The first major tournament in 2024 shook up the World Rankings a bit, as we have a new, but still familiar name on top of the women’s singles chart.

In 2024 as the new World Ranking policies influence not only the international events but the domestic ones too, players can collect WR points even on the tier 5 tournaments. On the other hand, with the currently implemented categorisation which  debuted in Madrid, as FITEQ's 250th international tournament,

Hungarian Anna Izsak’s triumphant return to the Teqball table was spoiled by Jutatip Kuntatong (THA) in Madrid, but the former world champion should not be dissatisfied with her silver medal, and it was enough to regain the top spot in the women’s singles World Rankings, dethroning 2023 WCh gold medallist Rafaella Fontes. Kuntatong, who won the Female Athlete of the Event award in Madrid, broke into the top 5 with the win in Spain, improving three spots, but the biggest leap belongs to Polish Aleksandra Orzechowska, who jumped from 43rd to 36th after tying her best singles finish in a major tournament by making it to the top16.

The top 4 stayed as it was before the Teqball World Series in the men’s singles (Apor Gyorgydeak from Romania, Adrian Duszak from Poland, Adam Blazsovics from Hungary and Hugo Rabeux from France), and thanks to his appearance in the final, Martin Csereklye from Hungary made his way into the top five. We can notice some new names inside the top 30, and all of them put up a strong performance in Madrid. Thai Boonkoom Tipwong skyrocketed from No. 40 to No. 22 with his bronze from the Spanish capital, and Hungarian youngsters Milan Csabi and Soma Cseri also bettered their previous positions by at least 10.

Meet the Spaniard Silvia Ferrer Garcia, or as the Teqball family knows, "Chivi".

There were some minor changes at the top of the women’s doubles rankings as Lea Vasas (HUN) passed Carolyn Greco (USA) for 2nd, and fellow Hungarian Gabriella Kota jumped up to 4th with a silver medal from Madrid. Tournament winners Suphawadi Wongkhamchan and Jutatip Kuntatong also improved one spot with the former coming in at Nr. 8 and the latter at 11th. Aleksandra Orzechowska (POL) made the second largest leap here, too, changing her 45th position to 39th, as the biggest one was done by Nelly Wilke (GER), who entered the top 50 as the first German player.

The men’s doubles were quieter, except for Phakpong Dejaroen, who catapulted from 21st to 11th with his 2nd-place finish in Madrid. His partner and fellow Thai ace Boonkoom Tipwong climbed up to 26th from 32nd, and we have to mention their compatriot Jirati Chianliang, who earned a bronze in Spain, which resulted in a 24 spot improvement, now he is 45th. Nothing changed on top as world champ Csaba Banyik (who became the Male Athlete of the Event in Spain) kept his No. 1 spot and the 2nd place belongs to his partner in crime, Balazs Katz.

Banyik also leads the mixed doubles rankings and it should not surprise anybody after taking the gold in Madrid. Her teammate, Krisztina Acs stepped up to 6th from 9th, but another Polish player took the spotlight in this category also, as Marek Pokwap hopped to 32nd from 41st.

The month of June will probably ignite more chaos within the rankings as the Teqball World Series continues with two major events - one in Vietnam and one in the USA.

The FITEQ World Ranking list is refreshed after each month when the gained points will be added while the credits that came later than two years will be taken away.