Sanyaku Ranks Following the 2022 US Open

Men

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Dai-Y	Rafael Nadal	Y	Novak Djokovic	Dai-Y
O	Casper Ruud	O	-	-
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
O	Alexander Zverev (o)	S1	Matteo Berrettini	O
S	Nick Kyrgios	S2	Carlos Alcaraz	S
O	Daniil Medvedev	K1	Stefanos Tsitsipas	O
K	Jannik Sinner	K2	Karen Khachanov	K
K	Frances Tiafoe	K3	Andrey Rublev	K

Women

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
-	-	Y	-	-
O	Iga Swiatek	O	Ons Jabeur	O
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
S	Cori Gauff	S	-
O	Ashleigh Barty	K1	Elena Rybakina	S
K	Jessica Pegula	K2	Alja Tomljanovic	K
S	Aryna Sabalenka	K3	Caroline Garcia	K

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

Casper Ruud, Ozeki

Casper Ruud

The men's game has a new Ozkei too: Casper Ruud became the 37th male Ozeki (=Champion) of the Open Era by reaching the final at both the 2022 French and US Open. Together these results suffice to clear the 'great hurdle' - the literal meaning of 'Ozeki' in Japanese. 

Ruud's promotion occurs as several "new generation" Ozeki have lost rank in the last couple of tournaments: the injured Alexander Zverev; Daniil Medvedev, who was not allow to play at Wimbledon and underperformed (relative to rank) at the French and US Open; Stefanos Tsitsipas, who had a series of disappointing results, and Matteo Berrettini, who missed Wimbledon with Covid and fell in the US Open quarterfinals to Ruud. 

All these will be Sekiwake (=Junior Champion I) or Komusubi (=Junior Champion II) after the  tournament, sharing these ranks with players who did well at the US Open, namely finalist Carlos Alcaraz (first-time Sekiwake), semifinalists Frances Tiafoe and Karen Khachanov (both first-time Komusubi), and quarterfinalists Nick Kyrgios and Jannik Sinner. 

A full update of the Sanyaku rankings lists will be published once  2022 US Open finals have been played.

Ons Jabeur, Ozeki

Ons Jabeur became the 

Ons Jabeur

44rd female Ozeki (=Champion) of the Open Era by reaching the semi-finals of the 2022 US Open, following her final participation at Wimbledon. Together these results suffice to clear the 'great hurdle' - the literal meaning of 'Ozeki' in Japanese. By now Jabeur has advanced even further and qualified for the US Open final, where she will play fellow Ozeki Iga Swiatek. 

French Open finalist Caspar Ruud also sports a chance for an Ozeki promotion, provided he beats Karen Khachanov in tonight's semifinal. Khachanov has earned a first time promotion to at least Komusubi (=Junior Champion II). Nick Kyrgios and Cori Gauff were also on Ozeki runs, but exited the tournament too early for completing it. Both will be Sekiwake (=Junior Champion I) after the tournament.

A full update of the Sanyaku rankings lists will be published once the 2022 US Open have ended.

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.

Sanyaku Ranks Following the 2022 Wimbledon Tournament

Men

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
Dai-Y	Novak Djokovic	Y	Rafael Nadal	Dai-Y
O	Alexander Zverev (k)	O	-	-
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
O	Daniil Medvedev (o)	S1	Stefanos Tsitsipas (o)	O
O	Matteo Berrettini (o)	S2	Nick Kyrgios	S
S	Casper Ruud	K1	Jannik Sinner	K
K	Cameron Norrie	K2	-	-

Women

Career rank 1/	East	Current Rank	West	Career rank 1/
High Sanyaku (Senior Champion Ranks)
-	-	Y	-	-
O	Iga Swiatek (k)	O	-
Lower Sanyaku (Junior Champion Ranks)
O	Ashleigh Barty (o)	S1	Elena Rybakina	S
S	Ons Jabeur	S2	-
S	Leylah Fernandez	K1	Cori Gauff	S
O	Simona Halep	K2	Tatjana Maria	K

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

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