U.S. Open men's runner-up Taylor Fritz returned to the top 10 in the ATP rankings at No. 7 on Monday, and women's runner-up Jessica Pegula rose to No. 3 in the WTA list, while semifinalist Emma Navarro climbed to a career-best No. 8.
Men's champion Jannik Sinner nearly doubled his lead as the ATP's No. 1 - a spot he's held since June - a day after defeating Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 , and women's champion Aryna Sabalenka stayed at No. 2 in the WTA behind Iga Swiatek, who lost to Pegula in the quarterfinals.
"I mean, I'm not trying to focus on ranking, to be honest. Not like I'm checking where I'm going to be after the tournament," Sabalenka said Saturday after her 7-5, 7-5 victory over Pegula in the final. "I'm just trying to focus on myself, and I know that if (at) each tournament I'll be able to play my best tennis ... I'll be able to become world No. 1 again. So my focus is on myself, on improving myself as a player and as a person. Hopefully one day I'll see myself (back) on the top of the ranking."
Sabalenka briefly supplanted Swiatek at No. 1 after finishing as the runner-up to Coco Gauff at last year's U.S. Open. Sabalenka is the only woman to collect more than one Grand Slam title in 2024; she won the Australian Open in January.
Last year's champions at Flushing Meadows both dropped Monday: Gauff went from No. 3 to No. 6 after being eliminated in the fourth round by Navarro , and Novak Djokovic slid from No. 2 to No. 4 after he was beaten in the third round by Alexei Popyrin .
