David Ferrer, the man whom Nadal beat in straight sets to become the first man to win the same Grand Slam eight times, has ironically replaced Nadal in the fourth place.

The ATP ranking system takes into account the performance of a player in the past 12 months. Hence, if a player has won a particular tournament in 2012, and manages to win it again in 2013, then all he manages to do is defend the points he had earned by winning it in the previous year.u00a0