One Point Separates De Minaur and Jodar as Paris Masters Decides Final Turin Place

The final Masters 1000 event of the year begins in Paris with the last place at the ATP Finals still undecided — and separated by a single point. Alex de Minaur holds the ninth and final qualifying position on 3,210 points, just one ahead of Rafael Jodar on 3,209, with the Paris Masters set to settle who joins Alexander Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz, Ben Shelton and Daniil Medvedev in Turin. The ninth place is available only because Jannik Sinner is out with a knee injury, which makes the drama in Paris all the sharper. Jodar, the ninth seed, opens against Alejandro Tabilo knowing that a first-round defeat would end his hopes outright. De Minaur, who reached the Vienna final, is in the same knife-edge position: a single set in Paris could decide the race. Behind them, Novak Djokovic sits 11th on 2,890 points and needs at least a semi-final run to stay in contention. The seven-time Paris champion opens against Valentin Vacherot, the man who beat him in Shanghai last year. Zverev arrives as the newly confirmed year-end world number one, while second seed Alcaraz looks to follow his Vienna title with more indoor success. Four places remain up for grabs, and Paris will decide them all.