Novak Djokovic Takes Over No. 2 in Rankings Shuffle

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The heroes of Indian Wells got their money on Sunday. 

They got the true reward on Monday.

BNP Paribas Open champion Novak Djokovic officially moved back to No. 2 in the world, using the 1,000 points he earned for defeating Rafael Nadal in the championship to increase his total to 8,710, opening up a 430-point lead over No. 3 Roger Federer (8,280). 

Djokovic first achieved the ranking of No. 2 in Feb. 2010, holding it for 13 straight weeks, and ultimately 23 weeks overall during the previous season. He has never been ranked No. 1. 

Nadal's advantage is down "under" 4,000 points, but still quite healthy. The Spaniard has 12,630 points. 

Djokovic's move in the rankings might have been the most significant, but it was hardly the biggest following the 10-day event. 

Of the BNP Paribas participants, that honor went to Croatia's Ivo Karlovic, whose quarterfinal appearance sent him soaring up 86 spots from 239th to 153rd.

Another player who missed significant time with injury in 2010—Juan Martin Del Potro—made the biggest jump in the top 100, rising from 90th to 51st, a jump of 39 spots. 

For the first time since the Australian Open, there were multiple moves inside the top 25. Stanislas Wawrinka, a quarterfinalist, moved up to 13th ahead of Mikhail Youzhny. It's Wawrinka's highest ranking since the end of the 2008 season.

Fellow quarterfinalist Richard Gasquet jumped three spots to No. 18, his first time inside the top 20 since October of 2008. American Sam Querrey jumped three spots to 21st, and Spaniard Albert Montanes moved up four places to 22nd. 

The biggest slide was defending champion Ivan Ljubicic, who crashed and burned 22 spots from 16th to 38th. The tumble ended a 45-week span for Ljubicic of being ranked in the top 25. 

Fresh-faced Canadian Milos Raonic, defeated in the third round by American Ryan Harrison, still moved up three spots to 34th. Harrison, who lost to Federer in the fourth round, climbed 22 spots to No. 130.

In the men's doubles rankings, BNP Paribas Open champions Xavier Malisse and Alexandr Dolgopolov both surged into the top 100. Malisse jumped 155 spots to No. 58, Dolgopolov 132 spots to No. 59.

Runner-ups Wawrinka and Federer made even more prodigious moves. Federer jumped 236 spots to No. 99, and Wawrinka advanced 382 spots to No. 118. It's the first time Federer has been ranked in the top 100 in doubles since March of 2004. His career-high mark is 24th, achieved in the summer of 2003. 

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