Djokovic Maintains Slender Advantage Over In-Form Sinner In Olympics Race

| by Nurein Ahmed

Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner were not in action this past week, which means the gap between them in the Olympics Race remained as it was from a fortnight ago.

Djokovic is currently on top of the Race to the 2024 Paris Olympics, in which he is bidding to win his maiden gold medal. And he wants to compete at the event as the top seed and potentially as Serbia's flagbearer.

The 24-time Grand Slam champion lost the bronze medal match in Tokyo three years ago. Djokovic has garnered 7,360 points since June 2023, when the Race to Paris began accumulating points. He will get the chance to add to his tally at next month's Indian Wells Masters.

Sinner, meanwhile, is in second spot, with 6,725 points. The Italian has recorded 2,500 points since the turn of the year thanks to his stunning triumph at the Australian Open and Rotterdam. He could replace Djokovic as the race leader at Sunshine Swing.

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Carlos Alcaraz remains in third place. The Spaniard led this race for a number of months last year, shortly after winning Wimbledon. And he is in danger of being overtaken by Daniil Medvedev, with less than 600 points separating them.

The defending Olympic gold medalist is Alexander Zverev, who sits in fifth place, with Andrey Rublev down in sixth. Hubert Hurkacz, Alex de Minaur, Grigor Dimitrov, and Taylor Fritz complete the Top 10 in that order.

Being ranked in the world's Top 56 by June 10th, 2024, would essentially guarantee qualification for the Paris Olympics, provided a player has met ITF eligibility requirements. At the same time, each country is only limited to a maximum of four of their best-ranked players in that ranking bracket.

Countries like France and the USA have more than four players in the Top 56, so we could potentially see some talented players miss out on representing their countries in Paris.

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2024 Paris Olympics Men's Race as of February 26, 2024:

Rank Player Points
1 Novak Djokovic 7360
2 Jannik Sinner 6725
3 Carlos Alcaraz 5180
4 Daniil Medvedev 4635
5 Alexander Zverev 3735
6 Andrey Rublev 3210
7 Hubert Hurkacz 2990
8 Alex de Minaur 2485
9 Grigor Dimitrov 2415
10 Taylor Fritz 1890
10 Ben Shelton 1890
12 Adrian Mannarino 1785
13 Tommy Paul 1705
14 Stefanos Tsitsipas 1600
15 Holger Rune 1530
16 Alexander Bublik 1510
17 Ugo Humbert 1475
18 Sebastian Baez 1460
19 Tallon Griekspoor 1240
20 Frances Tiafoe 1230
21 Sebastian Korda 1180
22 Karen Khachanov 1170
23 Jordan Thompson 1045
24 Felix Auger-Aliassime 995
25 Casper Ruud 995
26 Nicolas Jarry 975
27 Francisco Cerundolo 960
28 Christopher Eubanks 917
29 Jiri Lehecka 910
30 Roman Safiullin 907
31 Laslo Djere 900
32 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 900
33 Gael Monfils 865
34 Mariano Navone 852
35 Cameron Norrie 820
36 Lorenzo Musetti 805
37 Marcos Giron 790
38 Alexei Popyrin 761
39 Jack Draper 761
40 Daniel Evans 725
41 Mackenzie McDonald 715
42 Alex Michelsen 714
43 Matteo Arnaldi 700
44 Arthur Fils 697
45 Luciano Darderi 691
46 Alejandro Tabilo 685
47 Fabian Marozsan 682
48 Federico Coria 668
49 Facundo Diaz Acosta 667
50 Tomas Machac 666
51 Zhizhen Zhang 656
52 Sebastian Ofner 655
53 Emil Ruusuvuori 650
54 Alexander Shevchenko 640
55 Arthur Cazaux 637
56 Rinky Hijikata 634
57 Flavio Cobolli 615
58 Miomir Kecmanovic 615
59 Tomas Martin Etcheverry 615
60 Aslan Karatsev 595
61 Pavel Kotov 594
62 Hugo Gaston 578
63 Nuno Borges 576
64 Constant Lestienne 569
65 Maximilian Marterer 559
66 Jakub Mensik 558
67 Taro Daniel 546
68 Stan Wawrinka 535
69 Borna Coric 524
70 Arthur Rinderknech 510
71 Jaume Munar 510
72 Christopher O'Connell 506
73 Aleksandar Kovacevic 498
74 Max Purcell 495
75 Lorenzo Sonego 495
76 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 491
77 Dusan Lajovic 491
78 Marton Fucsovics 487
79 Dominik Koepfer 481
80 Brandon Nakashima 475
81 Jan-Lennard Struff 475
82 JJ Wolf 475
83 James Duckworth 473
84 Michael Mmoh 472
85 Yannick Hanfmann 470
86 Andy Murray 470
87 Sumit Nagal 468
88 Pedro Cachin 452
89 Thiago Seyboth Wild 452
90 Thiago Monteiro 451
91 Vit Kopriva 445
92 Alexandre Muller 442
93 Daniel Elahi Galan 438
94 Aleksandar Vukic 433
95 Daniel Altmaier 431
96 Luca Nardi 427
97 Valentin Vacherot 425
98 Yoshihito Nishioka 425
99 Dominic Thiem 423
100 Juncheng Shang 422

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