Carlos Alcaraz ranks first in the year-end ATP rankings despite ATP final loss to Jannik Sinner – World Tennis Magazine

The Spaniard enjoyed a back-and-forth battle with Jannik Sinner for the top spot all season before finally securing his second No. 1 honor at the end of the year (also in 2022).

At just 22 years old, Alcaraz has now been world number 1 in the PIF ATP rankings for 46 weeks, along with more than 15 other members of the prestigious ATP No. 1 Club. He regained Sinner’s position after winning the US Open and has held the position ever since, with the exception of one week.

Alcaraz is only the second active player to finish in first place multiple times at the end of the year, joining Novak Djokovic (8). The Murcia native won eight titles and led the ATP Tour. It was the most he has claimed in a season of his career.

Alcaraz showed great consistency and reached nine consecutive finals in one stretch. He won two majors (Roland Garros and US Open), three ATP Masters 1000 events (Monte-Carlo, Rome and Cincinnati) and three ATP 500 tournaments (Rotterdam, Queen’s Club and Tokyo).

Sinner held the top spot from the Monday after Roland Garros in 2024 through the Monday after this year’s US Open, increasing his total to 66 weeks as he reclaimed the No. 1 spot for a week ahead of the Nitto ATP Finals. Alcaraz and Sinner were the only two players to be ranked No. 1 in the world this season.

The year-end No. 1 was still up for grabs in Turin, but Alcaraz won his three round-robin matches and earned the year-end No. 1 ranking. Alcaraz and Sinner met six times this season, with the former winning four of their six Lexus ATP Head2Head showdowns. Sinner was victorious against the Spaniard in the championship match of the Nitto ATP Finals on Sunday, marking his second consecutive win in the season finale.

Novak Djokovic finished in the Top 5 for the 17th time at the end of the year, breaking the tie with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for the most in the history of the PIF ATP Rankings. The Serbian finished 2025 as world number 4, reached the 100-title mark in Geneva and added his 101st tour-level title in Athens. Only Jimmy Connors (109) and Roger Federer (103) own more singles trophies in the Open Era.

Alcaraz, Sinner and Zverev were all also in the year-end top 5 in 2024. There are three players who finished the season in the year-end top 10 for the first time: Lorenzo Musetti, Ben Shelton and Jack Draper. All three men had never been in the Top 10 before 2025, but each reached No. 6 or higher in 2025.

The year-end Top 10 includes two Italians (Sinner and Musetti) and two Americans (Fritz and Shelton). It is only the second time that there have been two Italians in the same season, with Matteo Berrettini and Sinner doing so in 2021.

There are two southpaws in the year-end Top 10: Shelton and Draper. It is the first time since 2010 that more than one left-hander finishes a season in the elite group (Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco). Both Shelton and Draper reached the Top 5, joining Nadal as the only left-handers to do so this century.

2025 END PIF ATP RANKINGS TOP 10

1) Carlos Alcaráz – Becomes one of only eleven players to hold multiple ATP Year-End No. 1, presented by PIF, after a season in which he claimed eight career titles.

2) Jannik sinner – Achieves second straight Top-2 finish and wins the two majors (Australian Open and Wimbledon), the Nitto ATP Finals, an ATP Masters 1000 trophy (Paris) and two ATP 500 events (Beijing and Vienna).

3) Alexander Zverev – Achieves third year-end Top-3 finish, accomplishing the feat for the second consecutive year after finishing at No. 2 in 2024.

4) Novak Djokovic – Claims 18th year-end Top 10 finish. Became only the third man to reach 100 tour-level titles and lifted multiple trophies for the 19th time in his career with victories in Geneva and Athens.

5) Felix Auger-Aliassime – Led the ATP Tour with tiebreak wins (32) and decisive wins (20) in 2025 and returned to the Top 10 for a second time at year’s end (also in 2022).

6) Taylor Fritz – Finishes the season as the No. 1 American for the fifth year in a row and reaches the 10-career title milestone with triumph in Eastbourne. Led the ATP Tour in aces with 867.

7) Alex de Minaur – Earns a year-end Top 10 finish for the second straight season and reaches the semifinals of the Nitto ATP Finals for the first time. Achieved more victories on hard courts (43) than any other player on Tour.

8) Lorenzo Musetti – Achieves first year-end Top 10 finish after a career-best season that saw the Italian reach his first ATP Masters 1000 final in Monte Carlo and reach the Roland Garros semi-finals for the first time.

9) Ben Shelton – Breaks into the Top 10 in June and rises to No. 5, recording just one win in Turin after finishing the year as No. 1 American.

10) Jack Draper – Becomes the first Briton to finish in the Top 10 since Andy Murray’s 2016 ATP Year-End No. 1, awarded by PIF Honors. Won his first ATP Masters 1000 title in Indian Wells.

PIF ATP Rankings at Year End 2025 Fast Facts

• Jenson Brooksby jumped the most of any player in the Top 100, climbing from unranked to No. 53 in the world rankings.
• Reilly Opelka made the biggest jump to the Top 50, rising 243 places from No. 293 to No. 50.
• 39-year-old Gael Monfils is the oldest player in the year-end Top 100 at number 68. It is the second season in a row in which the Frenchman has earned the distinction.
• There were two teenagers who finished in the Top 100 at the end of the year: 19-year-old Joao Fonseca and Learner Tien, the 2024 Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF finalists. No. 24 Fonseca won the first two ATP Tour titles of his career in Buenos Aires and Basel. No. 28 Tien posted a 5-3 record against Top-10 opponents in 2025 and captured his first title in Metz.
• Twelve players rose at least 100 places to fines in the Top 100 of the year: Joao Fonseca (+121), Valentin Vacherot (+109), REILLY OPELKA (+243), Valentin Royer (+103), Ethan Quinn (+10 (+242), Emilio Nava (+125), Paul Carreno Busta (+108), Dalibor Svrcina (+135), Eliot Spizirri (+137) and Shintaro Mochizuki (+140).
• 12 players aged 22 and under finished in the Top 100. This is the 10th consecutive season in which at least a dozen players aged 22 and under have achieved this feat.
• 15 players from the United States finished in the Top 100 at the end of the year, the most of any country. France was a close second with 14, after leading the Tour last year with 12.

VIEW THE COMPLETE YEAR-END PIF ATP RANKINGS 2025