 This is what the rankings looked like at the start of 2023 and as the season is already over this is probably a great chance to go through how the rankings started and how the rankings ended in 2023 and what are the big changes to those rankings and as you can notice already with some of the players in the top 10 to start the year what actually happened to them to drop out of the top 10 and where are the players that ended up in the top 10 at the end of the year and how they got into the top 10 by the end of the season. The first week of January we had Djokovic winning an Adelaide, the USA winning the United Cup but it didn't really result in too many ranking changes for those players however there were changes with Rublev going up two spots and Runa going up one spot pushing Ozealia Sim down a spot, Medvedev went down a spot at Hercatch also falling out of the top 10 to start the year we also had some ranking changes to the points with guys like Nadal, Ozealia Sim and Medvedev losing points that they made up from 2022. The week before the Australian Open nobody played and we didn't have any changes to the rankings as the seeds were already set for the big slam but then as we went to the Australian Open Novak Djokovic won the event got that 10th Australian Open and it helped his ranking he went up to number one in the world with Sidney Pass who made the final going up a spot as well guys like Rublev Fritz, Runa and Hercatch also gaining spots whereas guys like Elkiraz who actually didn't play the Australian Open he went down a spot Soda Kasparud and the two finals of 2022 Nadal and Medvedev they went down four spots each with Medvedev falling out of the top 10 completely really capping off a terrible couple of months for him that started in 2022 so some big changes to the rankings there with only the first month of the season down. First week of February we had the Davis Cup which meant nobody got any points and there was no changes to the rankings. The second week of February though we did have some changes with Fritz going up one spot thanks to making a semi-final in Dallas and Ozealia Sim dropping down a spot because he lost a lot of points from Rotterdam a tournament that he won 12 months prior. Other points that were changed Sidney Pass, Ruud and Rublev also dropping points from the 2022 events at this time. Towards the end of February we had some more changes with Medvedev getting back into the top 10 after winning in Rotterdam we also had Elkiraz winning in Buenos Aires and Fritz winning in Delray Beach however those two players didn't get any boost in the rankings Elkiraz actually lost points because he won a tournament 12 months ago that was worth more points in Rio. Final week of February Medvedev continued to win by winning in Doha this time and helped him in the rankings with both Fritz and Medvedev getting a boost pushing both Rublev and Nadal down the rankings. Djokovic, Sidney Pass, Rublev and Nadal all losing points due to playing really well in Dubai and Acapulco in 2022 and then the first week of March Medvedev wins a third title in a row which resulted in him going up another spot in the rankings. Ruiner also went up a spot in the rankings guys like Djokovic, Ruud Fritz and Rublev also gaining a lot of points thanks to successful weeks with guys like Rublev and Nadal and Ojelia Sim dropping down the rankings again then the first Masters 1000 event of the year complete Indian Wells Elkiraz taking the win in Indian Wells winning his first trophy here and being some big names to do it and it resulted in a massive change with Elkiraz getting back top spot Medvedev also made the final of Indian Wells makes him go up to one more spot as well and guys like Ojelia Sim and Hercatch also benefiting from playing well at the event. Djokovic he went down a number two with Fritz going down five spots after failing to defend the points from last year's event that he won and of course Nadal he drops down four spots after failing to defend the points that he made from the final of last year then we went to Miami and Medvedev wins another title his fourth title in five events and thanks to Elkiraz losing before the final Djokovic he regained top spot Medvedev also got another boost in the rankings with Rublev and Sinner also going up Elkiraz going down because he was the champion of Miami last year and he only made the semi-finals this time around Rude also dropping points due to the final of last year not being able to defend that and Hercatch also made a semi-final last year and didn't defend those points Ojelia Sim also a victim of dropping points so some big changes again and we're only three months into the year and the World Unborn ranking has already changed hands a couple of times. Onto the clay now and Rude wins his first title of the year in Esterel and got a little boost in the rankings with Sinner also getting a boost as well Medvedev and Ruiner end up dropping spots as a result then to the big start of the clay court season with Rublev taking out his first 1000 title in Monte Carlo in what was a very very stacked event didn't get a boost in the rankings though but guys like Rude, Medvedev and Ruiner who actually made the final did get a boost in the rankings at the expense of Citypass and Ojelia Sim of course Citypass had won the event in 2022 so he dropped a lot of points and it also affected his ranking going to the last week of April now and Elkiraz he wins in Barcelona defending the title there so didn't actually gain any points from that event and Holger Ruiner he won in Munich also defending the title that he had won 12 months ago so gets to keep his ranking the only change in the rankings was Medvedev going up and Rude going down there were some points being lost with guys like Djokovic, Rublev, Rude and FAA losing points from tournaments they had played 12 months ago then we headed over to Madrid and Carlos Elkiraz defending the title in Madrid and getting to keep all those points and keep close to Djokovic who was occupying the number one spot at the time there's only a little bit of a change in the middle though because Madrid was such a random event with Fritz going up and Ojelia Sim going down got a lot of players lost points Djokovic, Citypass, Rublev, Sinner, Ojelia Sim, Ruiner and Rude all dropping points at this event but it didn't affect too many of the rankings just yet then we went to Rome the last big event before the French Open and Daniel Medvedev he wins his first clay court title and the Claverdev memes were strong during this time and actually really helped his ranking as well he went up a spot as did Elkiraz after Djokovic dropping points so again another change at the top with Elkiraz going up Djokovic going down Medvedev gets to number two before the French Open and Ruiner also got a little boost in the rankings the week before the French Open Fritz ended up going up one spot with Sinner dropping down one spot after he made the semi-finals of Geneva so a little bit of a change there but it didn't affect the seedings going into the French then the French Open the second Grand Slam of the year Novak Djokovic takes the win at the French Open winning his second Grand Slam of the year and it helped his ranking as he went back up to the number one spot pushing both Medvedev and Elkiraz down a spot actually I've also jumped back into the top 10 after a successful French Open with Ozealia Sim dropping down outside the top 10 so his great start to the 2022 season is now coming back to haunt him and other points that were dropped guys like Rublev, Medvedev, Sinner and Ozealia Sim all dropping points after failing to defend those points that they made from 2022 then we headed on to the grass courts and Tiafo wins in Stuttgart which helped his ranking getting him back into the top 10 at the expense of Karin Hashinov points that were lost guys like Medvedev, Hashinov and Sinzipas all dropping points after winning the first events or playing well in the first events of the grass season last year then the second week of the grass court season cast Elkiraz he wins the Queen's Club event which he needed to do to get back to world number one and he did he takes the number one spot ahead of Wimbledon moving Djokovic down to number two going into the third Grand Slam of the year and again Elkiraz just seems to always overtake Djokovic at the right time just before the slams to secure the number one seeds Rublev also played pretty well getting to the final of Hella but Sinner was the one who got a boost in the rankings at the expense of Fritz who dropped down one as a result Fritz losing a lot of points from last year's events then the final week before the Grand Slam of course Wimbledon the third slam of the year we actually didn't have any of the top 10 in action so no change to the rankings then we go to the third slam of the year and Carlos Elkiraz gets the win he wins Wimbledon in an absolute epic final five step final beats Djokovic and keeps his number one ranking after that tournament of course they did play at the French Open in the semifinals where Djokovic got the win so this rivalry just started to get a little bit more interesting now however there was no change to the rankings even though we had so many points up for grabs the ranking stayed the same all right now we start getting onto the hard courts again but before that we play some clay court events Rubelev he wins a clay court event in Bastard taking out Rude in the final however there was no change to the rankings this week guys like Elkiraz and Rude dropping points from 12 months ago but it didn't change their ranking then the first events of the hard court season the US Open series of course coming up Taylor Fritz he wins in Atlanta however didn't result in any change to the rankings but there were some points that were lost guys like Sinner Elkiraz and TRFO all losing points from 12 months ago but again no change to the rankings just yet in the second week of the US Open series Sidney Pass wins his first title of the year in Los Carbos which gave him a nice little boost in the rankings he went up one spot pushing Rude down a spot and there were some points that were lost as well between Medvedev and Rubelev both winning events last year or playing well in events last year they ended up dropping a few points here and there then we go to the biggest hard court event since March and Yannick Sinner he wins his first 1000 event of his career in Canada and it resulted in a nice little boost to the rankings also Runa he got one spot higher as well in the rankings so those guys are starting to shape up nicely in that middle section of the rankings both Rude and Rubelev dropping down the rankings after losing points from 12 months ago guys like Rude, Rune and TRFO were the ones in the top 10 that did drop the most points at this part of the season then we went to Cincinnati and of course Djokovic playing in America for the first time in a couple of years and he didn't disappoint he takes out Elkres in the final he gets that revenge and wins the title in Cincinnati in an epic matchup as well just like Wimbledon except this time it was Djokovic's turn to win guys like Runa and Rude also got a boost in the rankings as Sidney Pass dropped down a lot in the rankings because of failing to defend the points that he made from the final last year guys like Medvedev, Sinner and Rubelev also losing a lot of points from Cincinnati in 2022 the week before the US Open no changes to the rankings and nobody played so it was just pretty much like every single Grand Slam this year most of the players in the top 10 don't play the week before the big slam and then of course we had the US Open the final Grand Slam of the year and Novak Djokovic he wins the US Open making it three out of four for the year taking out Medvedev in the final this time didn't have to play Elkres this time around he almost did though because Medvedev beat Elkres to then play Djokovic but Djokovic regains his top spot pushing Elkres back down to number two guys like Sidney Pass, Rudelev, Fritz and Zverev also getting a boost in the rankings with guys like Sinner, Rude and Tiafo dropping down the ranks of course Elkres, Rude, Tiafo all making it to the semifinals or better last year losing a lot of points also Sinner and Rune dropping a few points as well after not being able to play that well at the US Open compared to 12 months prior then we went back to the Davis Cup the group stage and there was no change in the rankings because of course Davis Cup is not worth any points and then the Asian swing we started going to the tournaments in China again for the first time in four years and Zverev he wins in Chengdu the only player in the top 10 that actually played for points because everybody else played for the Lever Cup or at least most of them did and Team World won the Lever Cup but of course that's not worth any points so there was no change to the rankings then we went to Beijing and this was a big one because a lot of the big names were playing this event and Yannick Sinner he beats Elkres and Medvedev to win in Beijing and he got a nice boost in the rankings he went up three spots this week pushing Runa Sintipas and Rublev down the ranks and he started to put his name up there as one of these big four contenders there were some other points that were lost as well with Djokovic and Runa losing points from 12 months ago in events that they didn't defend then we go to Shanghai for the first time in four years and this was a really weird event because Djokovic didn't play there were some massive names that did play but didn't do that well and her catch he ends up winning his second Master 1000 title in the final saving championship points beating Rublev in that final however Rublev did get a boost in the rankings he went up two spots Rude went up a spot and Zverev also went up a spot with guys like Runa Sintipas and Fritz dropping down spots not because they didn't play well in Shanghai last year because of course it wasn't an event it was because guys like Djokovic Fritz Sintipas and Medvedev all played well last year in Astana or in Tokyo and those events weren't put in this part of the calendar because Shanghai came back so there were a couple of changes in the rankings they're a little bit harsh on some of the guys then we start going back to the indoor hardcourts of Europe and only one change with Fritz going up and Zverev going down and some point changes as well with Runa and Sintipas losing points after making the final in Stockholm 12 months ago then we went to Vienna one of the big events of the season and Janik Sintipas wins again beating Denim Medvedev in the final he wins in Vienna didn't get a boost in the rankings but again his form post the US Open has just been so so good we did have changes though with Sintipas and Zverev going up with Runa and Fritz going down and some changes in the points as well with Medvedev Runa and Elkraz all losing points after failing to defend those points from 12 months prior then we head to the final week of the year the Paris indoors last chance for a lot of these guys to get into the adb finals of course and Novak Djokovic after a very tough week he looked like he was struggling with some illness as well he takes out Paris yet again in his first tournament since the US Open as well so he was on a massive winning streak he didn't get a boost in the rankings though because of course he was already number one he just extended his lead over Elkraz but guys like Rude Sverev and Fritz all got a boost in the rankings because Runa who was the defending champion failed to defend the title so he went down three spots guys like Runa Elkraz and Rude all dropping points from playing the event 12 months ago then the final week of the year before the adb finals all the points stripped from the adb finals so guys like Djokovic Rude Rubelev Fritz and Sintipas all losing points which gave guys like Sverev Runa her catch a nice boost in the rankings Fritz and Rude who played really well at the adb finals last year dropping a lot of points and unfortunately unable to defend those points they dropped down the rankings with Rude dropping out of the top 10 completely to end the season and then of course the adb finals the last event of the season and again Novak Djokovic winning the event he was the defending champion he did lose a match to the anexineral on the way but that didn't matter he still wins the whole event and actually resulted in no changes to the top 10 which is so weird at the end of this season with so many points up for grabs to not have any change at the end of the year that is very very strange but Novak Djokovic he wins the adb finals and stays on top for another season and then we have the Davis Cup with Italy taking out the Davis Cup finals of course Davis Cup not worth any points but there was something to mention with Sina taking out Djokovic to then go on and win with team Italy and win the Davis Cup for the second time in their history so that is what the rankings look like at the end of 2023 some things to note though and the changes that we had of course going back to the start of the season guys like Elcaraz Nadal and Rude being that top three Elcaraz goes down to number two after being number one to start the season Nadal started at number two in the rankings to start the year he's outside the top 600 now and Kaspar Rude at number three he dropped down to number 11 in the world outside the top 10 after failing to replicate what he did in 2022 since he passed he went from number four to number six in the world and Djokovic getting the biggest boost going from five to one over the span of the last 12 months Ozealia Sim also dropped from six to 29 in the rankings Mevvedev he went from seven up to number three with Rubelev going from number eight to number five Hercatch and Fritz they just swapped over their rankings and the guys that made it back into the top 10 or into the top 10 to end the year Runa he went from 11 to number eight Zverev went from number 12 to number seven and Sina went from 15 to number four in the world the biggest rise in the top 10 so that's what the top 10 look like let me know down the comments below what was the most exciting thing about the rankings for you this year I love the fact that we had the number one ranking going back and forth multiple times throughout the season and also seeing guys like Sina and Runa going up the rankings and getting into that top four for the first time getting some career high rankings there the rise of Mevvedev again remember Mevvedev at the start of the year dropped out of the top 10 and then of course ended up at number three in the world so he got to turn his season around but look into the comments below what was the craziest thing or the best thing about the rankings in 2023