Carlos Alcaraz is getting closer and closer to regaining the world No. 1 ranking from Novak Djokovic in Indian Wells. The Spanish sensation is comfortably in the quarterfinals, where he will face Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Live rankings
According to the live rankings, Carlito needs to win the tournament in Indian Wells in order to overtake Novak Djokovic in the ATP Rankings. Djokovic has 7160 “live points,” and he cannot add any more at the end of Indian Wells because he is not playing. Alcaraz has 6600 “live points,” and if he wins the event in the desert, on Monday he will have 7420 points.
Alcaraz in Indian Wells, ranking, and results in 2023
Now the world no.2, Carlos has a compiled 11-1 win-loss record in 2023. Carlos is now playing in Indian Wells where he bested the world no.94 Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-3 6-3, the world no.36 Tallon Griekspoor 7-64 6-3 and the world no.56 Jack Draper 6-2 2-0 ret..
Carlos Alcaraz will compete against the world no.10 Felix Auger-Aliassime in the quarter. Their record is 3-0 for Auger-Aliassime.
Alcaraz has won 1 title in 2023 in Buenos Aires. The Spaniard got to the final in Rio de Janeiro (Rio Open).
Alcaraz won 7 titles in his career: 2 on hard courts and 5 on clay courts. (See the list of his titles)
Alcaraz will compete next in Miami (Miami Open). He will begin to play the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 22nd of March.
Auger-Aliassime in Indian Wells, ranking, and results in 2023
Ranked no.10, Felix achieved a 11-5 win-loss record in 2023. Auger-Aliassime is now competing in Indian Wells where he conquered the world no.120 Pedro Martinez Portero 7-65 6-4, the world no.32 Francisco Cerundolo 7-5 6-4 and the world no.19 Tommy Paul 3-6 6-3 7-66.
Felix Auger-Aliassime will compete against the world no.2 Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter. Their current record is 3-0 for Auger-Aliassime.
Auger-Aliassime won 4 titles in his career: all of them conquered on hard courts. (See the list of his titles)
Auger-Aliassime will play next in Miami (Miami Open). He will start the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 22nd of March.
Carlos Alcaraz and Felix Auger-Aliassime clashed against each other 3 times. Their head to head is 3-0 for Auger-Aliassime. Before, the last time they locked horns, Felix Auger-Aliassime won 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal in Basel (Swiss Indoors Basel) in October 2022.
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Novak Djokovic in 2023
Currently the world no.1, Novak played his last match on the 3rd of March when he was overcome by world no.6 Daniil Medvedev 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Dubai (draw).
This season Djokovic has a 15-1 win-loss record. Djokovic conquered 2 titles in 2023 in Adelaide and Australian Open.