Fritz back in the top 10, Ruud in the Top 20: the ATP rankings after Paris
Taylor Fritz is back in the ATP top 10 after a Paris quarter-final in which he held two match points against Carlos Alcaraz, a defeat that leaves him as an alternate for the ATP Finals. Casper Ruud climbed five places to No. 18 after his second-best Masters 1000 result of the year.
Casper Ruud, 2026 | © Julien Nouet / Tennis Majors
The Paris Masters 1000 reshaped the ATP rankings published on November 9. American Taylor Fritz climbed two places and back into the top 10 after reaching the quarter-finals. Norway’s Casper Ruud climbed five places to No. 18 on the back of his semi-final run. Both lost to Carlos Alcaraz, and neither has won a title this season.
Fritz: two match points from Turin
Fritz came within a point of the semi-finals in Paris. Against Alcaraz, he won a 22-point first-set tie-break, then held two match points in the second set: the first with Alcaraz serving at 3-5, the second on his own serve at 5-4. Alcaraz saved both and won 6-7 (10), 7-5, 6-3.
That defeat cost him a place at the ATP Finals (Nov. 15-22). Fritz needed a semi-final to pass Rafael Jodar in the race to Turin. He finished it 11th and will travel to Turin as an alternate, alongside Alex de Minaur. He will only play if one of the eight qualifiers withdraws.
Paris was the latest of several near misses this season. Fritz has reached four finals in 2026 without winning any of them, the latest in Lyon in October, where Lorenzo Musetti beat him 6-3, 6-4. His season record stands at 38 wins and 21 losses, with no victory over a top-10 opponent so far. His career-high ranking is No. 4, which he first reached in November 2024.
Ruud’s best Masters 1000 since Rome
The semi-final in Paris was Ruud’s second-best Masters 1000 result of the year, after his final at the Rome Masters in May, where Jannik Sinner beat him 6-4, 6-4. His run at the Rolex Paris Masters included a second-round win over Spain’s Rafael Jodar, before Alcaraz stopped him in the semi-finals.
The Norwegian has known higher ground. His career-high ranking is No. 2, first reached in September 2022. He has won 14 titles from 27 finals, the last of them in Stockholm in October 2025. His 2026 record stands at 33-20.
David Ferrer will become Ruud’s coach from 2027, according to a report by Eurosport that was widely picked up.
ATP rankings, November 9: the top 20
| # | Player | Pts | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Zverev GER | 9,550 | = | |
| 2 | Jannik Sinner ITA | 9,450 | = | |
| 3 | Carlos Alcaraz ESP | 7,100 | = | |
| 4 | Ben Shelton USA | 5,170 | = | |
| 5 | Daniil Medvedev RUS | 3,820 | = | |
| 6 | Flavio Cobolli ITA | 3,680 | = | |
| 7 | Arthur Fils FRA | 3,625 | = | |
| 8 | Frances Tiafoe USA | 3,390 | = | |
| 9 | Alex de Minaur AUS | 3,370 | = | |
| 10 | Taylor Fritz USA | 3,285 | +2 | |
| 11 | Rafael Jodar ESP | 3,234 | -1 | |
| 12 | Novak Djokovic SRB | 2,940 | -1 | |
| 13 | Tommy Paul USA | 2,925 | +1 | |
| 14 | Felix Auger-Aliassime CAN | 2,875 | -1 | |
| 15 | Jiri Lehecka CZE | 2,540 | = | |
| 16 | Jakub Mensik CZE | 2,500 | = | |
| 17 | Alejandro Davidovich Fokina ESP | 2,500 | = | |
| 18 | Casper Ruud NOR | 2,435 | +5 | |
| 19 | Brandon Nakashima USA | 2,360 | -1 | |
| 20 | Francisco Cerundolo ARG | 2,220 |
ATP rankings of November 9, 2026. Movement compared with the previous week.
