The ATP Finals is the season-ending championship of the ATP Tour. It is the most significant tennis event in the men's annual calendar after the four majors, as it features the top eight singles players and top eight doubles teams based on their results throughout the season. The eighth spot is reserved, if needed, for a player or team who won a major in the current year and is ranked from ninth to twentieth.

ATP Finals
Tournament information
Founded1970; 54 years ago (1970)
LocationTurin, Italy (2021–25)
VenuePala Alpitour
CategoryYear-end Championships
SurfaceHard (indoor)
Draw8 Singles / 8 Doubles
Prize moneyUS$15,000,000 (2023)
Websitenittoatpfinals.com
Current champions (2023)
SinglesSerbia Novak Djokovic
DoublesUnited States Rajeev Ram
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury

The tournament uses a unique format not seen in other ATP Tour events, where the singles players and doubles teams are separated into two groups of four, within which they each play three round-robin matches. After the round-robin stage, the top two performers from each group play in knock-out semifinals and a final to determine the champion(s).

The tournament was first held in 1970, shortly after the beginning of the Open Era. Novak Djokovic holds the record for the most singles titles with seven, while Peter Fleming and John McEnroe jointly hold the record for the most doubles titles with seven (all won consecutively as a team).

In the tournament's current format, the champion can earn a maximum of 1,500 ranking points, if they win the event after going undefeated in the round-robin stage. By winning the 2022 title, Djokovic earned a record $4,740,300, the highest payout for a tournament winner in tennis.[1] Also that year, Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury claimed $930,300, the highest payout in doubles history.[2]

Tournament edit

History edit

The ATP Finals is the fifth iteration of a championship which began in 1970. It was originally known as the Masters Grand Prix and was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit.[3] It was organised by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) and ran alongside the competing WCT Finals from 1971 to 1989. The Masters was a year-end showpiece event between the best players on the men's tour, but did not count for any world ranking points.

In 1990, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) took over the running of the men's tour and replaced the Masters with the "ATP Tour World Championships".[3] World ranking points were now at stake, with an undefeated champion earning the same number of points they would earn for winning one of the four Grand Slam events.[4] The ITF, who continued to run the Grand Slam tournaments, created a rival year-end event known as the Grand Slam Cup, which was contested by the 16 players with the best records in the Grand Slam tournaments of the season (1990–99).

In December 1999, the ATP and ITF agreed to discontinue the two separate events and create a new jointly-owned event called the "Tennis Masters Cup".[3] As with the Masters Grand Prix and the ATP Tour World Championships, the Tennis Masters Cup was contested by eight players and teams. However, the player or team ranked number eight in the ATP Race world rankings was not guaranteed a spot: if a player or team won one of the year's majors and finished the year ranked from ninth to twentieth, they were included in the Tennis Masters Cup instead. If two outside the top eight won majors, the higher-ranked of the two in the world rankings took the final spot. This accommodation for major champions continues in the event's current form.

In 2009, the championship was renamed the "ATP World Tour Finals" and was held at The O2 Arena in London.[3] The contract ran through 2013,[5] but was extended multiple times until it was last held there in 2020.[6][7][8] In 2017 the event was renamed the "ATP Finals."[3][9][10] In April 2019, the ATP announced that Turin would host the ATP Finals from 2021 to 2025.[11]

Years Championships name
1970–89 Masters Grand Prix
1990–99 ATP Tour World Championships
2000–08 Tennis Masters Cup
2009–16 ATP World Tour Finals
2017– ATP Finals

For most of its history, the event has been considered the most important indoor tennis tournament in the world (there were a few exceptions when the event was held outdoors: 1974 in Melbourne & 2003–04 in Houston). The indoor atmosphere allows for controlled conditions of play, both in terms of the court surface and the court's illumination.

In recent years it has been played on indoor hard courts, however, indoor carpet was used in some previous editions. On one occasion, when Melbourne hosted the event in 1974, the grass courts of Kooyong Stadium were used;[12] the tournament was staged only 1–2 weeks before the 1975 Australian Open, which was also played on grass. Apart from 1974, all tournaments have been on a hard court variant, which has prompted calls from some players (such as Rafael Nadal)[13] to feature a greater variety of surfaces, including clay courts.[14][15]

For many years, the doubles event was held as a separate tournament staged the week after the singles competition, but more recently both events have been held together during the same week and in the same venue.

In 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic and in an effort to reduce the number of staff on-site, the ATP introduced live electronic line-calling powered by Hawk-Eye Live. Instead of line umpires, the system detects the relevant movements of the player and where the ball bounces on court. A pre-recorded voice announces "Out", "Fault", and "Foot fault". Also, video review was also introduced for suspected double bounces, touches, and other reviewable calls.[16][17]

The tournament has traditionally been sponsored by the title sponsor of the tour; however, in 1990–2008 the competition was not sponsored, even though the singles portion of the event, as part of the ATP Tour, was sponsored by IBM. In 2009, the tournament gained Barclays PLC as its title sponsor.[18] Barclays confirmed in 2015 that they would not renew their sponsorship deal once it expires in 2016.[19] On 25 May 2017, it was announced that Nitto Denko would be the main sponsor for the tournament through 2020.[20] In September 2020, Nitto Denko announced it will extend its title partnership of the ATP Finals for another five years, until 2025.[21]

Qualification edit

The criteria to qualify for the ATP Finals are as follows:

  1. Players and teams who finish the season ranked in the top seven in the ATP race automatically qualify.
  2. The eighth spot is reserved for a player or team who won a major in the season and is ranked from eighth to twentieth. Goran Ivanišević in 2001, Albert Costa in 2002, Gastón Gaudio in 2004, and Marin Čilić in 2014 are the singles players who have qualified due to their major title despite not ending in the top eight in the ATP race.
  3. If more than one player or team won a Grand Slam event in the season and are ranked from eighth to twentieth, then whoever is highest-ranked is awarded the eighth spot; whoever is second highest-ranked is made first alternate.
  4. If there is no player who won a major in the season and is ranked from eighth to twentieth, then the eight spot is awarded to the player ranked eighth.

Two alternates also attend the ATP Finals. If the first alternate has already been selected according to (3) mentioned above, then the second alternate is the highest-ranked player who has not otherwise qualified for the event. If both alternate spots are available, they are awarded to the two highest-ranked players who did not otherwise qualify for the event.

An alternate can replace a player who withdraws before the round-robin stage is over, so long as the player who withdraws still has at least one round-robin match left to play. When an alternate enters the competition, his results are considered separately, i.e. the alternate does not inherit the results of the player he is replacing. If an alternate's round-robin results qualify him for the semifinals, then he may continue into the single-elimination rounds.

Format edit

Unlike other events on the ATP Tour, the ATP Finals is not a straightforward single-elimination tournament. The eight players and teams are divided into two groups of four and each play three round-robin matches against the others in their group. After the round-robin stage, the top two performers in each group advance to the semifinals in a knock-out stage. The two winners of the semifinals play a final to determine the champion. In this format, it is theoretically possible to advance to the semifinals with two round-robin losses, but no player in the history of the singles tournament has won the title after losing more than one round-robin match.

To create the groups, the eight players and teams are seeded according to rank. The first and second seeds are placed in Group A and Group B, respectively. The remaining seeds are drawn in pairs (third and fourth, fifth and sixth, seventh and eighth); the first of the pair to be drawn goes to Group A and the other to Group B, and so on.

The format described above has been in place for all editions of the tournament except the following years:

  • 1970–71: All round robin (no groups), no semifinals or finals, the winner was decided based on round-robin standings.
  • 1982–84: 12-player three-round single-elimination tournament (no round robin), the top four seeds received byes in the first round.
  • 1985: 16-player four-round single-elimination tournament (no round robin), no byes.

Group standings edit

Since 2019, the group standings at the end of the round-robin stage are determined by, in order:[22]

  • Most matches won.
  • Most matches played (for example: the record 1–2 beats 1–1, and 2–1 beats 2–0).

If some players are tied, the following tiebreakers are used depending on how many players are tied (two or three):

If two players are tied, then:

  • Head-to-head round-robin result.

If three players are tied, then the following tiebreakers are used, in order, until all three players are no longer tied OR until only two players are tied, at which point the two-player tie is broken by the head-to-head round robin result:

  • Highest % of sets won.
  • Highest % of games won.
  • Highest ranking at the start of the tournament.

When calculating tiebreakers, a match that ended in a retirement is counted as a 0–2 sets loss for the retiring player and a 2–0 sets win for their opponent, regardless of the actual score when the retirement occurred. When calculating the "Highest % of games won" tiebreaker, a match that ended in a retirement is disregarded.

Singles venues edit

ATP Finals is the men's premier indoor event of the season, only in three editions it was played outdoors; 1974, 2003 and 2004.

Years[23] City Surface Stadium Capacity
1970   Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium[24] 6,500
1971   Paris, France Hard (i) Stade Pierre de Coubertin[25] 5,000
1972   Barcelona, Spain Palau Blaugrana[26] 5,700
1973   Boston, United States Boston Garden[27][28] 14,900
1974   Melbourne, Australia Grass Kooyong Stadium[29] 8,500
1975   Stockholm, Sweden Carpet (i) Kungliga tennishallen[30] 6,000
1976   Houston, United States The Summit[31] 16,300
1977–1989   New York City, United States Madison Square Garden 18,000
1990–1995   Frankfurt, Germany Festhalle Frankfurt 12,000
1996–1999   Hanover, Germany[a] Carpet (i)
Hard (i)
Hanover Fairground 15,000
2000   Lisbon, Portugal Hard (i) Pavilhão Atlântico 12,000
2001   Sydney, Australia Sydney Super Dome 17,500
2002   Shanghai, China SNIEC 10,000
2003–2004   Houston, United States Hard Westside Tennis Club 5,240
2005–2008   Shanghai, China[b] Carpet (i)
Hard (i)
Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena 15,000
2009–2020   London, United Kingdom Hard (i) The O2 Arena[32] 20,000
2021–2025   Turin, Italy Pala Alpitour[33] 16,600
  1. ^ At Hanover, it was played on carpet in 1996 and on hard from 1997 to 1999.
  2. ^ At Shanghai, it was played on carpet in 2005 and on hard from 2006 to 2008.

Prize money, ranking points and trophies edit

The 2023 ATP Finals rewarded the following points and prize money, per victory (Doubles' prize money is per team):[34]

Stage Singles Doubles Points
Final win $2,201,000 $351,000 500
Semi-final win $1,105,000 $175,650 400
Round robin match win $390,000 $95,000 200
Participation fee 3 matches = $325,500
2 matches = $244,125
1 match = $162,750
3 matches = $132,000
2 matches = $99,000
1 match = $66,000
Alternates $152,500 $50,850
  • An undefeated champion would earn the maximum 1,500 points, and $4,801,500 in singles or $943,650 in doubles.

Additional prizes include the ATP Finals trophy and the ATP year-end No. 1 trophy, all made by London-based silversmiths Thomas Lyte.[35][36]

Past finals edit

Singles edit

Location Year Champion[37] Runner-up Score
Tokyo 1970   Stan Smith (1/1)   Rod Laver Round robin
Paris 1971   Ilie Năstase (1/4)   Stan Smith Round robin
Barcelona 1972   Ilie Năstase (2/4)   Stan Smith 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3
Boston 1973   Ilie Năstase (3/4)   Tom Okker 6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Melbourne 1974   Guillermo Vilas (1/1)   Ilie Năstase 7–6(8–6), 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4
Stockholm 1975   Ilie Năstase (4/4)   Björn Borg 6–2, 6–2, 6–1
Houston 1976   Manuel Orantes (1/1)   Wojtek Fibak 5–7, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–1
New York City 1977   Jimmy Connors (1/1)   Björn Borg 6–4, 1–6, 6–4
1978   John McEnroe (1/3)   Arthur Ashe 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–5
1979   Björn Borg (1/2)   Vitas Gerulaitis 6–2, 6–2
1980   Björn Borg (2/2)   Ivan Lendl 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1981   Ivan Lendl (1/5)   Vitas Gerulaitis 6–7(5–7), 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–2, 6–4
1982   Ivan Lendl (2/5)   John McEnroe 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
1983   John McEnroe (2/3)   Ivan Lendl 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1984   John McEnroe (3/3)   Ivan Lendl 7–5, 6–0, 6–4
1985   Ivan Lendl (3/5)   Boris Becker 6–2, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
1986   Ivan Lendl (4/5)   Boris Becker 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1987   Ivan Lendl (5/5)   Mats Wilander 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
1988   Boris Becker (1/3)   Ivan Lendl 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
1989   Stefan Edberg (1/1)   Boris Becker 4–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–3, 6–1
Frankfurt 1990   Andre Agassi (1/1)   Stefan Edberg 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 7–5, 6–2
1991   Pete Sampras (1/5)   Jim Courier 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3, 6–4
1992   Boris Becker (2/3)   Jim Courier 6–4, 6–3, 7–5
1993   Michael Stich (1/1)   Pete Sampras 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–2
1994   Pete Sampras (2/5)   Boris Becker 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
1995   Boris Becker (3/3)   Michael Chang 7–6(7–3), 6–0, 7–6(7–5)
Hanover 1996   Pete Sampras (3/5)   Boris Becker 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4), 6–7(11–13), 6–4
1997   Pete Sampras (4/5)   Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–3, 6–2, 6–2
1998   Àlex Corretja (1/1)   Carlos Moyá 3–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 7–5
1999   Pete Sampras (5/5)   Andre Agassi 6–1, 7–5, 6–4
Lisbon 2000   Gustavo Kuerten (1/1)   Andre Agassi 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Sydney 2001   Lleyton Hewitt (1/2)   Sébastien Grosjean 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
Shanghai 2002   Lleyton Hewitt (2/2)   Juan Carlos Ferrero 7–5, 7–5, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4
Houston 2003   Roger Federer (1/6)   Andre Agassi 6–3, 6–0, 6–4
2004   Roger Federer (2/6)   Lleyton Hewitt 6–3, 6–2
Shanghai 2005   David Nalbandian (1/1)   Roger Federer 6–7(4–7), 6–7(11–13), 6–2, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
2006   Roger Federer (3/6)   James Blake 6–0, 6–3, 6–4
2007   Roger Federer (4/6)   David Ferrer 6–2, 6–3, 6–2
2008   Novak Djokovic (1/7)   Nikolay Davydenko 6–1, 7–5
London 2009   Nikolay Davydenko (1/1)   Juan Martín del Potro 6–3, 6–4
2010   Roger Federer (5/6)   Rafael Nadal 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
2011   Roger Federer (6/6)   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 6–3
2012   Novak Djokovic (2/7)   Roger Federer 7–6(8–6), 7–5
2013   Novak Djokovic (3/7)   Rafael Nadal 6–3, 6–4
2014   Novak Djokovic (4/7)   Roger Federer walkover
2015   Novak Djokovic (5/7)   Roger Federer 6–3, 6–4
2016   Andy Murray (1/1)   Novak Djokovic 6–3, 6–4
2017   Grigor Dimitrov (1/1)   David Goffin 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
2018   Alexander Zverev (1/2)   Novak Djokovic 6–4, 6–3
2019   Stefanos Tsitsipas (1/1)   Dominic Thiem 6–7(6–8), 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
2020   Daniil Medvedev (1/1)   Dominic Thiem 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Turin 2021   Alexander Zverev (2/2)   Daniil Medvedev 6–4, 6–4
2022   Novak Djokovic (6/7)   Casper Ruud 7–5, 6–3
2023   Novak Djokovic (7/7)   Jannik Sinner 6–3, 6–3

Doubles edit

Location Year Champions[38] Runners-up Score
Tokyo 1970   Stan Smith (1/1)
  Arthur Ashe (1/1)
  Jan Kodeš
  Rod Laver
Round robin
1971–1974: Not Held
Stockholm 1975   Juan Gisbert (1/1)
  Manuel Orantes (1/1)
  Jürgen Fassbender
  Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
Round robin
Houston 1976   Fred McNair (1/1)
  Sherwood Stewart (1/1)
  Brian Gottfried
  Raúl Ramírez
6–3, 5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
New York City 1977   Bob Hewitt (1/1)
  Frew McMillan (1/1)
  Robert Lutz
  Stan Smith
7–5, 7–6, 6–3
1978   Peter Fleming (1/7)
  John McEnroe (1/7)
  Wojtek Fibak
  Tom Okker
6–4, 6–2, 6–4
1979   Peter Fleming (2/7)
  John McEnroe (2/7)
  Wojtek Fibak
  Tom Okker
6–3, 7–6, 6–1
1980   Peter Fleming (3/7)
  John McEnroe (3/7)
  Peter McNamara
  Paul McNamee
6–4, 6–3
1981   Peter Fleming (4/7)
  John McEnroe (4/7)
  Kevin Curren
  Steve Denton
6–3, 6–3
1982   Peter Fleming (5/7)
  John McEnroe (5/7)
  Sherwood Stewart
  Ferdi Taygan
7–5, 6–3
1983   Peter Fleming (6/7)
  John McEnroe (6/7)
  Pavel Složil
  Tomáš Šmíd
6–2, 6–2
1984   Peter Fleming (7/7)
  John McEnroe (7/7)
  Mark Edmondson
  Sherwood Stewart
6–3, 6–1
1985   Stefan Edberg (1/2)
  Anders Järryd (1/3)
  Joakim Nyström
  Mats Wilander
6–1, 7–6(7–5)
London 1986   Stefan Edberg (2/2)
  Anders Järryd (2/3)
  Guy Forget
  Yannick Noah
6–3, 7–6(7–2), 6–3
1987   Miloslav Mečíř (1/1)
  Tomáš Šmíd (1/1)
  Ken Flach
  Robert Seguso
6–4, 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
1988   Rick Leach (1/3)
  Jim Pugh (1/1)
  Sergio Casal
  Emilio Sánchez
6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 6–0
1989   Jim Grabb (1/1)
  Patrick McEnroe (1/1)
  John Fitzgerald
  Anders Järryd
7–5, 7–6(7–4), 5–7, 6–3
Gold Coast 1990   Guy Forget (1/1)
  Jakob Hlasek (1/1)
  Sergio Casal
  Emilio Sánchez
6–4, 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–4
Johannesburg 1991   John Fitzgerald (1/1)
  Anders Järryd (3/3)
  Ken Flach
  Robert Seguso
6–4, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
1992   Todd Woodbridge (1/2)
  Mark Woodforde (1/2)
  John Fitzgerald
  Anders Järryd
6–2, 7–6(7–4), 5–7, 3–6, 6–3
1993   Jacco Eltingh (1/2)
  Paul Haarhuis (1/2)
  Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Jakarta 1994   Jan Apell (1/1)
  Jonas Björkman (1/2)
  Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde
6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)
Eindhoven 1995   Grant Connell (1/1)
  Patrick Galbraith (1/1)
  Jacco Eltingh
  Paul Haarhuis
7–6(8–6), 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 7–6(7–2)
Hartford 1996   Todd Woodbridge (2/2)
  Mark Woodforde (2/2)
  Sébastien Lareau
  Alex O'Brien
6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
1997   Rick Leach (2/3)
  Jonathan Stark (1/1)
  Mahesh Bhupathi
  Leander Paes
6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
1998   Jacco Eltingh (2/2)
  Paul Haarhuis (2/2)
  Mark Knowles
  Daniel Nestor
6–4, 6–2, 7–5
1999   Sébastien Lareau (1/1)
  Alex O'Brien (1/1)
  Mahesh Bhupathi
  Leander Paes
6–3, 6–2, 6–2
Bangalore 2000   Donald Johnson (1/1)
  Piet Norval (1/1)
  Mahesh Bhupathi
  Leander Paes
7–6(10–8), 6–3, 6–4
2001
  Ellis Ferreira (1/1)
  Rick Leach (3/3)
  Petr Pála
  Pavel Vízner
6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–4
2002 Not held
Houston 2003   Bob Bryan (1/4)
  Mike Bryan (1/5)
  Michaël Llodra
  Fabrice Santoro
6–7(6–8), 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
2004   Bob Bryan (2/4)
  Mike Bryan (2/5)
  Wayne Black
  Kevin Ullyett
4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–2
Shanghai 2005   Michaël Llodra (1/1)
  Fabrice Santoro (1/1)
  Leander Paes
  Nenad Zimonjić
6–7(6–8), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2006   Jonas Björkman (2/2)
  Max Mirnyi (1/2)
  Mark Knowles
  Daniel Nestor
6–2, 6–4
2007   Mark Knowles (1/1)
  Daniel Nestor (1/4)
  Simon Aspelin
  Julian Knowle
6–2, 6–3
2008   Daniel Nestor (2/4)
  Nenad Zimonjić (1/2)
  Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
7–6(7–3), 6–2
London 2009   Bob Bryan (3/4)
  Mike Bryan (3/5)
  Max Mirnyi
  Andy Ram
7–6(7–5), 6–3
2010   Daniel Nestor (3/4)
  Nenad Zimonjić (2/2)
  Mahesh Bhupathi
  Max Mirnyi
7–6(8–6), 6–4
2011   Max Mirnyi (2/2)
  Daniel Nestor (4/4)
  Mariusz Fyrstenberg
  Marcin Matkowski
7–5, 6–3
2012   Marcel Granollers (1/1)
  Marc López (1/1)
  Mahesh Bhupathi
  Rohan Bopanna
7–5, 3–6, [10–3]
2013   David Marrero (1/1)
  Fernando Verdasco (1/1)
  Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
7–5, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
2014   Bob Bryan (4/4)
  Mike Bryan (4/5)
  Ivan Dodig
  Marcelo Melo
6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–7]
2015   Jean-Julien Rojer (1/1)
  Horia Tecău (1/1)
  Rohan Bopanna
  Florin Mergea
6–4, 6–3
2016   Henri Kontinen (1/2)
  John Peers (1/2)
  Raven Klaasen
  Rajeev Ram
2–6, 6–1, [10–8]
2017   Henri Kontinen (2/2)
  John Peers (2/2)
  Łukasz Kubot
  Marcelo Melo
6–4, 6–2
2018   Jack Sock (1/1)
  Mike Bryan (5/5)
  Pierre-Hugues Herbert
  Nicolas Mahut
5–7, 6–1, [13–11]
2019   Pierre-Hugues Herbert (1/2)
  Nicolas Mahut (1/2)
  Raven Klaasen
  Michael Venus
6–3, 6–4
2020   Wesley Koolhof (1/1)
  Nikola Mektić (1/1)
  Jürgen Melzer
  Édouard Roger-Vasselin
6–2, 3–6, [10–5]
Turin 2021   Pierre-Hugues Herbert (2/2)
  Nicolas Mahut (2/2)
  Rajeev Ram
  Joe Salisbury
6–4, 7–6(7–0)
2022   Rajeev Ram (1/2)
  Joe Salisbury (1/2)
  Nikola Mektić
  Mate Pavić
7–6(7–4), 6–4
2023   Rajeev Ram (2/2)
  Joe Salisbury (2/2)
  Marcel Granollers
  Horacio Zeballos
6–3, 6–4

List of champions edit

Singles edit

Titles Player Years
7   Novak Djokovic 2008, 12–15, 22–23
6   Roger Federer 2003–04, 06–07, 10–11
5   Ivan Lendl 1981–82, 85–87
  Pete Sampras 1991, 94, 96–97, 99
4   Ilie Năstase 1971–73, 75
3   John McEnroe 1978, 83–84
  Boris Becker 1988, 92, 95
2   Björn Borg 1979–80
  Lleyton Hewitt 2001–02
  Alexander Zverev 2018, 21
1   Stan Smith 1970
  Guillermo Vilas 1974
  Manuel Orantes 1976
  Jimmy Connors 1977
  Stefan Edberg 1989
  Andre Agassi 1990
  Michael Stich 1993
  Àlex Corretja 1998
  Gustavo Kuerten 2000
  David Nalbandian 2005
  Nikolay Davydenko 2009
  Andy Murray 2016
  Grigor Dimitrov 2017
  Stefanos Tsitsipas 2019
  Daniil Medvedev 2020

Doubles edit

Titles Player Years
7
1978–84
5   Mike Bryan 2003–04, 09, 14, 18
4   Daniel Nestor 2007–08, 10–11
  Bob Bryan 2003–04, 09, 14
3   Anders Järryd 1985–86, 91
  Rick Leach 1988, 97, 2001
2   Stefan Edberg 1985–86
1992, 96
1993, 98
  Jonas Björkman 1994, 2006
  Nenad Zimonjić 2008, 10
  Max Mirnyi 2006, 11
2016–17
2019, 21
2022–23
1 1970
1975
1976
1977
1987
  Jim Pugh 1988
1989
1990
  John Fitzgerald 1991
  Jan Apell 1994
1995
  Jonathan Stark 1997
1999
2000
  Ellis Ferreira 2001
2005
  Mark Knowles 2006
2012
2013
2015
  Jack Sock 2018
2020

Records and statistics edit

Singles edit

# Titles
7   Novak Djokovic
6   Roger Federer
5   Ivan Lendl
  Pete Sampras
4   Ilie Năstase
# Consecutive titles
4   Novak Djokovic
3   Ilie Năstase
  Ivan Lendl
2   Björn Borg
  Ivan Lendl
  John McEnroe
  Pete Sampras
  Lleyton Hewitt
  Roger Federer (3x)
  Novak Djokovic
# Finals
10   Roger Federer
9   Ivan Lendl
  Novak Djokovic
8   Boris Becker
6   Pete Sampras
5   Ilie Năstase
# Matches won[39]
59   Roger Federer
50   Novak Djokovic
39   Ivan Lendl
36   Boris Becker
35   Pete Sampras
# Editions played[39]
17   Roger Federer
16   Novak Djokovic
13   Andre Agassi
12   Ivan Lendl
11   Jimmy Connors
  Boris Becker
  Pete Sampras
  Rafael Nadal

Doubles edit

# Titles
7   Peter Fleming
  John McEnroe
5   Mike Bryan
4   Daniel Nestor
  Bob Bryan
# Consecutive titles
7   Peter Fleming
  John McEnroe
2   Stefan Edberg
  Anders Järryd
  Mike Bryan
  Bob Bryan
  Daniel Nestor (2x)
  Henri Kontinen
  John Peers
  Rajeev Ram
  Joe Salisbury
# Finals
7   Peter Fleming
  John McEnroe
  Mike Bryan
6   Daniel Nestor
  Bob Bryan
5   Anders Järryd
# Matches won
42   Mike Bryan
38   Bob Bryan
34   Daniel Nestor
29   Todd Woodbridge
25   Anders Järryd
  Mark Woodforde
# Editions played
16   Mike Bryan
15   Daniel Nestor
  Bob Bryan
14   Leander Paes
12   Mark Knowles
  Mahesh Bhupathi

Youngest & oldest champions edit

Singles Youngest   John McEnroe 19 years, 10 months 1978
Oldest   Novak Djokovic 36 years, 5 months 2023
Doubles Youngest   John McEnroe 19 years, 10 months 1978
Oldest   Mike Bryan 40 years, 6 months 2018

Year-end championships triple & double edit

Double crown edit

  • Winning the year-end championships in both singles and doubles in the same year.
Player Year
  John McEnroe 1978 (SD), 1983 (SD), 1984 (SD)
  Stan Smith 1970 (SD)

Year-end championships triple edit

  • ATP YEC (active); played since 1970.
  • WCT YEC (defunct); played from 1971 to 1989.
  • ITF YEC (defunct); played from 1990 to 1999.
Player ATP Finals WCT Finals Grand Slam Cup
  Boris Becker 1988 1988 1996

ATP Finals – WCT Finals double edit

Player ATP Finals WCT Finals
  Stan Smith 1970 1973
  Jimmy Connors 1977 1977
  John McEnroe 1978 1979
  Björn Borg 1979 1976
  Ivan Lendl 1981 1982
  Boris Becker 1988 1988

ATP Finals – Grand Slam Cup double edit

Player ATP Finals Grand Slam Cup
  Pete Sampras 1991 1990
  Michael Stich 1993 1992
  Boris Becker 1988 1996

Generations double edit

Player Next Gen Finals ATP Finals
  Stefanos Tsitsipas 2018 2019

Titles by country edit

Singles edit

11 
  United States (5 players)
  Serbia (1 player)
  West Germany / Germany (3 players),    Switzerland (1 player)
  Czechoslovakia (1 player)
  Romania (1 player)
  Sweden (2 players)
  Argentina (2 players),   Australia (1 player),   Russia (2 players),   Spain (2 players)
  Brazil,   Bulgaria,   Great Britain,   Greece

Doubles edit

Note: Titles, won by a team of players from same country, count as one title, not two.

23 
  United States (18 players)
  Canada (3 players)
  Australia (4 players),   Sweden (4 players)
  France (5 players),   Netherlands (4 players)
  South Africa (4 players),   Spain (6 players)
  Belarus (1 player),   Finland (1 player),   Great Britain (1 player),   Serbia (1 player)
  Bahamas,   Croatia,   Czechoslovakia (2 players),   Romania,    Switzerland

See also edit

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