Official: these are the eight qualified for the ATP Finals with Alcaraz and Jódar included

The ATP Finals in Turin (Italy, November 15-22) have already defined their official list of participants. The victory of Carlos Alcaraz about Taylor Fritz in the rooms of the Paris Masters 1,000 (6-7, 7-5, 6-3) has definitively destroyed the American’s chances and has put Rafa Jodar in the tournament to close the list of eight candidates for ‘master’ of 2026.

Loss due to injury Jannik Sinnerthe draw will be held next Thursday and, in principle, the drums have already been decided, so Alexander Zverev (1) and Carlos Alcaraz (2) They will fall into different groups, just like Ben Shelton (3)-Daniil Medvedev (4), Flavio Cobolli (5)-Arthur Fils (6) and Frances Tiafoe (7)-Rafa Jódar (8).

Jódar’s classification was complicated this week by falling in the 2nd round in Paris against Casper Ruudbut the subsequent defeats of all his pursuers, the last being that of Fritz, have alleviated that defeat and confirm the meteoric rise of the Madrid native, heroic in entering the Masters in the season of his debut on the ATP circuit.

THE EIGHT CLASSIFIED FOR THE ATP FINALS 2026

Spain and USA They will have two representatives in the 2026 Masters with the classification of Alcaraz, Jódar, Shelton and Tiafoe. The German Zverev, the Russian Medvedev, the Italian Cobolli and the French Fils complete the list of eight chosen ones who will seek to inherit the absentee’s throne Jannik Sinner. There will only be two champions in contention, Zverev (2018, 2021) and Medvedev (2020).