What Alcaraz has left to complete the 12 months as #1

Carlos Alcaraz opens his third week as #1 in world tennis. The ATP rating has not modified for the reason that Murcian received the US Open. The primary 9 stay with the identical factors. The one novelty is presence of Jannik Sinner in tenth place forward of Hubert Hurkacz.

Alcaraz retains his #1

Alcaraz maintains the 6,740 factors he reached after profitable his first grand slam. The Norwegian Casper Ruud is second at 890 factors; Rafa Nadal, third at 930 and Medvedev, fourth at 1,675.

The #1 faces the problem of staying on the high till the tip of 2022. It’s his objective. “I dream of being #1 on the earth, of profitable a grand slam, it is time to maintain dreaming, maintain profitable extra tournaments and be among the many greatest for so long as attainable. I see myself ending the 12 months as #1,” he stated final week. In entrance, 4 tournaments: Astan, Basel, Pars-Bercy and the ATP Finals. The primary appointment might be in Kazakhstan subsequent week. He has to defend the 180 factors he received final 12 months by being a quarterfinalist on the Masters 1,000 in Pars-Bercy, whereas shedding one other 180: these of the Vienna ATP 500 (he was a semifinalist in 2021) who is not going to play on this event.

In each Kazakhstan and Basel, from October 24 to 30, you should have the choice to attain as much as 500 factors in every event. If he wins in Pars-Bercy (from October 31 to November 6) he might depart with 820 ms for the ATP rating. Within the ATP Finals (from November 13 to twenty) every victory within the group stage provides 200 factors; within the semifinals, 400. Successful the ultimate brings one other 500.

Alcaraz has in his hand to proceed as #1 if he provides just a few victories within the tournaments that lie forward. You might have extra choices to extend your factors than your rivals. Nadal has not outlined his whole calendar between now and the tip of the 12 months. Pending the delivery of his first little one, his presence at Pars-Bercy and on the ATP Finals is confirmed. It have to be remembered that final 12 months he didn’t play any event from August till his reappearance on the ATP 250 in Melbourne in January 2022.

Ruud will maintain his quantity 2 on the Korea Open

For its half, Casper Ruud performs this week on the Korea Open. He may even defend 180 factors within the Masters 1,000 in Paris-Bercy, since final 12 months he fell within the quarterfinals to Alexander Zvrevev. He obtained the identical spherical on the ATP 500 in Vienna. On the 2021 ATP Finals he bowed out within the semi-finals. Stefanos Tsitsipas additionally has choices. Like Alcaraz, being on the ATP 500 Astana. Then he might be in Vienna (he fell within the spherical of 16 in 2021) and in Paris-Bercy, the place he has nothing to lose since he misplaced in his first match final 12 months.

Daniil Medvedev on Novak Djokovic They can’t choose ​​for #1 as a result of even when they received every part they might not overcome the drawback with Alcaraz.