The 2019 French Open: Promotions, Demotions, and Other Stats

2019 French Open Champions:

• Rafael Nadal (Dai-Yokozuna)

• Ashleigh Barty (Maegashira)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Ashleigh Barty, the 41st Female Ozeki of the Open Era

• Marketa Vondrousova, the 46th Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Amanda Anisimova, the 67th Female Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Ashleigh Barty	Ozeki	Maegashira
Dominic Thiem	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Marketa Vondrousova	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Johanna Konta	Komusubi	Maegashira
Amanda Anisimova	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Marin Cilic	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Juan Martin del Potro	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Karolina Pliskova (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Angelique Kerber (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Petra Kvitova (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
John Isner (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Stefanos Tsitsipas	Maegashira	Komusubi
Garbine Muguruza (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Danielle Collins	Maegashira	Komusubi


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

• Sofian Kenin - for beating Dai-Yokozuna Serena Williams in Round 3
• Katerina Siniakova - for beating Yokozuna Naomi Osaka in Round 3

Other noteworthy developments:

• Roger Federer regains active (Dai-)Yokozuna status by making the semifinals.
• Sloane Stephens and Madison Keys - both kadoban (=at risk of demotion) before the tournament - hold Ozeki rank by making the quarterfinals.
• Kei Nishikori, holds Sekiwake rank with a quarterfinal participation, ex-Ozeki and defending French Open champion Simona Halep holds Komusubi rank (with the same result).
• A banzuke curiosity: going into the 2019 Wimbledon tournament, there are no Ozeki and no Komusubi on the men's side - while there are no less than six Komusubi in the ladies' game. This attests of the relatively greater consistency of the top players in the mens' game, at this juncture.