Alcaraz Ends Year No. 1, Sinner Leads UTR as Scramble for ATP No. 3 Intensifies

Heavy point defenses in January could quickly reorder the places behind the top two.

Overview

ATP year-end standings list Carlos Alcaraz first on 12,050 points and Jannik Sinner second on 11,500, with a big gap to No. 3 Alexander Zverev.
Updated UTR ratings rank Jannik Sinner No. 1 at 16.47 ahead of Alcaraz at 16.41, a form-based contrast with the 52-week ATP table.
The chase for No. 3 includes Zverev, Novak Djokovic, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Taylor Fritz, Alex de Minaur, Lorenzo Musetti and Ben Shelton, all within roughly 1,200 points of Zverev.
Early-2026 defenses could shuffle positions: Zverev 1,355 points, Djokovic 850, Auger-Aliassime 355, Fritz 385, de Minaur 455, Musetti 150 and Shelton 800.
Sinner captured the ATP Finals over Alcaraz, whose hamstring problem affected that match and prompted a Davis Cup withdrawal, as observers like Feliciano Lopez still back the duo to dominate major titles.