Aussie Darcy
Bionic Poster
I’m no Alcaraz fan but am seeing incredible laughter here at Carlos being #1 over Novak. But if you look at the 2023 race to the World Tour Finals, Alcaraz is actually challenging Novak and is only 70 points behind. Pretty close I’d say.
Djokovic is on 4,745 points
Alcaraz on 4,675 points.
Alcaraz with the far superior win loss this year:
Buenos Aires champ (4 wins)
Rio runner up (4 wins, 1 loss to #13 Norrie)
Indian Wells champ (6 wins, 2 against top 10 players)
Miami SFist (4 wins, 1 against top 10 player, 1 loss to #12 Sinner)
Barcelona champ (5 wins, 1 against a top 10 player)
Madrid champ (6 wins)
Rome 3R (1 win, 1 loss)
French Open SF (5 wins, 1 top 10 win. 1 loss to #3 Djokovic)
Queens champ (5 wins)
40 wins and 4 losses. 5 titles.
Djokovic:
Adelaide champ (5 wins, 1 against a top 10 player)
Aus Open champ (7 wins, 2 against top 10 players)
Dubai SF (3 wins, 1 loss to #7 Medvedev).
Monte Carlo 3R (1 win, 1 loss to #21 Musetti)
Bosnia QF (1 win, 1 loss to #70 Lajovic)
Rome QF (3 wins, 1 loss to #7 Rune)
RG champ (7 wins, 2 against top 10 players)
27 wins and 4 losses. 3 titles.
Now this isn’t to say Novak isn’t the clear #1 right now with 3 slams and the whole Wimbledon points debacle, but looking at this year, it’s actually pretty close on the points.
Djokovic is on 4,745 points
Alcaraz on 4,675 points.
Alcaraz with the far superior win loss this year:
Buenos Aires champ (4 wins)
Rio runner up (4 wins, 1 loss to #13 Norrie)
Indian Wells champ (6 wins, 2 against top 10 players)
Miami SFist (4 wins, 1 against top 10 player, 1 loss to #12 Sinner)
Barcelona champ (5 wins, 1 against a top 10 player)
Madrid champ (6 wins)
Rome 3R (1 win, 1 loss)
French Open SF (5 wins, 1 top 10 win. 1 loss to #3 Djokovic)
Queens champ (5 wins)
40 wins and 4 losses. 5 titles.
Djokovic:
Adelaide champ (5 wins, 1 against a top 10 player)
Aus Open champ (7 wins, 2 against top 10 players)
Dubai SF (3 wins, 1 loss to #7 Medvedev).
Monte Carlo 3R (1 win, 1 loss to #21 Musetti)
Bosnia QF (1 win, 1 loss to #70 Lajovic)
Rome QF (3 wins, 1 loss to #7 Rune)
RG champ (7 wins, 2 against top 10 players)
27 wins and 4 losses. 3 titles.
Now this isn’t to say Novak isn’t the clear #1 right now with 3 slams and the whole Wimbledon points debacle, but looking at this year, it’s actually pretty close on the points.