2016 ATP World Tour: Rating the Top 5 players

#3. Milos Raonic- 8.5/10

Raonic reached his maiden Grand Slam final and a career-best ranking of World No.3

After reaching a career-high ranking of World No.4, Raonic began to struggle with injuries and as a result, fell out of the Top 10 to end 2015 ranked 14^th in the world. However, this year’s ATP World Tour has been Raonic’s best so far and the kind of performances he has produced this year, there’s no telling that it will remain the best of his career.The Canadian began his year by winning the Brisbane International where he beat Roger Federer in the final. This was followed by his second Grand Slam semi-final at the Australian Open where he shocked 4^th seeded Stan Wawrinka in the fourth round.

He lost to Andy Murray in a five-setter where he was dominating until the third set before an adductor injury prevented him from inflicting any further damage on Murray. This injury would keep him out for more than a month.He returned to action at the Indian Wells Masters where he reached the final only to lose to Novak Djokovic. He ended his hard-court season by reaching the quarter-finals of the Miami Masters where he was beaten by Nick Kyrgios.

Raonic began his clay-court season with quarter-final appearances at the Monte-Carlo Masters and the Madrid Open before exiting the Italian Open in the second round. He ended his clay-court season by exiting the French Open in the fourth round where he was stunned by 55^th ranked Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas.Raonic had an impressive grass-court season where he reached the final of both the Queen’s Club Championships and Wimbledon, losing to Murray on both occasions. At the latter tournament, he reached his first ever Grand Slam final by defeating Roger Federer in the semi-finals. In the process, he became only the second Canadian after Eugenie Bouchard to reach a Grand Slam final.Raonic began the US Open Series by reaching the quarter-finals of the Rogers Cup which was followed by a fifth defeat of the year to Murray in the semi-finals of the Cincinnati Masters.

At the US Open, Raonic was ousted in the second round by Ryan Harrison, possibly due to cramps. At the Asian swing, Raonic reached the semi-finals of the China Open before withdrawing from his semi-final match due to an ankle injury he sustained during the quarter-finals. However, his semi-final appearance was enough to book his place at the World Tour Finals in London.After exiting the Shanghai Masters in the third round, Raonic reached the semi-finals of the Paris Masters and yet again, he had to withdraw from his match against Andy Murray due to a quadriceps tear he sustained during his quarter-final match against Tsonga. His withdrawal gave Murray the No.1 ranking.At the World Tour Finals, Raonic won his match against Gael Monfils before losing to Djokovic 6-7, 6-7 in an exciting game. He beat Dominic Thiem in his final round robin match to advance to the semi-finals of the competition for the first time in his career. In the semis, he was up against Murray. In a match that was the longest in the history of the tournament, Raonic went down 7-5, 6-7, 6-7. However, his performances in the tournament earned him a new career-best ranking of World No.3.This year was the year of Raonic’s resurgence and even though he had to deal with a few injuries, he came back well. Hence, he gets a rating of 8.5.