In the ATP rankings, Alexander Zverev is currently No. 2. He has held that position since 24 August 2026 and kept it after winning the US Open in September. No. 2 is also his career-high ranking, which he first reached on 13 June 2022. He has never been No. 1. This page shows how Zverev's ranking developed in 2026, his ranking history by year with every year-end position since 2013, how the rankings work and which points he has to defend in the fall. As of 15 October 2026. The full top 100 with a profile of every player is in the ATP rankings today table.
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jannik Sinner (ITA) | 11,000 |
| 2 | Alexander Zverev (GER) | 9,720 |
| 3 | Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) | 5,560 |
| 4 | Ben Shelton (USA) | 4,680 |
| 5 | Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) | 3,890 |
| 6 | Daniil Medvedev (RUS) | 3,860 |
| 7 | Flavio Cobolli (ITA) | 3,680 |
| 8 | Novak Djokovic (SRB) | 3,480 |
| 9 | Alex de Minaur (AUS) | 3,430 |
| 10 | Frances Tiafoe (USA) | 3,380 |
Data: ESPN
Zverev Ranking 2026: from No. 4 to No. 2
Zverev began 2026 at No. 3, where he had finished the 2025 season. After the Australian Open he dropped behind Novak Djokovic to No. 4 in February. In the spring he collected points again with semifinals at Indian Wells, Miami and Monte Carlo and the final in Madrid. After his Roland Garros title he was No. 3 with 7,305 points on 8 June. At the end of June, he was still behind Carlos Alcaraz (8,160) in the live rankings with 7,190 points. Reaching the Wimbledon final took him past Alcaraz: in the rankings of 13 July 2026, Zverev was No. 2 with 8,480 points and Alcaraz No. 3 with 8,160. Since 24 August 2026 he has been listed as No. 2 without interruption.
| Date | ATP ranking |
|---|---|
| February 2026 (after the Australian Open) | No. 4 |
| 8 June 2026 (after the Roland Garros title) | No. 3 (7,305 points) |
| 13 July 2026 (after the Wimbledon final) | No. 2 (8,480 points) |
| since 24 August 2026 | No. 2 |
Career-High Ranking and Ranking History by Year
The year-end ranking is the best measure of how consistent a player was over a whole season. Zverev finished 2013 as a 16-year-old at No. 809. A year later, after the Australian Open junior title, his first Challenger win in Braunschweig and the semifinal in Hamburg, he was already No. 136. After his first ATP title in 2016 he finished at No. 24. In 2017, with five titles including the Masters events in Rome and Montreal, he jumped to No. 4.
Since then Zverev has finished every season except 2022 in the Top 10. His best year-end ranking is No. 2 in 2024, when he won Rome and Paris and reached the Roland Garros final. He finished at No. 3 in 2021, the year of his Olympic gold and second ATP Finals title, and again in 2025. He first reached his career high of No. 2 on 13 June 2022, shortly after his serious ankle injury in the Roland Garros semifinal. Because he was then sidelined for months and could not earn points, he finished 2022 only at No. 12.
| Year | Year-end rank | W-L | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 809 | 0-1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 136 | 4-6 | 0 |
| 2015 | 83 | 14-17 | 0 |
| 2016 | 24 | 44-24 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 | 57-22 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 60-19 | 4 |
| 2019 | 7 | 44-25 | 1 |
| 2020 | 7 | 28-11 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 | 59-15 | 6 |
| 2022 | 12 | 29-10 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7 | 55-27 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 69-21 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 57-25 | 1 |
How the ATP Rankings Work
The ATP rankings are recalculated every Monday. They count the points a player has earned over the previous 52 weeks. One year after a tournament, the points won there drop out. The exception is the ATP Finals: their points count until the Monday after the last ATP tournament of the following year.
In singles, a player's 18 best results count, with the ATP Finals added as a 19th event. For top players, the four Grand Slams and eight Masters 1000 events are mandatory; Monte Carlo counts among the other tournaments. The Grand Slams award the most points: 2,000 for the champion, 1,300 for the runner-up and 800 for a semifinal. At a Masters 1000 event the champion gets 1,000 points, the runner-up 650 and a semifinalist 400. An ATP 500 title is worth 500 points. At the ATP Finals there are 200 points per round-robin win, 400 for winning the semifinal and 500 for winning the final, so an undefeated champion collects 1,500 points.
This explains why a player can lose places despite good results: what matters is not how many points he earns in a given week, but whether he earns more than he did at the same tournament the year before. Zverev's 2026 results with dates and opponents are in the overview of all 2026 matches.
What Zverev Defends in Fall 2026
In fall 2025 Zverev had several good results that are now dropping off and have to be replaced. In Beijing he reached the quarterfinals in 2025, losing to Daniil Medvedev. In 2026 he again reached the quarterfinals there and lost to Djokovic on 4 October. In Shanghai he won only one match in 2025. More points are at stake in Vienna, where he lost the final to Jannik Sinner in October 2025, and at the Paris Masters, where he also lost to Sinner in the 2025 semifinals; a Masters semifinal is worth 400 points. At the 2025 ATP Finals he went out in the round robin after one win against Ben Shelton, which equals 200 points. The dates of these tournaments are on the page tournaments and season schedule.
Outlook for the End of the Season
How Zverev's ranking develops through the end of the year depends on his results in Beijing, Shanghai, Vienna, Paris and Turin, but also on how the players ahead of and behind him perform. We deliberately do not make a prediction here. What is certain: his Grand Slam titles at Roland Garros and the US Open and his Wimbledon final count until the respective 2027 editions and form the foundation of his points total. The titles and bests that got him there are on the pages covering his Grand Slam record and his stats with wins, losses and prize money.