Jack Draper defeated Holger Rune 6-2, 6-2 to clinch his first ATP Masters 1000 title at Indian Wells. The 23-year-old Briton had an impressive run, beating defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, as well as 2022 champion Taylor Fritz. Now, he will rise to the seventh place of the ATP Rankings for the first time.
“I feel like I deserve it, in all honestly,” Draper said of the milestone, to the ATP Tour Website. “The amount of adversity I’ve been through, the amount of sacrifices, the amount of time that all the people around me have put into me and the hard work. It’s an emotional feeling to know how much you’ve gone through and put in, and to be here now to say that I’m going be No. 7 in the world tomorrow, I can’t tell you how much that means to me.”
However, that won’t be the only change in the rankings. World No. 1 Jannik Sinner, who is currently serving a three-month ban due to a doping case, will remain at the top, just as Alexander Zverev and Alcaraz will retain their positions as World No. 2 and World No. 3, respectively. However, both the German and the Spaniard will lose a significant number of points.
Fritz will stay at the fourth place, while Novak Djokovic, who was eliminated in the second round, climbs two spots. Casper Ruud, Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev and Stefanos Tsitsipas will all remain at the Top 10. Meanwhile, Alex de Minaur falls to the Top 11.
Holger Rune climbs one spot at the ATP Rankings (Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
On the other hand, finalist Holger Rune climbs one spot, rising to the Top 12. At 21 years old, Rune was aiming for his fifth tour-level title and his second ATP Masters 1000 trophy, having previously defeated Djokovic in three sets to claim the 2022 Rolex Paris Masters championship.
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ATP Rankings after Indian Wells
- Jannik Sinner – 11,330 points
- Alexander Zverev – 7,945 points
- Carlos Alcaraz – 6,910 points
- Taylor Fritz – 4,900 points
- Novak Djokovic – 3,860 points
- Casper Ruud – 3,855 points
- Jack Draper – 3,800 points
- Daniil Medvedev – 3,680 points
- Andrey Rublev – 3,440 points
- Stefanos Tsitsipas – 3,405 points
What’s next in the ATP Tour?
After two intense weeks in California, the ATP (and WTA) Tour will move to the East Coast. The next Masters 1000 event is the Miami Open, which officially starts on Wednesday, March 19. Zverev, Alcaraz, Djokovic, Fritz and Medvedev will headline action at the season’s second Masters 1000.
