RANKING RULES STARTING WITH 2024

After 15 years of keeping the tour level point system almost intact, the ATP made the decision to increase the ratios of non-winner players at Tour level, whilst decreasing it at the same time for non-winner players at Challenger level.

• SYSTEM SPAN: 52-WEEK ROLLING SYSTEM [Tournaments counted for each player drop out of their breakdown 52 weeks after they enter the system]

• SYSTEM TYPE: CATEGORY BASED [Tournaments have different point weights according to the type of tournament a player has entered. The higher category, the more points scored]

• POINTS: ADDITIVE [Players receive points according to the round they are eliminated in. These points are added and players are ordered according to their total points]

• TOURNAMENTS: BEST 19 [Only the best 19 tournaments results can be counted.]

• MINIMUM PRIZE MONEY: $40000

• TRANSITION: NO CHANGE [No change was performed to previous system points at the start of 2024]

BASE RULES

• The 2024 system allows players to count their best 19 results and form a point total. Players are ordered according to this total. In addition, players are allowed to count the ATP Tour Finals as an extra tournament beyond 19.

• All tournaments are counted immediately after they are finished (on the upcoming Monday). Exceptions to this rule are ITF World Tour tournaments which are counted one week later. Once into the system, tournaments remain counted for 52 weeks. ATP Tour Finals drop on the Monday after the final regular calendar tournament of the year.

• The rankings are published every Monday of the year. Exception to this rule are the mid-Mondays of tournaments lasting for more than one week: Grand Slams, Indian Wells and Miami tournaments.

• A commitment player is defined as a player who has finished in the Top 30 at the year end rankings of the previous season.

• All players must count all 4 Grand Slams and 8 Mandatory Masters for which they are a direct acceptance on the original acceptance list as well as their other 7 best results from all other tournaments.

• If the player is not part of the original main draw acceptance list of a mandatory event and decides to not participate before the draw is released, they may count an extra non-Mandatory event.

• In weeks in which a player does not have the mandatory 12 events, he is allowed to count extra non-Mandatory events to a total of 19. If in certain situations, more than 12 mandatory events were played within the last 52 weeks, they will count, decreasing the number of optional tournaments counted.

• Once a player becomes part of the main draw of any of the 12 Mandatory events, either as a qualifier, lucky loser, direct acceptance, special exempt or wild card, that tournament counts for his rankings, so any late withdrawal will be a 0-point penalty.

COMMITMENT PLAYER RULES

• Late withdrawals from ATP World Tour 500 events shall result in a 0-point penalty. Commitment players must play 4 ATP World Tour 500 tournaments across a calendar year, one of which must be played after the US Open. Failure to do so, will result in 0-point penalties for all missing tournaments.

NON-COMMITMENT PLAYER RULES

• Late withdrawals from ATP World Tour 500 events shall result in a 0-point penalty.

ADDITIONAL RULES

• Players returning to competition with an Entry Protection Ranking may replace ranking penalties assessed during the period of injury with results obtained at tournaments following their return to competition.

• Players who are out of competition for three or more consecutive months (13-weeks minimum) can replace zero-pointers as follows: 1 missed mandatory event cannot be replaced; 1 penalty can be replaced if there are 2 mandatory events missed; 2 penalties can be replaced if there are 3 or more mandatory events missed.

• With the above rule, players can replace zero-point ranking penalties (from Mandatory Masters 1000 events) when they attend ATP 250/500 events that happen after the ATP 1000 event.

• Points from ATP 1000 events players have participated in can be replaced by up to 3 ATP 250/500 events that happen after the ATP 1000 event.

TIES

• When two or more players have the same number of points, ties shall be broken with the following rules:

1. Total points from all Grand Slams, ATP Tour Masters 1000 Mandatory tournaments and ATP Tour Finals main draws, and if still tied, then,

2. The fewest events played (all penalties count as a played tournament), and if still tied, then

3. The total number of points from the players' best tournament, then, if needed, the second best, and so on.

POINTS

• Players are given points according to the round they lose in and the tournament's category.

• Players reaching the second or any round of a tournament by drawing a Bye shall receive first round points if they lose in the first round they play in.

• Players who enter a tournament by means of a Wild Card shall receive 0 points in the first round they play in.

• The table below shows the point distribution for tournament category, tournament main draw and qualifying draw sizes and round. The colors in this table are the same used inside the Ranking tables from this site on ranking weeks where this system applies.

UNITED CUP

• Points in the United Cup are awarded relative to the ranking of the defeated opponent, ranking of the player receiving the points and the round the tie/match is played in. Ranking is considered from the Monday preceding the tournament.

• Follow the table below only in case 18 teams participate, for the values of points granted to players:

• If none of the matches of a tie are played, no point is awarded for the matches forming part of it.

TEMPORARY TOURNAMENTS AND RULES

• Besides the tournaments and categories marked with a red background in the above table, there were a number of temporary tournaments and rules across this period.