Alexander Zverev is confirmed as the men’s year-end world number one after Carlos Alcaraz is beaten by Zizou Bergs at the Shanghai Masters. Bergs defeats Alcaraz in the tournament, ending the Spaniard’s run in the third round.
With the result, Alcaraz remains behind Zverev in the men’s rankings, while Jannik Sinner is described as the current top player before the ranking update. Multiple outlets frame the Alcaraz loss as the decisive factor for the year-end No. 1 outcome, highlighting Bergs’s biggest win of his career and Zverev’s first time finishing the season as the top-ranked player.
