of Ozeki status at Wimbledon.
• Richard Gasquet earns a first-time promotion to Sekiwake (Junior Champion I) - more than eight (!) years after he was first promoted to Komusubi (Junior Champion II).
• Ladies' finalist Roberta Vinci earns a first-time promotion into the sanyaku (championship) ranks and goes straight to Sekiwake, where she joins her final opponent, fellow Italian and US 2015 Champion Flavia Pennetta.

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Simona Halep	Ozeki	Sekiwake
Richard Gasquet	Sekiwake*	Komusubi
Flavia Pennetta	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Roberta Vinci	Sekiwake*	Maegashira
Jo Wilfried Tsonga (ex-Sekiwake)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Viktoria Azarenka (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Eugenie Bouchard (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Garbine Muguruza	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Timea Baczinsky	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Kei Nishikori (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Lucie Safarova (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Agnieszka Radwanska (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Madison Keys	Maegashira	Komusubi

* New career high

Kinboshi:
("gold star" - prize awarded to a non-sanyaku ranked competitor for beating an active Yokozuna):

• Fabio Fognini - for beating Dai-Yokozuna Rafael Nadal in the third round
• Roberta Vinci - for beating Dai-Yokozuna Serena Williams in the semifinal

Sanyaku Ranks Following the 2015 US Open

The banzuke line-up going into the 2016 Australian Open is as follows:

Men

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Dai-Y	Novak Djokovic	Y1	Roger Federer	Dai-Y
Dai-Y	Rafael Nadal	Y2	-	-
O	Stan Wawrinka	O	Andy Murray*	O
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
O	Marin Cilic	S	Richard Gasquet	S
S	Jo Wilfried Tsonga	K	-	-

Women

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Dai-Y	Serena Williams	Y1	Venus Williams	Y
Y	Maria Sharapova	Y2	-	-
O	Simona Halep	O	-	-
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
S	Flavia Pennetta	S	Roberta Vinci	S
O	Eugenie Bouchard	K1	Garbine Muguruza	S
S	Timea Baczinksy	K2	Viktoria Azarenka	O

1/ Highest sanyaku rank achieved in a player's career
* kadoban

Novak Djokovic, Dai-Yokozuna

Novak Djokovic won the 10th grand slam title of his career tonight, and thus obtains the title Dai-Yokozuna - Great Grand Champion. He joins a small elite club that, other than him, includes only Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, Bjorn Borg, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal.