Carlos Alcaraz rises back up to No. 2 on ATP rankings after winning Monte Carlo title

Carlos Alcaraz made a perfect start to his clay-court season this past week, winning the Monte Carlo title for the first time in his career.

Having missed the Masters 1000 event last year, he adds a clean 1,000 points to his ranking now, going from 6,720 to 7,720.

And with that, Alcaraz makes a major move on the new ATP rankings—he rises from No. 3 back to No. 2, passing Alexander Zverev, who lost his opening match in Monte Carlo this year. The German drops from 7,645 to 7,595 ranking points, and dips from No. 2 to No. 3.

It’s Alcaraz’s first time in the Top 2 since the week of October 28th last year, when he was ranked No. 2 (he had spent the 23 weeks in a row since then at No. 3). It’s also his 89th career week in the Top 2, having spent 36 career weeks at No. 1 and, now, 53 career weeks at No. 2.

He also cuts the gap between himself and No. 1 Jannik Sinner from 3,610 points (10,330 to 6,720) to 2,210 points (9,930 to 7,720), as Sinner was defending semifinal points in Monte Carlo and missed this year’s event as he’s currently in a three-month period of ineligibility.

The Spaniard can’t catch the Italian before he returns to the tour in Rome, but if he goes on to win both Barcelona and Madrid in the next few weeks, he’ll cut that gap even further to 720 points, which would mean the No. 1 ranking could be up for grabs in the Italian capital.

Alcaraz and Zverev switching spots isn’t the only movement in the ATP Top 10 this week, the biggest jump coming from Alex de Minaur, who rises from No. 10 to No. 7—just one spot off of his career-high of No. 6—after reaching the second Masters 1000 semifinal of his career.

Andrey Rublev also rises from No. 9 back to No. 8 and Daniil Medvedev bounces back into the Top 10 after two weeks outside, rising from No. 11 to No. 9. Those were the 2021 US Open champion's first two weeks outside the elite in just over two years, since February of 2023.

Rublev and Medvedev both fell in the round of 16 in Monte Carlo, but move up after last year’s two finalists—Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud—fell in the quarterfinals and third round, respectively, the Greek dropping from No. 8 to No. 16 and the Norwegian from No. 7 to No. 10.

Meanwhile, Lorenzo Musetti is now within striking distance of his Top 10 debut, rising from No. 16 to No. 11—smashing his previous career-high of No. 15—after reaching the first Masters 1000 final of his career. He’s now just 15 points behind No. 10-ranked Ruud, 3,215 to 3,200.

Finally, Pablo Carreno Busta makes a welcome return to the Top 100, rising from No. 103 to No. 99 after a Challenger final run in Madrid.

The Spaniard, a two-time Grand Slam semifinalist and former No. 10, missed 14 of 15 months between February 2023 and May 2024 due to an elbow injury, on which he had surgery in November 2023. He fell as low as No. 1,052 a year ago, but he’s back in the Top 100 now.

There are no notable moves on the WTA rankings as it was a Billie Jean King Cup week last week with no tour-level events.