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Next Generation ATP Finals

The Next Generation ATP Finals (branded as the Next Gen ATP Finals) is an annual men's professional exhibition tennis tournament organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the best players of the season aged 20 years old or younger. The event debuted in 2017 at the PalaLido in Milan, where it was also staged for the next four editions, before it was moved to King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, beginning in 2023. From 2017 to 2023 the age threshold was 21 years and under.[1]

Next Generation ATP Finals
Tournament information
Founded2017; 7 years ago (2017)
Editions5
LocationMilan, Italy (2017–2022)
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (2023–2027)
VenuePalaLido (2017–2022)
King Abdullah Sports City (2023–2027)
CategoryExhibition
SurfaceHard (indoor)
Draw8S
Prize moneyUS$2,000,000 (2023)
Websitenextgenatpfinals.com
Current champions (2023)
SinglesSerbia Hamad Medjedovic

Ranking points, prize money and other features edit

The tournament does not distribute points for the ATP rankings for the participants. The ATP does not count it as an official ATP Tour tournament victory, but matches count towards official win–loss season record. Prize money worth US $2,275,000 is distributed and counts to the players' totals. From the beginning, the tournament regularly has incorporated new and experimental features that may or may not be introduced into other tennis events later on. It pioneered the implementation of electronic line-calling (so called 'Hawk-Eye Live' completely replacing human line-judges) back in 2017.[2] Other experimental features include scoring systems different from recognized tennis matches, players communicating with their coaches via headphones, and so on.

History edit

Following a competitive bid process, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) announced that the Italian Tennis Federation, in association with the Italian Olympic Committee, would organise a new ATP tournament featuring the world’s top 21-and-under singles players of the ATP Tour season. The first five editions of the Tournament were hosted in Milan, Italy from 2017 to 2022.[3] Already in the first year, a special circumstance occurred. The 20-year-old Alexander Zverev played such a successful season that he was qualified at the same time for the Next Generation ATP Finals and for the ATP Finals of the best eight players from 2017. As the events were dated close and scheduled directly one after the other, the Hamburg native opted for the latter option.[4]

For the 2024 season, the ATP announced an expansion of the Next Gen brand. In addition to lowering the age threshold from 21-and-under to 20-and-under, a Next Gen Accelerator Programme was introduced. This allows Next Gen labelled players who reach the top 350 of the ATP rankings up to 8 opportunities to enter the main draws of ATP Challenger Tour 125 and 100 events. Furthermore, those who reach the top 250 are provided a main draw entry for an ATP 250 event, along with two qualifying opportunities for them.[1]

Format edit

Played over five days, the format for the competition consists of two round robin groups, followed by the semi-finals and final. Played on a singles-only court, the competition features the best seven qualified 20-and-under players of the season, plus one wild card.[5]

Rules edit

A number of rule changes from the normal ATP format are used for the competition:[5]

Qualification edit

The Top 7 players in the Emirates ATP Race to Jeddah (formerly the Race to Milan) will qualify. The eighth spot will be reserved for a wild card, the winner of a qualifying tournament. Eligible players must be 20-and-under as of the end of that calendar year.[7]

Results edit

Singles edit

Venue Year Champion Runner-up Score in final
Milan 2017   Chung Hyeon   Andrey Rublev 3–4(5–7), 4–3(7–2), 4–2, 4–2
2018   Stefanos Tsitsipas   Alex de Minaur 2–4, 4–1, 4–3(7–3), 4–3(7–3)
2019   Jannik Sinner   Alex de Minaur 4–2, 4–1, 4–2
2020 No competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021   Carlos Alcaraz   Sebastian Korda 4–3(7–5), 4–2, 4–2
2022   Brandon Nakashima   Jiří Lehečka 4–3(7–5), 4–3(8–6), 4–2
Jeddah 2023   Hamad Medjedovic   Arthur Fils 3–4(6–8), 4–1, 4–2, 3–4(9–11), 4–1

Next Gen ATP Finals appearances edit

Key
W Winner
F Runner-up
SF Lost in semi-finals
RR Lost in Round Robin group stage
(A) Alternate (did not play from the beginning)
(A') Alternate (played from the beginning, original player withdrew before the tournament)
(R) Withdrew during the tournament
(WC) Entered as a Wildcard
(NP) Did not play
↓Older format (2017–2018 only)↓
3rd Won third place match
4th Lost third place match
Note

When there are more than eight players listed for any year, it is usually due to withdrawal by one or more players because of injury. When a player withdraws early in the tournament, his place is filled by the next-highest qualifier. Participants are listed in order of number of appearances and best result. The 2020 edition was not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Player # Best
result 		Years
Year of best result underlined (Wins in bold) 		Qualified
but not played 		W–L
  Brandon Nakashima 2 W 2021, 2022 – 7–2
  Andrey Rublev 2 F 2017, 2018 – 6–4
  Alex de Minaur 2 F 2018, 2019 – 8–2
  Frances Tiafoe 2 SF 2018, 2019 – 3–4
  Dominic Stricker 2 SF 2022(A'), 2023 – 4–4
  Lorenzo Musetti 2 RR 2021, 2022 2023 2–4
  Chung Hyeon 1 W 2017 – 5–0
  Stefanos Tsitsipas 1 W 2018 2019 5–0
  Jannik Sinner 1 W 2019 (WC)[8] 2021, 2022 4–1
  Carlos Alcaraz 1 W 2021 2022, 2023 5–0
  Hamad Medjedovic 1 W 2023 – 5–0
  Sebastian Korda 1 F 2021 – 4–1
  Jiří Lehečka 1 F 2022 – 3–2
  Arthur Fils 1 F 2023 – 4–1
  Daniil Medvedev 1 3rd 2017(A') – 2–2
  Borna Ćorić 1 4th 2017 – 3–1
  Jaume Munar 1 4th 2018(A') – 1–4
  Miomir Kecmanović 1 SF 2019(A') – 2–2
  Sebastián Báez 1 SF 2021(A') – 2–2
  Jack Draper 1 SF 2022 – 2–2
  Luca Van Assche 1 SF 2023 – 2–2
  Karen Khachanov 1 RR 2017 – 1–2
  Denis Shapovalov 1 RR 2017 2018, 2019 1–2
  Jared Donaldson 1 RR 2017 – 0–3
  Gianluigi Quinzi 1 RR 2017(WC) – 0–3
  Taylor Fritz 1 RR 2018 – 1–2
  Liam Caruana 1 RR 2018(WC) – 0–3
  Hubert Hurkacz 1 RR 2018(A') – 1–2
  Ugo Humbert 1 RR 2019 – 1–2
  Casper Ruud 1 RR 2019 – 1–2
  Mikael Ymer 1 RR 2019(A') – 1–2
  Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 1 RR 2019(A') – 1–2
  Juan Manuel Cerúndolo 1 RR 2021 – 0–3
  Holger Rune 1 RR 2021(A') 2022, 2023 1–2
  Hugo Gaston 1 RR 2021(A') – 0–3
  Francesco Passaro 1 RR 2022(A') – 1–2
  Tseng Chun-hsin 1 RR 2022 – 0–3
  Matteo Arnaldi 1 RR 2022(A') – 0–3
  Flavio Cobolli 1 RR 2023 – 1–2
  Luca Nardi 1 RR 2023 – 1–2
  Abdullah Shelbayh 1 RR 2023(WC) – 1–2
  Alex Michelsen 1 RR 2023 – 0–3
  Alexander Zverev 0 – – 2017, 2018 0–0
  Félix Auger-Aliassime 0 – – 2019, 2021 0–0
  Jenson Brooksby 0 – – 2021 0–0
  Ben Shelton 0 – – 2023 0–0

Subsequent achievements of Next Gen ATP Finals players edit

Rankings edit

World No. 1s edit

Player Next Gen appearance Achieved World No. 1 Ref.
  Daniil Medvedev 2017 28 February 2022 [9]
  Carlos Alcaraz 2021 12 September 2022 [10]

Top Ten edit

Player Next Gen appearance Highest Ranking Ref.
  Casper Ruud 2019 2 [11]
  Alexander Zverev 2017, 2018 [12]
  Jannik Sinner 2019, 2021, 2022
  Stefanos Tsitsipas 2018, 2019 3 [13]
  Holger Rune 2021, 2022 4
  Taylor Fritz 2018 5
  Andrey Rublev 2017, 2018
  Félix Auger-Aliassime 2019, 2021 6
  Karen Khachanov 2017 8
  Hubert Hurkacz 2018 9
  Denis Shapovalov 2017, 2018, 2019 10
  Frances Tiafoe 2018, 2019

Grand Slams edit

Grand Slam winners edit

Player Next Gen appearance Grand Slam titles won Ref.
AU FR WB US Total
  Daniil Medvedev 2017 — — — 2021 1 [14]
  Carlos Alcaraz 2021 — — 2023 2022 2 [15]
  Jannik Sinner 2019 2024 — — — 1 [16]

Grand Slam finalists edit

  • Bold: Player won the tournament
  • Number of titles won are within parentheses
Player Next Gen appearances Grand Slam finals Ref.
AU FR WB US Total
  Daniil Medvedev 2017 2021, 2022, 2024 — — 2019, 2021, 2023 6 (1) [14]
  Alexander Zverev 2017[a], 2018[a] — — — 2020 1 (0) [17]
  Stefanos Tsitsipas 2018, 2019[a] 2023 2021 — — 2 (0) [18]
  Casper Ruud 2019 — 2022, 2023 — 2022 3 (0) [19]
  Carlos Alcaraz 2021 — — 2023 2022 2 (2) [15]
  Jannik Sinner 2019 2024 — — — 1 (1) [16]
  1. ^ a b c Player qualified but withdrew

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Next Gen ATP Brand Unveils Exciting Changes to Transform Tennis Landscape From 2024". ATP Tour. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  2. ^ Herman, Martyn (2017-09-18). "Tennis: Electronic calls to replace line judges at Next Gen Finals". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  3. ^ "Milan To Host Inaugural Season-Ending Next Gen ATP Finals From 2017 – ATP World Tour – Tennis".
  4. ^ "Two Chances". 2017.
  5. ^ a b "ATP Announces Trial Of Rule Changes & Innovation For Next Gen ATP Finals In Milan". ATP. 16 May 2017.
  6. ^ "ATP Announces 2020 ATP Tour Calendar". atptour.com. March 13, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020. In addition, all ATP tournaments on the 2020 calendar will feature the Shot Clock, one of many innovations stemming from the award-winning Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan
  7. ^ "Introducing Next Gen ATP Finals". ATP Tour. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  8. ^ As of the October 28 deadline, Sinner reached the ranking of 8th player born in 1998 or later, available for the tournament.
  9. ^ Tennis.com. "Ranking Reaction: Daniil Medvedev is officially No. 1 on the ATP rankings". Tennis.com. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  10. ^ "Carlos Alcaraz Wins US Open Title & Rises To World No. 1 | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  11. ^ "Alcaraz, 19, wins US Open; youngest-ever No. 1". 11 September 2022. Archived from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  12. ^ ATP Staff (8 June 2022). "Zverev Faces Extended Break After Ankle Surgery". ATP Tour. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  13. ^ https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview
  14. ^ a b "Daniil Medvedev | Titles and Finals | ATP Tour | Tennis". atptour.com. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  15. ^ a b "Carlos Alcaraz | Titles and Finals | ATP Tour | Tennis". atptour.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  16. ^ a b "Jannik Sinner | Titles and Finals | ATP Tour | Tennis". atptour.com. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  17. ^ "Alexander Zverev | Titles and Finals | ATP Tour | Tennis". atptour.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  18. ^ "Stefanos Tsitsipas | Titles and Finals | ATP Tour | Tennis". atptour.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  19. ^ "Casper Ruud | Titles and Finals | ATP Tour | Tennis". atptour.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
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