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\n Alcaraz back on tennis\u2019 throne: Relive the Spaniard\u2019s stints at No. 1<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old returns to top spot following two-year wait<\/p>\n
September 11, 2025<\/p>\n
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On 8 September, Carlos Alcaraz began his fifth stint as No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n
At the ripe age of 19, Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> was on top of the tennis world. He won his first major title at the 2022 US Open<\/a> to become the youngest World No. 1 (19 years, four months) in PIF ATP Rankings history. Alcaraz would then enjoy four stints, two of which came before the Spaniard’s 20th birthday, atop the PIF ATP Rankings across 12 months.<\/p>\n When Novak Djokovic<\/a> captured his 24th major trophy at the 2023 US Open<\/a> to reclaim No. 1 honours, little did Alcaraz know he would have to wait two years to return to the top spot.<\/p>\n First stint: 12 September, 2022 to 29 January, 2023 (20 weeks) Alcaraz finished that season by claiming ATP No. 1 presented by PIF honours. Although, he spent part of his first stint sidelined due to injury. He suffered an oblique tear that kept him from competing at the prestigious Nitto ATP Finals<\/a>, followed by a right leg injury that forced him to miss the 2023 Australian Open<\/a>. Djokovic’s triumph in Melbourne meant that the all-time leader in weeks at No. 1 would return to that spot.<\/p>\n Second stint: 20 March, 2023 to 2 April, 2023 (two weeks) What followed was a back-and-forth tug-of-war at the top. Alcaraz\u2019s second stint lasted only two weeks before Djokovic returned to No. 1.<\/p>\n Third and fourth stints: 22 May, 2023 to 11 June, 2023 (three weeks); 26 June, 2023 to 10 September, 2023 (11 weeks) You May Also Like: Alcaraz takes clear lead in battle for year-end No. 1<\/a><\/p>\n Now, after two years of waiting, Alcaraz is back atop the PIF ATP Rankings. His latest return to World No. 1 comes on the heels of a dominant run at the US Open<\/a>, where he surrendered just one set \u2014 to rival Jannik Sinner<\/a> in the final \u2014 en route to his sixth major title. Alcaraz ended Sinner\u2019s debut No. 1 stint, which lasted 65 weeks, the fourth-longest debut stint among the 29 ATP No. 1 club members.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATP Tour Alcaraz back on tennis\u2019 throne: Relive the Spaniard\u2019s stints at No. 1 The 22-year-old returns to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-150173","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Alcaraz\u2019s debut reign lasted 20 weeks, from the end of the 2022 US Open<\/a> to the conclusion of the 2023 Australian Open<\/a>. He defeated Casper Ruud<\/a> at Flushing Meadows in a high-stakes, double-prize final. The winner of that championship match would not only lift a major trophy for the first time, but also become World No. 1 the next day.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz wasted no time reasserting himself when he was back on Tour. He won 14 of his first 15 matches \u2014 with title runs in Buenos Aires and Indian Wells \u2014 to reclaim No. 1 honours from Djokovic in March 2023.<\/p>\n![\"It](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757636408_962_it-all-adds-up-banner.jpg\"\/)
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In May \u201823, the Spaniard briefly climbed to the pole position again, only for Djokovic to reclaim it at Roland Garros<\/a>. Alcaraz countered at Queen\u2019s Club, lifting the trophy to retake No. 1 \u2014 and this time, he held it for 11 weeks, during which Alcaraz captured his first Wimbledon<\/a> crown, defeating seven-time champ Djokovic in a thrilling five-set final. The Serbian Djokovic struck back, escaping Alcaraz in an epic Cincinnati final before carrying his momentum to the US Open<\/a>, where he claimed his fourth trophy at the American Slam to, again, return to No. 1.<\/p>\n