Alcaraz, already classified for the ATP Finals despite his five months out: the reasons
After Italian Jannik Sinner and the german Alexander Zverevthe ATP has announced that the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz He is the third tennis player already classified for the ATP Finals in Turin (November 15-22), where the eight best players of the season will fight for the title of ‘master’.
The 23-year-old Spaniard is guaranteed his presence in the prestigious tournament despite having been out for almost five months due to an injury to his right wrist that prevented him from playing, among other tournaments, the two Grand Slams core of the course, Roland Garros and Wimbledon.
Despite this long-term absence, Alcaraz has sealed that ticket for the ATP Finals because it already meets one of the requirements that guarantee a tennis player his participation in the Masters: to be champion of a Grand Slam, the Australian Open in your case, and have assured a place in the top-20 in the Race to Turinthe ranking of the current year.
It will be Alcaraz’s fifth consecutive participation in the Masters, where he achieved his best result last year by playing and losing the final against Sinner.
Then 22 years old, the Murcian became in Australia last January the youngest tennis player to complete four Grand Slam titles, another notch in a career headed towards legend due to Carlos’s marvelous conditions: his victory in Melbourne (2026) already meant his seventh ‘big one’ after his successes in Roland Garros (2024, 2025), Wimbledon (2023, 2024) and the US Open (2022, 2025).
After recovering from the wrist injury, Alcaraz reappeared in the recent US Open already offering a very recognizable version of its powerful tennis. He played so well that, as the days went by, his credit as a candidate for the title increased, although he finally fell in the quarterfinals against the American Ben Sheltonwho only surpassed him in the tiebreaker super tiebreak of the fifth set.
Another Spaniard is also already qualified for the ATP Finals, Marcel Granollersin his case in doubles with his partner, the Argentine Horacio Zeballos: They are now third in the world ranking. Harri Heliovaara-Henry Patten and Christian Harrison-Neal Skupski They are the other two couples with secured passports.
