Hamburg - Rafael Nadal of Spain succeeded to maintain first place ahead of former number one Roger Federer of Switzerland in the latest men's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the ATP.

The French Open and Wimbledon champ Nadal commands the standings with 7,000 points, with US Open winner Federer on 5,930 points and Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic of Serbia third on 4,855 points.

ATP top 10 as of September 15 (previous ranking in parenthesis): 1. (1) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 7,000 points; 2. (2) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 5,930; 3. (3) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 4,855; 4. (4) Andy Murray, Britain, 3,040; 5. (5) David Ferrer, Spain, 2,490; 6. (6) Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 2,400; 7. (7) David Nalbandian, Argentina, 1,975; 8. (8) Andy Roddick, United States, 1,845; 9. (10) Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland, 1,670; 10. (11) James Blake, United States, 1,650.