ATP Race Update: Sinner Has Daylight At The Top But Djokovic Remains Outside Top 10

Monday, 27 May 2024 at 11:00

byNurein Ahmed

The ATP stars have assembled at Roland Garros, where a maximum of 2000 points will be up for grabs, but who can overtake Jannik Sinner in the ATP race?

That's the big question because the Italian has not ceded that position since winning the Australian Open at the end of January. In fact, Sinner has established a huge lead at the top, amassing 4,500 points in 2024. Based on results in the current season, he's been the ATP's best player.

Alexander Zverev (2nd) is the most in-form player heading to Roland Garros, where he will play 14-time champion Rafael Nadal in the standout first-round match at the tournament. The German added 1,000 points to his tally after winning the Italian Open over a week ago.

Daniil Medvedev remains third. Almost half of the 2950 points he has clocked came from reaching the Australian Open final. Remarkably, the Russian is the only player in the Top 10 of the race who has not won at least one title this season.

Casper Ruud won in Geneva for the third time in his career and is edging closer to overtaking Medvedev. Andrey Rublev, meanwhile, is fifth. Stefanos Tsitsipas stays above Carlos Alcaraz, although the Spaniard has only played one warm-up tournament before the French Open.

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Alex de Minaur, Grigor Dimitrov, and Hubert Hurkacz complete the Top 10 in that order. Taylor Fritz dropped to the 11th spot, while World No. 1 Novak Djokovic finds himself at the unusual spot of 12th.

The Serbian topped the chart last season for a record eighth time but has some work to do with over 3000 points to catch Sinner. After their landmark achievements at the Italian Open, Alejandro Tabilo and Nicolas Jarry are the two Chileans in the Top 20 of the race.

The ATP race will be used to determine the eight top-performing players of the current season who will automatically qualify for the 2024 ATP Finals in Turin. It will also crown the ATP's year-end no. 1.

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2024 ATP Race as of May 27, 2024:

Rank	Player	Points
1	Jannik Sinner	4500
2	Alexander Zverev	3085
3	Daniil Medvedev	2950
4	Casper Ruud	2635
5	Andrey Rublev	2120
6	Stefanos Tsitsipas	2065
7	Carlos Alcaraz	1900
8	Alex de Minaur	1855
9	Grigor Dimitrov	1675
10	Taylor Fritz	1580
11	Hubert Hurkacz	1560
12	Novak Djokovic	1460
13	Tommy Paul	1425
14	Alejandro Tabilo	1363
15	Ugo Humbert	1275
16	Sebastian Baez	1270
17	Nicolas Jarry	1185
18	Holger Rune	1175
19	Felix Auger-Aliassime	1155
20	Karen Khachanov	1110
21	Alexander Bublik	1070
22	Jiri Lehecka	1035
23	Ben Shelton	900
24	Mariano Navone	873
25	Tomas Martin Etcheverry	810
26	Cameron Norrie	805
27	Nuno Borges	795
28	Luciano Darderi	734
29	Jan-Lennard Struff	705
30	Francisco Cerundolo	700
31	Pedro Martinez	684
32	Arthur Fils	680
33	Jordan Thompson	665
34	Tomas Machac	663
35	Tallon Griekspoor	660
36	Facundo Diaz Acosta	644
37	Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard	617
38	Flavio Cobolli	600
39	Lorenzo Musetti	600
40	Sebastian Korda	575
41	Jack Draper	575
42	Frances Tiafoe	570
43	Fabian Marozsan	540
44	Dominik Koepfer	531
45	Miomir Kecmanovic	525
46	Matteo Arnaldi	525
47	Brandon Nakashima	525
48	Dusan Lajovic	515
49	Jakub Mensik	510
50	Marton Fucsovics	475