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.

The 2024 Wimbledon Tournament: Promotions, Demotions, and Other Stats

2024 Wimbledon Champions:

• Carlos Alcaraz (Ozeki)

• Barbora Krejcikova (Maegashira, ex-Sekiwake)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Carlos Alcaraz, the 18th Male Yokozuna of the Open Era

• Jasmine Paolini, the 48th Female Ozeki of the Open Era

• Barbora Krejcikova, the 49th Female Ozeki of the Open Era

• Alex de Minaur, the 98th Male Komusubi of the Open Era

• Lorenzo Musetti, the 99th Male Komusubi of the Open Era

• Donna Vekic, the 77th Female Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Carlos Alcaraz	Yokozuna	Ozeki
Jasmine Paolini	Ozeki	Sekiwake
Barbora Krejcikova	Ozeki	Maegashira
Alex de Minaur	Komusubi	Maegashira
Taylor Fritz	Komusubi	Maegashira
Lorenzo Musetti	Komusubi	Maegashira
Donna Vekic	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Casper Ruud (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Ons Jabeur (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Qinwen Zheng (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Mirra Andreeva	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• Yulia Putintseva for beating Yokozuna Iga Swiatek in round 3

Other noteworthy developments:

• Carlos Alcaraz won the French Open and Wimbledon back-to-back and thus became the 18th male Yokozuna (=Grand Champion) of the Open Era - joining an elite group of players that have dominated the sport in the past 55 years. Alcaraz's is the first Yokozuna promotion since Andy Murray's in 2016 - see the separate article.

• Jannik Sinner's and Aryna Sabalenka's Yokozuna runs ended unsuccesfully, by contrast. Sabalenka had to sit out the tournamnet injured, while Sinner went out in the quarterfinals to fellow Ozeki (=Champion) Daniil Medvedev. Medvedev and Sinner held Ozeki rank, but Sabalenka goes kadoban: she needs to reach the quarterfinals at the 2024 US Open to defend Ozeki rank. The same holds for Alexander Zverev, Cori Gauff, and Marketa Vondrousova.

• Former Ozeki and Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina held Sekiwake (=Junior Champion I) rank with a semifinal participation.

The 2024 French Open: Promotions, Demotions, and Other Stats

2024 French Open Champions:

• Carlos Alcaraz (Ozeki)

• Iga Swiatek (Sekiwake, ex-Ozeki)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Iga Swiatkek, the 19th Female Yokozuna of the Open Era

• Jasmine Paolini, the 58th Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Mirra Andreeva, the 76th Female Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Iga Swiatek	Yokozuna	Sekiwake
Alexander Zverev	Ozeki	Sekiwake
Casper Ruud (ex-Ozeki)	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Jasmine Paolini	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Mirra Andreeva	Komusbi	Maegashira
Demotions
Qinwen Zheng	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Andrey Rublev	Maegashira	Komusubi
Taylor Fritz	Maegashira	Komusubi
Madison Keys (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Karolina Muchova (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Dayana Yasremska	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• none

Other noteworthy developments:

• Iga Swiatek won her fifth Grand Slam title and thus became the 19th female Yokozuna (=Grand Champion) of the Open Era, joining a small elite club of women players who have dominated the sport in the past 56 years. Yokozuna promotions are rare events, on average they occur only every three years or so. See the separate article.

• Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev and Aryna Sabalenka also had chances to earn a Yokozuna promotion but couldn't get the result needed. Sabalenka and Medvedev lost in the quarterfinals/round of 16, respectively, and need to start over. Australian Open champion Sinner reached the semifinals and hence remains on a Yokozuna run, he needs to win the 2024 Wimbledon tournament to get elevated to the highest rank. French Open champion Carlos Alcaraz would also become a Yokozuna if he wins at Wimbledon.

• Sabelanka and Sinner held Ozeki (=Champion) rank though, while Medvedev goes kadoban: he needs to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon to defend his rank. Semifinalist Cori Gauff also held Ozeki. Finalist Alexander Zverev got himself re-promoted to the rank that he held already in 2020-22.

• Former Ozeki Elena Rybakina and Ons Jabeur lost in the quarterfinals and hence fell one win short from earning a re-promotion to their former rank. Both remain at Sekiwake (=Junior Champion I).

• In the men's game, there is no active Komusubi (=Junior Champion II): the current 6 top ranking players have won most marbles at the last three slams and have left little for anybody else. In addition to Alcaraz, Sinner, Medvedev and Zverev, these 'big 6' include Dai-Yokozuna (=Great Grand Champion) Novak Djokovic and current Sekiwake and ex-Ozeki Casper Ruud.

The 2024 Australian Open: Promotions, Demotions, and other Stats

2024 Australian Open Champions:

• Jannik Sinner (Maegashira, ex-Komusubi)

• Aryna Sabalenka (Ozeki)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Jannik Sinner, the 39th Male Ozeki of the Open Era

• Coco Gauff, the 48th Female Ozeki of the Open Era

• Qinwen Zheng, the 57th Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Taylor Fritz, the 97th Male Komusubi of the Open Era

• Dayana Yastremska, the 75th Female Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Coco Gauff	Ozeki	Sekiwake
Jannik Sinner	Ozeki	Maegashira
Alexander Zverev (ex-Ozeki)	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Qinwen Zheng	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Taylor Fritz	Komusubi	Maegashira
Dayana Yastremska	Komusbi	Maegashira
Demotions
Iga Swiatek	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Ons Jabeur	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Elina Rybakina	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Casper Ruud (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Karolina Muchova	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Madison Keys (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Ben Shelton	Maegashira	Komusubi
Elina Svitolina (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• none

Other noteworthy developments:

• Ozeki (=Champions) Aryna Sabalenka, Daniil Medvedev and Carlos Alcaraz all held rank with strong results. Sabalenka would get promoted to Yokozuna (=Grand Champion) if she reaches the final at the 2024 French Open, Medvedev if he wins the tournament. By contrast, Marketa Vondrousova lost early and goes kadoban - she needs to reach the quarterfinals at the French Open to hold rank.

• Andrey Rublev held Komusubi (=Junior Champion II) rank with yet another quarterfinal. It's his 10th overall, and he has held Komusubi rank for seven tournaments now, without ever making it to Sekiwake (=Junior Champion II). Both are open era records

The 2023 US Open: Promotions, Demotions and Other Stats

2023 US Open Champions:

• Novak Djokovic (Dai-Yokozuna)

• Cori Gauff (Maegashira, ex-Sekiwake)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Marketa Vondrousova, the 47th Female Ozeki of the Open Era

• Ben Shelton, the 97th Male Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Marketa Vondrousova	Ozeki	Sekiwake
Daniil Medvedev	Ozeki	Komusubi
Karolina Muchova	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Cori Gauff	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Madison Keys (ex-Ozeki)	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Ben Shelton	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Caspar Ruud	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Elina Svitolina	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Stefanos Tsitsipas (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Karen Khachanov (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Jannik Sinner	Maegashira	Komusubi
Holger Rune	Maegashira	Komusubi
Jessica Pegula	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• none

Other noteworthy developments:

• Dai-Yokozuna (=Great Grand Champion) Novak Djokovic continues to wrute history, adding a 24th Grand Slam title to his tally. He had therefore equalled Margaret Court's record.

• Ozeki (=Champion) Carlos Alcaraz was on a Yokozuna (=Grand Champion) run but would have needed to win the tournament - he lost his semifinal to Daniil Medvedev, who returns to Ozeki after a year and a half absence. A victory at the 2024 Australian Open would still get Alcaraz promoted to Yokozuna though.

• Aryna Sabalenka held Ozeki rank with a final participation. All the other female Ozeki - Iga Swiatek, Ons Jabeur and Elena Rybakina - lost early and go kadoban, i.e., they need to reach the quarterfinals at the 2024 Australian Open to hold rank. With the new addition of 2023 Wimbledon Chanmpion Marketa Vondrousova, there are now five Ozeki - but still no active Yokozuna - in the women's game.

• Caspar Ruud got demoted from Ozeki to Sekiwake (=Junior Champion I) after failing to reach a quarterfinal for the second consecutive time, but has a one-time chance to regain Ozeki rank with a semifinal participation at the 2024 Australian Open.

• Alexander Zverev - a former Ozeki - and Andrey Rublev held Komusubi (=Junior Champion II) rank with quarterfinal participations.

The 2023 Wimbledon Tournament: Promotions, Demotions, and Other Stats

2023 Wimbledon Champions:

• Carlos Alcaraz (Ozeki)

• Marketa Vondrousova (Maegashira, ex-Sekiwake)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Holger Rune, the 96th Male Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Marketa Vondrousova	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Elina Svitolina	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Daniil Medvedev (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Jannik Sinner	Komusubi	Maegashira
Andrey Rublev	Komusubi	Maegashira
Holger Rune	Komusubi	Maegashira
Jessica Pegula	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Alexander Zverev (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Karen Khachanov (ex-Sekiwake)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Stefanos Tsitsipas (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Karolina Muchova	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Cori Gauff (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Beatriz Haddad Maia	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• none

Other noteworthy developments:

• Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka were both on a Yokozuna (=Grand Champion) run, but would have needed to win the tournament to get promoted. As they reached the quarterfinal or better, however, both defended Ozeki (=Champion) rank. Also Carlos Alcaraz, Ons Jabeur and Elena Rybakina confirmed Ozeki status, while Casper Ruud goes kadoban - he needs to get to the quarterfinals at the 2023 US Open to hold rank. Alcaraz is on now on a Yokozuna run.

• Dai-Yokozuna (=Champion) Rafael Nadal missed the tournament injured and loses active Yokozuna status, as he hasn't been in a Grand Slam quarterfinal in a year.

• Former Sekiwake (= Junior Champion I) Marketa Vondrousova and Elena Svitolina returned to their former rank after lengthy absences due to injury/pregnancy, respectively.

The 2023 French Open: Promotions, Demotions and Other Stats

2023 French Open Champions:

• Novak Djokovic (Dai-Yokozuna)

• Iga Swiatek (Ozeki)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Carlos Alcaraz, the 38th Male Ozeki of the Open Era

• Karolina Muchova, the 58th Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Beatriz Haddad Maia, the 74th Female Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Carlos Alcaraz	Ozeki	Komusubi
Alexander Zverev (ex-Ozeki)	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Karolina Muchova	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Beatriz Haddad Maia	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Maetto Berretini (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Nick Kyrgios (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Andrey Rublev	Maegashira	Komusubi
Tommy Paul	Maegashira	Komusubi
Jessica Pegula	Maegashira	Komusubi
Magda Linette	Maegashira	Komusubi
Viktoria Azarenka (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Karolina Pliskova (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• none

Other noteworthy developments:

• Dai-Yokozuna (=Great Grand Champion) Novak Djokovic won his 23rd grand slam title, thereby becoming the sole record winner of grand slam tournaments, ahead of 22-times winner Rafael Nadal. Fellow Dai-Yokozuna Nadal sat out the tournament injured and will lose active Yokozuna status if he fails to reach the seminfal at the 2023 Wimbledon tournament.

• Ozeki (=Champion) Iga Swiatek, Ons Jabeur, Aryna Sabalenka and Caspar Ruud all held rank with quarterfinal participtations or better. Australian Open champion Sabalenka was on a Yokozuna (=Grand Champion), which failed for now due to a loss in the semifinals to Karolina Muchova. However, Sabalenka and French Open champion Swiatek are both on active Yokozuna runs now, as either of them would be promoted to the highest rank if they win Wimbledon.

• Sekiwake (=Junior Champion I) and ex-Ozeki Stefanos Tsitsipas, Sekiwake Karen Khachanov and Komusubi and ex-Sekiwake Cori Gauff all held rank with quarterfinal participations.

The 2023 Australian Open: Promotions, Demotions, and Other Stats

2023 Australian Open Champions:

• Novak Djokovic (Dai-Yokozuna)

• Aryna Sabalenka (Komusubi, ex-Sekiwake)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Elena Rybakova, the 45th Female Ozeki of the Open Era

• Aryna Sabalenka, the 46th Female Ozeki of the Open Era

• Karen Khachanov, the 79th Male Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Tommy Paul, the 95th Male Komusubi of the Open Era

• Magda Linette, the 74th Female Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Elena Rybakova	Ozeki	Komusubi
Aryna Sabalenka	Ozeki	Komusubi
Carlos Alcaraz	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Stefanos Tsistispas (ex-Ozeki)	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Karen Khachanov	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Tommy Paul	Komusubi	Maegashira
Karolina Pliskova (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Vitoria Azalenka (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Alexander Zverev (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Maetto Berretini (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Nick Kyrgios	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Carlos Alcaraz	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Cori Gauff	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Daniil Medvedev (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Jannik Sinner	Maegashira	Komusubi
Ashleigh Barty (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Alja Tomljanovic	Maegashira	Komusubi
Caroline Garcia	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• Mackenzie McDonald for beating Dai-Yokozuna Rafael Nadal in Round 2

Other noteworthy developments:

• Dai-Yokozuna (=Great Grand Champion) Novak Djokovic won his 22nd grand slam title, thereby equalling Rafael Nadal's record. Nadal, by contrast, has not reached a grand slam quarterfinal since the 2022 Wimbledon Tournament and needs to make the quarterfinals at Roland Garros this year to remain an active Yokozuna.

• Ozeki (=Champion) Iga Swiatek, Ons Jabeur and Caspar Ruud all exited before the quarterfinals and therefore go kadoban: they need to reach the quarterfinals at the French Open to defend rank.

• Komusubi (=Junior Champion II) Andrey Rublev and Jessica Pegula held rank with quarterfinal participations.

The 2022 US Open: Promotions, Demotions, and Other Stats

2022 US Open Champions:

• Carlos Alcaraz (Maegashira, ex-Komusubi)

• Iga Swiatek (Ozeki)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Casper Ruud, the 37th Male Ozeki of the Open Era

• Ons Jabeur, the 44th Female Ozeki of the Open Era

• Carlos Alcaraz, the 78th Male Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Karen Khachanov, the 94th Male Komusubi of the Open Era

• Frances Tiafoe, the 95th Male Komusubi of the Open Era

• Alja Tomljanovic, the 72nd Female Komusubi of the Open Era

• Caroline Garcia, the 73rd Female Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Ons Jabeur	Ozeki	Sekiwake
Casper Ruud	Ozeki	Komusubi
Carlos Alcaraz	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Karen Khachanov	Komusubi	Maegashira
Frances Tiafoe	Komusubi	Maegashira
Andrey Rublev	Komusubi	Maegashira
Jessica Pegula	Komusubi	Maegashira
Alja Tomljanovic	Komusubi	Maegashira
Aryna Sabalenka (ex-Sekiwake)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Caroline Garcia	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Alexander Zverev	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Stefanos Tsitsipas	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Ashleigh Barty (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Elena Rybakina	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Cameron Norrie	Maegashira	Komusubi
Leylah Fernandez (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Simona Halep (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Tatjana Maria	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• Frances Tiafoe for beating Dai-Yokozuna Rafael Nadal in Round 4

Other noteworthy developments:

• For the first time since the 2020 US Open, and for the second time only since the 2004 French Open (!), none of the three Dai-Yokozuna (= Great Grand Champion) Novak Djokovic , Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer reached the Grand Slam semifinals. Djokovic and Federer did not participate, Nadal went out in Round 4.

• There is still no active Yokozuna (=Grand Champion) in the ladies' game, although US Open Champion Iga Swiatek is inching closer. She needs to win the 2023 Australian Open or reach the seminfals down under and win the 2023 French Open to get promoted to the highest rank. Two lost finals at the Australian and French open would also do.

• The injured Alexander Zverev lost Ozeki (=Champion) status and got demoted to Sekiwake (=Junior Champion I) as he missed the second consecutive grand slam tournament. He needs to reach the semifinals at the 2023 Australian Open to be re-promoted immediately.

• Nick Kyrgios, ex-Ozeki Matteo Berrettini, and Cori Gauff all held Sekiwake rank with a quarterfinal participatoin. Kyrgios was one win away from an Ozeki promotion. Jannik Sinner held Komusubi (=Junior Champion II) rank.

The 2022 Wimbledon Tournament: Promotions, Demotions and Other Stats

2022 Wimbledon Champions:

• Novak Djokovic (Dai-Yokozuna)

• Elena Rybakina (Maegashira)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Nick Kyrgios, the 78th Male Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Elena Rybakina, the 59th Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Ons Jabeur, the 60st Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Jannik Sinner, the 93rd Male Komusubi of the Open Era

• Cameron Norrie, the 94th Male Komusubi of the Open Era

• Tatjana Maria, the 71st Female Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Nick Kyrgios	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Elena Rybakina	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Ons Jabeur	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Jannik Sinner	Komusubi	Maegashira
Caremon Norrie	Komusubi	Maegashira
Simona Halep (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Tatjana Maria	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Daniil Medvedev	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Stefanos Tsitsipas	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Matteo Berrettini	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Ashleigh Barty	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Caspar Ruud	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Leylah Fernandez	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Cori Gauff	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Felix Auger-Aliassime (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Carlos Alcaraz	Maegashira	Komusubi
Barbora Krejcikova (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Danielle Collins (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Daria Kasatkina	Maegashira	Komusubi
Jessica Pergula	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• none

Other noteworthy developments:

• Dai-Yokozuna (Great Grand Champion) Novak Djokovic won his 21st grand slam title. He also takes - for the first time in his career - the #1 spot in the results based open area top 20 ranking, as his deeper record in grand slam finals and semifinals more than compensates for the one title that fellow Dai-Yokozuna Rafael Nadal has more. Nadal had to exit injured before the semi-finals, preventing him from defending his spot.

• Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Matteo Berrettini all lost active Ozeki (=Champion) status for failing to reach a grand slam quarterfinal for the second time in a row, altough for different reasons: Medvedev was not allowed to participate for his nationality, Tsitsipas exited early, while Berrettini fell sick. They are Sekiwake-Ozeki now: a semifinal at the US Open would get them back to Ozeki. The other Ozeki, Alexander Zverev and Iga Swiatek, go kadoban - they have to reach the quarterfinals at the US Open to hold rank

• Finalist Nick Kyrgios earned a first time Sekiwake (=Junior Champion I) promotion, more than seven years after ascending to Komusubi (=Junior Champion II) at the 2015 Austrlaian Open. The finalists in the ladies' tournament, Elena Rybakina and Ons Jabeur, also earn a first time Komusubi promotion.

The 2022 French Open: Promotions, Demotions and Other Stats

2022 French Open Champions:

• Rafael Nadal (Dai-Yokozuna)

• Iga Swiatek (Komusubi, ex-Sekiwake)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Iga Swiatek, the 43rd Female Ozeki of the Open Era

• Caspar Ruud, the 77th Male Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Cori Gauff, the 58th Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Carlos Alcaraz, the 93rd Male Komusubi of the Open Era

• Jessica Pegula, the 70th Female Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Iga Swiatek	Ozeki	Komusubi
Caspar Ruud	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Cori Gauff	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Marin Cilic (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Carlos Alcaraz	Komusubi	Maegashira
Daria Kasatkina	Komusubi	Maegashira
Jessica PegulaCarlos Alcaraz	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Felix Auger-Aliassime	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Barbora Krejcikova	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Danielle Collins	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Denis Shapovalov	Maegashira	Komusubi
Karolina Pliskova (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Aryna Sabalenka (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Maria Sakkari (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Emma Raducanu (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Madison Keys (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• none

Other noteworthy developments:

• Dai-Yokozuna (Great Grand Champion) Rafael Nadal won his 22st grand slam title. He is now two titles clear of both Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, which more then compensates for the latter's deeper record in terms of final and semifinal participations. Nadal therefore moves - for the first time in his career - to the #1 spot in the results based open area top 20 ranking.

• Ozeki and 2022 Australian Open Champion Ashleigh Barty retired surprisingly before the French Open. Sanyaku tennis will carry her in the rankings though until she moves organically out of them, for now she is a kadoban Ozeki. The ladies' game remains without an activie Yokozuna - French Open winner and newly promoted Ozeki Iga Swiatek would have to win the 2022 Wimbledon tournament to change this.

• Alexander Zverev defended Ozeki rank, but had to retire injured in his semifinal with Rafael Nadal. Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas went out early while Matteo Berrettini withdrew. They therefore go kadbon and need to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon to defend Ozeki rank. Medvedev won't have this opportunity as the Wimbledon organizers disqualified him from participating on the basis of his nationality - a decision that Sanyaku Tennis considers mistaken

The 2022 Australian Open: Promotions, Demotions and Other Stats

2022 Australian Open Champions:

• Rafael Nadal (Dai-Yokozuna)

• Ashleigh Barty (Ozeki)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Daniil Medvedev, the 35th Male Ozeki of the Open Era

• Matteo Berrettini, the 36th Male Ozeki of the Open Era

• Danielle Collins, the 58th Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Daniil Medvedev	Ozeki	Sekiwake
Matteo Berrettini	Ozeki	Sekiwake
Stefanos Tsitsipas	Ozeki	Sekiwake
Danielle Collins	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Denis Shapovalov	Komusubi	Maegashira
Madison Keys (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Iga Swiatek (ex-Sekiwake)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Karolina Pliskova (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Aryna Sabalenka	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Maria Sakkari	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Emma Raducanu	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Leylah Fernandez	Komusubi	Sekiwake

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

• Amanda Anisimova (ex-Komusubi) - for beating Yokozuna Naomi Osaka in Round 3

Other noteworthy developments:

• Dai-Yokozuna (Great Grand Champion) Rafael Nadal won his 21st grand slam title and therefore the most slams of any male tennis player in the open era.
• In terms of the pure stats, however, Nadal remains #3 in the open area top 20 ranking - behind Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, who both have 20 titles but participated in many more grand slam finals and semifinals. This said, Sanyaku Tennis does not really participate in the so-called GOAT debate. To us, every player who reached Dai-Yokozuna status represents the pinnacle of the sport, with unique achievements each in his or her own way. Splitting hair at this level is silly: you don't compare royalty.

• Finalist Daniil Medvedev got promoted to Ozeki (=Champion), but he missed out by a whisker on back-to-back grand slam titles and hence on an immediate Yokozuna (=Grand Champion) promotion - he would have been the 19th male Yokzouna of the open era. Medvedev looks every bit like a future Yokozuna, but one never knows. Semifinalist Matteo Berrettini also got promoted to Ozeki, while the other semi-finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas earned a re-repromotion to the same rank.
• The "next gen" fills four Ozeki slots now and has truly arrived in the sanyaku rankings (the fourth Ozeki Alexander Zverev, who lost early and goes kadoban - i.e. needs a quarterfinal to the French open to defend rank). This said, noone has made it to Yokozuna yet - this is still reserved to the old masters, Nadal and Djokovic (the third master, Federer, is an inactive Yokozuna at present).

• In the ladies's game, Ashleigh Barty won her third grand slam title and confimed Ozeki rank. She is now the top tier in ladies' tennis, as both Yokozuna - Dai-Yokozuna Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka - failed to make the semifinals in four consecutive grand slam tournaments (Williams did not participate this time, Osaka lost in round 3). Hence both are listed as inactive Yokozuna now, leaving ladies' tennis without an active Grand Champion. By contrast, the lower Sanyaku ranks (Sekiwake and Komusubi) are filled with no less than 9 female players who had success at the last three grand slam tournaments, among them Australian Open finalist Danielle Collins.

The 2021 US Open: Promotions, Demotions, and Other Stats

2021 US Open Champions:

• Daniil Medvedev (Komusubi, ex-Sekiwake)

• Emma Raducanu (Maegashira)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Felix Auger-Aliassime, the 78th Male Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Maria Sakkari, the 54th Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Aryna Sabalenka, the 55th Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Emma Raducanu, the 56th Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Leylah Fernandez, the 57th Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Daniil Medvedev	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Felix Auger-Aliassime	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Karolina Pliskova (ex-Ozeki)	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Aryna Sabalenka	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Barbora Krejcikova	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Emma Raducanu	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Leylah Fernandez	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Demotions
Stefanos Tsitsipas	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Dominik Thiem (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Dennis Shapovalov	Maegashira	Komusubi
Hubert Hurcacz	Maegashira	Komusubi
Sofia Kenin (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Iga Swiatek (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Angelique Kerber (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Karolina Muchova	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• Leylah Fernandez - for beating Yokozuna Naomi Osaka in Round 3

Other noteworthy developments:

• Dai-Yokozuna (Great Grand Champion) Novak Djokovic just missed out on his 21st grand slam title, and therefore remains on par with Roger Federer's and Rafael Nadal. Djokovic remains #2 in the stats-based open area top 20 ranking, behind Federer but ahead of Nadal (the rank order is determined by the number of finals and semifinals participations).

• Both Dai-Yokozuna Serena Williams - who missed the tournament injured - and Yokozuna (Grand Champion) Naomi Osaka - who exited in round 3 - are at risk of losing active Yokozuna status if they fail to reach the quarterfinals at the 2022 Australian Open

• Sekiwake (Junior Champion I) Daniil Medvedev won his first grand slam tournament. Although Medvedev is now arguably more accomplished than either Alexander Zverev or Stefanos Tsitsipas, different from them he did not clear the "great hurdle" to Ozeki ("Champion") yet, as for this consistency at a high level over several tournament is required - and Medvedev's results at the preceding 2021 Wimbledon tournament and French Open were somewhat weaker. He is in an excellent postition to secure Ozeki rank soon, however, he needs a quarterfinal participation at the 2022 Australian Open or a semifinal at the 2022 French Open.

• Alexander Zverev defended Ozeki rank with a semifinal participation, while Stefanos Tsitsipas exited early and gets demoted to Sekiwake. He has one chance at the Australian Open to regain Ozeki status immediately, however, if he reaches the semifinals. Ashleigh Barty also lost early and goes kadoban: she needs to reach the quarterfinals at the 2022 Australian Open to defend rank.

• In a strange quirk, the number of Komusubi (Junior Champion II) went from 11 to 0 after the US Open, while the number of Sekiwake went from 2 to 10: four on the men's side and five on the ladies'. Five out of the ten Sekiwake are first-time Sekiwake promotees. These include Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez, who played the first all-teenager ladies' grand slam final since Serena Williams vs. Martina Hingis in 1999.

The 2021 Wimbledon Tournament: Promotions, Demotions and Other States

2021 Wimbledon Champions:

• Novak Djokovic (Dai-Yokozuna)

• Ashleigh Barty (Komusubi, ex-Ozeki)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Matteo Berrettini, the 77th Male Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Denis Shapovalov, the 91st Male Komusubi of the Open Era

• Hubert Hukarcz, the 92st Male Komusubi of the Open Era

• Arnya Sabalenka, the 72nd Female Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Ashleigh Barty	Ozeki	Komusubi
Matteo Berrettini	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Karolina Pliskova (ex-Ozeki)	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Denis Shapovalov	Komusubi	Maegashira
Angelique Kerber (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Aryna Sabalenka	Komusubi	Maegashira
Karolina Muchova	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Daniel Medvedev	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Dominik Thiem (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Sofia Kenin (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Iga Swiatek	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Barbora Krejcikova	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Diego Schwartzman	Maegashira	Komusubi
Simona Halep (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Jennifer Brady (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Maria Sakkari	Maegashira	Komusubi
Tamara Zidansek	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• Aliaksandra Sasnovich - for beating Dai-Yokozuna Serena Williams in Round 1

Other noteworthy developments:

• Dai-Yokozuna (Great Grand Champion) Novak Djokovic won his 20th grand slam title, equaling Roger Federer's and Rafael Nadal's record. He is now #2 in the stats-based open area top 20 ranking, behind Federer but ahead of Nadal (the rank order is determined by the number of finals participations). For the first time since this website exists (since 2008), the top 3 male open era players are all active.

• Asleigh Barty returns to Ozeki (Champion) rank after winning her second grand slam tournament

• Ozeki Alexander Zverev and Stefanos Tsitsipas both exited early and go kadoban: they need to reach the quarterfinals at the 2021 US Open to defend rank.

The 2021 French Open: Promotions, Demotions and Other Stats

2021 French Open Champions:

• Novak Djokovic (Dai-Yokozuna)

• Barbora Krejcikova (Maegashira)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Stefanos Tstsipas, the 34th Male Ozeki of the Open Era

• Barbora Krejcikova, the 52nd Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the 53rd Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Maria Sakkari, the 70th Female Komusubi of the Open Era

• Tamara Zidansek, the 71st Female Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Stefanos Tsitsipas	Ozeki	Sekiwake
Iga Swiatek	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Barbora Krejcikova	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Diego Schwartzman	Komusubi	Maegashira
Maria Sakkari	Komusubi	Maegashira
Tamora Zidansek	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Dominik Thiem	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Sofia Kenin	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Simona Halep (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Ashleigh Barty (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Jennifer Brady	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Pablo Carreno Busta (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Andrey Rublev	Maegashira	Komusubi
Aslan Karatsev	Maegashira	Komusubi
Karolina Muchova	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• Elena Rybakina - for beating Dai-Yokozuna Serena Williams in Round 4

Other noteworthy developments:

• Dai-Yokozuna Novak Djokovic won his 19th grand slam title, eding again one win closer to Roger Federer's and Rafael Nadal's record of 20 titles.

• Roger Federer failed to reach a grand slam quarterfinal for the fourth consecutive tournament and therefore loses active Yokozuna status. He needs a semifinal at Wimbledon to return once more as an active Yokozuna

• Ex-Ozeki Domique Thiem and Sofia Kenin got demoted to Sekiwake after failing twice in a row to reach a grand slam quarterfinal. A semifinal at Wimbledon would restore Ozeki status

• Alexander Zverev held Ozeki rank with a seminfal participation. Danil Medvedev fell again one win short of jumping the "big hurdle" to Ozeki, he needs now to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon to make it to Ozeki.

The 2021 Australian Open: Promotions, Demotions, and Other Stats

2021 Australian Open Champions:

• Novak Djokovic (Dai-Yokozuna)

• Naomi Osaka (Yokozuna)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Stefanos Tstsipas, the 77th Male Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Jennifer Brady, the 51st Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Aslan Karatsev, the 91st Male Komusubi of the Open Era

• Karolina Muchova, the 70th Female Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Danil Medvedev	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Stefanos Tsitsipas	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Jennifer Brady	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Aslan Karatsev	Komusubi	Maegashira
Karolina Muchova	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Pablo Carreno Busta	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Iga Swiatek	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Diego Schwartzman	Maegashira	Komusubi
Viktoria Azarenka (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Petra Kvitova (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Natalia Podoroska	Maegashira	Komusubi

Kinboshi:
("gold star" - prize awarded to a non-sanyaku ranked competitor for beating an active Yokozuna): none

Other noteworthy developments:

• Dai-Yokozuna Novak Djokovic won his 18th grand slam title, eding closer to Roger Federer's and Rafael Nadal's record. Djokovic remains #4 in the merit-based open era ranking for now. 20 grand slam titles would get Djokovic past Rod Laver. Should Djokovic one day reach the same number of grand slam titles as Federer and Nadal, the deeper record in terms of final and semifinal participations would determine the ranking - which, at the moment, would place Djokovic behind Federer but favor him over Nadal.

• Yokozuna Naomi Osaka won again the US and the Australian Open back-to-back. Her 4th grand slam title overall also gets Osaka into the open era top 20 ranking at #17 - at the expense of former Ozeki Angelique Kerber, who drops out of the top 20. Dai-Yokozuna and semi-finalist Serena Williams remains #2, after falling again just short of winning her 24st grand slam title that would get her past Margaret Court.

• Ozeki Domique Thiem and Sofia Kenin lost before the quarterfinals and hence goes kadoban - they must reach the quarterfinals at the next grand slam tournament (presumably the French Open) to defend Ozeki rank. Alexander Zverev, by contrast, secured Ozeki rank for at least another two grand slam tournaments with a quarterfinal particpation.

• Simona Halep and Ashleigh Barty both fell short by one win of restoring Ozeki-rank as they exited in the quarterfinals. Both remain at Sekiwake, with Ozeki rank-protection extinguished.

• Danil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jennifer Brady all fell one match short of jumping the "big hurdle" to Ozeki, even though Tsitsipas and Brady earned a first-time Sekiwake promotion. A semi-final at the next slam would get any of them to Ozeki. Andrey Rublev held Komusubi rank.

The 2020 French Open: Promotions, Demotions, and Other Stats

2020 French Open Champions:

• Rafael Nadal (Dai-Yokozuna)

• Iga Swiatek (Maegashira)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Sofia Kenin, the 42nd Female Ozeki of the Open Era

• Pablo Carreno Busta, the 76th Male Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Iga Swiatek, the 50th Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Andrey Rublev, the 91st Male Komusubi of the Open Era

• Natalia Podoroska, the 70th Female Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Sofia Kenin	Ozeki	Komusubi
Pablo Carreno Busta	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Iga Swiatek	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Stefanos Tsitsipas	Komusubi	Maegashira
Diego Schwartzman	Komusubi	Maegashira
Andrey Rublev	Komusubi	Maegashira
Petra Kvitova (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Natalia Podoroska	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Simona Halep	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Ashleigh Barty	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Danil Medvedev	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Viktoria Azarenka (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Garbine Muguruza (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Jennifer Brady	Maegashira	Komusubi
Elise Mertens	Maegashira	Komusubi

Kinboshi:
("gold star" - prize awarded to a non-sanyaku ranked competitor for beating an active Yokozuna): none

Other noteworthy developments:

• Due to the Covid-pandemic, the French Open were the last (rather than the 2nd) grand slam tournament to be played in 2020.

• Dai-Yokozuna Rafael Nadal won his 20st grand slam title, equalling Roger Federer's record, and his 13th title at the French Open - a lonely record. As a result, Nadal moves to #2 in the merit-based open era ranking: we placed Federer ahead of Rod Laver when he won his 20th grand slam title, hence we do the same now with Nadal. Given Federer's deeper record in terms of grand slam final and semifinal participations, Nadal would arguably need 22 titles though to move to the #1 spot.

• Ozeki Alexander Zverev lost before the quarterfinals (in the 4th round) and hence goes kadoban - he must reach the quarterfinals at the next grand slam tournament (presumably the Australian Open) to defend Ozeki rank. Dominic Thiem, by contrast, secured Ozeki rank for at least another two grand slam tournaments with a quarterfinal particpation.

• Simona Halep and Ashleigh Barty both get demoted from Ozeki to Sekiwake, but have a one-time chance to restore Ozeki rank with a semifinal participation at the next slam.

The 2020 US Open: Promotions, Demotions, and Other Stats

2020 US Open Champions:

• Dominic Thiem (Sekiwake)

• Naomi Osaka (Yokozuna)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Dominic Thiem, the 32nd Male Ozeki of the Open Era

• Alexander Zverev, the 33rd Male Ozeki of the Open Era

• Jennifer Brady, the 69th Female Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Dominic Thiem	Ozeki	Sekiwake
Alexander Zverev	Ozeki	Komusubi
Danil Medvedev	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Viktoria Azarenka (ex-Ozeki)	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Pablo Carreno Busta	Komusubi	Maegashira
Jennifer Brady	Komusubi	Maegashira
Elise Mertens	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Sofia Kenin	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Garbine Muguruza (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Stan Wawrinka (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Madison Keys (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Sloane Stephens (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Johanna Konta (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Elina Svitolina (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Bianca Andreescu (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• Pablo Carreno Busta (ex-Komusubi) - for beating Dai-Yokozuna Novak Djokovic in Round 4

• Viktoria Azarenka (ex-Ozeki) - for beating Dai-Yokozuna Serena Williams in the semifinals

Other noteworthy developments:

• Dai-Yokozuna Serena Williams loses in the semifinals and hence falls again short of her 24th grand slam title. As a result, she remains #2 in our merit-based Open Era ranking.

• Naomi Ozaka reactivates her Yokozuna status.

• Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev achieve the first Ozeki promotions in the mens' game since 2014, when Stan Wawrinka and Marin Cilic were promoted.

• Ozeki Simona Halep and Ashleigh Barty both sit out the tournament and go kadoban. They have to reach the quarterfinals at the 2020 French open to defend Ozeki rank, although Barty has alrady announced that she won't play.

The 2020 Australian Open: Promotions, Demotions, and Other Stats

2020 Australian Open Champions:

• Novak Djokovic (Dai-Yokozuna)

• Sofia Kenin (Maegashira)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Sofia Kenin, the 50st Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Alexander Zverev, the 92nd Male Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Ashleigh Barty	Ozeki	Sekiwake
Dominic Thiem	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Sofia Kenin	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Garbine Muguruza (ex-Ozeki)	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Alexander Zverev	Komusubi	Maegashira
Stan Wawrinka (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Daniil Medvedev	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Madison Keys (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Sloane Stephens (ex-Ozeki)	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Johanna Konta	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Elina Svitolina	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Bianca Andreescu	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Kei Nishikori (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Matteo Berettini	Maegashira	Komusubi
Belinda Bencic	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• Dominic Thiem (ex-Sekiwake) - for beating Dai-Yokozuna Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals

• Qiang Wang - for beating Dai-Yokozuna Serena Williams in round 3

• Cori Gauff - for beating Yokozuna Naomi Ozaka in round 3

Other noteworthy developments:

• Naomi Ozaka failed to reach the quarterfinals for the fourth consecutive grand slam tournament. While Yokozuna cannot be demoted, Ozaka loses active Yokozuna status, and needs a semifinal or two quarterfinals within a year to restore it.

• Ashleigh Barty returns to Ozeki for reaching the semifinals directly after having been demoted from Ozeki to Sekiwake afte rthe US Open. Simona Halep, who was at risk of demotion (kadoban), maintains Ozeki rank for also reaching the semifinals.

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

2019 US Open Champions:

• Rafael Nadal (Dai-Yokozuna)

• Bianca Andreescu (Maegashira)

New Career Sanyaku Rank:

• Danil Medvedev, the 76th Male Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Elina Svitolina, the 48th Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Bianca Andreescu, the 49th Female Sekiwake of the Open Era

• Matteo Berrettini, the 91st Male Komusubi of the Open Era

• Belinda Bencic, the 68th Female Komusubi of the Open Era

Sanyaku Rank Changes

Player (career rank if different)	To	From
Promotions
Elina Svitolina	Sekiwake	Komusubi
Danil Medvedev	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Bianca Andreescu	Sekiwake	Maegashira
Matteo Berrettini	Komusubi	Maegashira
Belinda Bencic	Komusubi	Maegashira
Demotions
Madison Keys	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Sloane Stephens	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Ashleigh Barty	Sekiwake	Ozeki
Kei Nishikori	Komusubi	Sekiwake
Marin Cilic (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Juan Martin del Potro (ex-Ozeki)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Dominik Thiem (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Marketa Vondrousova (ex-Sekiwake)	Maegashira	Komusubi
Barbora Strycova	Maegashira	Komusubi

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

• Stan Wawrinka (ex-Ozeki) - for beating Dai-Yokozuna Novak Djokovic in Round 4

• Grigor Dimitrov (ex-Komusubi) - for beating Dai-Yokozuna Roger Federer the quarterfinals

• Bianca Andreescu - for beating Dai-Yokozuna Serena Williams in the final

• Belinda Bencic - for beating Yokozuna Naomi Osaka in Round 4

Other noteworthy developments:

• Dai-Yokozuna Serena Williams falls again short in a Grand Slam final - her fourth final loss in the last six tournaments - and thus remains #2 in our merit-based Open Era ranking.

• Dai-Yokozuna Rafael Nadal wins his 19th slam and is now just one title short of fellow Dai-Yokozuna Roger Federer.

• Yokozuna Naomi Osaka goes out early in the third slam in a row, and needs to reach the semifinals at the Australian Open to remain an active Yokozuna

• Sloane Stephens, Madison Keys and Ashleigh Barty all lose before the quarterfinals and get demoted to Sekiwake. They are Sekiwake-Ozeki though and can regain Ozeki rank with a seminfinals at the 2020 Australian Open. Ozeki Simona Halep goes kadoban (needs to reach the quarterfinals at the Australian Open to hold rank).

• Johanna Konta holds Sekiwake rank with a quarterfinal participation.

• Danil Medvedev is the second Medvedev to get promoted to Sekiwake - the first was Andryi Medvedev in 1999.

• Ex-Komusubi Gael Monfils reaches another quarterfinal and equals now Tim Mayotte as the most succesful male Komusubi of the Open Era.