Jannik Sinner has become only the eighth player on the ATP Tour to pass the 10,000-point mark in the ATP Rankings.

The Italian has been top of the rankings for the past 13 weeks as he became the 29th world No 1 following the French Open in June. And he is set to remain there for several more months as he has opened a 3,000-point lead over second-placed Alexander Zverev.

By reaching the 2024 US Open final, Sinner breached the 10,000-point mark in the Live Rankings as he will move to 10,480 points irrespective of the outcome of the match against Taylor Fritz on Sunday.

Lleyton Hewitt (9,890 points), Andy Roddick (9,852) and Carlos Alcaraz (9,815) are some of the most recent world No 1s to just miss out on the milestone of 10,000 points.

The likes of Ivan Lendl, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg also don’t feature as they played at a time when the points system for the rankings was quite different.

The Big Three of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have breached the 10,000-point mark on different occasions, but only players’ highest-ever points tally is taken into account.

The 8 men to pass 10,000 ATP Ranking points:

8. Jannik Sinner – 10,480 points

The reigning Australian Open champion’s major points hauls have come from his title run at Melbourne Park as well as his run to the final of the US Open.

Sinner has won six titles (could be seven if he wins the US Open) in the past 52 weeks as he lifted trophies at the Australian Open, Miami Open, Cincinnati Open, China Open, Vienna Open, Rotterdam Open and Halle Open.

He also finished runner-up to Djokovic at the 2023 ATP Finals.

If Sinner wins the US Open then he will move to 11,180 points and become only the sixth player to reach 11,000 points.

7. Andre Agassi – 10,739 points

Andre Agassi spent 101 weeks in total at No 1 in the ATP Rankings and his first spell at the top started on April 10, 1995 and he remained there until November.

He achieved his highest points tally on August 21, 1995 as he had accumulated 4,000 points from winning the 1994 US Open and 1995 Australian Open while he also won Masters titles in Paris at the backend of 1994 and in Miami, Canadian and Cincinnati in 1995.

6. Daniil Medvedev – 10,780 points

Daniili Medvedev first rose to the top of the ATP Rankings in February 2022, but it was when he was world No 2 when he reached 10,000 points.

Djokovic was at No 1 with 12,133 points with Medvedev behind him on 10,780 points with the Russian’s big points coming from winning the 2021 US Open, finishing runner-up at the Australian Open and winning the Canadian Open.

Medvedev also finished runner at the Paris Masters the previous year and won a couple of ATP 250 events.

5. Pete Sampras – 11,005 points

Pete Sampras has 11 different spells at No 1 and his best in terms of points accumulated was on November 8, 1997 when he reached 11,000 points.

The American was No 1 from Apr 15, 1996 until March 29, 1998 and it was during this spell that he racked up the points as he won the Australian Open and Wimbledon as well as the Cincinnati and Paris Masters.

Sampras he also had points from the previous year’s Tennis Masters Masters Cup title.

4. Andy Murray – 12,685

Andy Murray enjoyed one of the most incredible season-ending runs in 2016 as he became world No 1 for the first time on November 7.

The Brit won Wimbledon, the ATP Finals, Italian Open, Shanghai Masters and Paris Masters while he also finished runner-up at the Australian Open and French Open. He ended up winning nine titles in 2016.

3. Rafael Nadal – 15,390

Rafael Nadal spent a total of 209 weeks at No 1 and the Spaniard got his biggest points tally on April 20, 2009.

The tennis great was in possession of the French Open, Wimbledon and Australian Open titles at the time. He was also the Canadian Open, Indian Wells Open, Monte Carlo Masters, Barcelona Open, German Open and Queen’s Club champion at the time.

2. Roger Federer – 15,903

Roger Federer spent 237 consecutive weeks at No 1 in the ATP Rankings from February 2, 2004 until August 17, 2008 and it was during this period when he became the first man to reach 15,000 points.

November 20, 2006 is the exact date on which he got to 15,903 points as he won the Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open and ATP Finals that year while he also finished runner-up at the French Open.

Outside of the Slams and ATP Finals, there were also Masters titles at Indian Wells, Miami, Canada and Madrid.