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Alcaraz, Sinner or Fonseca lead their generation

The best classified in the Top 1000 of the PIF ATP Rankings per year of birth between 2008 and 1985

January 29, 2025

Who is the best player of each generation at the PIF ATP Rankings? If you have ever asked yourself this question, here are the answer according to the classification corresponding to Monday, January 27, 2025.

From 1985 to 2008, we review year -year who are the leaders by age in the Top 1000 Individual World Cup.

2008. Diego Dedura-Palomero (16 years)
He is the youngest player best classified in the World Cup Top 1000, currently located as No. 575 of the PIF ATP Rankings. Although with Chilean ancestry, Dedura-Palomero plays under the flag of Germany and achieved its first ATP point with 15 years in the Itf World Tennis Tour M15 tournament in Allershausen in your country. Last year he already debuted at the ATP Challenger Tour, where he has a 2-4 record. He is the leader of the players born in 2008, ahead of the Australian Cruz Hewitt or the Argentine Dante Pagani.

2007. Justin Engel (17 years)
The best classified player of the 2007 generation is also German. Engel ascends is No. 369 of the world and is in the highest position of his career at the PIF ATP Rankings, after starting the year linking the title in the M15 of Cadolzbug and the semifinals in the m25 of Nussloch, both celebrated Your country on carpet. The past year premiered with his first ATP Tour victory in Altmay Open, after beating Coleman Wong in two sets. A round later, Francisco Cerundolo ended his adventure.

2006. Joao Fonseca (18 years)
The Brazilian is the youngest of the TOP 100, after entering Monday at No. 99. The current champion of the Next Gen ATP Finals presented by Pif has linked a spectacular 2025 start of season, where he raised the trophy in the ATP tournament Challenger Tour de Canberra and exceeded the previous phase of the Australian Open. In addition, in Primera Ronda he signed the first victory of his career against a Top 10, after beating No. 9 Andrey Rublev. Very close is the Spanish Martín Landaluce, who has already turned 19 in this January, and is in No. 135 of the world.

2005. Jakub Mensik (19 years)
The Czech No. 48 of the PIF ATP Rankings is the most prominent racket of a large batch of players born in 2005, ahead of JUCHENG SHANG (No. 54), Learner Tien (No. 80), Nishesh Basavareddy (No. 107) . All are involved in the PIF ATP Live Race to Jeddah. Of course, Mesik, who has started the course with two presences in the quarterfinals in Brisbane (with Perricard Mpetshi) and Auckland (p. With Borges), is in the highest position of his career. In the Australian Open he advanced to Third Round, by beating No. 6 Casper Ruud.

2004. Arthur Fils (20 years)
The Frenchman has entered the Top 20 of the PIF ATP Rankings, thanks to the two ATP 500 crowns conquered last year in Hamburg and Tokyo, in addition to the good start of the season with the quarterfinals in Hong Kong and the third round in the open of Australia. His great performance has served to ascend to the highest position of his career this week as No. 19 of the world. Also from the year 2004 is the American Alex Michelsen, who occupies No. 36 (best ranking), after advancing to the second week of a Grand Slam in Melbourne for the first time.

2003. Carlos Alcaraz (21 years)
Although currently occupies the No. 3 of the PIF ATP Rankings, the Spanish has the honor of being No. 1 of the youngest world in history, when it amounted to the throne on September 12, 2022. In its showcase it already has 16 titles ATP Tour, four of them of Grand Slam category (US Open 2022, Wimbledon 2023 and 2024, Roland Garros 2024), as well as five ATP Masters 1000 (Miami 2022, Madrid 2022, Indian Wells 2023, Madrid, 2023, Indian Wells 2024) and an Olympic silver medal in Paris 2024. Also of this generation are two great talents of the future such as the No. 12 Holger Rune and the No. 30 Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard.

2002. Ben Shelton (22 years old)
The American, currently No. 14 of the world, is at a position of the highest he has achieved at the moment in his career. He is the most prominent player among those born in 2002 and in the recent edition of the Australian Open was presented in the semifinals, for the second time in a Grand Slam (also in the US Open 2023). Among his generation partners are other prominent Italians of the Top 50 such as No. 17 Lorenzo Musetti, No. 34 Flavio Cobolli or No. 47 Luciano Darderi.

2001. Jannik Sinner (23 years old)
The world No. 1 is the most prominent of a litter in which the British No. 16 Jack Draper and the Czech No. 24 Jiri Leheckka are also found. But the Italian has demonstrated a level that has allowed him to dominate the top of the PIF ATP Rankings with such authority that drives in 3,695 points to the second Zverev classified and in 4,820 points to the third, Alcaraz. The Italian adds 21 consecutive victories, after conquering his third Grand Slam in the recent edition of the Australian Open. He has a total of 19 titles in his record.

2000. Sebastian Korda (24 years old)
The American, finalist this season in Adelaida, maintains a beautiful pulse with Felix Auger-Aliassime for being the best player born in 2000 at the PIF ATP Rankings. And is that Korda is in No. 22, while the Canadian – champion in Adelaida – is the No. 23 of the world. Other members of this promotion are the Czech No. 25 Machac Tomas and the Argentines No. 31 Sebastián Báez and No. 69 Facundo Díaz Acosta.

1999. Alex de Minaur (25 years)
It is one of the last additions to the Top 10 of the PIF ATP Ranking. The Australian of Miñaur is located in No. 8 and has a record this 6-1 course, after winning two games for his country in the United Cup and moving to the quarterfinals in the Australian Open (p. With Sinner ). The next born in 1999 is its compatriot Alexei Popyrin, champion of the ATP Masters 1000 of Canada last year, as well as the Argentine Tomas Martin Etcheverry the Canadian Denis Shapovalov.

1998. Casper Ruud (26 years)
The Norwegian has great competition for being the best of 1998. And it is that in addition to the current No. 5 of the PIF ATP Rankings, he shares year of birth with the three -time champion of an ATP Masters 1000 Stefanos Tsitsipas trophy. However, Ruud with 12 ATP Tour titles and No. 2 as a roof sends in its age strip. French are also 26 years old No. 15 UGO HUMBERT and Argentine No. 29 Francisco Cerundolo.

1997. Alexander Zverev (27 years old)
Up to four players born in 1997 are today at the Top 10 of the PIF ATP Rankings. Among them stands out No. 2 Alexander Zverev, recent finalist from the Australian Open. The German with 23 trophies already has 471 games won at the ATP Tour and eight seasons – of the last nine – you finish among the ten best in the world. They are also part of this generation No. 4 Taylor Fritz, No. 9 Tommy Paul and No. 10 Andrey Rublev.

1996. Daniil Medvedev (28 years old)
Medvedev begins to win the ATP Tour veteran label with more than ten years of circuit experience. Since then he has won 20 titles and is close to reaching 400 victories (380-158). The current No. 7 of the PIF ATP Rankings rules in a generation of which other players who know what it is to be part of the top 10 is also part of their races such as Karen Khachanov or Matteo Berrettini.

1995. Lorenzo Sonego (29 years old)
The Italian will turn 30 this season, but has already managed to unlock a pending debt in its trajectory: reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam. Sonego took his opportunity at the Australia Open, where only Shelton was able to stop him in that round. Other outstanding players of 1995 are Chilean No. 38 Nicolas Jarry or the former British Top 10 Cameron Norrie.

1994. Jordan Thompson (30 years old)
The Australian is the leader of a racket litter who only has three representatives in the top 100. Thompson is the most prominent of them as No. 28 of the world, with a title in his palm tree harvested in Los Cabos 2024. He follows his Compatriot No. 78 Christopher O’Connell and the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro.

1993. Marcos Giron (31 years)
The maturity of the American is coming accompanied by his best version, which in Melbourne allowed him to reach the third round for the first time (p. With Sinner). No. 43 of the world Giron is the most prominent player of 1993 ahead of the only player of his generation that also resides in the Top 100, the Spanish Roberto Carballés Baena (No. 51).

1992. Damir Dzumhur (32 years old)
Although it became No. 23 of the PIF ATP Rankings, Dzumhur remains the best classified among players of his age as No. 88 of the world. With three ATP Tour titles in his record, he is ahead of the Argentine Federico Coria (No. 95) and Hungarian Marton Fucsoovics (No. 96). In this group is also Diego Schwartzman, which this February will hang the racket in Buenos Aires.

1991. Grigor Dimitrov (33 years)
Trees one of the most beautiful tall of the ATP Tour, Dimitrov continues to keep the talent that took some seasons ago to Top 3 and today is in No. 11 of the world. The Bulgarian has nine titles in his showcase and presents a record of parties of 462-293 in his career. Pablo Carreno Busta, ancient Top 10, is another of the great active referents of this generation.

1990. Jan-Lennard Struff (34 years old)
He has drawn a trajectory from less to more until becoming the best player born in 1990 as No. 45 of the world. The German got his first title last year in Munich and was a finalist in an ATP Masters 1000 in Madrid in 2023 with 33 years. In the same year that Struff was born other ancient stars of the top 10 still active such as the Belgian David Goffin (No. 56) and the Canadian Milos Raonic (No. 245).

1989. Kei Nishikori (35 years old)
The Japanese has had an exciting start of the season, after signing in Hong Kon his first final since 2019. After a long period of coexistence with physical problems, Nishikori gradually returns to the elite of the ATP Tour and currently has established in the Top 70.

1988. Roberto Bautista Agut (36 years)
The only player born in 1988 that is present in the Top 100 of the PIF ATP Rankings is the Spanish Baptist Agut as No. 52 of the world. With 12 crowns and more than 400 victories resists among the most veterans of the circuit. Other classics such as Marin Cilic, Us Open 2014 champion, or the already withdrawal Argentine legend Juan Martin del Potro are also part of this generation.

1987. Novak Djokovic (37 years old)
Resists as few as time. Djokovic, the player with the most Grand Slam trophies, more weeks in the world No. 1, more than 1,100 games already won a single trophy of the 100 in his career, remains in the elite as the sixth best player of the PIF ATP Rankings In addition to Serbian, the 1987 generation still has representatives such as Fabio Fognini (No. 89) or Albert Ramos Vinolas (No. 162).

1986. Gael Monfils (38 years old)
After Rafael Nadal’s farewell last November, Gael Monfils stays as the maximum exponent of the 86 saga. The incombustible French is the current No. 32 of the PIF ATP Rankings, after a start of the season in which he has registered a balance of 9 victories in 11 games. He won his trophy No. 13 in Auckland, in addition to advancing until the second week at the Australian Open. His compatriot Richard Gasquet also is 38 years old.

1985. Stan Wawrinka (39 years old)
The resistance leader is, without a doubt, Wawrinkka who will turn 40 on March 28. He is the most veteran in the top 1000 World Cup as No. 154 of the world. He has 16 titles in his private account, three of them of Grand Slam category (Australia Open 2014, Roland Garros 2015, US Open 2016).

Did you know what …?

Outside the Top 1000 of the PIF ATP Rankings is the youngest player with ATP points in his locker: the Frenchman Moise Kouame, who was born in 2009 and is 15 years old, located in No. 1.599 of the world. On the opposite side, the most veteran is the American Ryan Haviland with 44 years and born in 1980. It is currently No. 1,640.