Flavio Cobolli breaks into Top 10 after reaching first Grand Slam final at Roland Garros

Flavio Cobolli may not have come away with the Roland Garros title on Sunday, falling to Alexander Zverev in a tough five-setter, but his run was already special—not only did he reach the first Grand Slam semifinal and final of his career in Paris, but he was just the second Italian man to reach the title match there in the last 50 years, alongside last year’s runner-up, Jannik Sinner.

But now, in the aftermath, there’s another silver lining.

The 24-year-old rises from No. 14 to No. 10 on the new ATP rankings today, his Top 10 debut, and he’s just the seventh Italian to break into the elite in ATP rankings history, which dates back to 1973.

ITALIANS TO REACH TOP 10 ON ATP RANKINGS (since 1973):

• Adriano Panatta [Top 10 debut in '73, career-high No. 4]
• Corrado Barazzutti [Top 10 debut in '78, career-high No. 7]
• Fabio Fognini [Top 10 debut in '19, career-high No. 9]
• Matteo Berrettini [Top 10 debut in '19, career-high No. 6]
• Jannik Sinner [Top 10 debut in '21, career-high No. 1]
• Lorenzo Musetti [Top 10 debut in '25, career-high No. 5]
• Flavio Cobolli [Top 10 debut in '26, career-high No. 10]

Four Italian players have broken into the Top 10 on the WTA rankings, too—Francesca Schiavone (who reached No. 4), Flavia Pennetta (who reached No. 6), Roberta Vinci (who reached No. 7) and most recently Jasmine Paolini (who reached No. 4).

Cobolli, who was born in 2002, is also just the fifth man born in 2002 or later from anywhere to crack the Top 10, after Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune (who were both born in 2003) and Lorenzo Musetti and Ben Shelton (who were both born in 2002).

The circumstances in which Cobolli clinched his Top 10 debut weren’t ideal—he got to the final via walkover after countryman Matteo Arnaldi withdrew before their semifinal due to illness—but the ranking breakthrough brought some light to a tough day.

“When [Arnaldi] came to me almost one hour ago, I almost cried,” he said. “It’s something that you don’t expect at all. I was ready to play this match. When he came, I was completely sad for him.

“But at the same time, of course I’m really happy for the result that I reached this week. My dad also came to me right before him, and we had a big hug together with the whole team for achieving the Top 10. Every time that I make the best ranking, we all together have a big hug. We did the same routine as always.

“Yeah, now I’m sad and happy at the same time.”

Speaking of Arnaldi, the 25-year-old soars from No. 104 to No. 34 after reaching the first Grand Slam semifinal of his career, just four spots off the career-high of No. 30 he reached in 2024.

Another Matteo, Matteo Berrettini, also makes a huge jump from No. 105 to No. 48 after reaching his first Grand Slam quarterfinal since 2022 on the terre battue. It was actually the former No. 6’s first time playing Roland Garros since 2021, having missed the last four years due to a string of injury and illness withdrawals.

And the player who pulled off the upset of the tournament, Juan Manuel Cerundolo, who took out world No. 1 Jannik Sinner in the second round, makes his Top 50 debut, rising from No. 56 to No. 45. He eventually reached the fourth round before falling to Berrettini.