- Novak Djokovic (Dai-Yokozuna)
- Naomi Osaka (Sekiwake)
New Career Sanyaku Rank:
- Naomi Osaka, the 18th Female Yokozuna of the Open Era
- Stefanos Tsitsipas, the 89th Male Komusubi of the Open Era
- Danielle Collins, the 66th Female Komusubi of the Open Era
- Stefanos Tsitsipas - for beating Dai-Yokozuna Roger Federer in round 4
- Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal played a pure Dai-Yokozuna final, the first since Roger Federer defeated Nadal in the 2017 Australian Open final.
- Dai-Yokozuna Roger Federer loses active Yokozuna status, after not reaching a semifinal/two quarterfinals in the last four slams. He joins Andy Murray, Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova as inactive Yokozuna.
- Ozeki Marin Cilic, Juan Martin del Potro, Madison Keys and Sloane Stephens all go kadoban after failing to reach the quarterfinals (del Potro sat out the tournament injured), and need to reach the quarterfinals at the 2019 French Open to hold rank.
- Angelique Kerber gets demoted to Sekiwake but still enjoys limited rank protection: a semifinal at the 2019 French Open would bring her back to Ozeki
- Ex-Ozeki Karolina Pliskova holds Sekiwake rank with a semifinal participation.
| Player (career rank if different) | To | From |
|---|---|---|
| Promotions | ||
| Naomi Osaka | Yokozuna | Sekiwake |
| Petra Kvitova (ex-Ozeki) | Sekiwake | Maegashira |
| Stefanos Tsitsipas | Komusubi | Maegashira |
| Danielle Collins | Komusubi | Maegashira |
| Demotions | ||
| Angelique Kerber | Sekiwake | Ozeki |
| Dominic Thiem | Komusubi | Sekiwake |
| John Isner | Komusubi | Sekiwake |
| Simona Halep (ex-Ozeki) | Komusubi | Sekiwake |
| Garbine Muguruza (ex-Ozeki) | Komusubi | Sekiwake |
| Kevin Anderson (ex-Sekiwake) | Maegashira | Komusubi |
| Jelena Ostapenko (ex-Ozeki) | Maegashira | Komusubi |
| Anastasija Sevastova | Maegashira | Komusubi |
Kinboshi:
("gold star" - prize awarded to a non-sanyaku ranked competitor for beating an active Yokozuna):
Other noteworthy developments:
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