Alexander Zverev clinched the year-end No. Zverev is currently No. The first possible date that Zverev could become No.
1 ranking on Monday to cap a breakout year in which he won his first two Grand Slam titles. Helped by a season-ending injury to Jannik Sinner, the 29-year-old Zverev will become the oldest player to achieve the year-end honor for the first time, the ATP Tour announced. 2 but will overtake No. 1 Sinner before the season ends next month. 1 is Nov. 2 — while he is mathematically certain of the top spot by the season’s final rankings on Nov. 23.
Zverev won the French Open and U.S. Open titles this year and also reached the Australian Open semifinals and the Wimbledon final. The Belgian only needed one.
Sinner, who hasn’t played since beating Zverev in the Wimbledon final in July, announced last week that he is sitting out the rest of the season due to inflammation in his right knee. Next, Bergs will face Tommy Paul after the American knocked out defending champion Valentin Vacherot 6-4, 6-2. The 39th-ranked Belgian broke Alcaraz for a 6-5 lead in the second set but failed to serve out the match with the Spaniard breaking back to force the tiebreaker. Alcaraz, who won last week’s Japan Open, fought back from 4-2 down to tie it at 4 but Bergs then recovered to build two match points.
“So much work and effort have been put into achieving this goal, especially after coming back from the ankle injury,” Zverev added, referring to when he severely twisted his right ankle during a 2022 French Open semifinal against Rafael Nadal and was pushed away in a wheelchair.
