The 2023 French Open: Promotions, Demotions and Other Stats

2023 French Open Champions:

• Novak Djokovic (Dai-Yokozuna)

• Iga Swiatek (Ozeki)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Carlos Alcaraz, the 38th Male Ozeki of the Open Era

• Karolina Muchova, the 58th Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Beatriz Haddad Maia, the 74th Female Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Carlos Alcaraz	Ozeki	Komusubi
Alexander Zverev (ex-Ozeki)	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Karolina Muchova	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Beatriz Haddad Maia	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Maetto Berretini (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Nick Kyrgios (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Andrey Rublev	Maegashira	Komusubi
Tommy Paul	Maegashira	Komusubi
Jessica Pegula	Maegashira	Komusubi
Magda Linette	Maegashira	Komusubi
Viktoria Azarenka (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Karolina Pliskova (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• none

Other noteworthy developments:

• Dai-Yokozuna (=Great Grand Champion) Novak Djokovic won his 23rd grand slam title, thereby becoming the sole record winner of grand slam tournaments, ahead of 22-times winner Rafael Nadal. Fellow Dai-Yokozuna Nadal sat out the tournament injured and will lose active Yokozuna status if he fails to reach the seminfal at the 2023 Wimbledon tournament.

• Ozeki (=Champion) Iga Swiatek, Ons Jabeur, Aryna Sabalenka and Caspar Ruud all held rank with quarterfinal participtations or better. Australian Open champion Sabalenka was on a Yokozuna (=Grand Champion), which failed for now due to a loss in the semifinals to Karolina Muchova. However, Sabalenka and French Open champion Swiatek are both on active Yokozuna runs now, as either of them would be promoted to the highest rank if they win Wimbledon.

• Sekiwake (=Junior Champion I) and ex-Ozeki Stefanos Tsitsipas, Sekiwake Karen Khachanov and Komusubi and ex-Sekiwake Cori Gauff all held rank with quarterfinal participations.

Carlos Alcaraz, Ozeki

Carlos Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz became the 38th male Ozeki (=Champion) of the Open Era by reaching the semifinal at the 2023 French Open, following his victory at the 2022 US Open. Together these results suffice to clear the 'great hurdle' - the literal meaning of 'Ozeki' in Japanese. 

At just 20 years of age, Alcaraz is one of the younger recent Ozeki promotions. The French Open have in general be good for the current crop of Ozeki: Caspar Ruud, Iga Swiatek, Ons Jabeur, and Aryna Sabalenka all held rank with quarterfinal participations or better. Elena Rybakina goes kadoban as she withdrew sick - she needs to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon to remain an Ozeki. 

Moreover, ex-Ozeki Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev also had a successful tournament and established themselves one level below their career peak at Sekiwake (=Junior Champion II). 

Sanyaku Ranks Following the 2023 French Open

Men

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Dai-Y	Novak Djokovic	Y	Rafael Nadal	Dai-Y
O	Casper Ruud	O	Carlos Alcaraz	O
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
O	Stefanos Tsitsipas	S1	Karen Khachanov	S
O	Alexander Zverev	S2	-	-
-	-	K	-	-

Women

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
-	-	Y	-	-
O	Iga Swiatek	O1	Ons Jabeur	O
O	Aryna Sabalenka	O2	Elena Rybakina (k)	O
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
S	Karolina Muchova	S	-
S	Cori Gauff	K	Beatriz Haddad Maria	K

1/ Highest sanyaku rank achieved in a player's career
Inactive Yokozuna: Andy Murray, Venus Williams, Naomi Osaka
(k): kadoban
(o): Sekiwake-Ozeki