MOSCOW, February 24. /TASS/. /TASS/. Russia’s tennis star Andrey Rublev moved a spot up in the ATP’s latest (Association of Tennis Professionals) Top-10 Rankings of the world’s best tennis players, based on the weekly ATP Rankings released on Monday.
Rublev rose from 10th to 9th place in the newly published ATP rankings after winning last week the 2025 Qatar Open tennis tournament in Doha. The Russian, who is playing internationally under a neutral status, has now 3,930 points.
The 2025 Qatar Open Tennis tournament is a WTA-ranked 500 competition on the organization’s calendar which took place at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar, between February 17 and 22. The tournament was played on outdoor hard courts.
The 27-year-old Rublev has won 17 career ATP singles tournament titles and four more in men’s doubles. Rublev has also appeared in numerous Grand Slam tournaments, albeit never advancing beyond the quarterfinals.
The Top-10 of the ATP Ranking List is as follows: 1st Jannik Sinner (Italy, 11,330 points), 2nd Alexander Zverev (Germany, 8,135), 3rd Carlos Alcaraz (Spain, 7,510), 4th Taylor Fritz (the United States, 4,900), 5th Casper Ruud (Norway, 4,325), 6th Daniil Medvedev (Russian athlete playing under a neutral status at ATP tournaments, 4,030), 7th Novak Djokovic (Serbia, 3,900), 8th Alex de Minaur (Australia, 3,785), 9th Andrey Rublev (Russian athlete playing under a neutral status at ATP tournaments, 3,930) and 10th Tommy Paul (the United States, 3,280).
Russian players’ neutral status at tennis tournaments
On February 28, 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) issued recommendations to international sports federations to bar athletes from Russia and Belarus from taking part in international tournaments, citing Moscow's special military operation in Ukraine as the reason.
Following the IOC's recommendations in late February 2022, the majority of global sports federations decided to bar athletes from Russia and Belarus from all international sports tournaments.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) ruled on March 1, 2022 to suspend the membership of the Russian and Belarusian national tennis federations while also canceling all previously scheduled tennis tournaments in the two countries.
On March 14, 2022, the ITF also confirmed its prohibition on the Russian and Belarusian national tennis teams from taking part in the 2022 Davis Cup and 2022 Billie Jean King Cup.
However, the Women Tennis Association (WTA) and the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) allowed tennis players from Russia and Belarus to continue participating in WTA and ATP tournaments, but only under a neutral status.