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Roger Federer closed the massive gap slightly on three-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal with his title in Estoril, but the big winner from Portugal - for the sake of these rankings - was runner-up Nikolay Davydenko.

Despite retiring from the final against Federer with an injury, the Russian was able to leapfrog world number three Djokovic and former Roland Garros champion Carlos Moya to fourth in the world of clay.

Nicolas Almagro holds steady at number three despite only defending two of his points from Valencia with a runner-up showing to David Ferrer.

The world number five Ferrer is up six places to sixth after winning his hometown title.

With a Masters Series crown at stake this week in Monte Carlo, the next edition of our claycourt rankings is due for a big shake-up.... Just not at the top of the list, of course.

2008 Claycourt Rankings - ATP world ranking in brackets

1. [2] Rafael Nadal (ESP) 37 points - Even

2. [1] Roger Federer (SUI) 21 - Even

3. [23] Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 11 - Even

4. [4] Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 10 - Up two

5. [14] Carlos Moya (ESP) 10 - Even

6. [5] David Ferrer (ESP) 9 - Up six

7. [7] David Nalbandian (ARG) 8 - Even

8. [17] Juan Monaco (ARG) 8 - Even

9. [3] Novak Djokovic (SER) 7 - Down five

10. [15] Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 7 - Even

11. [18] Tommy Robredo (ESP) 7 - Even

12. [12] Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 6 - Down three

13. [22] Guillermo Canas (ARG) 5 - Up one

14. [24] Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 5 - Down one

15. [40] Jose Acasuso (ARG) 5 - Even

16. [10] Tomas Berdych (CZE) 4 - Even

17. [31] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 4 - Even

18. [33] Gilles Simon (FRA) 4 - Even

19. [42] Filippo Volandri (ITA) 4 - Up one

20. [11] Mikhail Youzhny (ESP) 3 - Up two

Formula:

10 winner; 6 runner-up; 4 semi-finalist; 2 quarter-finalist: 2007 French Open

5 winner; 3 runner-up; 2 semi-finalist; 1 quarter-finalist: Monte Carlo Masters, Rome Masters, Hamburg Masters, 2006 French Open

3 winner; 2 runner-up; 1 semi-finalist: Vina del Mar, Costa Do Suaipe, Buenos Aires, Acapulco, Estoril, Valencia, Houston, Barcelona, Munich, Poertschach, Casablanca, Sopot, Stuttgart, Gstaad, Bastad, Kitzbuhel, Amersfoort, Umag, Bucharest, 2005 French Open

1 bonus point for any semi-final or better at French Open 2001-2004

Jeremy Stahl / Eurosport