Jannik Sinner will officially be world number 1 starting from Monday 10 June. The Italian tennis player will top the ATP rankings with 9,525 points, thus completing his legendary climb (the first Italian to succeed in the feat). The South Tyrolean champion, who this season raised the trophy to the sky at the Australian Open (the first Slam of the competitive year), has lost the semi-final of Roland Garros against the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who won the trophy today beating the German Alexander Zverev.
How Jannik Sinner’s ranking changes with the result that emerged today on the red clay of Paris? The 22 year old will be number 1 and his immediate pursuer will not be the Serbian Novak Djokovic, but Alcaraz himself which overtook the Balkan team and is now second with 8,580 points. Blue therefore has a advantage of 945 lengths over the Iberianif Alcaraz had lost then Sinner would have been first with 1,165 points over Djokovic (now third at 8,360).
Regarding the ATP Racei.e. the ranking that takes into consideration exclusively the results obtained during the current calendar year, Sinner is first with 5,300 points and a 915-point margin compared to Zverev (4,385), while Alcaraz is third with 3,900.
ATP RANKING (as of June 9)
1. Jannik Sinner (Italy) 9,525
2. Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) 8,580
3. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 8,360
4. Alexander Zverev (Germany) 6,885
5. Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 6,485
ATP RACE (to June 9)
1. Jannik Sinner (Italy) 5,300
2. Alexander Zverev (Germany) 4,385
3. Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) 4,385
4. Casper Ruud (Norway) 3,425
5. Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 3,150
