The last ranking update of the 2023 season and some exciting movements with some players. Leon Griffiths stays on top for a 9th consecutive month and Stine Jacobsen retakes the no 1 position from Anna-Klara Ahlmer for the third time this year as the two have been trading the top position between them.
Jacobsen looking to finish the season strong
Jacobsen finds herself on top of the rankings for the third time this year and is looking to finish strong as she and Anna-Klara go head-to-head in the Bombay Gymkhana International this weekend. Enmer, Kaptein, Allègre, and Severinová keep their positions as Dara Ladner goes up to a career-high of world no 7, overtaking Stephanie Chung and Nathalie Vogel. Adeline Kilchenmann is in the top 10 for the first time in her career, making some great progress this season from world no 28 at the start to finish inside the top 10. We can expect some movement in the January rankings with two tournaments in December, and it promises to be another exciting season.
Leon Griffiths makes it 9 consecutive months on top
After winning the Czech Open Leon has solidified his no 1 position even further, having a 1000 points lead over Sylvain Ternon. After making the final Koen Hageraats is back at his highest position of world no 3, overtaking Nicolas Lenggenhager and Morten Jaksland. Simon Vaclahovsky moves up to a career-high of world no 6, overtaking Kresten Hougaard and Luka Penttinen. Lindberg and Griffiths stay in the same position as last month and round up the top 10. Both Griffiths brothers, Lenggenhager, Hougaard and Hageraats are playing the Indian Open this weekend which will be an exciting tournament as well as the La Santa Open near the end of December will surely mix the rankings up again for the new year.
Ranson and Griffiths end the year as junior no 1’s
Holly Ranson keeps her no 1 position after she overtook Alexandra Ogram last month. Cherisse Lau retakes the no 3 spot, and Alina Reissenauer goes to a career-high of world no 4 overtaking Clarissa Steiner who drops to no 5. Melánie Tomkova rises three spots to no 7 and Aadirai K A is back in the girls top 10. Luke Griffiths stays at no 1 in the boys rankings, whilst Bastian Böhm overtakes Florian Harca and is at his highest ranking of world no 2. Matt Davidson stays at no 4, and Matěj Volf jumps two spots to sit at his highest ranking so far of no 5. Leonhard Prager and Cornelius Ried both go up to world no 9 and 10 respectively rounding up the top 10.
Girls junior rankings | Boys junior rankings
Schaefer is the new men’s senior no 1
Christian Schaefer is the new men’s senior no 1 taking the spot from Duncan Stahl who held that position since July 2018 a very impressive achievement. Meanwile Manfred Grab jumps two places to world no 4 and Jan Port comes from no 11 to no 5. Mohammed Tarik Koubaa goes back up to no 7 as Graham King drops down to no 9. The top four of the senior women remains unchanged, but we see some jumps as Carola von Heimburg is back at no 5, going up two places, and Lucie Hlavacova jumps five spots to world no 7. Heike Voigt rises four spots to no 9 and Sandra Ettenauer goes to no 10.
