Jannik Sinner is the first Italian player to reach the second position in the world ranking. The South Tyrolean, thanks to his success in Miami, has overtaken Carlos Alcaraz in the ATP ranking and Nicola Pietrangeli who in 1959 and 1960 had been at most number 3 in the world. Jannik Sinner is the 42nd player in the computer age (since August 23, 1973) to reach the top two positions in the world rankings. Twenty-eight players have reached the first position and 14 have trained at the number 2 position. Among those who finished in second place, without reaching the top, were Manolo Orantes, Ken Rosewall, Guillermo Vilas, Arthur Ashe, Michael Stich, Goran Ivanisevic, Michael Chang, Petr Korda, Alex Corretja, Tommy Haas, Magnus Norman, Alexander Zverev and Casper Ruud. Among the players who have spent the most weeks in the top two places, the king is Rafael Nadal with 596 weeks in the top 2, second Djokovic with 565 and third Federer with 528. Among those who have been there for the shortest time, Carlos Moya, Magnus Norman and Tommy Haas with 6 weeks each, Arthur Ashe 4, Manolo Orantes and Casper Ruud 3, Alex Corretja 2 and Sinner who yesterday started his first week as number 2.
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