Felix Auger-Aliassime moved to a career-high No. 4 in the ATP rankings following his deepest run at Roland Garros, where the 25-year-old reached the quarterfinals for the first time before losing to eventual finalist Flavio Cobolli. The result completed a personal Grand Slam milestone: having previously reached the quarterfinals or better at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open, he became the first Canadian man to reach the quarterfinals or better at all four majors in his career.

The rise from No. 6 to No. 4 surpasses his prior best of No. 5 and places him tied for the second-highest-ranked Canadian in ATP or WTA rankings history. The only other Canadians to reach the top four are Milos Raonic and Bianca Andreescu. Raonic went as high as No. 3 in 2016, following his run to the Wimbledon final that year, and Andreescu peaked at No. 4 in 2019 after winning the US Open.

Canadian tennis has seen seven players reach the top 10 in either ATP or WTA history, with official rankings available since 1973 for the ATP and 1975 for the WTA.

Auger-Aliassime still has ground to cover to move higher in the standings. He is 2,865 points behind the current world No. 3, Alexander Zverev, with the rankings showing Zverev at 7,305 points and Auger-Aliassime at 4,440.

The Canadian will shift his focus to grass. He begins his grass-court season this week at the ATP 250 event in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, entering as the No. 1 seed. After a first-round bye he will open against either Hubert Hurkacz or Marton Fucsovics.

The new ranking reflects a season of important progress for Auger-Aliassime and cements his place among the highest-ranked Canadians in modern tennis history.

Flavio Cobolli’s breakthrough at Roland Garros produced a major ranking milestone. The 24-year-old reached his first Grand Slam semifinal and final in Paris and, despite losing the title match to Alexander Zverev in a five-set battle, climbed from No. 14 to No. 10 in the latest ATP rankings, marking his Top 10 debut.

Cobolli is the seventh Italian to enter the ATP Top 10 since the rankings began in 1973. He is also only the second Italian man in the past 50 years to contest the Roland Garros final, joining last year’s runner-up, Jannik Sinner. Born in 2002, Cobolli is the fifth man born in 2002 or later to reach the Top 10, following Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune, who were both born in 2003, and Lorenzo Musetti and Ben Shelton, who were both born in 2002.

The route to the final carried complicated circumstances. Cobolli advanced to the title match after countryman Matteo Arnaldi withdrew before their semifinal due to illness. Cobolli reflected on the day with mixed emotions: “When [Arnaldi] came to me almost one hour ago, I almost cried,” he said. “It’s something that you don’t expect at all. I was ready to play this match. When he came, I was completely sad for him.

“But at the same time, of course I’m really happy for the result that I reached this week. My dad also came to me right before him, and we had a big hug together with the whole team for achieving the Top 10. Every time that I make the best ranking, we all together have a big hug. We did the same routine as always.

“Yeah, now I’m sad and happy at the same time.”

Arnaldi, 25, leaps from No. 104 to No. 34 after reaching his first Grand Slam semifinal, moving to within four spots of his 2024 career-high of No. 30. Matteo Berrettini also recorded a significant rise, moving from No. 105 to No. 48 after reaching his first Grand Slam quarterfinal since 2022 on the terre battue. For the former No. 6, it was his first appearance at Roland Garros since 2021, following four years marked by injury and illness withdrawals.

Alexander Zverev finally crossed the major barrier, beating Flavio Cobolli in five sets to claim his first Grand Slam title.

The final swung repeatedly. Zverev led by a set twice and surrendered that advantage on both occasions. In the fourth-set tiebreaker he was within a couple of points of victory before Cobolli prevailed 7-5, sending the match to a decisive fifth set. Zverev said a surprising physical moment helped him find composure.

“What kind of helped me, I was cramping a little bit, because I was emotional,” Zverev said. “I haven’t cramped in probably 10 years. I was very nervous, very kind of tightened up, and then, once I cramped, I relaxed, and that helped me.”

He described his fifth-set tennis succinctly. “I feel like I played better in the fifth set, I played more free, I played more aggressive.” Zverev backed that up with 14 straight first serves to begin the set. He broke Cobolli for 0-2 with a drop shot that set up a winning pass, and he saved two break points at 3-0, the second via an all-court defensive sequence that ended with a missed Cobolli overhead.

When Cobolli’s final smash went awry, Zverev collapsed to the court and the milestone was complete. The moment carried extra weight because of painful history on this court. “This court had some of my best memories, and also some of my biggest heartbreaks,” Zverev said about Chatrier. “Laying on the floor, with seven broken ligaments and two fractured bones.” That injury in the 2022 semifinal against Rafael Nadal had ended his season.

Zverev acknowledged the wider context, including the absence of Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic, and the urgency it created. “If I lost this final, I maybe would have never won a Slam,” he said. “Now that I’ve won this, it changes. I feel like I’ve done it. Maybe I can enjoy these finals a bit more, play my best tennis.”

Reactions to the victory are mixed. Supporters point to his friendships on tour, his refusal to engage in gamesmanship, his play while managing juvenile diabetes and his persistence after late-round defeats. Critics note two allegations of domestic abuse: an ATP inquiry closed with no disciplinary action because of “insufficient evidence,” and a separate matter resolved in Germany with a 200,000-euro settlement fine paid without admission of guilt. Zverev denies both allegations.