ATP Race Update | Carlos Alcaraz pulls away as Etcheverry and Mensik shake up the top-10

The ATP Race to Turin was updated this week after a week marked by the ATP 500 Qatar Open in Doha – where Carlos Alcaraz claimed the title and the ATP 500 Rio Open, with a South American battle in the final, in which Tomas Martin Etcheverry ended up securing his first ATP title.

They were not the only ones with good news of the week, as in the USA the Delray Beach Open took place, where Sebastian Korda ended up claiming the title by defeating his compatriot Tommy Paul in the final. There were several players who took positive accounts and important changes in the ATP Race to Turin.

The Race considers only the points earned in the calendar year – that is, from the first week of 2026 – and will determine the 8 qualifiers to the ATP Finals in Turin toward the end of the season, as well as the rankings in which each player will be placed at the end of the year.

The top positions remain untouched this week, and a top-5 that did not suffer changes, with only one of them in competition last week: the world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz (2,500), who increased his gap as leader of the Race after winning the Qatar Open title and adding 500 points to his account. The Spaniard continues without lowering the rhythm at the start of the year, accumulating a 12-0 record so far this year, titles at the Australian Open and Doha, where he gave a tennis lesson in the final, defeating Arthur Fils 6-2, 6-1.

Practically with half the points remains second place, Novak Djokovic (1,300), who with only one tournament played manages to reach No. 2. The 24-time Grand Slam champion finished as finalist of the Aussie Open and remains another week as Alcaraz’s immediate pursuer. Although he withdrew at the last moment in Doha, his return is expected at Indian Wells within a week.

The rest of the top-5 remains immovable: Alex de Minaur (985) and Ben Shelton (950) had taken place in the top-4 after obtaining titles during the second week of February at the ATP 500 Rotterdam Open and Dallas Open respectively. Both took a week of rest, and the Australian returned this week at the Mexican Open Acapulco and had the possibility of threatening Djokovic’s second spot, although he ended up defeated in the first round.

The top-5 is closed by the Italian Jannik Sinner (900), who after being surprisingly eliminated in the Doha quarterfinals, lost an opportunity to add points – and cut differences with Alcaraz. The 4-time Grand Slam champion prepares for Indian Wells, and while he is out of competition there are several who have good chances of leaving him even further behind during this week. Slightly behind remains Alexander Zverev (840), who needs only to reach the quarterfinals in Acapulco to leave Sinner behind – and even has chances of reaching second place if he ends up winning the title.

Despite the leaders remaining immovable for the moment, the top-10 did have some movements with two new additions among the best of the year so far. The surprising new addition to the top-10 is the Argentine Tomas Martin Etcheverry (725), perhaps the one who can take the most positive conclusions from last week. He won his first title at the ATP 500 Rio Open, defeating the complicated Alejandro Tabilo coming back from a set down. The former Roland Garros quarterfinalist became strong on the South American clay courts and moved from No. 24 to an outstanding No. 7. If the Race ended today, the Argentine would be qualifying for the ATP Finals.

Etcheverry was not the only one who broke into the top-10, as the Czech Jakub Mensik (695) was another who added a good amount of points by reaching the semifinals in Doha – being eliminated by Arthur Fils. The 20-year-old surprised Sinner in the quarterfinals, and deservedly earned a place in the top-10 of the Race.

Also remaining in the top-10 are Alexander Bublik (700) in the 8th spot and Felix Auger-Aliassime (665) in the 10th spot. These last three players – who for the moment close the top-10 – will have an opportunity to climb this week if they achieve good campaigns in Dubai – and whoever goes the furthest will be the one who takes the lead.

The most affected by the last week of competition were Taylor Fritz – who left the top-10 of the Race after falling in the quarterfinals of the Delray Beach Open to Tommy Paul – as well as Lorenzo Musetti, who continues out of competition since the Australian Open (eliminated in the quarterfinals). The Italian awaits his return in Indian Wells within a week, but everything indicates that he could lose another couple of spots during this week.

Others who had drops include Daniil Medvedev, Francisco Cerundolo, Luciano Darderi and Tomas Machac.

Several had interesting rises thanks to good campaigns in the latest tournaments. Such was the case of the Frenchman Arthur Fils, finalist of the Doha Open and who until a week ago did not even appear within the top-100. The 300 points that his campaign in Doha leaves him allow him to climb to No. 23 – and begin to take position among the best in the world, despite the abrupt defeat to Alcaraz.

Alejandro Tabilo also suffered a defeat in the final, who was a set up and a break up against Etcheverry, but ended up wasting his chance to secure the most important title of his career. The Chilean nevertheless takes a comfortable position within the top-20 so far, just behind Cerundolo, in what could be an interesting battle to position himself as Latin American No. 1 – especially with both in the same tournament at the Santiago Open this week.

The Delray Beach champion, Sebastian Korda, who won his first title since 2024 – defeating Paul in the final – advanced from No. 35 in the Race a week ago into the top-20. Also relevant was the rise of Andrey Rublev, semifinalist in Doha (who advanced from No. 28 to 22) and of the 21-year-old Peruvian Ignacio Buse, No. 83 a week ago, and who now positions himself within the top 35.