{"id":850761,"date":"2026-08-10T23:10:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/850761\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T23:10:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:10:58","slug":"tennis-news-2026-rafael-jodar-atp-rankings-top-10-record-boris-beckers-mark-under-threat-us-open-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/850761\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis news 2026 | Rafael Jodar ATP rankings, top 10 record, Boris Becker\u2019s mark under threat, US Open goals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spanish teen Rafael Jodar has put the tennis world on alert in the build up to the US Open<\/a> as he threatens to break a 41-year-old ATP record and a first major title becomes an increasingly realistic goal. <\/p>\n

Jodar, 19, has been a breakout star on the professional circuit in the absence of Jannik Sinner<\/a> and Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>, featuring as the pointy end of several big Masters tournaments.<\/p>\n

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Rafael Jodar defeated Jiri Lehecka in straight sets.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Spaniard advanced to the quarter-finals at the Canadian Open on Monday, just four days after losing in the final of the Washington Open against American world No.8 Taylor Fritz. <\/p>\n

His quarter-final appearance in Montreal makes Jodar one of three teenagers to ever reach three or more consecutive ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinals since 1990. Star Spanish duo Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal<\/a> are the only others to achieve that feat.<\/p>\n

To get to the quarterfinals, Jodar has dismissed world No.13 Lorenzo Musetti and world No.12 Jiri Lehecka. He will face world No.24 Arthur Fils in the quarter-final. <\/p>\n

En route to making the final in Montreal, Jodar is on track to improve his ATP ranking and break into the top 10 for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n

Jodar needs three wins to climb into the top 10, with a tournament victory in Montreal guaranteed to get him there. He is currently ranked 15th in the world. <\/p>\n

A move into the top 10 would be the cherry on top of what has been an insane run this calendar year. He was ranked 168th in the world in January. <\/p>\n

If he is to climb into the top 10, Jodar will become the fastest player in the sport\u2019s history to transition from breaking into the top 100 to breaking into the top 10. <\/p>\n

Boris Becker, former world No.1, holds that record. He climbed from top 100 to top 10 in 210 days. Jodar is on track to do it in a span as short as 140 days. <\/p>\n

Jodar will not face the two top-ranked stars, Sinner and Alcaraz, in the men\u2019s draw in Montreal, with the two outstanding players in men\u2019s tennis battling lingering injuries.<\/p>\n

Sinner has not taken to the court since defeating Alexander Zverev to win the Wimbledon men\u2019s final last month, and is managing a knee injury, <\/p>\n

The world No.1 was registered to compete at the Cincinnati Open but later withdrew. He expects to be fit for the US Open. <\/p>\n

World No.2 Carlos Alcaraz is also out of the Cincinnati Open as he continues to recover from a wrist injury. He has not played any tournament since April. <\/p>\n

It is unclear if Alcaraz will be fit for the US Open later this month. <\/p>\n

The Cincinnati Open is scheduled to begin from August 16, with the US Open main draw to follow that tournament from August 30. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spanish teen Rafael Jodar has put the tennis world on alert in the build up to the US…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":850762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-850761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}