As always, there are only two weeks in the tennis calendar before the Australian open in 2026. That means that there is one week when he must protect the safety of the seeds or develop their first good seeds.
Here are the top 32 atp rankings heading into next year:
1. Carlos Alcaraz
2. Jannik dinner
3. Alexander Zvereev
4. Novak Djokovic
5. Felix auger-AliasShime
6. Taylor Fritz
7. Alex de Minaur
8. Lorenzo Musetti
9. Ben Shelton
10. Jack Draper
11. Alexander Bublik
12. Casper Ruud
13. Daniil Medvevevev
14. Alejandro Damovich Fokina
15. Holger rune
16. Andrey Rublev
17. Jiri Lehecka
18. Karen Khachanov
19. Jakub Mensik
20. Tommy Paul
21. Francisco Cerindolo
22. Flavio Cobolli
23. Denis Shapovalov
24. Joao Fonseca
25. Tallon griekspoor
26. Luciano Darderi
27. Cameron Norrie
28. Student Tien
29. Arthur Rindennech
30. Frances Tiafoe
31. Valentin Vaperot
32. Tomas Machac
Holger Rune obviously won’t play, you’ve got a hidden achilles’ during the fall. That means No. 33 Brandon Nakashima is currently seeded at Melbourne Park with Noah 34 Stefanos Tsitsipas the first outsider.
Tsitsipas, Corean Moutet, Jaume Munnelt, and Alex Michelsen are all within 105 points of Nakashima and have a real shot at an overnight seeding in the 2026 seed week.
Another big race for the top-eight seeds. It puts five to nine positions in the current rankings so close, that they all go down to the Nitto ATP Finals Finals. Felix auger-aliassime, for example, climbed all the way from No. 8 to No. 5 by simply reaching the semis. Ben Shelton went from Turin to fall 5 to 5 to 9. Shelton is only 70 points behind No. 8 Lorenzo Mesetti, so the Americans will be eager to post a strong result in the first week.
In the battle of the top 16 seeds, Kahen Khachanov is just five points behind Jiri Lehecka. No. Jakub Mensik and Noah 24 Tommy Paul had to win the 250 title to break into the top event of the Open Open World Ceremony.
