Sampras into third spot

Pete Sampras wins Wimbledon and boosts his ranking

Pete Sampras' seventh Wimbledon singles title win on Sunday has hoisted him up the ATP Champions race standings from 10th to third.

Sampras, winning the third of the year's Grand Slam events, has 457 points, nearly one hundred points more than long-time rival Andre Agassi, who went out in the Wimbledon semi-finals.

The losing finalist at Wimbledon, Australian Pat Rafter, moved up from 52nd place to 13th.

French Open winner Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil leads the race with 525 points and the man he defeated in Paris, Magnus Norman of Sweden, is in second with 493 points.

Britain's Tim Henman remains in 14th after reaching the fourth round at the All England club before losing to Mark Philippoussis.

ATP Champions Race Standings

1. Gustavo Kuerten (Bra) 525 pts
2. Magnus Norman (Swe) 493
3. Pete Sampras (US) 457
4. Andre Agassi (US) 368
5. Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Rus) 319
6. Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) 315
7. Alex Corretja (Spa) 267
8. Cédric Pioline (Fr) 267
9. Marat Safin (Rus) 266
10. Juan Carlos Ferrero (Sp) 264
11. Thomas Enqvist (Swe) 225
12. Mark Philippoussis (Aus) 222
13. Patrick Rafter (Aus) 220
14. Tim Henman (GB) 214
15. Younes El Aynaoui (Mar) 209
16. Franco Squillari (Arg) 197
17. Mariano Puerta (Arg) 184
18. Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu) 182
19. Wayne Ferreira (SA) 171
20. Marc Rosset (Swi) 164
21. Dominik Hrbaty (Svk) 159
22. Albert Costa (Sp) 158
23. Byron Black (Zim) 152
24. Nicolas Kiefer (Ger) 151
25. Andrei Pavel (Rom) 150
26. Sébastien Grosjean (Fr) 149
27. Hicham Arazi (Mor) 145
28. Fabrice Santoro (Fr) 141
29. Nicolas Escudé (Fr) 135
30. Jan-Michael Gambill (US) 131