Carlos Alcaraz passes Jannik Sinner for No. 1 on year-to-date live race after reaching Monte Carlo final

It may have taken a few months, but someone finally did it.

Carlos Alcaraz has passed Jannik Sinner for the No. 1 spot on the ATP Live Race to Turin, the year-to-date standings that start at the beginning of the year and build up to the season-ending ATP Finals in Turin.

After not playing any lead-up tournaments, Sinner surged to No. 1 on the list with 2,000 points after winning the Australian Open, and had been at the top spot ever since despite that being his only tournament of the year so far—he hasn’t played since then due to a three-month period of ineligibility.

Alexander Zverev, who earned 1,300 points for reaching the final in Melbourne, was No. 2 on the list coming into Monte Carlo with 1,665 points.

But now, someone—Alcaraz—has finally passed Sinner.

The Spaniard was No. 5 on the list coming into Monte Carlo with 1,410 points, rose to No. 4 by reaching the quarterfinals, then to No. 2 by reaching the semifinals, and now—with 650 points for reaching the final—leapfrogs Sinner for the top spot with 2,060 points. He'll surge to 2,410 points with the title.

ATP LIVE RACE TO TURIN (after Monte Carlo semifinals):

• No. 1: Carlos Alcaraz—2,060 points
• No. 2: Jannik Sinner—2,000 points
• No. 3: Alexander Zverev—1,675 points
• No. 4: Jack Draper—1,640 points
• No. 5: Novak Djokovic—1,520 points
• No. 6: Alex de Minaur—1,485 points
• No. 7: Jakub Mensik—1,330 points
• No. 8: Alejandro Davidovich Fokina—1,210 points
• No. 9: Felix Auger-Aliassime—1,205 points
• No. 10: Ben Shelton—1,120 points

Lorenzo Musetti, who’s currently at No. 13 with 1,000 points going into the Monte Carlo final, will jump to No. 7 with 1,350 points if he wins the title.

Alcaraz has had one of the most consistent starts to the year of anyone on the men’s tour, reaching the quarterfinals or better at five of the six events he’s played, highlighted by winning the first indoor title of his career at the ATP 500 event in Rotterdam, and now another final in Monte Carlo.

He also reached one more semifinal at Indian Wells (falling to Draper) and two more quarterfinals at the Australian Open (falling to Djokovic) and Doha (falling to Jiri Lehecka). His only pre-quarterfinal loss of the season came in Miami, where he fell to David Goffin in his opening match.

The Spaniard will have even more opportunities to build on his No. 1 status in the live race over the next few weeks—while Sinner is still away from the tour—as he plays the ATP 500 event in Barcelona next week and then another Masters 1000 event in Madrid during the two weeks after that.

Sinner will return to action in Rome, following Madrid. He’ll still be No. 1 on the ATP rankings no matter what, but will now be (at best) No. 2 in the live race.