The 2023 US Open: Promotions, Demotions and Other Stats

2023 US Open Champions:

• Novak Djokovic (Dai-Yokozuna)

• Cori Gauff (Maegashira, ex-Sekiwake)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Marketa Vondrousova, the 47th Female Ozeki of the Open Era

• Ben Shelton, the 97th Male Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Marketa Vondrousova	Ozeki	Sekiwake
Daniil Medvedev	Ozeki	Komusubi
Karolina Muchova	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Cori Gauff	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Madison Keys (ex-Ozeki)	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Ben Shelton	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Caspar Ruud	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Elina Svitolina	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Stefanos Tsitsipas (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Karen Khachanov (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Jannik Sinner	Maegashira	Komusubi
Holger Rune	Maegashira	Komusubi
Jessica Pegula	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 continues to wrute history, adding a 24th Grand Slam title to his tally. He had therefore equalled Margaret Court's record.

• Ozeki (=Champion) Carlos Alcaraz was on a Yokozuna (=Grand Champion) run but would have needed to win the tournament - he lost his semifinal to Daniil Medvedev, who returns to Ozeki after a year and a half absence. A victory at the 2024 Australian Open would still get Alcaraz promoted to Yokozuna though.

• Aryna Sabalenka held Ozeki rank with a final participation. All the other female Ozeki - Iga Swiatek, Ons Jabeur and Elena Rybakina - lost early and go kadoban, i.e., they need to reach the quarterfinals at the 2024 Australian Open to hold rank. With the new addition of 2023 Wimbledon Chanmpion Marketa Vondrousova, there are now five Ozeki - but still no active Yokozuna - in the women's game.

• Caspar Ruud got demoted from Ozeki to Sekiwake (=Junior Champion I) after failing to reach a quarterfinal for the second consecutive time, but has a one-time chance to regain Ozeki rank with a semifinal participation at the 2024 Australian Open.

• Alexander Zverev - a former Ozeki - and Andrey Rublev held Komusubi (=Junior Champion II) rank with quarterfinal participations.

Sanyaku Ranks Following the 2023 US Open

Men

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Dai-Y	Novak Djokovic	Y	-
O	Carlos Alcaraz	O	Daniil Medvedev	O
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
O	Caspar Ruud (o)	S	-	-
O	Alexander Zverev	K1	Andrey Rublev	K
K	Ben Shelton	K2	-	-

Women

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
-	-	Y	-	-
O	Aryna Sabalenka	O1	Iga Swiatek (k)	O
O	Ons Jabeur (k)	O2	Elena Rybakina (k)	O
O	Marketa Vondrousova	O3	-	-
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
S	Cori Gauff	S1	Karolina Muchova	S
O	Madison Keys	S2	-	-
S	Elina Svitolina	K	-	-

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

Marketa Vondrousova, Ozeki

Marketa Vondrousova became the 47th female Ozeki

Marketa Vondrousova

of the open era by reaching the quarterfinals of the 2023 US Open. Together with her victory at the 2023 Wimbledon tournament, this suffices to cross the "great hurdle" - this is what "Ozeki" means literally in Japanese. 

Vondrousova seemed destined to do great things already in 2019, when she reached the final of the French Open at the age of 19, losing to the now retired, former Ozeki Ashleigh Barty. Injuries threw her back several years, but now she seems to have established herself among the elite for good. Vondrousova lost her quarterfinal to former Ozeki Madison Keys, apparently struggling with back issues. By now, Ozkei Aryna Sabalenka and ex-Sekiwake Coco Gauff have qualified for the final.  

In the mens' tournament, Ozeki Carlos Alcaraz is on a Yokozuna (=Grand Champion) run, but for this he needs to defeat both ex-Ozeki Daniel Medvedev in the semifinals and Dai-Yokozuna Novak Djokovic in the final. 

The Sanyaku ranking lists will be updated on Sunday once the US Open have been completed.