2022 was a truly historic year in tennis. In the men\u2019s game, both Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic broke their previous three-way tie with Roger Federer on 20 Majors to move to 22 and 21 Major victories respectively. Perhaps even more importantly, a new Major-winner \u2013 indeed, a new world #1 \u2013 emerged in Carlos Alcaraz and Federer, arguably the greatest Major-winner of them all (at least aesthetically), finally retired from the sport.<\/p>\n
In the women\u2019s game, there were also significant arrivals and departures, with Iga \u015awi\u0105tek replacing the retiring Ash Barty<\/a> as the dominant world #1, and Ons Jabeur and Caroline Garcia serving notice that they might be capable of winning Majors in 2023. In addition, Elena Rybakina became perhaps the least heralded Wimbledon winner of all time, as the tournament\u2019s ban on Russian and Belarussian players, in the wake of Russia\u2019s re-invasion of Ukraine, and the subsequent retaliation by the ATP and WTA meant that she did not gain the ranking points that she deserved. As Rybakina herself admitted later in the year, it sometimes felt as if she had not won Wimbledon at all. But she did, and in thrilling fashion.<\/p>\n Here, then, are ten terrific things in tennis in 2022, starting right at the top.<\/p>\nTen Terrific Things in Tennis<\/h2>\n
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