by Roberto Ferri
Novak Djokovic has been the chief protagonist of the past tennis week, winning Paris-Bercy, the last ATP Masters 1000 of the season. Alongside the No.1 in the world 7 co-protagonists were in the spotlight: the players who will step out on court in the Nitto ATP Finals from 12 to 19 November. In order of seed: Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Jannik Sinner, Andrey Rublev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev and Holger Rune.
The top 20 published today still includes the points players earned in the ATP Finals 2022. This means that Casper Ruud, Taylor Fritz and Felix Auger Aliassime, who played the previous ATP Finals but have failed to qualify this year, are doomed to lose some positions next week, when these points will be dropped.
TOP 20
| Position | Player | Country | Pts | +/- |
| 1 | Djokovic | Serbia | 11445 | |
| 2 | Alcaraz | Spain | 8455 | |
| 3 | Medvedev | Russia | 7200 | |
| 4 | Sinner | Italy | 5490 | |
| 5 | Rublev | Russia | 5205 | |
| 6 | Tsitsipas | Greece | 4435 | |
| 7 | Ruud | Norway | 3625 | 1 |
| 8 | Zverev | Germany | 3585 | 1 |
| 9 | Fritz | USA | 3500 | 1 |
| 10 | Rune | Denmark | 3460 | -3 |
| 11 | Hurkacz | Poland | 3245 | |
| 12 | de Minaur | Australia | 2740 | 1 |
| 13 | Paul | USA | 2665 | -1 |
| 14 | Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 2570 | 3 |
| 15 | Khachanov | Russia | 2475 | |
| 16 | Tiafoe | USA | 2310 | -2 |
| 17 | Shelton | USA | 2285 | -1 |
| 18 | Norrie | GBR | 1940 | |
| 19 | Jarry | Chile | 1810 | 1 |
| 20 | Cerundolo | Argentina | 1760 | 1 |
A few comments:
Grigor Dimitrov crowns his splendid end of season by breaking into the top 15.
Felix Auger Aliassime drops out of the top 20, after crashing out of Paris-Bercy in the first round, Last year he had reached the semifinals.
Nicolas Jarry gains a position and is 19th, a new career highest.
NITTO ATP FINALS RACE TO TURIN
Rien ne va plus, les jeux sont faits.
Just one week and the relished ATP Finals will be underway. At last the names of the 8 players who will be in Turin contending for the title are known. Novak Djokovic will be defending his title and aiming at a seventh Masters’ Cap, which would make him the exclusive record holder. Currently, in fact, he’s sharing such honourable post with Roger Federer:
| Seed | Player | Country | Pts | Participations | Titles |
| 1 | Djokovic | Serbia | 9945 | 16 | 6 |
| 2 | Alcaraz | Spain | 8455 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Medvedev | Russia | 7200 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Sinner | Italy | 5490 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Rublev | Russia | 4805 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Tsitsipas | Greece | 4235 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | Zverev | Germany | 3585 | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | Rune | Denmark | 3460 | 2 | 0 |
The participations specified in the fifth column include the 2023 edition.
Jannik Sinner and Holger Rune are making their debut in the main draw. In 2021 Sinner was the first reserve, as was Rune in 2022.
This year the reserves will be Hubert Hurkacz and Taylor Fritz.
Four players of the last year ATP Finals are absent: Rafael Nadal, Felix Auger Aliassime and Casper Ruud.
BEST RANKING
Six players in the top 100 have risen to their career highest:
| Player | Position | Country |
| Jarry | 19 | Chile |
| Griekspoor | 21 | Netherlands |
| Humbert | 22 | France |
| Safiullin | 39 | Russia |
| Kokkinakis | 65 | Australia |
| Kotov | 80 | Russia |
Translated by Kingsley Elliot Kaye
