2021 ATP Finals

The 2021 ATP Finals (also known as the 2021 Nitto ATP Finals for sponsorship reasons) is a men's tennis tournament that will be played at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, Italy, from 14 to 21 November 2021. It is the season-ending event for the highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams on the 2021 ATP Tour.

2021 ATP Finals
Date14–21 November
Edition52nd (singles) / 47th (doubles)
CategoryATP Finals
Draw8S/8D
SurfaceHard / indoor
LocationTurin, Italy
VenuePala Alpitour
2020 Champions
Singles
Daniil Medvedev
Doubles
Wesley Koolhof / Nikola Mektić

This will be the first time Turin will host the ATP Tour year-end championships.[1] It will be the 52nd edition of the tournament (47th in doubles). The tournament is run by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and is part of the 2021 ATP Tour. The event will take place on indoor hard courts. It will serve as the season-ending championships for players on the ATP Tour.

The eight players who qualify for the event are split into two groups of four. During this stage, players compete in a round-robin format (meaning players play against all the other players in their group). The two players with the best results in each group progress to the semifinals, where the winners of a group face the runners-up of the other group. This stage, however, is a knock-out stage. The doubles competition uses the same format.

Format

The ATP Finals has a round-robin format, with eight players/teams divided into two groups of four. The eight seeds are determined by the ATP Rankings and ATP Doubles Team Rankings on the Monday after the last ATP Tour tournament of the calendar year. All singles matches, including the final, are best of three sets with tie-breaks in each set including the third. All doubles matches are two sets (no ad) and a Match Tie-break.[2]

Qualification

Singles

Eight players compete at the tournament, with two named alternates. Players receive places in the following order of precedence:[3]

  1. First, the top 7 players in the ATP Race to Turin on the Monday after the final tournament of the ATP Tour, that is, after the Paris Masters.
  2. Second, up to two 2021 Grand Slam tournament winners ranked anywhere 8th–20th, in ranking order
  3. Third, the eighth ranked player in the ATP rankings

In the event of this totaling more than 8 players, those lower down in the selection order become the alternates. If further alternates are needed, these players are selected by the ATP.

Provisional rankings are published weekly as the ATP Race to Turin, which only counts events played in 2021.[4] Points are accumulated in Grand Slam, ATP Tour, ATP Cup, ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Tour tournaments. Players accrue points across 19 tournaments, usually made up of:

  • The 4 Grand Slam tournaments
  • The 8 mandatory ATP Masters 1000 tournaments
  • The best results from any 7 other tournaments that carry ranking points (ATP Cup, ATP 500, ATP 250, Challenger, ITF)

All players must include the ranking points for mandatory Masters tournaments for which they are on the original acceptance list and for all Grand Slams for which they would be eligible, even if they do not compete (in which case they receive zero points). Furthermore, players who finished 2020 in the world's top 30 are commitment players who must (if not injured) include points for the 8 mandatory Masters tournament regardless of whether they enter, and who must compete in at least 4 ATP 500 tournaments (though the Monte Carlo Masters may count to this total), of which one must take place after the US Open. Zero point scores may also be taken from withdrawals by non-injured players from ATP 500 tournaments according to certain other conditions outlined by the ATP. Beyond these rules, however, a player may substitute his next best tournament result for missed Masters and Grand Slam tournaments.

Players may have their ATP Tour Masters 1000 commitment reduced by one tournament, by reaching each of the following milestones:

  1. 600 tour level matches (as of January 1, 2021),
  2. 12 years of service,
  3. 31 years of age (as of January 1, 2021).

If a player satisfies all three of these conditions, their mandatory ATP Tour Masters 1000 commitment is dropped entirely. Players must be in good standing as defined by the ATP as to avail of the reduced commitment.[3]

Doubles

Eight teams compete at the tournament, with one named alternates. The eight competing teams receive places according to the same order of precedence as in singles. The named alternate will be offered first to any unaccepted teams in the selection order, then to the highest ranked unaccepted team, and then to a team selected by the ATP. Points are accumulated in the same competitions as for the singles tournament. However, for Doubles teams there are no commitment tournaments, so teams are ranked according to their 19 highest points scoring results from any tournaments on the ATP Tour.[3]

Points breakdown

Singles

Updated as of 10 February 2021.[5]
Players in blue are active at the Australian Open or in Cherbourg.

Seed Player Grand Slam ATP Tour Masters 1000 Best other Total
points		 Tourn
AUS FRA WIM USO IW[lower-alpha 1] MI MA IT CA CI SH PA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Daniil Medvedev R64
45		 – W
500		 545 2
2 Matteo Berrettini R64
45		 – F
270		 QF
45		 360 3
3 Andrey Rublev R64
45		 – W
310		 355 2
4 Hubert Hurkacz R128
10		 – W
250		 QF
45		 305 3
5 Alex de Minaur R64
45		 – W
250		 RR
0		 295 3
6 Dan Evans R128
10		 – W
250		 260 2
Jannik Sinner R128
10		 – W
250		 260 2
8 Sebastian Korda A
0		 – F
150		 W
100		 250 2
Alternates
9 Fabio Fognini R62
45		 – F
180		 R16
20		 245 3
10 Félix Auger-Aliassime R32
90		 – F
150		 240 2
11 Novak Djokovic R32
90		 – RR
140		 230 2
12 Alexander Bublik R64
45		 – F
150		 R16
20		 215 3
13 Stefano Travaglia R128
10		 – F
150		 QF
45		 205 3
14 Jérémy Chardy R128
10		 – SF
90		 SF
90		 190 3
15 Jan-Lennard Struff R128
10		 – SF
115		 QF
45		 170 3
16 Arthur Rinderknech Q3
16		 – W
130		 R16
8		 R16
8		 R16
7		 169 5
17 Diego Schwartzman R32
90		 – RR
75		 165 2
18 Stefanos Tsitsipas R64
45		 – RR
115		 160 2
19 Alexander Zverev R32
90		 – RR
65		 155 2
20 Thiago Monteiro R64
45		 – SF
90		 R16
20		 155 3
  1. Indian Wells Masters was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Doubles

Updated as of 10 February 2021.[7]
Teams in blue are active at the Australian Open

Rank Player Points Total
points		 Tourn
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
1 Nikola Mektić
Mate Pavić		 W
250		 W
250		 R32
90		 590 3
2 Jamie Murray
Bruno Soares		 W
250		 R32
90		 340 2
3 Ariel Behar
Gonzalo Escobar		 W
250		 SF
90		 R64
0		 340 3
4 Jérémy Chardy
Fabrice Martin		 F
150		 SF
90		 R64
0		 240 3
Ivan Dodig
Filip Polášek		 F
150		 SF
90		 R64
0		 240 3
6 Mackenzie McDonald
Tommy Paul		 R32
90		 SF
90		 R16
20		 200 3
7 Matthew Ebden
John-Patrick Smith		 R32
90		 SF
90		 180 2
8 Christian Harrison
Ryan Harrison		 F
150		 150 1
Alternates
9 Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah		 F
150		 R64
0		 150 2
10 Marcelo Arévalo
Matwé Middelkoop		 R32
90		 QF
45		 135 3
11 Máximo González
Horacio Zeballos		 RR
100		 100 1
Nicolas Mahut
Édouard Roger-Vasselin		 RR
100		 100 1

See also

References
  1. "ATP Finals move to Turin from 2021 signals the end of an era". The Guardian. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  2. "Format Nitto ATP Finals". Nitto ATP Finals. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  3. "2021 ATP Official Rulebook" (PDF). ATP Tour. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  4. "Rankings FAQ". ATP Tour. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  5. "Rankings – Race to Turin". ATP Tour. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  6. "BNP Paribas Open 2021 postponed: Organizers hope to hold event later in the year". The Desert Sun. 29 December 2020.
  7. "Rankings – Doubles Team Rankings". ATP Tour. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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