It all comes down to Tuesday at Tokyo, where Carlos Alcaraz faces Jiri Lehecka for the trophy. Carlos Alcaraz brings a 3-match winning streak into this one, 8-2 across the last ten. Jiri Lehecka has won 5 in a row and 8 of the last 10 overall.
Carlos Alcaraz simply rates much higher on hard, and our number follows from it. Alcaraz comes in off a compressed schedule; Lehecka comes in off a compressed schedule. Anything other than a Alcaraz win would rank among the bigger surprises of the week.