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Alcaraz Secures 2025 ATP Year-End No. 1 Ranking

Published 10 December 2025

Carlos Alcaraz capped a dominant 2025 ATP Tour season by securing the year-end world number one ranking, highlighted by a tour-leading 71 wins against just nine losses and eight tournament titles, including victories at Roland Garros and the US Open.

The 22-year-old Spaniard, who turned professional in 2020, surpassed his previous career high of six titles set in 2023. His haul featured two Grand Slam crowns, three Masters 1000 events in Monte Carlo, Rome, and Cincinnati, and three ATP 500 tournaments in Rotterdam, Queens, and Tokyo. This marked only the third time in the past decade that a player reached eight or more titles in a single season, following Andy Murray's nine in 2016 and Jannik Sinner's eight in 2024. Alcaraz's performance placed him in rare company, as he became just the sixth man this century to record 70 or more wins with fewer than 10 losses, joining Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Murray, and Sinner.

Alcaraz clinched the ATP Year-End No. 1 honor at the Nitto ATP Finals in November, where he went 3-0 in round-robin play before defeating Lorenzo Musetti in the final group stage match. "It is a pleasure for me being the No. 1," Alcaraz said...

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