Carlos Alcaraz is the best tennis player of the current season. This is reflected in all the statistics. After his time in Tokyo, the Spaniard secured the bonus of one million dollars for the player with the best results in 500 category tournaments. Champion in Rotterdam, Queen’s and the Japanese capital, he also reached the final of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell and the quarter-finals in Doha. In total, 1,930 points, which is 700 more than Alex de Minaur, who still has to play in the Vienna Open 500
Despite having withdrawn in Shanghai due to the sprain he suffered in Tokyo, the Spaniard is also at the top of the points table in Masters 1000 events. He has 3,410 points and is followed by Jack Draper, who will not be able to catch him because he has already finished the campaign due to an arm injury
Musetti is third in the classification
Lorenzo Musetti is third in that classification, 1,650 points behind Carlitos. The TMS in Paris (maximum 1,000 points) remains to be played and the ATP Finals in Turin (1,500) also count. In this case, the prize money is $21 million to be shared among the top 30 scorers.
Alcaraz, as the leader, is aiming for a $4.5 million bonus, which would be reduced by 25 percent for each of his absences from the Masters 1000, the Mutua Madrid Open, Toronto and now Shanghai.
The reduction, however, is less because the Spaniard was in the Spanish capital doing the activities for the tournament
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