Zverev overtakes Sinner in the ATP Race after the US Open

After the US Open, Alexander Zverev moved to first place in the 2026 ATP Race, the ranking that measures points accumulated in the current season alone, with a 700-point lead over Jannik Sinner. The news currently comes from a single source (SuperTennis); no independent confirmation available.

Sinner nonetheless remains world number one in the ATP ranking, the classification that takes into account results over a longer time span than the season-only Race, built year over year through the best placements over a 52-week period. In the Race, however, the Italian is paying for two negative results accumulated during the season: elimination in the second round of the Roland Garros and withdrawal from the US Open due to a knee injury, which prevented him from accumulating points at the two Slam events.

Zverev’s overtaking in the season standings therefore does not change Sinner’s position in the overall ranking, which remains calculated on a broader time basis and is less sensitive to individual setbacks. The gap highlighted by the Race, however, concerns the results gathered during the year between the two players, after a period in which the Italian had to forgo two Slam events for different reasons: the early elimination in Paris, linked to the match’s course, and the withdrawal in New York, due to a physical problem.

The available sources do not specify which tournaments remain on the calendar before the end of the season, nor what margin Sinner would have to make up the gap in the Race. This is a detail that remains to be verified in the coming weeks of tour activity, when the two players return to the court and the season standings may register new shifts.