The ATP Race to Turin has been updated in a week marked by preparations for the Olympic Games for most of the top-50 players.
Jannik Sinner and
Carlos Alcaraz remain the leaders of the Race, while
Novak Djokovic entered the qualification zone for the ATP Finals in 6th place.
While some players are taking advantage of the last week to compete on clay in the ATP 250 Kitzbuhel Open and Umag Open, many are targeting Paris 2024 next week. Other top players, who will not be at the Olympics, have started the North American hard court season at the Atlanta Open.
The big winners of the week
Following the end of Wimbledon, where Alcaraz defeated Djokovic in the final, the last grass-court tournament took place last week at the Newport Hall of Fame, concluding the grass swing with American Marcos Giron’s title. At the same time, clay tournaments returned in Europe amid preparations for Paris 2024, which will be held at Stade Roland Garros.
The big winner of the week was
Arthur Fils, who secured his first ATP 500 title at the Hamburg Open after defeating local favorite and world No. 4
Alexander Zverev. The Frenchman guaranteed his entry into the top-20 of the Race and will arrive with high confidence at the Olympics, where he will be the main local hope on the men's side.
Other players who registered significant advances include
Matteo Berrettini, champion at the Swiss Open Gstaad, who for the first time will be among the top 40 in the Race. Meanwhile,
Nuno Borges reached an unexpected 27th position after winning his first title at the
Bastad Open, defeating
Rafael Nadal in the final. The Spaniard, incidentally, is currently No. 107 in the Race.
The Leaders of the Race
The 22-year-old Jannik Sinner has maintained his lead in the ATP Race since the beginning of the year after winning his first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open. The Italian, with 4 titles this season and a record of 42-4, has had enough consistency to stay atop the Race despite semifinal exits at the French Open and quarterfinals at Wimbledon.
However, he no longer has the comfort he enjoyed for much of the year. Carlos Alcaraz has found his best form in recent months, winning the last two Grand Slam titles at Roland Garros and Wimbledon, elevating him to second place in the Race and increasingly closer to Sinner, with a gap of just 250 points.
In a surprising third place is Alexander Zverev, who has played in three finals in his last five tournaments, winning the Rome Open title and then falling in the finals of the French Open and Hamburg Open this week. Nevertheless, his consistency keeps him in third place, just ahead of
Daniil Medvedev. The Russian has lost ground to his rivals but remains in the top-4 with 4,000 points.
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Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz lead the ATP RAce to Turin
Following are
Casper Ruud (5th), Novak Djokovic (6th),
Alex de Minaur (7th), and
Stefanos Tsitsipas (8th). The 24-time Grand Slam champion, Djokovic, had not been in the top-10 of the Race since the start of the year after the Australian Open but had gone months without achieving a good result. Despite the disappointing loss in the Wimbledon final, the 1,200 points he earned put him in a comfortable position for a qualification spot at the ATP Finals, where he is the defending champion.
Behind the players in qualification spots are Americans
Taylor Fritz and
Tommy Paul, who round out the top 10, followed closely by
Grigor Dimitrov,
Andrey Rublev, and
Hubert Hurkacz.
There won't be major movements at the top of the Race, considering that the Olympic Games do not award points. Only in August, with the Canadian Open and Cincinnati Open Masters 1000, could new protagonists emerge in the Race standings.
ATP Race tu Turin Update
Rank
|
Player
|
Points
|
1
|
Jannik
Sinner
|
6200
|
2
|
Carlos
Alcaraz
|
5950
|
3
|
Alexander
Zverev
|
5115
|
4
|
Daniil
Medvedev
|
4000
|
5
|
Casper
Ruud
|
3485
|
6
|
Novak
Djokovic
|
3160
|
7
|
Alex de
Minaur
|
2905
|
8
|
Stefanos
Tsitsipas
|
2665
|
9
|
Taylor
Fritz
|
2530
|
10
|
Tommy
Paul
|
2475
|
11
|
Grigor
Dimitrov
|
2325
|
12
|
Andrey
Rublev
|
2230
|
13
|
Hubert
Hurkacz
|
2140
|
14
|
Lorenzo
Musetti
|
1920
|
15
|
Alejandro
Tabilo
|
1738
|
16
|
Holger
Rune
|
1675
|
17
|
Ugo
Humbert
|
1585
|
18
|
Sebastian
Baez
|
1530
|
19
|
Arthur
Fils
|
1485
|
20
|
Felix
Auger-Aliassime
|
1415
|
21
|
Alexander
Bublik
|
1300
|
22
|
Ben
Shelton
|
1250
|
23
|
Karen
Khachanov
|
1210
|
24
|
Nicolas
Jarry
|
1205
|
25
|
Jan-Lennard
Struff
|
1155
|
26
|
Luciano
Darderi
|
1068
|
27
|
Nuno
Borges
|
1055
|
28
|
Sebastian
Korda
|
1050
|
29
|
Jiri
Lehecka
|
1035
|
30
|
Francisco
Cerundolo
|
1010
|
31
|
Tomas
Martin Etcheverry
|
1000
|
32
|
Jack
Draper
|
985
|
33
|
Mariano
Navone
|
983
|
34
|
Cameron
Norrie
|
948
|
35
|
Pedro
Martinez
|
944
|
36
|
Giovanni
Mpetshi Perricard
|
921
|
37
|
Jordan
Thompson
|
915
|
38
|
Tallon Griekspoor
|
910
|
39
|
Zhizhen
Zhang
|
910
|
40
|
Matteo
Berrettini
|
865
|
41
|
Marcos
Giron
|
860
|
42
|
Tomas
Machac
|
813
|
43
|
Flavio
Cobolli
|
777
|
44
|
Matteo
Arnaldi
|
775
|
45
|
Frances
Tiafoe
|
770
|
46
|
Brandon
Nakashima
|
770
|
47
|
Miomir
Kecmanovic
|
725
|
48
|
Roberto Bautista
Agut
|
700
|
49
|
Gael
Monfils
|
695
|
50
|
Roberto
Carballes Baena
|
680
|