 What's going on everybody welcome back to another video and we are going through my predictions for the 2021 season on the ATP Rankings, so I'm gonna try and predict in order what the top 10 is gonna look like and then in 12 months time We can see how close I was or how bad I was I guess after we have the 2021 season Maybe a full season. Maybe not. We don't know that so here's the current top 10 at the moment We have no back Jokovic number one in the world Rafa Nadal is number two in the world Dominic team is number three Daniel Medvedev number four number five is Roger Federer number six Stefano City pass number seven Alexander Zverev number eight is Andre Rublev number nine Diego Schwartzman and number ten is Matteo Berettini So there you have it. They are the rankings. That is what we're starting with now We've got to remember for the first couple of months of the season the rankings are locked in They don't change until I think about March when the rankings go back to normal and players can start losing points So that's what I'm gonna base my predictions on so my prediction for who I think is gonna end up as the number 10 player in the world In 12 months time at the end of 2021 is Andre Rublev as the 10th player so he had a breakout season in 2020 Won a bunch of tournaments made it into the top eight got to the London finals I think he's gonna have a bit of a backslide. I think that he had a great season I think he's gonna have a little bit of a back step and I think he's gonna drop down a couple of rankings Speaking of 2020 he defeated Dominic team Stefano City pass Matteo Berettini David Goffin and Batista Agu so some good names there some good wins there But he has to defend six titles in 2021 including three ATP 500s and three ATP 250s however, he can gain a lot of points at some tournaments He can make some points up at Miami Monte Carlo Madrid Rome Canada and Wimbledon and also the ATP Cup which he didn't play last year for team Russia So if he plays those events he might be able to maintain his rankings points But it might be a little bit tough so there Rublev slots in at the number 10 spot for 2021 at the end of the next season Coming in at number nine in my predictions is David Goffin So Goffin currently outside the top 10. He's been in the top 10 before He's been up at the top of the game the last few years his points of the ATP Cup have been Protected remember he beat Rafa at the ATP Cup at the start of this year But he does however have to save points from the Cincinnati final that he made in 2019 And also the hella final he made in 2019. So there's two big tournaments He has to defend points for but he has a lot of points He can gain in tournaments like Miami Monte Carlo Madrid Rome Canada the Australian open and roll on Garros so he can make up a lot of points at some big events there So there David Goffin. He slots in at number nine Let's go to the number eight for my predictions towards the end of next season. Who's gonna be number eight? I'm predicting that it's gonna be Dennis Shapovalov as the number eight player in the world this time next year The points that he made at the ATP Cup They have been protected because of the ranking system And he also has a lot of points up for grabs at the Grand Slams including Australian open and Wimbledon also Cincinnati Canada Miami Shanghai and even the French open He could if he made the second week of that tournament get a lot of points So Shapo has a lot of upside and the only real points that he has to defend The Paris Masters from 2019 where he made the final and a couple of semifinals in Miami and Rome And also the Stockholm title that he won back in 2019. So he has a lot of upside Shapo That's why I've put him in at number eight. All right, let's move on to the number seven spot now So the number seven at the moment is to find on City Pass and this time next year I think he's gonna stay there I think to find on City Pass is gonna be the number seven in the world this time next year Lucky for him at the majors apart from the semifinal the French open He has a lot of points. He can make up at the Australian open the US Open and Wimbledon from 2019 where he lost in the first round The only downside is that he has to defend a lot of points at the Masters 1000 level He's got to defend a quarter-final in Paris from 2019 Semifinals in Rome Cincinnati in Shanghai and then the Madrid final all the way back in 2019 and the ATP finals that he won Last year so a lot of points to defend there for Stafano City pass but there is some upside he can make up some points in Miami Cincinnati the Australian open Wimbledon and the US Open so if he does well at the majors next year He could get a little bit higher than the ranking of seven, but I'm gonna slot him at seven just to be safe So there's the number seven spots to find on City Pass. Let's go to the number six now So the number six in the world this time next year is going to be Roger Federer So this one's an interesting one. We didn't see much of Federer in 2020 We saw him at the Australian Open didn't play after that because of the knee injuries But lucky for him Indian Wells is not going to be played or it has been told that it's not going to be played and also the Australian Open He made the semifinals so he protects both of those ranking points at those events He can also make up points in Cincinnati Canada and the Paris Masters at the end of the year if he plays all those events but the big downside for Roger Federer is that he's Supposedly not gonna play the clay court season, which means the French Open semifinal points from last year 2019 are gone Also, he made the quarterfinals of Madrid and Rome last year those points will disappear as well So a Federer does choose not to play the clay season. He could drop lower than six So there you have it Roger Federer at number six number five now I predicted for the 2021 season and will be Daniel Medvedev. So he is currently at number four I think he's gonna drop down one to number five He does have his ATP Cup protected points from 2020 and he also has some points up for grabs in Miami Madrid Rome Roland Garrus and Wimbledon. Remember the clay court season. He doesn't really like playing it But if he does well, he'll get a lot of points out of it Unfortunately Medvedev's downfall was gonna be in the second half of the season where he has so many points to defend He's got to defend the US Open final of 2019 He's got to defend the Canada final of 2019 the Cincinnati and Shanghai titles of 2019 and the Paris Masters of this year and of course He's got to defend the ATP finals that he won this year as well So a lot of points that he has to defend in the second half of the year So I predicted he's gonna drop down to number five So let's go now to the number four player in the world this time next year Alexander Zverev so currently Sasha Zverev is number seven in the world So a big jump from seven to four one of the reasons why I've backed Zverev to get into the number four spot this time next year He's got the Australian Open of 2020 the semifinal Protected points there. He could also make up a lot of points in Miami Rome Cincinnati Wimbledon and also the ATP Cup where he didn't get any points So he plays the ATP Cup next year. He could get a lot of points also lost first round of Wimbledon So remember that but I'm still backing Zverev because he finished 2020 strong He won a couple of titles after the French Open on the indoor hardcourt It's got to the Paris final as well and played a decent ATP finals So I'm gonna back him and because of David Ferrer He hired David Ferrer just around the break and after the French open It really showed that Ferrer is making a difference So I'm gonna back the fact that Zverev has Ferrer in his corner and Zverev is gonna be at number four So Zverev number four in the world this time next year Let's go to the number three player in the world this time next year I predict is going to be Raphael Nadal So Rafa is currently number two in the world and I'm gonna drop him down to number three by this time next year The reason being mainly he has to defend a lot of points So many points because every single tournament he played over the last two years. He made the quarter finals or better So his ranking points make up a lot from those quarter-final or better results He's got to defend the US Open title of 2019. He's got to defend the French Open title of 2020 He's also got to offend points from Canada 2019 and Rome of 2019 And he made the semi-finals of Paris Madrid and Monte Carlo all back in 2019 He can make up points in Miami Cincinnati and Shanghai though So there is hope kind of similar to Medvedev Rafa has to defend so many points And I just don't think he can defend every single tournament especially in a year where we also have the Olympics So Rafa Nadal I think is gonna drop down to number three by the end of next year Let's go to the number two player in the world this time next year My prediction for the number two player at the end of the 2021 season I think it will be Dominic team. So Dommie team is the US Open champion now And the big reason I put him as number two is because the Australian Open final of 2020 and the Indian Wells title of 2019 They fall under the protected ranking points So he won't lose any points if he loses in the first round of Australia for example He'll keep his ranking points and he also has potentially points to make up in Miami Monte Carlo Rome Wimbledon and the Paris Masters at the end of the year because he lost in the first round of Wimbledon in 2019 And he didn't do great in a couple of clay court events over the 2019 season So he has some points that he can make up The only downside is that he has to defend the US Open title and the French Open final of 2019 But I think there's a lot there that he can make up those points If he does replicate those results in the 2021 season So I think Dominic team will be the number two player in the world this time next year and that leaves one more spot There's only one name missing out of the top 10 and he is currently the world number one And I think this time next year. He's still gonna be number one. It's Novak Djokovic He is my predicted world number one and these are the main reasons because he's protected Ranking points from the Australian Open and the ATB Cup He could lose in the first round of both of those and still keep all these points He has points that he can gain in Shanghai, Monte Carlo, Miami and even the US Open The only downside is that he has to defend points at Wimbledon, the French Open, Paris Indors, Cincinnati, Rome and Madrid But I feel like 2021 Djokovic, he's had a tough 2020 I think 2021 Djokovic, he's going for records He wants to beat Federer and Nadal's records And he's also gonna be super motivated to win the Olympics as well, which will get him a lot of points So I'm picking Novak Djokovic with new motivation going into 2021 that he is going to stay at the top of the game And he's also going to break a lot of records next year. So let's go through the top 10 now So I've got number 10 Rublev, number nine David Goffin, number eight Dennis Shapovalov, number seven Stafano City Pass Number six Roger Federer, number five Daniel Medvedev, number four Alexander Zverev, number three Rafa Nadal Number two Dominic team and the number one in the world at the end of the 2021 season I think is going to be Novak Djokovic. So there it is That is my predictions for the 2021 rankings by the end of next year, the top 10 rankings by the end of next year Let me know in the comments down below. Have I made any mistakes? Have I missed anybody? Is there anyone outside the top 10 that you think deserves to be in or is there anyone in the top 10 that shouldn't be there? Do you think Zverev's a little bit high? Do you think Shapo deserves to be there? Do you think Djokovic will be the world number one? Let me know in the comments below. Also, I want to know your rankings your top 10 predictions Let me know in the comments down below who is going to be in the top 10 next year And what's the order going to be? I want to know from you guys and in 12 months time We'll find out if I was right with any of these or if I got them all wrong