Last week, Djoko broke the absolute record held by German Steffi Graf (377 weeks), after regaining first place in January after winning the Australian Championship in Melbourne, the twenty-second major in his career, equally with Spanish legend Rafael Nadal.
But Djokovic (35 years old), who lost for the first time this season in the Dubai tournament on Friday, will miss the Indian Wells 1000 tournament, which starts on Wednesday, due to the fact that he did not receive the anti-coronavirus vaccine.
In the event that Alcaras (19 years), who is 380 points away from him, is crowned in the tournament held in California, he will regain the first place that he secured after winning the US Open, and last September he became the youngest player to achieve this achievement.
Djokovic topped the rankings for the first time in 2011, after winning the Wimbledon title at the expense of Nadal.
The ranking of the top five in the ranking issued on Monday did not change, as Djokovic and Alkaras advanced to the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the Norwegian Casper Rudd and the American Taylor Fritz.
Russian Daniel Medvedev won three titles in a row, the last of which was Sunday in Dubai, by rising one place to sixth place, at the expense of his compatriot Andrei Rublev.
And after reaching the semi-finals of the Acapulco tournament, the young Danish Holger Ronh rose two ranks and became eighth.
Nadal (36 years old), who is undergoing treatment after an injury to his left leg, fell one rank and became ninth, noting that he will miss the Indian Wells and Miami tournaments.
In the women’s game, Poland’s Iga Chivontec still dominates the lead with 10,585 points, far behind her closest Belarusian chaser, Arina Sabalenka (6,100). American Jessica Pegula kept third place (5495), ahead of Tunisian Anas Jaber (4921).
Ranking of the top ten players:
1. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 7160 points
2. Carlos Alcaras (Spain) 6780
3. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) 5805
4. Casper Road (Norway) 5560
5. Taylor Fritz (USA) 3795
6. Daniil Medvedev (RUSSIA) 3775 (+1)
7. Andrey Rublev (Russia) 3660 (-1)
8. Holger Rohne (Denmark) 3321 (+2)
9. Rafael Nadal (Spain) 3315 (-1)
10. Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) 3245 (-1)
Ranking of the top ten players:
1. Iga Świente (Poland) 10,585 points
2. Arina Sabalenka (Belarus) 6100
3. Jessica Pegula (USA) 5495
4. Anas Jaber (Tunisia) 4921
5. Caroline Garcia (France) 4905
6. Coco Gough (USA) 4251
7. Maria Saccari (Greece) 3451
8. Daria Kasatkina (Russia) 3375
9. Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) 3360
10. Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) 2935