On Monday, November 10, Alcaraz will return to the top of the rankings: the points from the 2024 Turin Finals will be deducted from the Italian’s tally. And he will be seeded No. 2 at the Finals.

Tomorrow, Jannik Sinner will begin his 66th week as world No. 1, fifty-four days after losing the US Open final, which handed Carlos Alcaraz the top spot in the rankings. In the rankings on November 3, Sinner will have 11,500 points against the Iberian champion’s 11,250. For now, unfortunately, it is a joy that will only last seven days. On Monday, November 10, the Spaniard will return to the top of the rankings and the South Tyrolean will drop back to second place.

Why? Simple: Jannik is, in a sense, a “victim” of his extraordinary run in 2024. Next week, the points from last year’s Finals in Turin will be released, which the Italian won triumphantly without even losing a match, earning him 1500 points. Sinner will lose this haul, temporarily, on Monday. As a result, on November 10, Jannik will find himself with 10,000 points in the rankings against Alcaraz’s 11,050, who will “benefit” from last year’s disastrous Finals, when he was eliminated in the group stage, winning only one match. This success earned him 200 points, which the Spaniard will also lose next week. As a result, Alcaraz will arrive in Turin as world number one, with a 1,050-point lead over Jannik Sinner.