Sanyaku Ranks Following the 2013 Australian Open

All Yokozuna and Ozeki runs were stopped before completion, thus the Australian Open failed to produce high-profile promotions.

• In the mens' game, tournament champion Novak Djokovic remains the top Yokozuna (Grand Champion), ahead of semifinalist Roger Federer and the injured Rafael Nadal. Nadal has now to reach the seminfals at his favorite tournament - the French Open - to remain an active Yokozuna. In a reversal of the result last September at the US Open, Ozeki (=Champion) Andy Murray lost the final to Djokovic, which blocked Murray's progression to Yokozuna - at least for now.  

• David Ferrer reached another grand slam semifinal and thus remains Sekiwake (=Junior Champion I). A possible promotion Ozeki was prevented by a superb Djokovic in the semifinals. Ferrer is joined at Sekiwake by ex-Ozeki and quarterfinalist Tomas Berdych.  Ex-Seiwake Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defended Komusubi (=Junior Champion II) rank, but ex-Ozeki Juan Martin del Potro - also ranked Komusubi before the tournament - missed the quarterfinals and therefore drops out of the sanyaku ranks.

• In the ladies' game, Viktoria Azarenka won her second Australian Open and remains the top Ozeki, ahead of semifinalist Maria Sharapova. A tournament victory at the French Open and either of them would be promoted Yokozuna: Azarenka under standard the back-to-back-titles rule, Sharapova for winning 5 grand slam titles over the course of her career. For now, however, Dai-Yokozuna Serena Williams continues to reign as the only active Yokozuna, even though in Australia she exited unexpectedly early in the quarterfinals.

• Pre-tournament Ozeki Samantha Stosur and Petra Kvitova both missed the quarterfinals. Stosur goes kadoban as a result, and has to reach the quarterfinals at the French Open to defend her rank. Kvitova was already kadoban, and therefore gets demoted to Sekiwake, where she will be joined by finalist and ex-Ozeki Na Li, and by quarterfinalist Agnieszka Radwanska. Sara Errani exited early and drops to Komusubi, a rank she'll share with with first-time sanyaku ranked player and surprise semifinalist Sloane Stephens - the 57th female Komusubi of the open era.

In short, the sanyaku-ranks after the 2013 Australian Open look as follows:

Men

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Y	Novak Djokovic	Y1	Roger Federer	Dai-Y
Dai-Y	Rafael Nadal	Y2	-	-
O	Andy Murray	O	-	-
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
S	David Ferrer	S	Tomas Berdych	O
S	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	K	-	-

 

Women

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Dai-Y	Serena Williams	Y	-	-
O	Viktoria Azarenka	O1	Maria Sharapova	O
O	Samantha Stosur*	O2	-	O
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
O	Petra Kvitova	S1	Agnieszka Radwanska	S
O	Na Li	S2	-	-
S	Sara Errani	K	Sloane Stephens	K

1/ Highest sanyaku rank achieved in a player's career
* kadoban
Venus Williams is an 'inactive' Yokozuna