The 50 Most Accomlished Players of the Open Era - 2026 Update

An update to the top 50 open era rankings, compiled without resorting to judgement. The scoring system is explained below. The ranking captures only achievements at the Grand Slams, and only for players with significant successes during the open era. Active players - whose score can still improve - are bolded. The permanent link is here.

In 2026, the Yokozuna Carlos Alcaraz (to 15 from 17), Aryna Sabalenka (to 16 from 20) and Jannik Sinner (to 18 from 20) all improved their ranking. The biggest leaps were made by the new Yokozuna Alexander Zverev (to 22 from 46) and Ozeki Elena Rybakina (to 29 from 55), however, who both won two grand slam titles. With Rybakina entering the top 50, Sekiwake Wendy Turnbull lost her spot in the table. Novak Djokovic (1), Iga Swiatek (15), Naomi Osaka (23) and Coco Gauff (38) added points but did not improve their ranking. 

The 50 Most Accomplished Players of the Open Era

	Men	Career Rank	Score			Women	Career Rank	Score
1	Novak Djokovic	Dai-Y	836		1	Serena Williams	Dai-Y	745
2	Rafael Nadal	Dai-Y	699		2	Margaret Court	Dai-Y	721
3	Roger Federer	Dai-Y	696		3	Steffi Graf	Dai-Y	698
4	Ken Rosewall	Dai-Y	551		4	Chris Evert	Dai-Y	686
5	Pete Sampras	Dai-Y	435		5	Martina Navratilova	Dai-Y	657
6	Rod Laver	Dai-Y	431		6	Billie Jean King	Dai-Y	416
7	Bjorn Borg	Dai-Y	349		7	Monica Seles	Dai-Y	307
8	Ivan Lendl	Y	348		8	Venus Williams	Y	307
9	Jimmy Connors	Y	337		9	Evonne Goolagong	Y	304
10	Andre Agassi	Y	322		10	Justine Henin	Y	251
11	John McEnroe	Y	256		11	Martina Hingis	Y	224
12	Mats Wilander	Y	240		12	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	Y	223
13	Stefan Edberg	Y	238		13	Maria Sharapova	Y	214
14	Boris Becker	Y	227		14	Anne Haydon-Jones	O	180
15	Carlos Alcaraz	Y	209		15	Iga Swiatek	Y	176
16	John Newcombe	Y	208		16	Aryna Sabalenka	Y	173
17	Andy Murray	Y	192		17	Hana Mandlokova	Y	171
18	Jannik Sinner	Y	167		18	Kim Clijsters	Y	171
19	Guillermo Vilas	O	163		19	Linday Davenport	Y	163
20	Jim Courier	Y	151		20	Jennifer Capriati	Y	121
21	Arthur Ashe	O	127		21	Nancy Richey	O	116
22	Alexander Zverev	Y	117		22	Virginia Wade	O	113
23	Stan Wawrinka	O	114		23	Naomi Osaka	Y	112
24	Jan Kodes	O	106		24	Angelique Kerber	O	105
25	Lleyton Hewitt	O	91		25	Viktoria Azarenka	O	102
26	Ilie Nastase	O	90		26	Simona Halep	O	100
27	Andy Roddick	O	87		27	Gabriela Sabatini	O	100
28	Gustavo Kuerten	O	86		28	Mary Pierce	O	98
29	Marat Safin	O	83		29	Elena Rybakina	O	96
30	Daniil Medvedev	O	83		30	Amelie Mauresmo	O	87
31	Pat Rafter	O	81		31	Ashleigh Barty	O	86
32	Yevgeni Kafelnikov	O	79		32	Svetlana Kuznetsova	O	86
33	Stan Smith	O	74		33	Kerry Melville Reed	O	85
34	Tony Roche	O	74		34	Conchita Martinez	O	84
35	Michael Chang	O	71		35	Na Li	O	82
36	Goran Ivanisevic	S	70		36	Jana Novotna	O	82
37	Johan Kriek	O	69		37	Petra Kvitova	O	81
38	Sergi Bruguera	O	66		38	Coco Gauff	O	80
39	Vitas Gerulaitis	O	63		39	Garbine Muguruza	O	78
40	Dominic Thiem	O	62		40	Tracy Austin	O	71
41	Marin Cilic	O	62		41	Caroline Wozniacki	S	60
42	Michael Stich	O	58		42	Barbora Krejcikova	O	58
43	Juan Carlos Ferrero	O	57		43	Mima Jausovec	O	56
44	Pat Cash	O	55		44	Madison Keys	O	56
45	Juan Martin Del Potro	O	55		45	Helena Sukova	O	56
46	Roscoe Tanner	O	53		46	Ana Ivanovic	O	54
47	Manuel Orantes	S	47		47	Mary Joe Fernandez	O	55
48	Carlos Moya	O	44		48	Rosemary Casals	O	50
49	Richard Krajicek	O	41		49	Samantha Stosur	O	47
50	Thomas Muster	S	41		50	Virginia Ruzici	O	47

For players whose careers fall entirely into the open era - the vast majority - the score is computed as follows: one point for a grand slam quarter-final participation, 3 points for a semifinal, 9 points for a final, and 27 points for a title. Hence every win in the later stages of a slam triples the score. 

For players who split their careers between the pre-open era and the open era - including Margaret Court, Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, Billie Jean King, John Newcombe Anne Haydon-Jones - adjustments are made to give credit to achievements during both periods. In the men's ranking, points accumulated on the pro tour have a weight of 2/3 per tournament (note: there were only three pro slams), points accumulated on the amateur tour have a weight of 1/2. This ensures that the total points per year remain the same as in the open era. In the ladies' game, there was only the amateur tour, hence pre-open era points count fully. 

In case of points equality, the number of tournament victories/finals/semifinals (in this order) serve as tiebreakers, followed by the sanyaku rank.  Players who had most their success  before the open era are not included, specifically: players who would have obtained a higher sanyaku rank pre-open era than they did during the open era. This applies, among others, to Andres Gimeno, Mal Anderson, Dennis Ralston, Butch Buchholz, Fred Stolle, Ray Emerson, Bob Lutz, Maria Bueno, Lesley Turner Bowrey, and Francoise Durr.

The 2026 US Open: Promotions, Demotions and Other Stats

2026 US Open Champions:

• Alexander Zverev (Ozeki)

• Elena Rybakina (Sekiwake, ex-Ozeki)

New Career Sanyaku Ranks:

• Alexander Zverev, the 20st Male Yokozuna of the Open Era

• Linda Noskova, the 50st Female Ozeki of the Open Era

• Ben Shelton, the 80st Male Sekiwake of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Alexander Zverev	Yokozuna	Ozeki
Elena Rybakina	Ozeki	Sekiwake
Linda Noskova	Ozeki	Sekiwake
Jessica Pegula	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Mirra Andreeva	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Ben Shelton	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Karen Khachanov (ex-Sekiwake)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Francis Tiafoe (ex-Sekiwake)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Amanda Anisimova (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Karolina Muchova	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Marta Kostyuk	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Felix Auger-Aliassime (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Arthur Fery	Maegashira	Komusubi
Elina Svitolina (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Maja Chwalinska (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• Mariano Navone, for beating Dai-Yokozuna Novak Djokovic in round 1

• Qinwen Zhang, for beating Iga Swiatek in round 4

Other noteworthy developments:

• Long-standing Ozeki (=Champion) Alexander Zverev became a Yokozuna (=Grand Champion), after 18 tournaments at Ozeki and more than 11 years after his grand slam debut
• Yokozuna Iga Swiatek and Naomi Osaka became inactive, after failing to reach at least on semifinal or two quarterfinals in the last four grand slam tournaments (one cannot get demoted from Yokozuna)
• Elena Rybakina gained immediate re-promotion to Ozeki, after losing that rank at the 2026 Wimbledon tournament.

Sanyaku Ranks Following the 2026 US Open

Men

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Y	Carlos Alcaraz	Y1	Novak Djokovic	Dai-Y
Y	Jannik Sinner	Y2	Alexander Zverev	Y
-	-	O	-	-
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
S	Ben Shelton	S	-	-
S	Flavio Cobolli	K1	Karen Khachanov	S
K	Francis Tiafoe	K2	-	-

Women

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Y	Aryna Sabalenka	Y	-	-
O	Elena Rybakina	O	Linda Noskova	O
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
O	Cori Gauff	S1	Jessica Pegula	S
S	Mirra Andreeva	S2	-	-
O	Amanda Anisimova	K1	Karolina Muchova	S
S	Marta Kostyuk	K2	-	-

1/ Highest sanyaku rank achieved in a player's career
(k): kadoban
(o): Sekiwake-Ozeki Inaktive Yokozuna: Iga Swiatek, Naomi Osaka

Alexander Zverev, Yokozuna. Linda Noskova, Ozeki.

Alexander Zverev became the 

Alexander Zverev

20st male Yokozuna (= Grand Champion) of the open era today: his victory at the 2026 US Open, in combination with the title at the 2026 French Open and the (lost) final at the 2026 Wimbledon tournament, suffices for a promotion to the highest rank. Zverev has been the dominant male tennis player at the last three grand slams.

For a long time, the tall, 29-year old German looked promising but tended to fall a step short when it mattered most. Through end-2025, he reached three grand slam finals without winning any of them. Early in his early career, Zverev played in the shadows of the Dai-Yokozuna Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. He also missed an opening at the 2020 US Open, when he lost a narrow final to career-high Ozeki Dominic Thiem after being two sets up. In recent years, Zverev seemed to have been overtaken by the new superstars, Yokozuna Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. 

Linda Noskova

This season, Sinner and Alcaraz missed grand slam tournaments due to injury, or they played but struggled physically and exited uncharacteristically early. Zverev stepped into the void. In the US Open final, he was in control throughout and outplayed the muscular Ben Shelton in four sets - a masterful, Yokozuna-worthy performance.

 

In the ladies' game, Linda Noskova followed on her victory at the 2026 Wimbledon tournament with a quarterfinal participation at the US Open, where she lost a tight match against Yokozuna Aryna Sabalenka. As a result, Noskova became the 50st female Ozeki (=Champion) of the open era. 

Tournament winner Elena Rybakina earned a re-promotion to the second highest rank.

The 2026 Wimbledon Tournament: Promotions, Demotions, and the New Banzuke

2026 Wimbledon Champions:

• Jannik Sinner (Yokozuna)

• Linda Noskova (Maegashira)

New Career Sanyaku Ranks:

• Marta Kostyuk, the 62nd Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Linda Noskova, the 63rd Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Arthur Fery, the 102nd Male Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Cori Gauff (ex-Ozeki)	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Marta Kostyuk	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Karolina Muchova	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Linda Novoska	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Arthur Fery	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Amanda Anisimova	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Elena Rybakina	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Elina Svitolina	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Mirra Andreeva	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Maja Chwalinska	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Jakub Mensik	Maegashira	Komusubi
Matteo Arnaldi	Maegashira	Komusubi
Diana Shnaider	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• Karolina Muchova, for beating Naomi Osaka in the quarterfinals

• Alexandra Eala, for beating Iga Swiatek in round 3

Other noteworthy developments:

• Long-standing Ozeki (=Champion) Alexander Zverev fell one win short of a Yokozuna (=Grand Champion). He can will beomce a Yokozuna if he wins the 2026 US Open
• Elena Rybakina and Amanda Aminisova got demoted to Sekiwake (=Junior Champion I) after failing to make the quarterfinals for the second grand slam tournament in a row. A semifinal at the 2026 US Open would have them regain Ozeki rank.

Sanyaku Ranks Following the 2026 Wimbledon Tournament

Men

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Y	Jannik Sinner	Y1	Novak Djokovic	Dai-Y
Y	Carlos Alcaraz	Y2	-	-
O	Alexander Zverev	O	-	-
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
S	Flavio Cobolli	S	-	-
S	Felix Auger-Aliassime	K	Arthur Fery	K

Women

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Y	Naomi Osaka	Y1	Aryna Sabalenka	Y
Y	Iga Swiatek	Y2	-	-
-	-	O	-	-
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
O	Amanda Anisimova (o)	S1	Elena Rybakina (o)	O
O	Cori Gauff	S2	Linda Noskova	S
S	Karolina Muchova	S3	Marta Kostyuk	S
S	Elina Svitolina	K1	Mirra Andreeva	S
S	Maja Chwalinska	K2	Jessica Pegula	S

1/ Highest sanyaku rank achieved in a player's career
(k): kadoban
(o): Sekiwake-Ozeki

The 2026 French Open: Promotions, Demotions, and Other Stats

2026 French Open Champions:

• Alexander Zverev (Ozeki)

• Mirra Andreeva (ex-Komusubi)

New Career Sanyaku Ranks (a lot...):

• Flavio Cobolli, the 79th Male Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Mirra Andreeva, the 60th Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Maja Chwalinska, the 61st Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Jakub Mensik, the 100th Male Komusubi of the Open Era

• Matteo Arnaldi, the 101st Male Komusubi of the Open Era

• Diana Shnaider, the 76th Female Komusubi of the Open Era

• Marta Kostyuk, the 77th Female Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Flavio Cobolli	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Elina Svitolina	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Mirra Andreeva	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Maja Chwalinska	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Felix Auger-Aliassime (ex-Sekiwake)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Jakub Mensik	Komusubi	Maegashira
Matteo Arnaldi	Komusubi	Maegashira
Diana Shnaider	Komusubi	Maegashira
Marta Kostyuk	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Jessica Pegula	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Cori Gauff (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Taylor Fritz (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Lorenzo Muessetti	Maegashira	Komusubi
Alex de Minaur	Maegashira	Komusubi
Ben Shelton	Maegashira	Komusubi
Madison Keys (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• Juan Manuel Cerundolo, for beating Jannik Sinner in round 2

• Joao Fonseca, for beating Novak Djokovic in round 3

• Diana Shnaider, for beating Aryna Sabalenka in round 3

• Marta Kostyuk, for beating Iga Swiatek in round 4

Other noteworthy developments:

• Long-standing Ozeki (=Champion) Alexander Zverev won his first grand slam final in the fourth attempt. He has held Ozeki rank for 17 grand slam tournaments now, which makes him the second longest lived Ozeki in the Open Era after Guillermo Vilas.
• Fellow Ozeki Elena Rybakina and Amanda Aminisova both go kadoban after failing to reach the quarterfinals. They need a quarterfinal participation at Wimbledon to defend rank.

Sanyaku Ranks Following the 2026 French Open

Men

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Y	Carlos Alcaraz	Y1	Novak Djokovic	Dai-Y
Y	Jannik Sinner	Y2	-	-
O	Alexander Zverev	O	-	-
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
S	Flavio Cobolli	S	-	-
K	Jakub Mensik	K1	Matteo Arnaldi	K
S	Felix Auger-Aliassime	K2	-	-

Women

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Y	Aryna Sabalenka	Y1	Iga Swiatek	Y
Y	Naomi Osaka	Y2	-	-
O	Amanda Anisimova (k)	O	Elena Rybakina (k)	O
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
S	Elina Svitolina	S1	Mirra Andreeva	S
S	Maja Chwalinska	S2	-	-
O	Cori Gauff	K1	Jessica Pegula	S
K	Diana Shnaider	K2	Marta Kostyuk	K

1/ Highest sanyaku rank achieved in a player's career
(k): kadoban
(o): Sekiwake-Ozeki

The 2026 Australian Open: Promotions, Demotions, and Other Stats

2026 Australian Open Champions:

• Carlos Alcaraz (Yokozuna)

• Elena Rybakina (ex-Ozeki)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• none

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Alexander Zverev	Ozeki	Sekiwake
Jessica Pegula	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Alex de Minaur	Komusubi	Maegashira
Ben Shelton	Komusubi	Maegashira
Elina Svitolina (ex-Sekiwake)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Taylor Fritz	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Madison Keys (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Felix Auger-Aliassime	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• Two kinboshi for Elena Rybakina, for beating Iga Swiatek in the quarterfinals and Aryna Sabalenka in the final.

Other noteworthy developments:

• Elena Rybakina regained her former Ozkei (=Champion) rank by winning the second second grand slam tournament of her career - the first was the Wimbledon title in 2022.
• Alexander Zverev and Cori Gauff were Sekiwake-Ozeki, having been demoted from Ozeki after the 2025 US Open. A semifinal in Australia was needed for immediate re-promotion - Zverev succeeded, but Gauff fell one win short.

Sanyaku Ranks Following the 2026 Australian Open

Men

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Y	Carlos Alcaraz	Y1	Novak Djokovic	Dai-Y
Y	Jannik Sinner	Y2	-	-
O	Alexander Zverev	O	-	-
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
-	-	S	-	-
S	Taylor Fritz	K1	Lorenzo Musetti	K
K	Alex de Minaur	K2	Ben Shelton	K

Women

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Y	Aryna Sabalenka	Y1	Iga Swiatek	Y
Y	Naomi Osaka	Y2	-	-
O	Amanda Anisimova	O	Elena Rybakina	O
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
O	Cori Gauff	S	Jessica Pegula	S
O	Madison Keys	K	Elina Svitolina	S

1/ Highest sanyaku rank achieved in a player's career
Inactive Yokozuna: Venus Williams
(k): kadoban
(o): Sekiwake-Ozeki

The 50 Most Accomplished Players of the Open Era: a Data-Based Approach

This is an attempt to devise a ranking of player accomplishments without resorting to judgement. The scoring system is explained below. The ranking captures only achievements at the Grand Slams, and only for players with significant successes during the open era. Active players - whose score can still improve - are bolded. The permanent link is here.

The 50 Most Accomplished Players of the Open Era

	Men	Career Rank	Score			Women	Career Rank	Score
1	Novak Djokovic	Dai-Y	824		1	Serena Williams	Dai-Y	745
2	Rafael Nadal	Dai-Y	699		2	Margaret Court	Dai-Y	721
3	Roger Federer	Dai-Y	696		3	Steffi Graf	Dai-Y	698
4	Ken Rosewall	Dai-Y	551		4	Chris Evert	Dai-Y	686
5	Pete Sampras	Dai-Y	435		5	Martina Navratilova	Dai-Y	657
6	Rod Laver	Dai-Y	431		6	Billie Jean King	Dai-Y	416
7	Bjorn Borg	Dai-Y	349		7	Monica Seles	Dai-Y	307
8	Ivan Lendl	Y	348		8	Venus Williams	Y	307
9	Jimmy Connors	Y	337		9	Evonne Goolagong	Y	304
10	Andre Agassi	Y	322		10	Justine Henin	Y	251
11	John McEnroe	Y	256		11	Martina Hingis	Y	224
12	Mats Wilander	Y	240		12	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	Y	223
13	Stefan Edberg	Y	238		13	Maria Sharapova	Y	214
14	Boris Becker	Y	227		14	Anne Haydon-Jones	O	180
15	John Newcombe	Y	208		15	Iga Swiatek	Y	175
16	Andy Murray	Y	192		16	Hana Mandlikova	Y	171
17	Carlos Alcaraz	Y	181		17	Kim Clijsters	Y	171
18	Guillermo Vilas	O	163		18	Lindsay Davenport	Y	163
19	Jim Courier	Y	151		19	Aryna Sabalenka	Y	154
20	Jannik Sinner	Y	137		20	Jennifer Capriati	Y	121
21	Arthur Ashe	O	127		21	Nancy Richey	O	116
22	Stan Wawrinka	O	114		22	Virginia Wade	O	113
23	Jan Kodes	O	106		23	Naomi Osaka	Y	111
24	Lleyton Hewitt	O	91		24	Angelique Kerber	O	105
25	Ilie Nastase	O	90		25	Viktoria Azarenka	O	102
26	Andy Roddick	O	87		26	Simona Halep	O	100
27	Gustavo Kuerten	O	86		27	Gabriela Sabatini	O	100
28	Marat Safin	O	83		28	Mary Pierce	O	98
29	Daniil Medvedev	O	83		29	Amelie Mauresmo	O	87
30	Pat Rafter	O	81		30	Ashleigh Barty	O	86
31	Yevgeni Kafelnikov	O	79		31	Svetlana Kuznetsova	O	86
32	Stan Smith	O	74		32	Kerry Melville Reed	O	85
33	Tony Roche	O	74		33	Conchita Martinez	O	84
34	Michael Chang	O	71		34	Na Li	O	82
35	Goran Ivanisevic	S	70		35	Jana Novotna	O	82
36	Johan Kriek	O	69		36	Petra Kvitova	O	81
37	Sergi Bruguera	O	66		37	Garbine Murguruza	O	78
38	Vitas Gerulaitis	O	63		38	Coco Gauff	O	73
39	Dominic Thiem	O	62		39	Tracy Austin	O	71
40	Marin Cilic	O	62		40	Caroline Wozniacki	S	60
41	Michael Stich	O	58		41	Barbora Krejcikova	O	58
42	Juan Carlos Ferrero	O	57		42	Mima Jausovec	O	56
43	Pat Cash	O	55		43	Madison Keys	O	56
44	Juan Martin del Potro	O	55		44	Helena Sukova	O	56
45	Roscoe Tanner	O	53		45	Ana Ivanovic	O	54
46	Alexander Zverev	O	51		46	Mary Joe Fernandez	O	53
47	Manuel Orantes	S	47		47	Rosemary Casals	O	50
48	Carlos Moya	O	44		48	Samantha Stosur	O	47
49	Richard Krajicek	O	41		49	Virginia Ruzici	O	47
50	Thomas Muster	S	41		50	Wendy Turnbull	S	46

For players whose careers fall entirely into the open era - the vast majority - the score is computed as follows: one point for a grand slam quarter-final participation, 3 points for a semifinal, 9 points for a final, and 27 points for a title. Hence every win in the later stages of a slam triples the score. 

For players who split their careers between the pre-open era and the open era - including Margaret Court, Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, Billie Jean King, John Newcombe Anne Haydon-Jones - adjustments are made to give credit to achievements during both periods. In the men's ranking, points accumulated on the pro tour have a weight of 2/3 per tournament (note: there were only three pro slams), points accumulated on the amateur tour have a weight of 1/2. This ensures that the total points per year remain the same as in the open era. In the ladies' game, there was only the amateur tour, hence pre-open era points count fully. 

In case of points equality, the number of tournament victories/finals/semifinals (in this order) serve as tiebreakers, followed by the sanyaku rank.  Players who had most their success  before the open era are not included, specifically: players who would have obtained a higher sanyaku rank pre-open era than they did during the open era. This applies, among others, to Andres Gimeno, Mal Anderson, Dennis Ralston, Butch Buchholz, Fred Stolle, Ray Emerson, Bob Lutz, Maria Bueno, Lesley Turner Bowrey, and Francoise Durr.

The 2025 US Open: Promotions, Demotions, and Other Stats

2025 US Open Champions:

• Carlos Alcaraz (Yokozuna)

• Aryna Sabalenka (Yokozuna)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Amanda Anisimova, the 49th Female Ozeki of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Amanda Anisimova	Ozeki	Sekiwake
Taylor Fritz	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Felix Auger-Aliassime (ex-Sekiwake)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Lorenzo Musetti	Komusubi	Maegashira
Jessica Pegula	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Alexander Zverev	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Cori Gauff	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Madison Keys	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Daniil Medvedev (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Ben Shelton	Maegashira	Komusubi
Belinda Bencic	Maegashira	Komusubi
Mirra Andreeva	Maegashira	Komusubi
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• none

Other noteworthy developments:

• Naomi Osaka reached the seminfals and therefore rectivated her Yokozuna (=Grand Champion) status after more than three years as an inactive Yokozuna.
• All three Ozeki (= Champions) rank holder - Alexander Zverev, Cori Gauff and Madison Keys - went again out early. They were already kadoban, and hence get demoted to Sekiwake (=Junior Champion I). They have one chance to regain Ozeki rank by reaching the seminfinals at the 2026 Australian Open, thereafter, rank protection extinguishes.
• For the second consecurive slam, there are more demotions than promotions, making the sanyaku ranks thinly populated. This reflects the dominance of the Yokozuna - pkus of the newly elevated Ozeki Amanda Anisimova - on both the men's and the ladies' side.

Sanyaku Ranks Following the 2025 US Open

Men

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Y	Carlos Alcaraz	Y1	Jannik Sinner	Y
Dai-Y	Novak Djokovic	Y2	-	-
-	-	O	-	-
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
O	Alexander Zverev (o)	S	Taylor Fritz	S
S	Felix Auger-Aliassime	K	Lorenzo Musetti	K

Women

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Y	Aryna Sabalenka	Y1	Iga Swiatek	Y
Y	Naomi Osaka	Y2	-	-
O	Amanda Anisimova	O	-	-
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
O	Cori Gauff (o)	S	Madison Keys (o)	O
S	Jessica Pegula	K	-	-

1/ Highest sanyaku rank achieved in a player's career
Inactive Yokozuna: Venus Williams
(k): kadoban
(o): Sekiwake-Ozeki

Amanda Anisimova, Ozeki

Amanda Anisimova

Amanda Anisimova became the 49th female Ozeki (=Champion) of the open era by reaching the semifinals of the 2025 US Open. Together with her final participation at the 2025 Wimbledon tournament, this suffices to cross the "great hurdle" - the literal meaning of "Ozeki"  in Japanese. The  quarterfinal victory was over Yokozuna (=Grand Champion) Iga Swiatek, hence Anisimova took revenge for a brutal loss only 7 weeks earlier in the Wimbledon final.

Anisimova was one of the strongest juniors of her cohort and also had early success as a pro, reaching, among other things, the semifinal at the 2019 French Open when she was just 17 years old. Then in 2023, she took a break from tennis, citing burnout and concerns about mental health. It did not take long after her return in 2024 to establish herself as a matured world-class player, equipped with powerful groundstrokes and excellent court coverage.  

Elsewhere in the tournament, Naomi Osaka reactivated her Yokozuna status by also reaching the semifinals, where she will play Anisimova. After this tournament, there will therefore be three active female  Yokozuna: Osaka, Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka. Osaka won four grand slam titles in 2018-21, including two US Open, before taking a baby break. Thereafter she needed some time to find her old form. But form is temporary, class is permanent. 

The Sanyaku ranking lists will be updated once the US Open have been completed.

The 2025 Wimbledon Tournament: Promotions, Demotions, and Other Stats

2025 Wimbledon Champions:

• Jannik Sinner (Yokozuna)

• Iga Swiatek (Yokozuna)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Amanda Anisimova, the 60th Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Amanda Anisimova (ex-Komusubi)	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Taylor Fritz (ex-Sekiwake)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Ben Shelton	Komusubi	Maegashira
Belinda Bencic	Komusubi	Maegashira
Mirra Andreeva	Komusubi	Maegashira
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (ex-Sekiwake)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Daniil Medvedev (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Tommy Paul	Maegashira	Komusubi
Lorenzo Mussetti	Maegashira	Komusubi
Frances Tiafoe	Maegashira	Komusubi
Barbora Krejcikova (ex-Ozeki)	Maegasharia	Komusubi
Jasmine Paolini (ex-Ozeki)	Maegasharia	Komusubi
Emma Navarro (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegasharia	Komusubi
Paula Badosa (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegasharia	Komusubi
Elina Svitolina (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegasharia	Komusubi
Zheng Qinwen (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegasharia	Komusubi
Lois Boisson	Maegasharia	Komusubi

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

• Amanda Anisimova for beating Yokozuna Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals

Other noteworthy developments:

• Double Yokozuna (=Grand Champion) triumph at Wimbledon, who, as a result, rise in the Open Era rankings: Iga Swiatek is now top 15, Jannik Sinner top 20.
• All three Ozeki (= Champions) - Alexander Zverev, Cori Gauff and Madison Keys - went out early and go kadoban: they need to reach the quarterfinals at the 2025 US Open to hold rank.
• Mass exodus from the Komusubi (=Junior Champion II) ranks, with no less than 10 demotions from the championship ranks. Ladies' finalist Amanda Anisimova is now the only Sekiwake (=Junior Champion I)

Sanyaku Ranks Following the 2025 Wimbledon Tournament

Men

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Y	Jannik Sinner	Y1	Carlos Alcaraz	Y
Dai-Y	Novak Djokovic	Y2	-	-
O	Alexander Zverev (k)	O	-	-
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
-	-	S	-	-
O	Daniil Medvedev	K1	Taylor Fritz	S
K	Ben Shelton	K2	-	-

Women

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Y	Iga Swiatek	Y	Aryna Sabalenka	Y
O	Cori Gauff (k)	O	Madison Keys (k)	O
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
S	Amanda Anisimova	S	-	-
K	Belinda Bencic	K1	Mirra Andreeva	K
S	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	K2	-	-

1/ Highest sanyaku rank achieved in a player's career
Inactive Yokozuna: Naomi Osaka
(k): kadoban
(o): Sekiwake-Ozeki

The 2025 French Open: Promotions, Demotions, and Other Stats

2025 French Open Champions:

• Carlos Alcaraz (Yokozuna)

• Cori Gauff (Sekiwake, ex-Ozeki)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Aryna Sabalenka, the 20st Female Yokozuna of the Open Era

• Lois Boisson, the 77th Female Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Aryna Sabalenka	Yokozuna	Ozeki
Cori Gauff	Ozeki	Sekiwake
Madison Keys	Ozeki	Sekiwake
Lorenzo Musetti	Komusubi	Maegashira
Frances Tiafoe	Komusubi	Maegashira
Zheng Qinwen (ex-Sekiwake)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Lois Boisson	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Daniil Medvedev	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Barbora Krejcikova (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Jasmine Paolini (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Emma Navarro	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Paula Badosa	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Taylor Fritz ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Alex de Minaur	Maegashira	Komusubi
Ben Shelton	Maegashira	Komusubi
Marketa Vondrousova (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Jessica Pegula (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• none

Other noteworthy developments:

• Aryna Sabalenka put together a series W (2024 UO) - F (2025 AO) - F (2025 FO), which, together with the two grand slam titles she had aleady won earlier, elevates her to the 20st female Yokozuna (=Grand Champion) of the Open Era. The loss in the final may have been a disappointment to her, but she still joined the top elite of the sport. In the men's game, the still relatively new Yokzouna Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner hold, for the first time, the first two spots on the sanyaku, after playing a thrilling final.

• Both Cori Gauff and Madison Keys, the last two female grand slam winners, got themselves re-promoted to Ozeki (=Champion). Gauff is even on a Yokozuna run if she wins Wimbledon.

• Alexander Zverev had another hold at Ozeki. With 14 tournaments at the second-highest rank (and a 15th guaranteed), he is already one of the longest-lived Ozeki of the Open Era. By contrast, Daniil Medvedev exited again early and gets demoted to Sekiwake (=Junior Champion I). Rank protection isn't fully extinguished though: he can regain Ozeki rank if he makes the semifinals at Wimbledon. Ex-Ozeki Barbora Krejcikova and Jasmine Paolini lost rank protecion and get demoted to Komusubi (=Junior Champion II).

• Tommy Paul and ex-Sekiwake Elina Svitolina both held rank at Komusubi

Sanyaku Ranks Following the 2025 French Open

Men

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Y	Carlos Alcaraz	Y1	Jannik Sinner	Y
Dai-Y	Novak Djokovic	Y2	-	-
O	Alexander Zverev	O	-	-
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
O	Daniil Medvedev (o)	S	-	-
K	Tommy Paul	K1	Lorenzo Musetti	K
K	Frances Tiafoe	K2	-	-

Women

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Y	Iga Swiatek	Y	Aryna Sabalenka	Y
O	Cori Gauff	O	Madison Keys	O
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
-	-	S	-	-
O	Barbora Krejcikova	K1	Jasmine Paolini	O
S	Emma Navarro	K2	Paula Badosa	S
S	Elina Svitolina	K3	Zheng Qinwen	S
K	Lois Boisson	K4	-	-

1/ Highest sanyaku rank achieved in a player's career
Inactive Yokozuna: Naomi Osaka
(k): kadoban
(o): Sekiwake-Ozeki

Aryna Sabalenka, Yokozuna

Aryna Sabalenka became the 20st  female Yokozuna (= Grand Champion) of the open era today, by defeating (now) co-Yokozuna Iga Swiatek in the French open semi-finals and adding at least a final participation to her final at the 2025 Australian Open and victory at the 2024 U.S. Open. Given that Sabalenka already holds three grand slam titles, this series (W-F-F) suffices for a promotion to the highest rank. 

Sabalenka had been close before, and with her dominant, aggressive game she seemed poised for Yokozuna, but only in the last three grand slam tournaments did she find the top-level consistency that is befitting for a Grand Champion. There are several paths to Yokozuna, hers took a bit longer - almost 8 years after her grand slam debut. But now Sabalenka has joined a small circle of elite players who have dominated female grand slam tennis since the beginning of the Open Era in 1968. 

A full update will come later. 

The 2025 Australian Open: Promotions, Demotions, and Other Stats

2025 Australian Open Champions:

• Jannik Sinner (Ozeki)

• Madison Keys (Maegashira, ex-Ozeki)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Jannik Sinner, the 19th Male Yokozuna of the Open Era

• Paula Badosa, the 58th Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Jannik Sinner	Yokozuna	Ozeki
Madidon Keys (ex-Ozeki)	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Paula Badosa	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Ben Shelton	Komusubi	Maegashira
Tommy Paul	Komusubi	Maegashira
Elina Svitolina (ex-Sekiwake)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Barbora Krejcikova	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Jasmine Paolini	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Taylor Fritz	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Marketa Vondrousova (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Jessica Pegula	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Jack Draper	Maegashira	Komusubi
Elina Rybakina (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Karolina Muchova (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• Madison Keys for beating Yokozuna Iga Swiatek in the semifinals

Other noteworthy developments:

• Jannik Sinner defended his Australian Open title and became the 19th male Yokozuna (=Grand Champion) of the Open Era. Please see the separate article.

• By contast, Ozeki (=Champion) Aryna Sabalenka fell again one win short of elevation to the highest rank, by losing the final to former Ozeki Madison Keys. Sabalenka remains on a Yokozuna run though and needs a final participation at the 2025 French Open for the ultimate promotion. For now she remains at Ozeki, as does the unsuccesful men's finalist, Alexander Zverev (who, different from Sabalenka, is not on a Yokozuna run though).

• Ozeki Daniil Medvedev lost early and goes kadoban - he needs to reach the quarterfinals at the French Open to avoid demotion. Barbora Krejcikova and Jasmine Krejcikova were already kadoban, and as they failed again to reach the quarterfinals, they get demoted to Sekiwake (=Junior Champion I). Rank protection isn't fully extinguished though: both can regain Ozeki rank if they make the semifinals at the French Open. Ex-Ozeki Cori Gauff was in that very situation here at the Australian Open, but fell one win short. Exit in the quarterfinals means Gauff defends Sekiwake rank though.

• Keys is a career-high Ozeki already, as she held that rank in 2018/19. She does not return to Ozeki though, as this is only her first grand slam title. Keys would need a quarterfinal at the French Open to ascend again to her former rank.