ATP Rankings Update: The race to World No.1 begins as Carlos Alcaraz under pressure from Jannik Sinner, Ben Shelton reclaims American No.1
ATPMonday, 06 April 2026 at 15:11
Carlos Alcaraz is likely not to be World No.1 for much longer as despite starting his 22nd consecutive week as top dog, he is likely to be bumped down to World No.2 in seven days time in a week that has otherwise been very rewarding for Spaniards.
Alcaraz has been sitting at the top since last October where he overtook Jannik Sinner but the Italian is now on the verge of overtaking him going into the Monte-Carlo Masters. The Spaniard heads into the ATP Masters 1000 tournament with a 1,190 point advantage but he will drop 1,000 points as the defending champion.
This comes into an interesting period before Rome as Sinner didn't play last year due to his doping ban so he defends nothing while Alcaraz is playing most tournaments seemingly in a bid to remain at the top.
Chasm from top two
Sinner will overtake him if he outperforms his rival by reaching the latter stages of the tournament albeit it matters little when it comes to the rest of the rankings. There is a huge gap opening up even further with the World No.3 with Alexander Zverev more than 7,000 points adrift of Sinner with Djokovic who barely plays and won't be in Monte-Carlo still World No.4.
Lorenzo Musetti rounds out the top five. There was change in the top 10 with Ben Shelton who reached the Quarter-Finals in Houston sitting pretty in World No.8 as the new US No.1. Fritz also will likely leak more points as he won't play this week in Monte-Carlo.
Rafael Jodar continues his rise.
Flavio Cobolli is down to World No.16 down three spots after withdrawing from his Bucharest title defence. Spanish joy though for Daniel Merida who jumped 35 spots to World No.101 after losing to Mariano Navone in the final.
While a potential future star emerged in Rafael Jodar. THe 19-year-old won Grand Prix Hassan II winning his maiden ATP singles title. He jumped 32 places to a new career high of World No.57 while Trungelliti has become the oldest player to break the top 100 as his run to the final earned him a 41 place rise to World No.76. Tommy Paul also went up three spots to World No.18 after winning hOuston.
ATP Rankings as of 6/4/26
| # | Player | Age | Ctry | Pts | +/- |
| 1 | Carlos Alcaraz | 22 | ESP | 13590 | |
| 2 | Jannik Sinner | 24 | ITA | 12400 | |
| 3 | Alexander Zverev | 28 | GER | 5205 | |
| 4 | Novak Djoković | 38 | SRB | 4720 | |
| 5 | Lorenzo Musetti | 24 | ITA | 4265 | |
| 6 | Alex de Minaur | 27 | AUS | 4095 | |
| 7 | Félix Auger-Aliassime | 25 | CAN | 4000 | |
| 8 | Ben Shelton | 23 | USA | 3900 | +1 |
| 9 | Taylor Fritz | 28 | USA | 3870 | -1 |
| 10 | Daniil Medvedev | 30 | RUS | 3610 | |
| 11 | Alexander Bublik | 28 | KAZ | 3345 | |
| 12 | Casper Ruud | 27 | NOR | 2625 | |
| 13 | Jiří Lehečka | 24 | CZE | 2490 | +1 |
| 14 | Karen Khachanov | 29 | RUS | 2410 | +1 |
| 15 | Andrey Rublev | 28 | RUS | 2400 | +1 |
| 16 | Flavio Cobolli | 23 | ITA | 2320 | -3 |
| 17 | Alejandro Davidovich Fokina | 26 | ESP | 2220 | |
| 18 | Tommy Paul | 28 | USA | 2065 | +3 |
| 19 | Francisco Cerúndolo | 27 | ARG | 2020 | +1 |
| 20 | Frances Tiafoe | 28 | USA | 2005 | -2 |
| 21 | Luciano Darderi | 24 | ITA | 1920 | -2 |
| 22 | Learner Tien | 20 | USA | 1885 | |
| 23 | Valentin Vacherot | 27 | MON | 1818 | |
| 24 | Cameron Norrie | 30 | GBR | 1753 | |
| 25 | Jack Draper | 24 | GBR | 1710 | |
| 26 | Jakub Menšík | 20 | CZE | 1700 | |
| 27 | Arthur Rinderknech | 30 | FRA | 1651 | |
| 28 | Arthur Fils | 21 | FRA | 1640 | |
| 29 | Holger Rune | 22 | DEN | 1630 | |
| 30 | Tomás Martín Etcheverry | 26 | ARG | 1540 | +1 |
| 31 | Corentin Moutet | 26 | FRA | 1433 | +1 |
| 32 | Tallon Griekspoor | 29 | NED | 1430 | -2 |
| 33 | Brandon Nakashima | 24 | USA | 1385 | |
| 34 | Ugo Humbert | 27 | FRA | 1320 | |
| 35 | Alex Michelsen | 21 | USA | 1200 | |
| 36 | Gabriel Diallo | 24 | CAN | 1175 | |
| 37 | Jaume Munar | 28 | ESP | 1175 | |
| 38 | Denis Shapovalov | 26 | CAN | 1120 | |
| 39 | Alejandro Tabilo | 28 | CHI | 1118 | |
| 40 | João Fonseca | 19 | BRA | 1115 | |
| 41 | Sebastian Korda | 25 | USA | 1100 | +1 |
| 42 | Mariano Navone | 25 | ARG | 1100 | +18 |
| 43 | Fábián Marozsán | 26 | HUN | 1095 | +4 |
| 44 | Alexei Popyrin | 26 | AUS | 1060 | +1 |
| 45 | Térence Atmane | 24 | FRA | 1058 | -1 |
| 46 | Adrian Mannarino | 37 | FRA | 1050 | -3 |
| 47 | Zizou Bergs | 26 | BEL | 1010 | -1 |
| 48 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 27 | GRE | 995 | +1 |
| 49 | Daniel Altmaier | 27 | GER | 994 | +3 |
| 50 | Nuno Borges | 29 | POR | 970 | -2 |
| 51 | Marin Čilić | 37 | CRO | 950 | +3 |
| 52 | Botic van de Zandschulp | 30 | NED | 931 | +10 |
| 53 | Tomáš Macháč | 25 | CZE | 930 | +2 |
| 54 | Ethan Quinn | 22 | USA | 911 | +2 |
| 55 | Yannick Hanfmann | 34 | GER | 899 | +6 |
| 56 | Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard | 22 | FRA | 890 | +1 |
| 57 | Rafael Jódar | 19 | ESP | 886 | +32 |
| 58 | Márton Fucsovics | 34 | HUN | 877 | -7 |
| 59 | Miomir Kecmanović | 26 | SRB | 875 | -1 |
| 60 | Kamil Majchrzak | 30 | POL | 867 | -7 |
| 61 | Ignacio Buse | 22 | PER | 864 | -2 |
| 62 | Román Andrés Burruchaga | 24 | ARG | 860 | +15 |
| 63 | Camilo Ugo Carabelli | 26 | ARG | 855 | +4 |
| 64 | Jenson Brooksby | 25 | USA | 852 | -23 |
| 65 | Sebastián Báez | 25 | ARG | 840 | -15 |
| 66 | Lorenzo Sonego | 30 | ITA | 810 | -3 |
| 67 | Reilly Opelka | 28 | USA | 803 | -3 |
| 68 | Raphaël Collignon | 24 | BEL | 793 | -3 |
| 69 | Marcos Giron | 32 | USA | 790 | -3 |
| 70 | Arthur Cazaux | 23 | FRA | 777 | -2 |
| 71 | Juan Manuel Cerúndolo | 24 | ARG | 773 | -2 |
| 72 | Thiago Agustín Tirante | 24 | ARG | 765 | +11 |
| 73 | Valentin Royer | 24 | FRA | 751 | -2 |
| 74 | Hubert Hurkacz | 29 | POL | 745 | -2 |
| 75 | Vít Kopřiva | 28 | CZE | 738 | -5 |
| 76 | Marco Trungelliti | 36 | ARG | 732 | +41 |
| 77 | Alexander Shevchenko | 25 | KAZ | 727 | -1 |
| 78 | Jan-Lennard Struff | 35 | GER | 719 | -3 |
| 79 | Mattia Bellucci | 24 | ITA | 715 | -6 |
| 80 | Eliot Spizzirri | 24 | USA | 688 | -1 |
| 81 | Damir Džumhur | 33 | BIH | 681 | -7 |
| 82 | Sebastian Ofner | 29 | AUT | 680 | -4 |
| 83 | Hamad Medjedović | 22 | SRB | 680 | -2 |
| 84 | Zachary Svajda | 23 | USA | 674 | -2 |
| 85 | Roberto Bautista Agut | 37 | ESP | 673 | -5 |
| 86 | James Duckworth | 34 | AUS | 672 | +9 |
| 87 | Aleksandar Vukic | 30 | AUS | 663 | -3 |
| 88 | Alexandre Müller | 29 | FRA | 651 | +6 |
| 89 | Quentin Halys | 29 | FRA | 650 | +1 |
| 90 | Matteo Berrettini | 29 | ITA | 650 | +1 |
| 91 | Alexander Blockx | 20 | BEL | 649 | +1 |
| 92 | Pablo Carreño Busta | 34 | ESP | 647 | -4 |
| 93 | Grigor Dimitrov | 34 | BUL | 645 | |
| 94 | Luca Van Assche | 21 | FRA | 644 | +15 |
| 95 | Patrick Kypson | 26 | USA | 640 | +1 |
| 96 | Adolfo Daniel Vallejo | 21 | PAR | 640 | +5 |
| 97 | Jacob Fearnley | 24 | GBR | 639 | |
| 98 | Aleksandar Kovačević | 27 | USA | 636 | -13 |
| 99 | Francisco Comesaña | 25 | ARG | 634 | -12 |
| 100 | Rinky Hijikata | 25 | AUS | 632 | +2 |
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