The 2026 US Open: Promotions, Demotions and Other Stats

2026 US Open Champions:

• Alexander Zverev (Ozeki)

• Elena Rybakina (Sekiwake, ex-Ozeki)

New Career Sanyaku Ranks:

• Alexander Zverev, the 20st Male Yokozuna of the Open Era

• Linda Noskova, the 50st Female Ozeki of the Open Era

• Ben Shelton, the 80st Male Sekiwake of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Alexander Zverev	Yokozuna	Ozeki
Elena Rybakina	Ozeki	Sekiwake
Linda Noskova	Ozeki	Sekiwake
Jessica Pegula	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Mirra Andreeva	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Ben Shelton	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Karen Khachanov (ex-Sekiwake)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Francis Tiafoe (ex-Sekiwake)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Amanda Anisimova (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Karolina Muchova	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Marta Kostyuk	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Felix Auger-Aliassime (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Arthur Fery	Maegashira	Komusubi
Elina Svitolina (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Maja Chwalinska (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• Mariano Navone, for beating Dai-Yokozuna Novak Djokovic in round 1

• Qinwen Zhang, for beating Iga Swiatek in round 4

Other noteworthy developments:

• Long-standing Ozeki (=Champion) Alexander Zverev became a Yokozuna (=Grand Champion), after 18 tournaments at Ozeki and more than 11 years after his grand slam debut
• Yokozuna Iga Swiatek and Naomi Osaka became inactive, after failing to reach at least on semifinal or two quarterfinals in the last four grand slam tournaments (one cannot get demoted from Yokozuna)
• Elena Rybakina gained immediate re-promotion to Ozeki, after losing that rank at the 2026 Wimbledon tournament.

Sanyaku Ranks Following the 2026 US Open

Men

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Y	Carlos Alcaraz	Y1	Novak Djokovic	Dai-Y
Y	Jannik Sinner	Y2	Alexander Zverev	Y
-	-	O	-	-
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
S	Ben Shelton	S	-	-
S	Flavio Cobolli	K1	Karen Khachanov	S
K	Francis Tiafoe	K2	-	-

Women

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Y	Aryna Sabalenka	Y	-	-
O	Elena Rybakina	O	Linda Noskova	O
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
O	Cori Gauff	S1	Jessica Pegula	S
S	Mirra Andreeva	S2	-	-
O	Amanda Anisimova	K1	Karolina Muchova	S
S	Marta Kostyuk	K2	-	-

1/ Highest sanyaku rank achieved in a player's career
(k): kadoban
(o): Sekiwake-Ozeki Inaktive Yokozuna: Iga Swiatek, Naomi Osaka

Alexander Zverev, Yokozuna. Linda Noskova, Ozeki.

Alexander Zverev became the 

Alexander Zverev

20st male Yokozuna (= Grand Champion) of the open era today: his victory at the 2026 US Open, in combination with the title at the 2026 French Open and the (lost) final at the 2026 Wimbledon tournament, suffices for a promotion to the highest rank. Zverev has been the dominant male tennis player at the last three grand slams.

For a long time, the tall, 29-year old German looked promising but tended to fall a step short when it mattered most. Through end-2025, he reached three grand slam finals without winning any of them. Early in his early career, Zverev played in the shadows of the Dai-Yokozuna Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. He also missed an opening at the 2020 US Open, when he lost a narrow final to career-high Ozeki Dominic Thiem after being two sets up. In recent years, Zverev seemed to have been overtaken by the new superstars, Yokozuna Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. 

Linda Noskova

This season, Sinner and Alcaraz missed grand slam tournaments due to injury, or they played but struggled physically and exited uncharacteristically early. Zverev stepped into the void. In the US Open final, he was in control throughout and outplayed the muscular Ben Shelton in four sets - a masterful, Yokozuna-worthy performance.

 

In the ladies' game, Linda Noskova followed on her victory at the 2026 Wimbledon tournament with a quarterfinal participation at the US Open, where she lost a tight match against Yokozuna Aryna Sabalenka. As a result, Noskova became the 50st female Ozeki (=Champion) of the open era. 

Tournament winner Elena Rybakina earned a re-promotion to the second highest rank.

The 2026 Wimbledon Tournament: Promotions, Demotions, and the New Banzuke

2026 Wimbledon Champions:

• Jannik Sinner (Yokozuna)

• Linda Noskova (Maegashira)

New Career Sanyaku Ranks:

• Marta Kostyuk, the 62nd Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Linda Noskova, the 63rd Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Arthur Fery, the 102nd Male Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Cori Gauff (ex-Ozeki)	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Marta Kostyuk	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Karolina Muchova	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Linda Novoska	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Arthur Fery	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Amanda Anisimova	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Elena Rybakina	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Elina Svitolina	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Mirra Andreeva	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Maja Chwalinska	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Jakub Mensik	Maegashira	Komusubi
Matteo Arnaldi	Maegashira	Komusubi
Diana Shnaider	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• Karolina Muchova, for beating Naomi Osaka in the quarterfinals

• Alexandra Eala, for beating Iga Swiatek in round 3

Other noteworthy developments:

• Long-standing Ozeki (=Champion) Alexander Zverev fell one win short of a Yokozuna (=Grand Champion). He can will beomce a Yokozuna if he wins the 2026 US Open
• Elena Rybakina and Amanda Aminisova got demoted to Sekiwake (=Junior Champion I) after failing to make the quarterfinals for the second grand slam tournament in a row. A semifinal at the 2026 US Open would have them regain Ozeki rank.

Sanyaku Ranks Following the 2026 Wimbledon Tournament

Men

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Y	Jannik Sinner	Y1	Novak Djokovic	Dai-Y
Y	Carlos Alcaraz	Y2	-	-
O	Alexander Zverev	O	-	-
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
S	Flavio Cobolli	S	-	-
S	Felix Auger-Aliassime	K	Arthur Fery	K

Women

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Y	Naomi Osaka	Y1	Aryna Sabalenka	Y
Y	Iga Swiatek	Y2	-	-
-	-	O	-	-
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
O	Amanda Anisimova (o)	S1	Elena Rybakina (o)	O
O	Cori Gauff	S2	Linda Noskova	S
S	Karolina Muchova	S3	Marta Kostyuk	S
S	Elina Svitolina	K1	Mirra Andreeva	S
S	Maja Chwalinska	K2	Jessica Pegula	S

1/ Highest sanyaku rank achieved in a player's career
(k): kadoban
(o): Sekiwake-Ozeki

The 2026 French Open: Promotions, Demotions, and Other Stats

2026 French Open Champions:

• Alexander Zverev (Ozeki)

• Mirra Andreeva (ex-Komusubi)

New Career Sanyaku Ranks (a lot...):

• Flavio Cobolli, the 79th Male Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Mirra Andreeva, the 60th Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Maja Chwalinska, the 61st Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Jakub Mensik, the 100th Male Komusubi of the Open Era

• Matteo Arnaldi, the 101st Male Komusubi of the Open Era

• Diana Shnaider, the 76th Female Komusubi of the Open Era

• Marta Kostyuk, the 77th Female Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Flavio Cobolli	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Elina Svitolina	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Mirra Andreeva	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Maja Chwalinska	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Felix Auger-Aliassime (ex-Sekiwake)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Jakub Mensik	Komusubi	Maegashira
Matteo Arnaldi	Komusubi	Maegashira
Diana Shnaider	Komusubi	Maegashira
Marta Kostyuk	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Jessica Pegula	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Cori Gauff (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Taylor Fritz (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Lorenzo Muessetti	Maegashira	Komusubi
Alex de Minaur	Maegashira	Komusubi
Ben Shelton	Maegashira	Komusubi
Madison Keys (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• Juan Manuel Cerundolo, for beating Jannik Sinner in round 2

• Joao Fonseca, for beating Novak Djokovic in round 3

• Diana Shnaider, for beating Aryna Sabalenka in round 3

• Marta Kostyuk, for beating Iga Swiatek in round 4

Other noteworthy developments:

• Long-standing Ozeki (=Champion) Alexander Zverev won his first grand slam final in the fourth attempt. He has held Ozeki rank for 17 grand slam tournaments now, which makes him the second longest lived Ozeki in the Open Era after Guillermo Vilas.
• Fellow Ozeki Elena Rybakina and Amanda Aminisova both go kadoban after failing to reach the quarterfinals. They need a quarterfinal participation at Wimbledon to defend rank.