ATP Rankings: Musetti, Nakashima and Wolf hit new career-highs, Auger-Aliassime returns to top-10 and bolsters Turin hopes

Another solid week for 20-year-old Lorenzo Musetti pushes him further up the rankings, while Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime makes a return to the top-10.

Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti celebrates winning his match against Croatia’s Borna Gojo || AI / Reuters / Panoramic

Chris Oddo

October 17, 2022

Musetti keeps climbing

He came out of the gates at No 59 in the world in 2022. Promising, wildly talented, but inconsistent and injury prone, it wasn’t clear what type of year Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti would muster up.

10 months later, we know.

The Italian has steadily climbed the rankings and made his presence felt as a force on tour. He completed his first title run this summer in Hamburg, winning a thrilling title over Carlos Alcaraz, and this weekend in Florence he was in the hunt, reaching the semis before falling to eventual champion Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Auger-Aliassime returns to top-10

The man of the hour in Florence was Felix Auger-Aliassime, who stormed to his second career title and moved into seventh place in the Race to Turin standings. For his efforts the 22-year-old Canadian returns to the top-10. Auger-Aliassime made his top-10 debut on January 10 of this year, and has spent the majority of his season there.

He reached a career-high No 8 on August 22nd, but fell out of the top-10 after the US Open – now Felix is back where he belongs.

Race heats up as Fritz loses his hold to FAA

Auger-Aliassime also lays claim to the last Turin qualification spot this week. He leapfrogs Taylor Fritz and moves into seventh position. With Novak Djokovic, currently 10th in the race, having already qualified, Auger-Aliassime holds the last (current) available spot.

Five players have already qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin.

Here are the current standings:

Alcaraz, 6460 (qualified)
Nadal, 5810 (qualified)
Ruud, 4930 (qualified)
Tsitsipas, 4885(qualified)
Medvedev, 3555
Rublev, 3440
Auger-Aliassime, 3065
Fritz, 2885
Hurkacz, 2725
Djokovic, 2720 (qualified)

Americans rising: Wolf and Nakashima hit career highs

A breakout week for American JJ Wolf lands him on the cusp of the top-50 for the first time in his career. The Ohio native has had to battle through injuries this season, but now he appears to be in full stride. After starting the season at 174, he is up to 56 in this week’s rankings – a gain of 118 spots in ten months!

New career-high rankings inside the top-100