In three years, nothing has changed

One of my favorite series on this blog was comparing the top tennis countries in the world. It's been nearly three years since I posted an update on this series, and that was when France finally surpassed Spain as the top tennis country in the world. With only a couple young Spanish players on the rise, that seemed like a permanent switch, but right now, the standings are right back where they were three years ago.

The top three countries are now Spain, Serbia, France and United States in that order, identical to exactly three years ago.

Here are the full standings based on the combined ranking points of every player in the top 140:
1. Spain - 17,693
2. Serbia - 16,956
3. France - 13,385
4. United States - 10,712
5. Italy - 9860
6. Switzerland - 9592
7. Argentina - 8580
8. Germany - 8527
9. Russia - 7396
10. Australia - 7043
11. Japan - 6070
12. Canada - 5446
13. Austria - 5413
14. Croatia - 4810
15. Greece - 3455
16. Great Britain - 3320
17. South Africa - 2682
18. Chile - 2182
19. Georgia - 2020
20. Kazakhstan - 1866
21. Belgium - 1815
22. Poland - 1660
23. Slovakia - 1495
24. Hungary - 1323
25. Moldova - 1132
26. Portugal - 1045
27. Uruguay - 1013
28. Korea - 994
29. Sweden - 980
30. Norway - 951
31. Bulgaria - 802
32. Belarus - 799
33. Lithuania - 765
34. Romania - 622
35. Bolivia - 618
36. Slovenia - 605
37. India - 600
38. Tunisia - 544
39. Brazil - 532
40. Czech Republic - 530
41. Bosnia & Herzegovina - 530
42. Netherlands - 446
43. Latvia - 442
44. Chinese Taipei - 405
45. Uzbekistan - 392

A few notes on this list...

-45 different countries rated in the top 140 is the most that I have ever recorded.
-The highest ranked No. 2 from any country is from Russia
-The highest ranked No. 3 is from Argentina
-The most well-represented country is France with 13 players in the top 140
-Greece, Chile and Georgia are all in the top 20 after having not been ranked at all for many years.
-Great Britain and Czech Republic have made massive dives in the rankings
-The first rankings I ever did in 2012 included Ukraine, Colombia, Cyprus, Finland, Luxembourg, Estonia and Israel. None of those countries are represented in the top 140 anymore.