Sunday, September 8, 2024

The 2024 US Open Tournament: Promotions, Demotions, and Other Stats

2024 US Open Champions:
  • Jannik Sinner (Ozeki)
  • Aryna Sabalenka (Ozeki)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

Sanyaku Rank Changes
Player (career rank if different) To From
Promotions
Taylor FritzSekiwake Komusubi
Emma NavarroSekiwake Maegashira
Jessica Pegula (ex-Komusubi)Sekiwake Maegashira
Jack DraperKomusubi Maegashira
Karolina Muchova (ex-Sekiwake)Komusubi Maegashira
Demotions
Cori GauffSekiwake Ozeki
Marketa VondrousovaSekiwake Ozeki
Elina Rybakina (ex-Ozeki) Komusubi Sekiwake
Casper Ruud (ex-Ozeki) Maegashira Komusubi
Lorenzo Musetti Maegashira Komusubi
Ons Jabeur (ex-Ozeki) Maegashira Komusubi
Donna Vekic Maegashira Komusubi

Kinboshi:
("gold star" - prize awarded to a non-sanyaku ranked competitor for beating an active Yokozuna)
  • Jessica Pegula for beating Yokozuna Iga Swiatek in the quarterfinals
  • Alexei Popyrin for beating Dai-Yokozuna Novak Djokovic in round 3
  • Botic van de Zandschulp for beating Yokozuna Carlos Alcaraz in round 2

Other noteworthy developments:
  • The accomplished Ozeki (=Champions) Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka added another grand slam title to their tallies, and are again on Yokozuna (=Grand Champion) runs: victory at the 2025 Australian Open - where both are defending champions - would get them promoted to the highest rank. Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev also defended Ozeki rank with quarterfinal participations, but are not on a Yokozuna run.
  • Fresly baken Ozeki Jasmine Paolini and Barbora Krejcikova exited in the early rounds and go kadoban, i.e., they need to each the quarterfinals at the 2024 Australian open to defend rank. Cori Gauff and Market Vondrousova also lost early and get demoted to Sekiwake (=Junior Champion I), but have a one-off chance to regain Ozeki with a semifinal participation in Australia before rank protection extinguishes.

Sanyaku Ranks Following the 2024 US Open

Men
Career rank 1/ East Current Rank West Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Dai-Y Novak Djokovic Y Carlos Alcaraz Y
O Jannik Sinner O1 Daniil Medvedev O
O Alexander Zverev O2 - -
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
S Taylor Fritz S - -
K Alex de Minaur K Jack Draper K

Women
Career rank 1/ East Current Rank West Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Y Iga Swiatek Y -
O Aryna Sabalenka O1 Barbora Krejcikova (k) O
O Jasmine Paolini (k) O2 - -
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
O Cori Gauff (o) S1 Marketa Vondrousova (o) O
S Emma Navarro S2 Jessica Pegula S
O Elina Rybakina K Karolina MuchovaS

1/ Highest sanyaku rank achieved in a player's career
Inactive Yokozuna: Rafael Nafal (Dai), Andy Murray, Venus Williams, Naomi Osaka
(k): kadoban
(o): Sekiwake-Ozeki