Basel 2026 Preview: Race Places, Seeds and First-Round Odds

Finals places open after Sinner's withdrawal

Jannik Sinner, No. 2 in the ATP Race, is out of the Nitto ATP Finals with a knee injury and his season is over, so the eight places go to the next players in the Race.

Ben Shelton is No. 4 in the ATP Race of 19 October 2026 with 4,480 points and has already qualified. Arthur Fils is No. 8 with 3,325 points, in place 7 of 8 among players still available, and Rafael Jodar is No. 9 with 3,159 points, in place 8 of 8.

Novak Djokovic is No. 11 with 2,840 points, 319 points behind Jodar, who holds the last qualifying place. Taylor Fritz is No. 13 with 2,530 points, 629 points behind Jodar.

What is at stake in Basel

Basel 2026 is an ATP 500 tournament on hard courts, with 33 players in the singles main draw so far. Play began on 24 October 2026.

The champion earns 500 ATP ranking points and the runner-up 330. Semifinalists receive 200, quarterfinalists 100, round-of-16 losers 50 and round-of-32 losers 0.

Several players defend points from 2025. Ugo Humbert defends 200, Denis Shapovalov and Casper Ruud 100 each, Botic Van De Zandschulp 63 and Ben Shelton 50.

Seeds and the live ranking

Shelton is seeded 1 and ranked No. 4 with 4,720 points in the ATP ranking of 19 October 2026. Fils is seeded 2 at No. 10 with 3,325 points, and Jodar is seeded 3 at No. 11 with 3,234 points.

Djokovic is seeded 4 at No. 12 with 3,090 points, Fritz is seeded 6 at No. 14 with 2,880 points, Jiri Lehecka is seeded 8 at No. 20 with 2,235 points, and Hubert Hurkacz is seeded 10 at No. 30 with 1,575 points.

In the live ranking of 26 October 2026, Fils is No. 8 with 3,425 points, against No. 10 in the official ranking. Fritz is No. 13 with 2,995 points, against No. 14 officially.

First-round matches to watch

Holger Rune against Quentin Halys is close to even in the betting market, with Rune at 51% and Halys at 49%. Rune leads their head-to-head 2-0.

Fritz meets Stefanos Tsitsipas, with the betting market making Fritz a 60% favourite. Tsitsipas leads the head-to-head 5-2. Djokovic faces Humbert and is a 68% favourite in the betting market, leading 1-0.

Wawrinka, a wild card, plays Lehecka, who is an 80% favourite in the betting market. They have never met. Jodar is a 74% favourite against Alejandro Tabilo and leads the head-to-head 2-1.

Qualifier Juan Manuel Cerundolo is a 57% favourite against Daniel Altmaier in the betting market, and leads the head-to-head 4-3. Jerome Kym, a wild card, is a 54% favourite against Arthur Rinderknech.

Fils is an 84% favourite against qualifier Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, who leads their head-to-head 1-0. Shelton is an 82% favourite against Aleksandar Kovacevic and leads 3-2.

Basel history and the 2025 final

At Basel 2025, Joao Fonseca beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the final 6-3 6-4. Neither is in the 2026 draw.

The archive has 49 finals of Basel up to 2025, and Roger Federer has the most titles among them, 10. Djokovic and Mpetshi Perricard are former champions in the 2026 draw, with one title each.