Wimbledon 2017: Promotions, Demotions and other Stats

2017 Wimbledon Winners:

• Roger Federer (Dai-Yokozuna)

• Garbine Muguruza (Maegashira, ex-Sekiwake)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Jelena Ostapenko , the 37th Female Ozeki of the Open Era

• Garbine Muguruza , the 38th Female Ozeki of the Open Era

• Sam Querrey , the 85th Male Komusubi of the Open Era

• Magdalena Rybarikova , the 64th Female Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Jelena Ostapenko	Ozeki	Sekiwake
Garbine Muguruza (ex-Sekiwake)	Ozeki	Maegashira
Marin Cilic (ex-Ozeki)	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Tomas Berdych (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Sam Querrey	Komusubi	Maegashira
Johanna Konta	Komusubi	Maegashira
Coco Vandeweghe	Komusubi	Maegashira
Magdalena Rybarikova	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Angelique Kerber	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Dominic Thiem	Maegashira	Komusubi
Kei Nishikori (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Timea Bacsinszky (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Caroline Wozniacki (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• Garbine Muguruza - for beating Yokozuna Venus Williams in the final.

• Sam Querrey - for beating Yokozuna Andyi Murray in the quarterfinals.

• Tomas Berdych - for beating Dai-Yokozuna Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals.

• Gilles Muller - for beating Dai-Yokozuna Rafael Nadal in round 4.

Other noteworthy developments:

• The Ozeki Stan Wawrinka and Karolina Pliskova go kadoban and have to reach the quarterfinals at the 2017 US Open to defend their rank.

• Simona Halep (Sekiwake, ex-Ozeki) and Milos Raonic (Komusubi, ex-Sekiwake) hold rank with quarterfinal participations.

Sanyaku Ranks Following the 2017 Wimbledon Tournament

Men

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Dai-Y	Roger Federer	Y1	Andy Murray	Y
Dai-Y	Novak Djokovic	Y2	Rafael Nadal	Dai-Y
O	Stan Wawrinka (k)	O	-	-
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
O	Marin Cilic	S	-	-
S	Milos Raonic	K1	Tomas Berdych	O
K	Sam Querrey	K2	-	-

Women

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Y	Venus Williams	Y	Serena Williams	Dai-Y
O	Karolina Pliskova (k)	O1	Jelena Ostapenko	O
O	Garbine Muguruza	O2	-	-
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
O	Simona Halep	S	-	-
O	Angelique Kerber	K1	Johanna Konta	K
K	Coco Vandeweghe	K2	Magdalena Rybarikova	K

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

Inactive Yokozuna: Maria Sharapova
(k): kadoban Ozeki

Garbine Muguruza, Ozeki

Garbine Muguruza became the 38th female Ozeki of the open era today, by winning Wimbledon and therefore her second grand slam tournament (after victory at the 2016 French Open) - which suffices to make Yokozunatennis' second highest rank. Her opponent in the final, veteran Yokozuna (=Grand Champion) Venus Williams, made the final competitive in the first set, but in the second set it was all Muguruza.

With four Ozeki promotions in the last year - Angelique Kerber, Karolina Pliskova, Jelena Ostapenko, and now Muguruza - the ladies' career Champion ranks have expanded rapidly. Who will be the next female Yokozuna? By today's performance, one needs to have Muguruza on the list.

Full updates of the Wimbledon tournament to come tomorrow after the mens' final, contested between Dai-Yokozuna (=Great Grand Champion) Roger Federer and former Ozeki Marin Cilic.

Jelena Ostapenko, Ozeki

Ostapenko

Jelena Ostapenko became the 37th female Ozeki (=Champion) of the open era today by reaching the quarterfinals of the 2017 Wimbledon tournament, which follows on her maiden grand slam victory at the 2017 French Open. At only just 20 years of age, this is a rapid advance to the senior sanysku (= championship) ranks (the Ozeki list will be updated once the tournament has been completed). Ostapenko - who prefers to go by "Alona" rather than "Jelena" as first name - could even make it to Yokozuna (=Great Grand Champion) at Wimbledon if she wins the tournament. Moving from nowhere to Yokozuna within two slams would be a first in open era history.

Elsewhere, Ostapenko's predecessor as rookie Ozeki, Karolina Pliskova, exited early and goes kadoban (=she has to reach the quarterfinals at the US Open to defend Ozeki rank). Angelique Kerber exited in round 4 and therefore foregoes the chance to return to Ozeki for now. By contrast, Simona Halep still has a chance to regain her former rank, for this she would have to beat Johanna Konta in the quarterfinals. Konta, Coco Vandeweghe, and ex-Sekiwake (=Junior Champion 1) Garbine Muguruza all will retutn to at least Komusubi (=Junior Champion 2) after Wimbledon. Veteran Yokozuna Venus Williams made another grand slam quarterfinal, contributing to a nice and intriguing mix of experience and youth among the final eight ladies at Wimbledon.

In the men's tournament, the Yokozuna - also known as the "Big 4" - continue to dominate, with one exception: Dai-Yokozuna (=Great Grand Champion) Rafael Nadal exited in a spectacular five-setter against unheralded veteran Gilles Muller. Muller's quarterfinal opponent will be ex-Ozeki Marin Cilic, who has already secured a return to the sanyaku ranks to at least Komusubi.