Week 40 of the 2026 tennis season

On now · Day 1 of 9ATP 500Hard

Japan Open Tennis Championships

🇯🇵Tokyo, Japan · 28 Sep – 6 Oct

Top seed Carlos Alcaraz is still in.

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Round of 32 · Wed

🇪🇸Davidovich Fokina🇮🇹Berrettini
🇨🇱Tabilo🇺🇸Paul
🇺🇸Nakashima🇫🇷Humbert
🇪🇸Alcaraz🇺🇸Michelsen
  1. R32
  2. R16
  3. QF
  4. SF
  5. F

On court today

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The races to watch

Read straight from the rankings table · as of 21 Sep 2026

  • The gap at No. 1

    ATPpoints behind1,810
    • Sinner11,500
    • Zverev9,690
    WTApoints behind2,026
    • Rybakina9,901
    • Sabalenka7,875

    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 8 weeks

    WTAcoming off1,500

    Rybakina · WTA Finals, in 6 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. 10

    Fritz loses 330 from Japan Open Tennis Championships in 1 week — Fils goes ahead.

    WTAplace at riskNo. 9

    Świątek loses 120 from China Open in 1 week — Kostyuk 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

    11,500
    points
    • Grand Slams25%
    • Tour Finals13%
    • 1000s53%
    • 500s10%
    From 14 counting resultsSee the breakdown
  • 🇰🇿

    Elena Rybakina

    WTA No. 1

    9,901
    points
    • Grand Slams43%
    • Tour Finals16%
    • 1000s29%
    • 500s13%
    From 18 counting resultsSee the breakdown

Three ways in

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225 players across the ATP & WTA · 4,004 results tracked · a rolling 52-week window