Promotions and Demotions Following the 2016 Australian Open

Of note:

• Both Dai-Yokozuna (Great Grand Champion) Rafael Nadal and Yokozuna (Grand Champion) Venus Williams lose active Yokozuna status, after failing to reach two quarterfinals or one semifinal in the last 4 grand slams (not listed below, as being moved to "inactive" is not a demotion). Venus' return to active Yokozuna status thus lasted only one tournament.
• Ozeki (Champion) Stan Wawrinka and Simona Halep go kadoban after failing to reach the quarterfinals, i.e. both need to reach at least the quarterfinals at the 2016 French Open to defend Ozeki rank (not listed below, as going kadoban is no demotion - yet).
• Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber moves back up to Sekiwake (Junior Champion I), a rank she held last in 2012. A quarterfinal at Roland Garros or a semifinal at Wimbledon and Kerber is an Ozeki. Also back at Sekiwake is Agnieska Radwanska, who reached her second grand slam semifinal within three tournaments. Her chances for an Ozeki promotion are substantially lower though: Radwanska would need to make the final at the French Open.
• Semifinalist Johanna Konta earns a first-time promotion into the sanyaku (championship) ranks. Konta is the 60st female Komusubi (Junior Champion II) of the open era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Angelique Kerber	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Agnieszka Radwanska	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Milos Raonic (ex-Sekiwake)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Johanna Konta	Komusubi*	Maegashira
Demotions
Marin Cilic (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Richard Gasquet	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Flavia Pennetta	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Roberta Vinci	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Eugenie Bouchard (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Garbine Muguruza (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Timea Baczinsky (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi

* New career high

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

• Fernando Verdasco - for beating Dai-Yokozuna Rafael Nadal in the first round

• Angelique Kerber - for beating Dai-Yokozuna Serena Williams in the final
• Johanna Konta - for beating Yokozuna Venus Williams in the first round

Sanyaku Ranks Following the 2016 Australian Open

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

Men

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Dai-Y	Novak Djokovic	Y	Roger Federer	Dai-Y
O	Andy Murray	O	Stan Wawrinka*	O
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
-	-	S	-	-
O	Marin Cilic	K1	Richard Gasquet	S
S	Milos Raonic	K2	-	-

Women

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Dai-Y	Serena Williams	Y	Maria Sharapova	Y
O	Simona Halep*	O	-	-
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
S	Angelique Kerber	S	Agnieszka Radwanska	S
S	Flavia Pennetta	K1	Roberta Vinci	S
O	Viktoria Azarenka	K2	Johanna Konta	K

1/ Highest sanyaku rank achieved in a player's career
* kadoban
Rafael Nadal is an 'inactive' Dai-Yokozuna, Venus Williams an 'inactive' Yokozuna
Updated February 1, 2016