Carlos Alcaraz reclaimed the year-end World No.1 ranking with his victory over Lorenzo Musetti at the ATP Finals. The Spanish star confirmed his season-long goal with a strong performance that also booked his place in the semi-finals. “Well it’s a great achievement. It was the goal to end the year as No.1 and after getting the win in this match and knowing that I achieve my goal of the year, it means a lot, I think I’ve been playing great tennis and excited to keep it going and playing a semi-final here in the ATP Finals,” said Alcaraz.
His best indoor season
Reflecting on his progress, Alcaraz admitted that this campaign has been his most successful indoors. “I forgot that I won Rotterdam so, I forgot that, so I would say it’s my best season indoor so far. It’s coming at the end of the season approaching the indoor swing of the season, for me it’s always great having time at home preparing as good as I can this tournament, but it doesn’t mean I’m going to play well or not so I’m just really happy that I came here with confidence knowing that I’m playing great tennis. I had good preparation for this tournament but, it’s always to get to know yourself what you need on and off the court and approaching this time of the year, I think I’ve done pretty well,”
he explained.
Carlos Alcaraz in 2025
Now ranked no.1, Alcaraz played his last match on the 13th of November when he beat world no.6 Taylor Fritz 6-7(2) 7-5 6-3 in the round robin in the Nitto ATP Finals (draw).
Until now, during this year Carlos has a 70-8 record. Alcaraz conquered 8 titles in 2025 in Rotterdam, Monte-Carlo, Rome, French Open, London, Cincinnati, U.S. Open and Tokyo. Alcaraz reached the final in Barcelona and Wimbledon.
Lorenzo Musetti in 2025
Ranked no.9, Musetti played his last match on the 13th of November when he lost to world no.6 Taylor Fritz 6-3 6-4 in the round robin in the Nitto ATP Finals (draw).
At the moment, during this season Lorenzo has achieved an overall 45-22 match record. Lorenzo Musetti’s best result of this season was reaching the final in Monte Carlo, Chengdu and Athens.
Carlos Alcaraz and Lorenzo Musetti fought against each other 9 times. Their record is 8-1 for Alcaraz.