Alexander Zverev’s victory against Daniil Medvedev in the ATP Finals title match will allow Novak Djokovic to breathe easy at the top of the rankings for a whileeven if the Serbian decides not to participate in the Australian tour due to his stance against vaccination. The world number one ends the year with 11,540 points, 2,900 more than Medvedev, who has 8,640.
The Russian, far from fighting for the throne, will now have to worry about maintaining his second position in the face of Zverev, who reaches 7,840 points., 800 behind his rival in the Turin final. He also defends many (1,700) between the ATP Cup, in which he was champion, and the Australian Open, where he was a finalist. The German, for his part, only 425, so he has a lot to gain. Djokovic would lose 2,140 if he stays home.
Ranking ATP
| Player | Points | |
| 1. | Novak Djokovic (Ser) | 11.540 |
| 2. | Daniil Medvedev (Rus) | 8.640 |
| 3. | Alexander Zverev (Ale) | 7.840 |
| 4. | Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gree) | 6.540 |
| 5. | Andrey Rublev (Rus) | 5.150 |
| 6. | Rafa Nadal (Esp) | 4.875 |
| 7. | Matteo Berrettini (Ita) | 4.568 |
| 8. | Casper Ruud (Nor) | 4.160 |
| 9. | Hubert Hurkacz (Poland) | 3.706 |
| 10. | Jannil Sinner (Ita) | 3.350 |
For the rest, few changes at the top of the classification, beyond the fact that Jannik Sinner returns to the top-10 to the detriment of Felix Auger-Aliassime. Rafa Nadal continues sixth and Roberto Bautista (19th) and Pablo Carreño (20th) finish the course in the top-20 and within the top-100, in addition to these three, there are eight other Spaniards: Alcaraz (32nd), Ramos (45th), Davidovich (50th), Martinez (60th), Carballes (74th), Munar (83rd), Andújar (90th). ) and Taberner (99th). Feliciano Lopez (106th) and Zapata (120th) are close.