Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are the only players who have secured places at the ATP Finals in Turin. Alcaraz qualified on July 8 after finishing runner-up at Wimbledon and Sinner clinched his spot on August 8. Alcaraz holds a commanding 2,590-point lead over Sinner following his US Open title run, making him the clear favourite to claim top-seed status.

With the Race to Turin cutoff sitting at 5,395 points, six places remain open. Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev are closing in and each need another 1,215 points to qualify. It remains to be seen if Djokovic will play should he qualify as he opted to skip the ATP Finals last year despite being the defending champion.

Ben Shelton, Taylor Fritz, Alex de Minaur and Lorenzo Musetti currently occupy the other spots inside the top eight. Those ranked ninth and 10th after the regular ATP Tour season will travel to Italy as alternates. Jack Draper slipped out of the top eight after withdrawing from the US Open due to injury.

Felix Auger-Aliassime has moved up eight places to No 10 following his run to the US Open semi-final. He sits 365 points behind Musetti in eighth and is within reach alongside Shelton, Fritz and de Minaur.

Two ATP Masters 1000 tournaments remain before the Finals, with the Shanghai Masters next on the calendar and the Paris Masters at the end of October. Contenders can also earn significant points at ATP 500 events, notably the China Open, Japan Open, Swiss Indoors and Vienna Open.

Current Race to Turin standings (selected): 1. Carlos Alcaraz 10,540 points 2. Jannik Sinner 7,950 3. Novak Djokovic 4,180 (+2) 4. Alexander Zverev 4,180 (-1) 5. Ben Shelton 3,710 (-1) 6. Taylor Fritz 3,465 7. Alex de Minaur 3,145 (+1) 8. Lorenzo Musetti 3,070 (+1)

Also in contention: 9. Jack Draper 2,990 (-2) 10. Felix Auger-Aliassime 2,705 (+8) 11. Andrey Rublev 2,410 12. Casper Ruud 2,285 (-2) 13. Karen Khachanov 2,210 (-1) 14. Holger Rune 2,190 (-1) 15. Alexander Bublik 2,145 (+2).

Amanda Anisimova moved to a career-high No. 4 in the WTA rankings after reaching the US Open final, leaping from No. 9 to No. 4. Her prior career-best had been No. 7. Anisimova also sits fourth on the Race to the WTA Finals and has a strong chance to qualify for the season-ending event.

“Yeah, it was actually a goal of mine in the start of the year,” she told reporters on Saturday, after the final. “Me and my agent, we were joking about that, that that would be a goal of mine, and it was kind of far in reach when I was starting off the year, but now I have a chance to qualify and play in it, so that’s really special.”

Anisimova began 2025 at No. 36. Her biggest ranking jumps this year included a rise from No. 41 to No. 18 in February after winning the first WTA 1000 title of her career in Doha, and a jump from No. 14 to No. 7 in July following her run to the Wimbledon final. She is one of only two women to reach multiple Grand Slam finals in 2025, alongside Aryna Sabalenka, who defeated her in the US Open final.

On the ATP side, Carlos Alcaraz returned to No. 1 after capturing his second Grand Slam title of the year and the sixth major of his career at the US Open. Alcaraz moved from No. 2 to No. 1, swapping places with Jannik Sinner after defeating him in four sets in the final. He begins his 37th career week at the top of the rankings.

Several other notable moves followed the tournament. Novak Djokovic rose from No. 7 to No. 4 after reaching the US Open semifinals, his fourth straight Grand Slam semifinal and his highest ranking of the year; the last time he was No. 4 was last November. Felix Auger-Aliassime climbed from No. 27 to No. 13 after his second Grand Slam semifinal in New York; he is a former No. 6. Naomi Osaka re-entered the Top 20, advancing from No. 24 to No. 14 after her semifinal run, her highest ranking since she was No. 14 for two weeks at the 2022 Australian Open.

Carlos Alcaraz ended Jannik Sinner’s hard-court major run and avenged a Wimbledon defeat two months earlier, winning the 2025 US Open final 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. The match unfolded as a study in serving and tactical adjustment: Alcaraz served with authority, Sinner did not.

Alcaraz produced 10 aces and no double faults, landing 61 percent of his first serves and winning 83 percent of those points. He also won 57 percent of points on his second serve. Sinner managed two aces and four double faults, made 48 percent of first serves, and won 48 percent of points on his second serve. The discrepancy widened as the match progressed; Alcaraz regularly reached the 130s and finished in a potent rhythm. At 3-2 he closed a hold with two straight 132-m.p.h. aces. At 4-3 he held to love with an ace and a service winner. Serving for the title at 5-4 he fired a 134 that Sinner returned, then ended the match with a 131 service winner.

Alcaraz combined that serving form with forward movement and aggressive court positioning. He was 20 of 27 at the net and finished with twice as many winners (42 to 21) and fewer unforced errors (24 to 28) than Sinner. The one set Alcaraz lost was the one in which he allowed Sinner to dictate from the baseline; in the sets he won he tended to take the first strike and follow the ball forward.

On the reasons for the improved serve, Alcaraz’s coach said plainly: “This change, it comes from the Australian Open,” Alcaraz’s coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero, said on Sunday. “I think this past December we decide to change a little bit his movement of the serve. During all Cincinnati and also during all US Open, I think the serve is one of the keys to win the tournaments.”

Alcaraz described his study of Sinner: “First of all, because I love watching him play,” Alcaraz says of why he watches so much of Sinner. “I think it is unbelievable what he’s doing. Secondly, it’s because I love to study him, how he plays, how he feel on the tournaments just to [see] if I played him in that tournament, just to have feedback how he’s been playing.”

Sinner already signaled changes ahead: “Now it’s going to be on me if I want to make changes or not, you know? That’s definitely we are going to work on that,” he said. “During this tournament, you know, I didn’t make one serve-volley, didn’t use a lot of drop shots.”

Alcaraz reclaimed the No. 1 ranking for the first time in two years and reflected on the week: “I feel like this is the best tournament,” Alcaraz said. “Since the first rounds to the end of the tournament, the best tournament so far that I have ever played.”