Carlos Alcaraz replaces Djokovic at No. 1 ahead of Wimbledon. Swiatek Stays A Top The WTA AP-TEN-Tennis-Rankings-Wimbledon

 Carlos Alcaraz replaced Novak Djokovic no. 1 in the ATP rankings on Monday, meaning the 20- time-old Spaniard is anticipated to have the top sowing at Wimbledon.

Alcaraz, the reigningU.S. Open champion, is coming off the first lawn-court title of his career, which he won Sunday by beating Alex De Minaur in the final at Queen’s Club in London, and that helped him rise one spot. 2.

Djokovic, who picked up his men’s- record 23rd Grand Slam title at the French Open this month, chose not to play any tuneup events on the lawn ahead of Wimbledon and slid down one place.
It's the sixth time the No. 1 ranking has switched in 2023, the most since it happed seven times in 2018.

Play begins at Wimbledon on July 3.

The All England Club will advertise the men’s and women’s seeds Wednesday and is anticipated to simply follow the ATP and WTA rankings for those 32 places in each 128-player mates draw. That would put Alcaraz and the commanding woman, Iga Swiatek, in the top line of each type.

Swiatek remained at No. 1 — as she has every week since first climbing to that position in April 2022 on Monday, a little further than two weeks after she won the French Open for the third time. Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka kept her hold on No. 2, and defending Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina is at No. 3. Jessica Pegula moved up to No. 4, switching with No. 5 Caroline Garcia.

Wimbledon’s seedings used to be grounded on a formula that took into account players ’ recent success there and at other events queried on lawn courts. But with only the rankings meaning now, there's the unusual situation of indeed last time’s results at the All England Club not meaning — because the ATP and WTA chose to withhold all rankings points that would have been earned at Wimbledon in 2022 to protest the club’s decision to ban players from Russia and Belarus over the irruption of Ukraine.

That war continues, but the club is allowing Russians and Belarusians to contend this time.

Djokovic has won Wimbledon each of the four times it was held — in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022; the event was cancelled in 2020 because of the coronavirus epidemic — and seven times in all.

“ I mean, Novak is the main fave to win Wimbledon. That’s egregious, ” Alcaraz said. “ But I'll try to play at this position, to have chances to beat him or make the final at Wimbledon. ”

If they're indeed plantedNos. 1 and 2, Alcaraz and Djokovic could meet only in the crown match on July 16. At Roland Garros, Alcaraz was theNo. 1 seed for the first time at a Grand Slam event, while Djokovic was no. 3, and they were drawn to meet in the semifinals. The first two sets were atrocious, but also Alcaraz faded because of full-body cramps he attributed, at least in part, to pressure, and Djokovic took the last two sets 6- 1, 6- 1 on the way to the jewel.

There was no other significant change in the men’s rankings Monday, with Daniil Medvedev still atNo. 3, followed by Casper Ruud atNo. 4 and Stefanos Tsitsipas atNo. 5. Taylor Fritz, who's from California, and Frances Tiafoe, who's from Maryland, were atNos. 9- 10 remains the first brace of American men in the top 10 in a decade.

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