ATP Rankings Update | Alexander Zverev the new No.1 in town as Sinner's reign of terror concludes

This has been coming for a while, but finally it is the day that Alexander Zverev officially rises to World No.1 ahead of Jannik Sinner, who has been sitting like a duck at the top of the ATP rankings since his season-ending knee injury.

At the start and even in parts of 2026, there seemed to be little to no chance for Zverev or anyone else to topple the dominant force of Carlos Alcaraz and Sinner. While injury fortunes have gone the German’s way, his place at the top of the rankings is a very deserved one when looking at his form.

He leaves the Austrian capital without sealing glory after another semi-final exit in 2026, but he has finally completed the one prestigious accolade that he has not achieved in his awe-inspiring tennis career.

Outside the big story, there has been much more movement in the order. Sinner and Alcaraz remain second, although the Spaniard gains 500 points thanks to a first-ever Vienna Open title.

It was a positive run for Alex de Minaur. He bolsters his position in the top 10 in eighth after rising two positions. Just ahead of him, Arthur Fils continues to improve and rise, up to a new career high of seventh.

Another big story was that Rafael Jodar will debut in the top 10, becoming the first player to break into this coveted club in his first season on tour. He has taken the ATP Tour by storm, beginning the year outside the top 150, made his top 100 debut in March and climbed up to 11th in August. False horizons, including losing the Shanghai Masters final, halted this inevitable breakthrough, but despite an early exit in Basel, he still achieved something that no one would have predicted 10 months ago.

Novak Djokovic and Taylor Fritz endured contrasting runs at the Swiss Indoors but moved up to 11th and 12th due to Felix Auger-Aliassime falling down the order. The Canadian is outside the top 10 due to the points coming off his tally after the Paris Masters final run. Both him and last year’s champion, Sinner, will not feature in the French capital this week, and Auger-Aliassime is on a downward trend.

Over at the Swiss Indoors, it was Valentin Vacherot who took the spoils in a successful return to the top step of the podium. His second ATP title just over a year after winning the Shanghai Masters pushes him up four places to 27th. Back in the top 30 following failing to defend that hefty chunk of points in China. The runner-up, Jiri Lehecka, boosts his ranking to 15th with a six-place ascent.

Arthur Fery got battered by Zverev in just 58 minutes, but that has not stopped him from rising into the top 32 for the first time. He is looking good to possibly being seeded for next year’s Australian Open and is comfortably the British No.1 after Cameron Norrie lost ground.

It was quite the week for Adrian Mannarino who made it to the last-eight in Vienna before failing to qualify for the Paris Masters but takes the silver lining that he rises 14 positions to 59th. Fellow countryman Arthur Rinderneck’s continuous slide now locates him in 68th.

(as per livetennis.eu)