Zverev overtakes Sinner in the rankings and will be No. 1 in tennis from Monday

Alexander Zverev will be the new one number one in world tennis starting Monday 2 November. The German, winner this year of the Roland Garros and gods US Openreached the top of the ATP rankings thanks to the victory obtained on Thursday 29 October 6-4, 7-5 against the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor in the round of 16 of the ATP 500 tournament in Vienna. The success, obtained in an hour and 35 minutes, guaranteed him the points necessary to overtake Jannik Sinnerforced to end the season early due to a knee injury.

Zverev will have at least 9,450 points in the next ranking, the same as the Italian, but he will be ahead by virtue of playoff criteria of the ATP. The 29-year-old will thus become the thirtieth player in history to reach the first position in the world ranking, introduced in 1973, and the first German to do so since Boris Beckerwhich occupied the summit in 1991.

A special day awaits ️ With his victory over Griekspoor, Alexander Zverev will become the 30th @atptour World No. 1 when the rankings come out on Monday morning #ErsteBankOpen https://t.co/JDPXwZJc1Y

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) October 29, 2026

Zverev’s first words as number one

“It’s an incredible and special feeling to be on the pitch and know that from Monday I will be number one in the world. It’s one of the best feelings in the world,” Zverev said after the match. The German, who until this year had never won a Grand Slam title, also took advantage of the physical problems that affected the seasons of Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz

The Vienna tournament

In Austria, Zverev reached the semi-finals. The German had already risked elimination in the first round, when he had to cancel quattro match point to the Spaniard Martin Landaluce before winning 7-5, 3-6, 7-6. After beating Tallon Griekspoor, today in the quarterfinals he overwhelmed the British Arthur Fery, who had eliminated Lorenzo Musetti in tre set, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.

It also advances Carlos Alcaraz who, after beating the Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-1, 7-6, in the quarterfinals he beat the American 6-4 7-6 Tommy Paul, who had overwhelmed Luciano Darderi with a double 6-1 in just 49 minutes. Then there is the russo Daniil Medvedevworld number 5 and third seeding force, who reached the semi-finals of the “Erste Bank Open” by defeating the French Adrian Mannarinonumber 73 in the international ranking, with a score of 6-2 6-3. Thanks to today’s success, Medvedev has arithmetically qualified for the Atp Finals. The Russian’s name joins those of Alexander Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz and Ben Sheltonalready with the pass in his pocket for the end-of-season event in Turin. In the semifinal of the Vienna tournament the Russian will face Carlos Alcaraz.

Yesterday the Italian derby between ended with a withdrawal Flavio Cobolli e Matteo Berrettini. Cobolli, number six in the world, left the court due to a physical problem when he was 5-2 down in the first set. “I had already felt something in Tuesday’s match, but I wanted to try to continue. Today I realized that I couldn’t continue and I decided to stop,” he explained on social media. Berrettini faces today in the quarterfinalsAustralian Alex de Minaur.

(article updated at 8.30pm on Friday 30 October)