Roger Federer's Wimbledon triumph on Sunday has seen him regain the world number one spot from arch-rival Rafael Nadal.

The Spaniard went top after last August's Beijing Olympics on the back of his win there and at Wimbledon in July.

He consolidated that by winning the Australian Open at the start of the year but lost to Robin Soderling in the fourth round of the French Open and then withdrew from the defence of his Wimbledon crown through injury.

Federer, who lost to Nadal in Melbourne, won both the French Open and Wimbledon to chalk up a record 15 Grand Slam titles, one more than Pete Sampras.

ATP top 20:

1. Roger Federer (SUI) 11,220 pts (+1)
2. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 10,735 (-1)
3. Andy Murray (GBR) 9,450
4. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 8,150
5. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 5,705
6. Andy Roddick (USA) 5,440
7. Gilles Simon (FRA) 4,000
8. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 3,600 (+1)
9. Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 3,500 (-1)
10. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 3,185
11. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 2,935
12. Robin Soderling (SWE) 2,935
13. Gaël Monfils (FRA) 2,610 (+1)
14. Tommy Robredo (ESP) 2,600 (+1)
15. Marin Cilic (CRO) 2,500 (-2)
16. David Nalbandian (ARG) 2,375
17. James Blake (USA) 2,280
18. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 2,075
19. Tommy Haas (GER) 1,975 (+15)
20. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 1,940 (+1)

AFP

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