Nadal, Tsitsipas or Alcaraz, who'll be year-end No.1 after ATP Finals? Scenario explained

season-ending ATP World Tour Finals 2022 gets underway on Sunday evening in Turin, Italy. After winning two Grand Slam titles in 2022, 23-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nal will be top seed in Turin. At same time, Greek tennis player Stefas Tsitsipas will be . 2 seed in tournament.   

Meanwhile, current .1 ranked player in ATP rankings, Carlos Alcaraz will miss tournament due to an abdominal injury. With Carlos out of tournament, it is possible that he might be replaced by eir Nal or Tsitsipas at top of ATP men’s singles rankings. Alcaraz suffered injury at Paris Masters earlier this month, which brought a premature end to his 2022 campaign.

Heing into ATP Finals 2022, Nal might become . 1 ranked tennis player for first time in two years and for sixth time in his career. On or hand, Tsitsipas could climb to top spot for first time in his career, without even winning a Grand Slam till w. Here’s a look at different scenarios of how Carlos, Rafael, and Stefas can finish year-ending championships as .1 ranked player.

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Rafael Nal's predicted route to World . 1 in ATP rankings

Rafael Nal can achieve milestone by eir winning ATP Finals 2022 or finishing tournament as runner-up with a 4-1 record while hoping that Tsitsipas loses one of his matches. Nal has never won ATP Finals trophy in his career and finished as runner-up in 2010 and 2013. 36-year-old will w be looking to end his 2022 campaign with both ATP Finals trophy and . 1 ranking.

Stefas Tsitsipas' predicted route to World . 1 in ATP rankings

Stefas Tsitsipas can become . 1 ranked player by winning ATP Finals 2022, which will be his 2nd year-end title. Tsitsipas won tournament back in 2017 and hasn’t h best of records in ATP Finals ever since. However, coming off a final finish in Astana and Stockholm, alongside a semi-final finish in Paris, Tsitsipas can w earn . 1 ranked tennis player tag.

How can Carlos Alcaraz hold onto .1 ranking despite t playing ATP Finals?

Carlos Alcaraz, meanwhile, hopes any player or than Nal and Tsitsipas win year-ending ATP Finals 2022. He is currently 1000 points ahe of Nal, and around 1500 points ahe of Tsitsipas. Despite t participating in tournament, it is likely that Alcaraz will finish tournament as . 1 ranked tennis player.