The 37-year-old Frenchman had not reached such a position since mid-January (85th), he who had a season plagued by foot and wrist injuries which notably caused him to plummet to 394th in the world. . But Monfils has continued to improve since this summer, until winning his 12th title on the ATP circuit on Sunday, the second during the 250 tournament in Stockholm, against the Russian Pavel Totov (4-6, 7-6 ( 8/6), 6-3).
It was the 34th final of his career, having always played at least one final per season since 2005, a performance achieved only by Rafael Nadal and Jimmy Connors in 19 consecutive years. His compatriot Arthur Fils also played in a final on Sunday in Antwerp, lost 6-4, 6-4 to Kazakh Alexander Bublik, and the 19-year-old remains 38th.
The N.1 tricolor remains the veteran Adrian Mannarino, 35, who is in 24th place, four better than Ugo Humbert, 28th, who gained one rank. Up three positions to 63rd place, Luca Van Assche, 19, obtains the best ranking of his career. At the top of the rankings, still largely dominated by the Serbian Novak Djokovic, no notable change.
Only the American Ben Shelton, who won his first title in Tokyo this weekend at the age of 21, stands out with a gain of four places in the Top 20, going from 19th to 15th place, the best ranking in his young career. His opponent in the final, the Russian Aslan Karatsev, gained 13 places and is now ranked 37th in the world. At 28, the Chilean Nicolas Jarry, 20th (1), enters the Top 20 for the first time.
ATP ranking published Monday:
1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 11045 pts
2. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 8805
3. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 7355
4. Jannik Sinner (ITA) 5000
5. Andrey Rublev (RUS) 4765
6. Holger Rune (DEN) 4400
7. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 4300
8. Casper Ruud (NOR) 3705
9. Taylor Fritz (USA) 3500 ( 1)
10. Alexander Zverev (GER) 3460 (-1)
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24. Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 1515
28. Ugo Humbert (FRA) 1400 ( 1)
38. Arthur Fils (FRA) 1203