Hamburg - Roger Federer of Switzerland made sure of topping the year's end men's tennis rankings for a fourth consecutive year with a victory at home in Switzerland in Basle. Federer has an unstoppable 1,820-point lead from Rafael Nadal at the top of the rankings released on Monday. Federer has 7,205 points, while the Spaniard has 5,385.
The only change in Monday's ranking was the swapping of places between Tommy Robredo and Fernando Gonzalez.
Gonzalez, who suffered an early defeat in Basle slipped down to ninth, while Robredo moved to eighth.
ATP top 10 as of October 29 (previous ranking in parenthesis):
1. (1) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 7,205 points; 2. (2) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 5,385; 3. (3) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 4,470; 4. (4) Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 3,250; 5. (5) Andy Roddick, United States, 2,430; 6. (6) David Ferrer, Spain, 2,130; 7. (7) James Blake, United States, 2,110; 8. (9) Tommy Robredo, Spain, 1,965; 9. (8) Fernando Gonzalez, Chile 1,905;10. (10) Thomas Haas, Germany, 1,870.
