Carlos Alcaraz - world number 1 tennis player in 2025

(NLĐO) - By defeating Lorenzo Musetti 2-0 (6/4, 6/1), Carlos Alcaraz officially became the world number 1 male tennis player in 2025 from the early morning of November 14th.

Alcaraz needed one more win at the ATP Finals to secure the ATP No. 1 ranking in 2025, and he achieved his goal by defeating home favorite Musetti in the final group stage match to take the top spot with three wins out of three.

In this sense, Alcaraz said that this was a very important match, so he felt anxious, which is why he had a poor start. Alcaraz said he tried to control his mental state as best as possible and ultimately he was satisfied with what he had shown from the beginning of the tournament as well as throughout 2005 to finish in the number one position.

Speed ​​towards the finish line

Italian fans enthusiastically supported Musetti, and this was also an indirect way of supporting their favorite player, Jannik Sinner, in the race for the number one spot against Alcaraz.

In that situation, and also wanting to beat Alcaraz to secure a place in the semi-finals, Musetti started very well and constantly put Alcaraz under pressure. But the composure – the difference between top world players and the rest – helped Alcaraz win the first set, securing a tie-break in the 10th game while Musetti was serving to win 6/4.

In the second set, having shed all the pressure, things became easier, and with two breaks of serve, Alcaraz quickly won 6/1.

With this victory, Alcaraz gained an additional 200 points, bringing his total to 11,650 points, a score that guarantees him the number one position in 2025. Even if he were eliminated in the semi-finals, and Jannik Sinner won all three remaining matches (one in the group stage, one in the semi-finals, and one in the final), Sinner would only have a maximum of 11,500 points.

The race to be the number one tennis player in 2025 has officially ended with Alcaraz emerging victorious.

Impressive milestones

In 2022, at the age of 19, Alcaraz became the youngest player to finish the year as world number one since 1973.

In 2025, Alcaraz had a poor start, reaching only the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, the only Grand Slam he had yet to win, having previously triumphed at the US Open, Roland Garros, and Wimbledon.

In 2025, Alcaraz made a spectacular breakthrough starting in April, unlike previous years where he always started very well but then declined or even fell behind at the end of the season. Therefore, from April until now, Alcaraz has led the ATP rankings with 8 titles, including 2 Grand Slams (Roland Garros, US Open); 3 Master 1000 tournaments (Monte-Carlo, Rome, Cincinnati) and 3 ATP 500 tournaments (Rotterdam, Queen's Club, Tokyo).

With two Grand Slam titles at Roland Garros and the US Open, Alcaraz became the second youngest player in the Open Era to win six Grand Slam titles, behind only Bjorn Borg, who was also just 22 years old when he achieved this milestone.

Alcaraz is remembered for his victory at Roland Garros, where he saved three crucial points against Sinner in the final, which was also the longest final in the tournament's history at five hours and 29 minutes.

This victory made Alcaraz the ninth player in the Open Era to successfully come back from losing the first two sets in a singles final, and the first to achieve this spectacular feat at Roland Garros since 2004, when Gaston Gaudio defeated Guillermo Coria.

With his victory at the US Open, despite losing only one set, Alcaraz became the youngest of four male tennis players to win the most Grand Slam titles on three surfaces: clay, grass, and hard. The other three are Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, and Mats Wilander.

Alcaraz was the most consistent player in 2025, reaching the finals of nine consecutive tournaments, from the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters in April to the Kinoshita Group Japan Open in Tokyo in September.

Alcaraz won 17 consecutive matches at the ATP Masters 1000 from his debut in Monte-Carlo until his victory at the Cincinnati Open. Since the Masters 1000 series was established in 1990, only Djokovic, Roger Federer, Nadal, and Pete Sampras have had longer winning streaks at this level.

With the No. 1 ranking in 2025, Alcraz will join Borg, Stefan Edberg, and Lleyton Hewitt in achieving two ATP year-end No. 1 titles, and Alcraz will be the 11th player to win the year-end No. 1 ranking more than once.

ATP President Andrea Gaudenzi stated: "Finishing the season as world number one is an incredible achievement – ​​something only 19 players have accomplished in over 50 years. To do it twice at the age of 22 makes it even more special. This speaks not only to Carlos's exceptional talent, but also to his relentless pursuit of improvement and determination to compete with the best. We look forward to seeing him continue to inspire fans around the world."

After initially aiming to win one more match to become the world number one, Alcaraz now needs two more wins in the semi-finals and final to claim another ATP Finals title in his career.

Previously, Alcaraz also reached the semi-finals of the ATP Finals 2023, but he lost to Novak Djokovic 0-2 (3/6, 2/6), and that was also the year Djokovic won the title after defeating Jannik Sinner 2-0 (6/3, 6/3) in the final.

Barring any surprises, the 2025 ATP Finals final will most likely be between two fierce rivals: the 2025 world number one Alcaraz and the reigning champion Sinner.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/carlos-alcaraz-tay-vot-so-1-the-gioi-2025-196251114082300373.htm