MOSCOW, May 18. /TASS/. Russia’s top male tennis player Daniil Medvedev moved up two spots in the new ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) Rankings list published on Monday.

The Russian, who is playing under a neutral status at international tournaments, is now 7th in the ATP Rankings with 3,760 points. Last week, he reached the semifinals of the 2026 Italian Open, where he fell to the tournament’s eventual winner, Jannik Sinner of Italy 2-6; 7-5; 4-6.

The 2026 Italian Open tennis tournament was an ATP 1000 event. Played on outdoor clay courts, the 83rd edition of the tourney took place at Rome’s Foro Italico sports complex on May 5-17 and offered some $9.6 million in prize money.

The ATP top-ten now looks like this: 1st Jannik Sinner (Italy; 14,700 points); 2nd Carlos Alcaraz (Spain; 11,960); 3rd Alexander Zverev (Germany; 5,705); 4th Novak Djokovic (Serbia; 4,710); 5th Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada; 4,060); 6th Ben Shelton (the United States; 4,060); 7th Daniil Medvedev (a Russian neutral-status tennis player; 3,760); 8th Taylor Fritz (the United States; 3,720); 9th Alex de Minaur (Australia; 3,655) and 10th Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan; 3,230).

Medvedev, 30, spent sixteen weeks as the world’s number one player in 2022. He previously won the 2021 US Open and is now a 23-time ATP champion. He won five of those 22 titles in 2023. Also, in 2021, he won the Davis Cup as well as the ATP Cup playing for the Russian national team.

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.