Stefanos Tsitsipas will surpass Rafael Nadal and join the top-3 in Monday’s ATP rankings

Stefanos Tsitsipas will crack a long awaited milestone on Monday. The Greek star will surpass Rafael Nadal and take his place as the world No 3.

Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece reacts during the Olympic Games

Tokyo 2020 Olympics – Tennis – Men’s Singles – Round 2 – Ariake Tennis Park – Tokyo, Japan – July 27, 2021. Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece reacts during his second round match against Frances Tiafoe of the United States REUTERS/Edgar Su

Chris Oddo

August 7, 2021

Rafael Nadal’s early exit at this week’s Citi Open has ensured a bit of ranking tumult. The Spaniard will be knocked out of the ATP’s top-3 in the ranking for the first time since May 29, 2017, and be replaced by Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas.

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The 22-year-old Greek will become the 12th active ATP player to hold a top-3 ranking, joining a lofty list that includes Novak Djokovic, Nadal, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Juan Martin del Potro, Stan Wawrinka, Marin Cilic, Dominic Thiem, Milos Raonic, Grigor Dimitrov, Alexander Zverev and Daniil Medvedev.

🇬🇷 Stefanos Tsitsipas at 22y 362d will join for the 1st time the Top 3 on @atptour rankings

🇺🇸 Andre Agassi was the youngest to do it at 18y 192d pic.twitter.com/79eSn1ZwPV
— TennisMyLife (@TennisMyLife68) August 6, 2021

Monday’s rankings will also mark the first time that only one member of the Big 3 – Novak Djokovic – holds a spot in the ATP’s top-3 since Monday, July 10, 2017.

This was the Top-10 on Monday July 10, 2017. It was the last time that only one Big 3 member held a top-3 ranking. That will change on Monday when Tsitsipas replaces Nadal as No 3 in the ATP rankings. pic.twitter.com/lzao3E5FPM
— Tennis Majors (@Tennis_Majors) August 7, 2021