US Open 2022 LIVE – 5 in RACE to be World No. 1? Who will finish US Open 2022 as World’s No. 1 ranked tennis player? Not 1 or 2 but 5 players will have chance to finish the season ending GRAND SLAM as World’s top ranked tennis player. Rafael Nadal, current World No. 1 Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, young Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud all have a chance to grab top rank in ATP RANKINGS depending on their performance in New-York: Follow US Open Tennis LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
How Nadal can become World No. 1? Since Nadal did not compete last year in New York, he is not defending any points. When 2021 champion Medvedev drops the 2,000 points he is defending, Nadal will be No. 1 in the ATP Live Rankings with 5,630 points.
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ATP Live Rankings Points (as of 29 August)
| Player | Points |
| 1) Rafael Nadal | 5,630 |
| 2) Alexander Zverev | 5,040* |
| 3) Daniil Medvedev | 4,885 |
| 4) Stefanos Tsitsipas | 4,800 |
| 5) Carlos Alcaraz | 4,740 |
| 6) Casper Ruud | 4,650 |
The 36-year-old lefty will have a 590-point lead over Alexander Zverev, who does not have a chance to claim No. 1 because he is not competing at the US Open due to an ankle injury.
Medvedev, who has held World No. 1 since the week of 13 June, will be 745 points behind.
Medvedev, Tsitsipas, Alcaraz and Ruud will all need to at least reach the US Open final to have an opportunity to leave New York as World No. 1.
Tsitsipas will be confident after reaching the Western & Southern Open final. However, the Greek has not moved past the third round at Flushing Meadows in four previous appearances.
Alcaraz, who defeated Tsitsipas at last year’s US Open en route to the quarter-finals, has a chance to make history. If the 19-year-old Spaniard climbs to World No. 1 on 12 September, he will become the youngest No. 1 in Pepperstone ATP Rankings history, breaking the record Lleyton Hewitt set in November 2001 as a 20-year-old.
Ruud, who has climbed as high as World No. 5, can become the first Norwegian in Pepperstone ATP Rankings history to reach World No. 1.
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