Jannik Sinner imposed himself on the German grass of Halle by overcoming the Polish Hubert Hurkacz in an extremely balanced final won in two tie-breaks. The South Tyrolean champion thus won the fourteenth tournament of his career, the first on this surface. AND Jannik Sinner is starting his third week at the top of the world rankings.
And with i 500 points conquered this week at the Halle tournament, the 2024 Australian Open champion has surpassed his great rival of the new generation Carlos Alcaraz in a curious statistic regarding the ATP ranking.
Indeed in this week’s ranking Jannik Sinner he has a total of 9,890 points which is obviously also currently the best score recorded by the South Tyrolean tennis player in his career. With this success Sinner has surpassed Carlos Alcaraz which as the highest peak of ATP points in his career has currently reached 9,815.
Naturally, the challenge is just beginning and now both have the goal of exceeding the 10,000 point threshold.
Jannik Sinner increased his ranking with the success in Halle
Thanks to the victory in Halle, Sinner he has 1,530 points ahead of Novak Djokovic who has returned to second position in the world rankings and 1,760 over Carlos Alcaraz.
Here’s what this week’s ATP ranking says: 1) Jannik Sinner (Italy) 9,890 points; 2) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 8,360 points; 3) Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) 8,130 points; 4) Alexander Zverev (Germany) 6,905 points; 5) Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 6,445 points.
Finally, we must add to these numbers the fact that a Wimbledon of the top 3 in the world, Sinner is the one who has the least to defend. Alcaraz in 2023 he won the tournament so he has 2000 points to defend. Djokovic in 2023 he reached the final and therefore there are 1200 points to defend. Sinner and Medvedev they made the semi-final and therefore have 720 points each to defend.
