ATP Race Update: Sinner Assumes Control After Winning First Grand Slam Title

Tuesday, 30 January 2024 at 05:00

byNurein Ahmed

Jannik Sinner may not be the World No. 1 for now, but he is at the top of the mountain in the ATP Race, which counts points earned in the current season.

Sinner became the first Italian player in history to win the Australian Open after an epic comeback in the final to beat Daniil Medvedev in five sets. Victory catapults Sinner into the limelight. He is no longer a breakout star, but he is now the star.

By virtue of winning the first Grand Slam of 2024, Sinner accumulated 2,000 points and took control of this year's ATP Race to Turin. Beaten finalist Daniil Medvedev received 1,300 points thanks to revised changes to the points distribution system on the ATP Tour.

It is pertinent to note that Sinner and Medvedev were playing their first tournament of the new season in Melbourne and didn't have a headstart to this year's race. Alexander Zverev was in charge of the race in the past two weeks but dropped to the third spot after a semifinal finish in Melbourne.

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Novak Djokovic became an Australian Open semifinalist for the first time in his career. Nevertheless, it was a result that took him into the fourth spot. Djokovic has topped the year-end race eight times in his career, which is an ATP record.

Andrey Rublev is in the fifth spot, which is the same spot as his world ranking. At the same time, Poland's Hubert Hurkacz is in sixth. Alex de Minaur exited the Top 10 after staying there for only two weeks, but he is in the top eight in the early race.

Carlos Alcaraz finished second in last year's race but is currently in ninth spot with 400 points. The Spaniard was a quarterfinalist in Melbourne and will play two tournaments during the Golden Swing next month.

The ATP Race will determine the eight players who will qualify for the 2024 ATP Finals and the player who finished the year as the World No. 1.

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2024 ATP Race as of January 29th, 2024:

Rank	Player	Points
1	Jannik Sinner	2000
2	Daniil Medvedev	1300
3	Alexander Zverev	1135
4	Novak Djokovic	860
5	Andrey Rublev	650
6	Hubert Hurkacz	550
7	Alex de Minaur	465
8	Taylor Fritz	445
9	Carlos Alcaraz	400
10	Alejandro Tabilo	378
11	Grigor Dimitrov	350
12	Nuno Borges	325
13	Arthur Cazaux	300
14	Jiri Lehecka	300
15	Cameron Norrie	295
16	Miomir Kecmanovic	250
17	Adrian Mannarino	235
18	Casper Ruud	230
19	Brandon Nakashima	220
20	Stefanos Tsitsipas	215
21	Jack Draper	215
21	Emil Ruusuvuori	215
21	Holger Rune	215
24	Leandro Riedi	212
25	Zizou Bergs	201
26	Karen Khachanov	200
27	Juncheng Shang	200
28	Ben Shelton	200
28	Sebastian Korda	200
30	Arthur Fils	200
31	Valentin Vacherot	195
32	Taro Daniel	188
33	Aleksandar Kovacevic	178
34	Alex Michelsen	176
35	Jordan Thompson	175
36	Flavio Cobolli	160
37	Jakub Mensik	160
38	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	160
39	Duje Ajdukovic	159
40	Dominik Koepfer	151
41	Tommy Paul	150
42	Tomas Machac	138
43	Luca Van Assche	138
44	Sebastian Ofner	135
45	Pedro Martinez	134
46	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	130
47	Ugo Humbert	125
48	Fabian Marozsan	125
49	Lorenzo Musetti	125
49	Matteo Arnaldi	125