Carlos Alcaraz Keeps World's Rank One At The End Of The Year

Carlos Alcaraz is confirmed to remain ranked first in the world at the end of this season (Instagram/@carlitosalcarazz).

JAKARTA Carlos Alcaraz is confirmed to remain in the world's number one position after he defeated Lorenzo Musetti in the final match of the 2025 ATP Finals group stage.

The Spaniard stopped his opponent with a landslide score of 6-4 and 6-1 at the Inalpi Arena, Turin, Italy, on Thursday, November 13, 2025, evening local time or Friday WIB.

This victory made it certain that his rival, Jannik Sinner, from the world number one he currently occupies.

"Level one at the end of the year means everything to me. Rank number one at the end of the year is always a target," he said as quoted by the ATP official website.

Alcaraz had previously been confirmed to qualify for the semifinals after Alex de Minaur defeated Taylor Fritz on Thursday, November 13, 2025.

However, he needed a win in the final game of Group Jimmyctions to keep his place from being shifted by Sinner.

"At the beginning of the year, I saw that the number one position was very, very far (with) Jannik winning almost every tournament he played. However, since the middle of the season until now, I have set a target," said Alcaraz.

Successfully topping Group Jimmy huddars made Alcaraz avoid the semifinals against Sinner, who was confirmed to be the leader of Bjorn Borg Group, although he had not yet played the final preliminary match.

Sinner will face De Minaur in the top four, while Alcaraz awaits the winner between Germany's Alexander Zverev, against Canadian tennis player Felix Auger-Aliassime.

This is a very memorable year for Alcaraz, who in 2022 became the youngest tennis player in history (since 1973) to close the season as world number one.

He is also the second active player to win the number one title at the end of the year more than once, joining Novak Djokovic (eight times).

Alcaraz started his season by reaching the quarter-finals of the Australian Open as he attempted to win the only Grand Slam title that hasn't been on record.

Since then the 22-year-old has emerged as the dominant power in the ATP Tour. He won eight titles (most on the Tour calendar) throughout 2025.

The titles won this year are Grand Slam Roland Garros and US Open, three ATP Masters 1000 (Monte Carlo, Rome, and Cincinnati) titles, as well as three ATP 500 tournaments (Rotterdam, Queen's Club, and Tokyo).

The achievements at Roland Garros and the US Open made him the second youngest player in Open Era to lift six Grand Slam trophies, only lost to Bjorn Borg, who was also 22 years old when he reached the score.