Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek to stay No 1 in 2024? Experts predict the ATP and WTA top eight in the year to come | Tennis News

Can Novak Djokovic proceed to command the highest spot in males’s tennis over the course of 2024? Or will youthful stars threaten his domination?

Can Iga Swiatek carry out with constant high quality within the yr forward or will rivals like Coco Gauff or Aryna Sabalenka take her place on the summit of the ladies’s rankings?

As the brand new season will get below means with the Brisbane Worldwide starting on Sunday, former gamers, Sky Sports activities pundits and tennis consultants make their top-eight predictions for the ATP and WTA Excursions within the yr to come back:

Tim Henman

ATP: 1) Novak Djokovic, 2) Carlos Alcaraz, 3) Jannik Sinner, 4) Daniil Medvedev, 5) Holger Rune, 6) Andrey Rublev, 7) Alexander Zverev, 8) Stefanos Tsitsipas.

WTA: 1) Iga Swiatek, 2) Coco Gauff, 3) Aryna Sabalenka, 4) Elena Rybakina, 5) Jessica Pegula, 6) Ons Jabeur, 7) Karolina Muchova, 8) Qinwen Zheng.

Laura Robson

ATP: 1) Djokovic, 2) Alcaraz, 3) Sinner, 4) Rune, 5) Medvedev, 6) Rublev, 7) Zverev, 8) Taylor Fritz.

WTA: 1) Sabalenka, 2) Swiatek, 3) Gauff, 4) Rybakina, 5) Pegula, 6) Muchova, 7) Marketa Vondrousova, 8) Barbora Krejcikova.

Gigi Salmon

ATP: 1) Djokovic, 2) Medvedev, 3) Alcaraz, 4) Sinner, 5) Rune, 6) Rublev, 7) Arthur Fils, 8) Hubert Hurkacz.

WTA: 1) Sabalenka, 2) Rybakina, 3) Swiatek, 4) Gauff, 5) Zheng, 6) Pegula, 7) Jabeur, 8) Naomi Osaka.

Marion Bartoli

ATP: 1) Djokovic, 2) Alcaraz, 3) Medvedev, 4) Sinner, 5) Zverev, 6) Rublev, 7) Rune, 8) Ben Shelton.

WTA: 1) Swiatek, 2) Sabalenka, 3) Rybakina, 4) Pegula, 5) Gauff, 6) Zheng, 7) Jabeur, 8) Osaka.

Feliciano Lopez

ATP: 1) Sinner, 2) Djokovic, 3) Alcarez, 4) Medvedev, 5) Rublev, 6) Zverev, 7) Rafael Nadal, 8) Tsitsipas.

WTA: 1) Gauff, 2) Swiatek, 3) Sabalenka, 4) Rybakina, 5) Jabeur, 6) Maria Sakkari, 7) Vondrousova, 8) Madison Keys.

Johanna Konta

ATP: 1) Djokovic, 2) Alcaraz, 3) Sinner, 4) Rune, 5) Medvedev, 6) Tsitsipas, 7) Rublev, 8) Fritz.

WTA: 1) Swiatek, 2) Gauff, 3) Sabalenka, 4) Jabeur, 5) Rybakina, 6) Pegula, 7) Krejcikova, 8) Elina Svitolina.

Naomi Cavaday

ATP: 1) Djokovic, 2) Sinner, 3) Medvedev, 4) Alcaraz, 5) Zverev, 6) Shelton, 7) Rune, 8) Fritz.

WTA: 1) Swiatek, 2) Sabalenka, 3) Gauff, 4) Zheng, 5) Pegula, 6) Danielle Collins, 7) Emma Raducanu, 8) Svitolina.

Naomi Broady

ATP: 1) Djokovic, 2) Sinner, 3) Alcaraz, 4) Medvedev, 5) Rublev, 6) Rune, 7) Zverev, 8) Caspar Ruud.

WTA: 1) Sabalenka, 2) Swiatek, 3) Gauff, 4) Muchova, 5) Rybakina, 6) Jabeur, 7) Pegula, 8) Sakkari.

Raz Mirza (tennis author)

ATP: 1) Djokovic, 2) Alcaraz, 3) Sinner, 4) Medvedev, 5) Rune, 6) Rublev, 7) Zverev, 8) Tsitsipas.

WTA: 1) Swiatek, 2) Gauff, 3) Sabalenka, 4) Pegula, 5) Rybakina, 6) Jabeur, 7) Muchova, 8) Krejcikova.

Adam Moulder (tennis producer)

ATP: 1) Djokovic, 2) Alcaraz, 3) Sinner, 4) Rune, 5) Medvedev, 6) Zverev, 7) Nadal, 8) Shelton.

WTA: 1) Swiatek, 2) Gauff, 3) Sabalenka, 4) Zheng, 5) Pegula, 6) Leylah Fernandez, 7) Svitolina, 8) Jabeur.

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