The 2018 Wimbledon Tournament: Promotions, Demotions, and Other Stats

2018 Wimbledon Winners:

• Novak Djokovic (Dai-Yokozuna)

• Angelique Kerber (Sekiwake, ex-Ozeki)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• John Isner, the 89th Male Komusubi of the Open Era

• Daria Kasatkina, the 63rd Female Komusubi of the Open Era

• Julia Görges, the 64th Female Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Angelique Kerber	Ozeki	Sekiwake
Jelena Ostapenko (ex-Ozeki)	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Kevin Anderson	Sekiwake	Maegashira
John Isner	Komusubi	Maegashira
Daria Kasatkina	Komusubi	Maegashira
Julia Görges	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Karolina Pliskova	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Dominik Thiem	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Marco Cecchinato	Maegashira	Komusubi
Diego Schwartzman	Maegashira	Komusubi
Caroline Wozniacki (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi


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

• Kevin Anderson - for beating Dai-Yokozuna Roger Federer in the quarterfinals.
• Kiki Bertens - for beating Yokozuna Venus Williams in round 3.

Other noteworthy developments:

Ozeki Marin Cilic, Simona Halep, Sloane Stephens, Garbine Muruguza and Madison Keys all exit early and go kadoban - an Ozeki massacre. They need to reach the quarterfinals at the US Open to preserve Ozeki rank.
• Karolina Pliskova also lost early and gets demoted to Sekiwake. She still enjoys limited rank protection: a semifinal at the US Open would bring her back to Ozeki.
• Ex-Ozeki Juan Martin del Potro holds Sekiwake rank with a quarterfinal participation.