The ATP rankings released on 4 July 2011 conferred the World No.1 position Novak Djokovic of Serbia who defeated Nadal in the Wimbledon final. His rise to the World No. 1 position was confirmed after he defeated Jo-Wilfred Tsonga in the Wimbledon semi-final. His rise to the No 1 position ended Nadal's 56-week reign at the World No 1 position since he took over from Roger Federer on 7 June 2010.
No one other than Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer had been ranked number one since Andy Roddick in the week of 26 January 2004.
Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki remained on top of the women's singles rankings, in spite of her failure once again to land a Grand Slam title.
The semifinal appearance in the women's doubles event at Wimbledon catapulted Sania Mirza and Vesnina to number two slot in women’s doubles category in the WTA Race to the year-end Championships with 4506 points.
ATP Tour Top 5 List is as follows: Novak Djokovic (13285), Rafael Nadal (11270), Roger Federer (9230), Andy Murray (6855), Robin Soderling (4325)
WTA Tour Top 5 List is as follows: Caroline Wozniacki (9915 pts), Kim Clijsters (7625), Vera Zvonareva 6695), Victoria Azarenka (6465), Maria Sharapova (6141)
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