Andrea Petkovic has acknowledged the gap that Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, and Alexander Zverev have made between themselves and the other ATP top 10 players as a result of their accomplishments in 2024. Petkovic brought up the difference between the three players’ season-long ranking points and those of the players immediately below them in the ATP Tour rankings.
Sinner has 11,830 points after finishing the season as the top-ranked player in the world. world No. 2 Zverev has 7,915 points. With 7,010 points, Alcaraz is ranked third in the world. But with 5,100 and 5,030 points, respectively, world No. 4 Taylor Fritz and world No. 5 Daniil Medvedev are in second and third place. Not a single player lower in the rankings than Medvedev has reached 5,000 points.
Former WTA world No. 9 Petkovic recently evaluated the 2024 point totals of Sinner, Zverev, and Alcaraz and noted that even their closest opponents are far behind them. In an open conversation with Rennae Stubbs on a recent episode of ‘The Rennae Stubbs Tennis Podcast’, Petkovic made her assessment.
She talked about it and said: “I was looking at the top 5 today, and what really stood out to me was that Taylor is No. 4, Daniil Medvedev is No. 5, and they are at 5,000 points, roughly. One is 5,100 and the other is 5,030 or something. Right? And then, Carlos and Zverev are around 7,000 points and Jannik has almost 12,000. So this is what I’m saying. I do think Carlos, Sascha and Jannik Sinner have set themselves apart from the pack.”
The German player continued by saying that it is only if players like Zverev and Alcaraz struggle in the early going of the Majors that players like Fritz and Medvedev will be able to catch up next year. Petkovic asserted, however, that it is unlikely for either the German or the Spaniard to lose early in a Grand Slam.
She added: “The points are telling the story because 2,000 points between Carlos and Taylor and Daniil are winning a Slam tournament and Carlos and Sascha lose the first round, which won’t happen. That’s a big difference.”
Jannik Sinner in 2024
Now the world no.1, the Italian played his last match on the 24th of November when he beat world no.40 Tallon Griekspoor 7-6(2) 6-2 in the Rubber 2 of the Davis Cup (draw)
.This season Sinner owns a 73-6 match record. Jannik conquered 8 titles in 2024 at the Australian Open, Rotterdam, Miami, Halle, Cincinnati, U.S. Open, Shanghai and the Nitto ATP Finals. Jannik got to the final in Beijing.
Carlos Alcaraz in 2024
At the moment ranked no.3, Carlos played his last match on the 19th of November when he overcame world no.40 Tallon Griekspoor 7-6(0) 6-3 in the Rubber 2 of the Davis Cup (draw).
During this season Alcaraz has a compiled 54-13 record. Carlos clinched 4 titles in 2024 in Indian Wells, French Open, Wimbledon and Beijing. The Spaniard got to the final in Paris.
Carlos Alcaraz will face the world no.364 Gabi Adrian Boitan in the . They have never played each other up to now in top competitions.
Carlos conquered 4 titles in 2024 in Indian Wells, French Open, Wimbledon and Beijing. Carlos got to the final in Paris (Olympics).
The Spaniard won 17 titles in his career: 5 on hard courts, 8 on clay courts, 1 on indoor courts and 3 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz faced off 11 times. Their actual head to head record is 7-4 for Alcaraz. The last time they competed against each other, Carlos Alcaraz won 6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(3) in the final in Beijing (China Open) on the 2nd of October 2024.
In the following video you can watch the highlights.
Alexander Zverev in 2024
Currently ranked no.2 (career-high), Alexander played his last match on the 16th of November when he lost to world no.4 Taylor Fritz 6-3 3-6 7-6(3) in the semifinal in the Nitto ATP Finals (draw).
During this season the German has a 69-21 win-loss record. Alexander has won 3 titles in 2024 in Australia, Rome and Paris. The German was the finalist at the French Open and in Hamburg.
Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev |
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