Belgian tennis player David Goffin has dropped 40 places to 85th in the world ATP rankings, which were released on Monday by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
The Liège native lost 250 points that he earned last year when he won the ATP 250 tournament in Marrakech, Morocco.
Goffin (ATP 85) was eliminated on Monday in the first round of his debut at this week’s Masters 1000 in Monte Carlo. The 32-year-old Belgian number one was beaten 6-4, 6-2 by Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman (ATP 37) who will face 21-year-old Italian Jannik Sinner (ATP 8), a finalist at the Miami Masters 1000 a fortnight ago, in the second round.
In the top 10, the other change is the gain of a place by Norwegian Casper Ruud (4th seed), winner of the Estoril tournament on Sunday, in a ranking where Novak Djokovic is the world's number one player. The 35-year-old reclaimed his throne last week in a head-to-head battle with 19-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz (ATP 2).
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As for 25-year-old American Frances Tiafoe (ATP 11), he is closing in on the top 10 thanks to his success at the ATP 250 tournament in Houston this weekend.
Zizou Bergs, the second Belgian in the ranking, is 165th after going up two places. Joris De Loore moved up one place to 187th, Kimmer Coppejans climbed up seven places to 189th. These are the four Belgians in the top 200.
In the doubles rankings, 32-year-old Sander Gillé and 29-year-old Joran Vliegen, buoyed by their success, the second of the year and seventh of their careers, in Estoril, both move up three places to 44th and 45th in the world respectively.
