ATP world rankings: Carlos Alcaraz is at the top of the top 500 with 17
There wasn't much movement at the top of the world rankings this week. But one of the youngsters has made a huge leap this year: Carlos Alcaraz .
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Oct 19, 2020, 11:58 am
Nothing new at the top: Novak Djokovic continues to lead the men's world rankings with 11,740 points, ahead of Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem and Roger Federer. And Cologne winner Alexander Zverev? Remains seventh with 4,855 points, a good 1,000 points behind Daniil Medvedev and around 1,500 in front of the new number 8, Andrey Rublev . No wonder: there is currently nothing to lose due to the special regulations in the Corona year 2020 - you can only win, so to speak.
Carlos Alcaraz is someone who makes good use of "winning" in 2020 regardless of this rule. At the beginning of the year, the Spaniard was still in 490th place in the ATP ranking, since this Monday he has been number 136 - his best ranking so far. Reason: The 17-year-old won his third ATP Challenger title this year (and at all) on Sunday, in Alicante. And thus immortalized himself in the record lists as the second youngest player with three Challenger titles. At 16 years and 10 months, only Richard Gasquet is ahead of him.
Alcaraz: Someone like Gasquet, Djokovic, Delpo, FAA
In any case, only five players have won three Challenger titles before their 18th birthday: Gasquet and Alcaraz - and Novak Djokovic, Juan Martin del Potro and Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Evidence for Alcaraz's strong year: He has a tiebreak record of 14: 1, a three-set profit balance of 11: 2 and stands with 7 wins and only 1 loss against top 150 players.
Carlos Alcaraz: only 17-year-old in the top 500
In general , Alcaraz, who trains at the JC Ferrero Equelite Academy , is 17 years old and higher than any other player among the men. On the contrary - you have to look for a long time to find the next player this young, Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune from Denmark in 550th place.
Oh yes: The best 18-year-old is currently Sardinia semi-finalist Lorenzo Musetti from Italy in 123rd place, the best 19-year-old is Jannik Sinner in 46, the best 20-year-old Cologne finalist Felix Auger-Aliassime in 22nd, the best 22-year-old Denis Shapovalov in 12th place and best 23-year-old: Stefanos Tsitsipas in 6th place.