Final Olympics Men's Qualification Race: Sinner, Alcaraz & Djokovic Among Top Names

Final Olympics Men's Qualification Race: Sinner, Alcaraz & Djokovic Among Top Names

by Nurein Ahmed

The Olympic Race to Paris concluded after the 2024 Roland Garros, and we now have a picture of the full standings.

There are multiple ways that players can qualify for the Olympics tennis tournament, one of which is through their ATP ranking as of June 10th, 2024. This is the most assured way to enter the main draw to compete for bronze, silver, and gold medals.

The tournament will be played on clay at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, the same venue as the clay-court Grand Slam. The singles tournament will be contested by 64 players, of whom 56 will use their ATP ranking of June 10th, which aligns with the Olympics race.

Therefore, Jannik Sinner, who rose to World No. 1 this week, is also the overall race leader with 9525 points. And behind him is Carlos Alcaraz, who is fresh from winning his third Grand Slam at Roland Garros on Sunday.

Novak Djokovic is in third, finishing 220 points behind Alcaraz. The Serbian's knee injury he sustained at the French Open has thrown his participation in the Olympics in doubt, but a top doctor believes the 37-year-old will make a quick recovery to play in Paris next month.

Defending gold medalist Alexander Zverev finishes fourth and above Daniil Medvedev, who is expected to compete as a neutral athlete. Casper Ruud, Hubert Hurkacz, and Alex de Minaur are all in the Top 10 places, but Stefanos Tsitsipas (11th) misses out on the elite group after losing in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros.

A couple of points to note are that finishing in the Top 56 does not necessarily mean that a player will qualify or play at the tournament. Each country has limited entries in the tournament (capped at four of their best-ranked players).

So, in this case, nations like the USA and Italy have more than four players in the Top 56 but can only select four of the best-ranked players. Because the race is over, players can't add points.

Another point is that some players, such as Ben Shelton, can opt against playing despite meeting all the other eligibility requirements. In that case, he is substituted by the next best-ranked player from his country who is in the top 56.

2024 Olympics Men's Race Final Standings:

Rank Entry Player Points
1 1 Jannik Sinner 9525
2 2 Carlos Alcaraz 8580
3 3 Novak Djokovic 8360
4 4 Alexander Zverev 6885
5 5 Daniil Medvedev 6485
6 6 Andrey Rublev 4710
7 7 Hubert Hurkacz 4040
8 8 Casper Ruud 4025
9 9 Alex De Minaur 3890
10 10 Grigor Dimitrov 3775
11 11 Stefanos Tsitsipas 3740
12 12 Taylor Fritz 3135
13 13 Tommy Paul 2710
14 14 Ben Shelton 2590
15 15 Holger Rune 2540
16 16 Ugo Humbert 2250
17 17 Alexander Bublik 2160
18 18 Felix Auger-Aliassime 2075
19 19 Sebastian Baez 2030
20 20 Nicolas Jarry 1905
21 21 Adrian Mannarino 1875
22 22 Karen Khachanov 1780
23 23 Tallon Griekspoor 1710
24 24 Jiri Lehecka 1640
25 25 Alejandro Tabilo 1639
26 26 Sebastian Korda 1620
27 27 Francisco Cerundolo 1610
28 NQ Frances Tiafoe 1600
29 28 Mariano Navone 1382
30 29 Lorenzo Musetti 1335
31 30 Tomas Martin Etcheverry 1290
32 31 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 1240
33 32 Tomas Machac 1234
34 33 Matteo Arnaldi 1220
35 34 Jordan Thompson 1201
36 35 Jan-Lennard Struff 1190
37 36 Gael Monfils 1160
38 37 Arthur Fils 1155
39 38 Cameron Norrie 1150
40 39 Jack Draper 1146
41 40 Luciano Darderi 1126
42 41 Fabian Marozsan 1122
43 42 Roman Safiullin 1097
44 43 Zhizhen Zhang 1066
45 NQ Christopher Eubanks 1017
46 44 Laslo Djere 985
47 45 Nuno Borges 981
48 46 Pedro Martinez 975
49 47 Alexei Popyrin 961
50 NQ Flavio Cobolli 955
51 NQ Pavel Kotov 944
52 48 Sebastian Ofner 933
53 49 Miomir Kecmanovic 920
54 NQ Marcos Giron 910
55 50 Marton Fucsovics 887
56 NQ Lorenzo Sonego 881
57 NQ Corentin Moutet 875
58 51 Dusan Lajovic 871
59 52 Alexander Shevchenko 860
60 53 Jaume Munar 860
61 NQ Alex Michelsen 845
62 54 Daniel Evans 828
63 NQ Roberto Carballes Baena 821
64 NQ Facundo Diaz Acosta 818
65 55 Dominik Koepfer 811
66 NQ Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 799
67 56 Christopher O'Connell 778
68 Arthur Rinderknech 777
68 Federico Coria 777
70 Emil Ruusuvuori 758
71 Brandon Nakashima 750
72 Thiago Seyboth Wild 750
73 Mackenzie McDonald 743
74 Luca Nardi 742
75 Arthur Cazaux 741
76 Alexandre Muller 721
77 Rinky Hijikata 718
78 Thiago Monteiro 715
79 Sumit Nagal 713
80 Jakub Mensik 708
81 Zizou Bergs 695
82 Hugo Gaston 683
83 Aleksandar Kovacevic 681
84 Taro Daniel 680
85 Roberto Bautista Agut 680
86 Maximilian Marterer 679
87 Aleksandar Vukic 674
88 Borna Coric 664
89 Daniel Altmaier 662
90 Constant Lestienne 655
91 Yannick Hanfmann 646
92 Aslan Karatsev 645
93 Thanasi Kokkinakis 633
94 Stan Wawrinka 633
95 Matteo Berrettini 630
96 Juncheng Shang 625
97 Andy Murray 623
98 Lloyd Harris 619
99 Botic Van De Zandschulp 618
100 Gregoire Barrere 615

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