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Week 42 of the 2026 tennis season

Players to watch

Full rankings

The 2026 season

Four swings decided. One to go.

Every edition

The races to watch

Read straight from the rankings table · as of 12 Oct 2026

  • The gap at No. 1

    ATPpoints behind1,280
    • Sinner11,000
    • Zverev9,720
    WTApoints behind2,146
    • Rybakina9,696
    • Sabalenka7,550

    Each bar is that player's points against the leader's. The figure is the difference between them.

  • Coming off the top

    ATPcoming off1,500

    Sinner · Nitto ATP Finals, in 4 weeks

    WTAcoming off1,500

    Rybakina · WTA Finals, in 3 weeks

    The biggest single block leaving each leader's 52-week window inside 13 weeks — points they have to win again to stand still.

  • First to move

    ATPplaces at riskNo. 6

    Medvedev loses 250 from Almaty Open this week — Cobolli goes ahead.

    WTAplace at riskNo. 7

    Muchová loses 108 from Toray Pan Pacific Open in 1 week — Noskova goes ahead.

    The first expiry inside the top 10 that costs a place, holding everyone below at today's totals.

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Where the points come from

  • 🇮🇹

    Jannik Sinner

    ATP No. 1

    11,000
    points
    • Grand Slams26%
    • Tour Finals14%
    • 1000s55%
    • 500s6%
    From 13 counting resultsSee the breakdown
  • 🇰🇿

    Elena Rybakina

    WTA No. 1

    9,696
    points
    • Grand Slams43%
    • Tour Finals16%
    • 1000s27%
    • 500s15%
    From 18 counting resultsSee the breakdown

Three ways in

However you like your tennis told.

Ranking points

The points, decoded

Jannik Sinner · 13 of 13 results count

4,074 tournament results inside the rolling 52-week window. Which of them count is the whole game.

Career

Every career, end to end

Junior titles, turning pro, first Slam, the week they hit a career high.

Head to head

Rivalries, match by match

Who leads, and every meeting behind the number — the score, the round and the surface.

230 players across the ATP & WTA · 4,074 results tracked · a rolling 52-week window