Tennis is one of the toughest individual sports to break into. A global sport, India’s tennis players struggle due to lack of a system and top-tier tournaments in the country.

India has a legacy in men’s tennis, with players like Ramanthan Krishnan, Ramesh Krishnan, Vijay Amritraj, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi doing well on the Grand Slam stage. But the current crop has found it more difficult to break through. Sumit Nagal is the only Indian who has competed in singles in Grand Slam in the last two years.

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The Sporting News looks at how the top tennis talent in the country stacks up:

Who is the India No. 1 in men’s tennis?

India currently does not have any players in the ATP singles top 100. Here’s India’s top 5 according to latest world rankings:

NameRankingPointsTournamentsAgeSumit Nagal2771952428Aryan Shah4021192920Karan Singh471942522Sasikumar Mukund576802328Dhakshineswar Suresh523791225Who is the world No. 1 in men’s tennis?

Carlos Alcaraz, the reigning French Open and US Open champion, clinched the year-end No. 1 spot. Here are the top 5 in men’s singles rankings:

NameRankingPointsTournamentsAgeCarlos Alcaraz112,0501922Jannik Sinner211,5001824Alexander Zverev351002428Novak Djokovic448202038Felix Auger-Aliassime541902825How do tennis rankings work?

The governing body of men’s tennis, the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals), calculates the rankings. Players are awarded points based on their performance and the tournament tier.

The further a player progresses in a sanctioned event, the more points they will be awarded. Grand slams provide the most points with 2000 awarded to the winner and 1200 to the runner-up. 

Points picked up from each tournament last for one year, or 52 weeks, with rankings updated each week. 

When are tennis rankings updated?

Rankings are updated weekly. Both the ATP and WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) update their rankings every Monday when tournaments aren’t running. 

So, in general, you can expect updates aside from when Grand Slams are being held.Â