ATP Finals

ATP Finals
Tournament information
Founded 1970 (1970)
Location London
United Kingdom (2009–2020)
Venue The O2 Arena
Category ATP Finals
Surface Hard / indoors
Draw 8S / 8D
Prize money US$7,500,000
Website atpfinals.com
Current champions
Men's singles United Kingdom Andy Murray
Men's doubles Finland Henri Kontinen
Australia John Peers

The ATP Finals is the second highest tier of men's tennis tournament after the four Grand Slam tournaments.

It is held annually in November at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom. The ATP Finals are the season-ending championships of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour, featuring the top eight singles players and doubles teams of the ATP Rankings. The tournament was first held in 1970, although it had a different name at the time.

Roger Federer holds the record for the most singles titles, with six, while Peter Fleming and John McEnroe hold the record with 7 titles in doubles.

In the current tournament, winners are awarded up to 1500 rankings points; with each round-robin loss, 200 points are deducted from that amount.

History

The event is the fourth evolution 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. It was organised by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF). It ran alongside the competing WCT Finals the season-ending championships for the rival World Championship Tennis Tour. 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 Championship. World ranking points were now at stake, with an undefeated champion earning the same number of points they would for winning one of the four Grand Slam events. 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 Grand Slam competitions that year.

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. As with the Masters Grand Prix and the ATP Tour World Championships, the Tennis Masters Cup was contested by eight players. However, player who is ranked number eight in the ATP Champion's Race world rankings does not have a guaranteed spot. If a player who wins one of the year's Grand Slam events finishes the year ranked outside the top eight but still within the top 20, he is included in the Tennis Masters Cup instead of the eighth-ranked player. If two players outside the top eight win Grand Slam events, the higher placed player in the world rankings takes the final spot in the Tennis Masters Cup.

In 2009 the Masters was renamed to the ATP World Tour Finals and got scheduled to be held at The O2 in London from 2009 to 2013.[1] In 2012 the organisers extended the contract by two years up to 2015.[2][3]In 2015 the contract was extended again for three years up to 2018.[4] In 2017 the event was renamed to ATP Finals and the contract with the O2 Arena was extended to 2020.[5][6]

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

For most of its history, the event has been considered as the most important indoor tennis tournament on the world tour (there were a few exceptions, when the event was organized outdoors: 1974 Melbourne & 2003–2004 Houston), allowing for controlled conditions of play, regarding both surface type and illumination system.

Qualification

There are eight players or teams, and playing is mandatory except for injury or other good cause.

Qualification is as follows:

(a) the top seven players in the ATP rankings (b) up to two grand slam winners ranked between 8 and 20 (in order of ATP ranking, if any such players exist) (c) the next players in the ATP rankings, until the quota of eight is reached.

Points, prize money and trophies

The ATP Finals currently (2016) rewards the following points and prize money, per victory:[7]

Stage Singles Doubles1 Points
Round Robin (each of 3 matches) $179,000$34,000200
Semifinal $545,000$89,000400
Final $1,130,000$176,000500

There is also an appearance fee of $179,000 singles, and $88,000 per doubles team. The two alternates are paid $100,000 (singles) and $34,000 (doubles teams).

An undefeated champion would earn the maximum 1,500 points, and $2,391,000 in singles or $455,000 in doubles.

In addition, prizes include the Barclays ATP Singles and Doubles World Tour Finals Trophies and the ATP Tour World No.1 Trophy, all made by London-based silversmiths Thomas Lyte [8][9] .

Format

Unlike all other singles events on the men's tour, the ATP Finals is not a straightforward knock-out tournament. Eight players are divided into two groups of four and play three round-robin matches each against the other players in their group. The two players with the best records in each group progress to the semifinals, with the winners meeting in the final to determine the champion. Though it is theoretically possible to advance to the semi-finals of the tournament with two round-robin losses, no player in the history of the singles tournament has won the title after losing more than one round-robin match.

The current round robin format of two groups of four players progressing to a semifinal and final, has been in place for all editions of the tournament except the following years:

Sponsors

The tournament has traditionally been sponsored by the title sponsor of the tour; however, from 1990–2008 the competition was non-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 title sponsor.[10] Barclays confirmed in 2015 that they would not renew their sponsorship deal once it expires in 2016.[11]

Venues

LocationYearsSurfaceStadiumCapacity
Tokyo1970CarpetTokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium6,500
Paris1971Stade Pierre de Coubertin5,000
Barcelona1972Palau Blaugrana5,700
Boston1973Boston Garden14,900
Melbourne1974GrassKooyong Stadium8,500
Stockholm1975CarpetKungliga tennishallen6,000
Houston1976The Summit16,300
New York City1977–1989Madison Square Garden18,000
Frankfurt1990–1995Festhalle Frankfurt12,000
Hanover1996–1999Carpet (1996)
Indoor Hard (1997–99)
Hanover fairground15,000
Lisbon2000Indoor HardPavilhão Atlântico12,000
Sydney2001Acer Arena17,500
Shanghai2002SNIEC 
Houston2003–2004Outdoor HardWestside Tennis Club5,240
Shanghai2005–2008Carpet (2005)
Indoor Hard (2006–08)
Qizhong City Arena15,000
London2009–2020Indoor HardO2 Arena[12]20,000

Past finals

Singles

Location Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓ Masters Grand Prix ↓
Tokyo 1970 United States Stan Smith Australia Rod LaverRound Robin
Paris 1971 Romania Ilie Năstase (1/4)United States Stan SmithRound Robin
Barcelona 1972 Romania Ilie Năstase (2/4)United States Stan Smith6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3
Boston 1973 Romania Ilie Năstase (3/4)Netherlands Tom Okker6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Melbourne 1974 Argentina Guillermo Vilas Romania Ilie Năstase7–6(8–6), 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4
Stockholm 1975 Romania Ilie Năstase (4/4)Sweden Björn Borg6–2, 6–2, 6–1
Houston 1976 Spain Manuel Orantes Poland Wojtek Fibak5–7, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–1
New York City 1977 United States Jimmy Connors Sweden Björn Borg6–4, 1–6, 6–4
1978 United States John McEnroe (1/3)United States Arthur Ashe6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–5
1979 Sweden Björn Borg (1/2)United States Vitas Gerulaitis6–2, 6–2
1980 Sweden Björn Borg (2/2)Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1981 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (1/5)United States Vitas Gerulaitis6–7(5–7), 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–2, 6–4
1982 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (2/5)United States John McEnroe6–4, 6–4, 6–2
1983 United States John McEnroe (2/3)Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1984 United States John McEnroe (3/3)Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl7–5, 6–0, 6–4
1985 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (3/5)West Germany Boris Becker6–2, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
1986 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (4/5)West Germany Boris Becker6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1987 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (5/5)Sweden Mats Wilander6–2, 6–2, 6–3
1988 West Germany Boris Becker (1/3)Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl5–7, 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
1989 Sweden Stefan Edberg West Germany Boris Becker4–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–3, 6–1
↓ ATP Tour World Championships ↓
Frankfurt 1990 United States Andre Agassi Sweden Stefan Edberg5–7, 7–6(7–5), 7–5, 6–2
1991 United States Pete Sampras (1/5)United States Jim Courier3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3, 6–4
1992 Germany Boris Becker (2/3)United States Jim Courier6–4, 6–3, 7–5
1993 Germany Michael Stich United States Pete Sampras7–6(7–3), 2–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–2
1994 United States Pete Sampras (2/5)Germany Boris Becker4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
1995 Germany Boris Becker (3/3)United States Michael Chang7–6(7–3), 6–0, 7–6(7–5)
Hanover 1996 United States Pete Sampras (3/5)Germany Boris Becker3–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4), 6–7(11–13), 6–4
1997 United States Pete Sampras (4/5)Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov6–3, 6–2, 6–2
1998 Spain Àlex Corretja Spain Carlos Moyá3–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 7–5
1999 United States Pete Sampras (5/5)United States Andre Agassi6–1, 7–5, 6–4
↓ Tennis Masters Cup ↓
Lisbon 2000 Brazil Gustavo Kuerten United States Andre Agassi6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Sydney 2001 Australia Lleyton Hewitt (1/2)France Sébastien Grosjean6–3, 6–3, 6–4
Shanghai 2002 Australia Lleyton Hewitt (2/2)Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero7–5, 7–5, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4
Houston 2003 Switzerland Roger Federer (1/6)United States Andre Agassi6–3, 6–0, 6–4
2004 Switzerland Roger Federer (2/6)Australia Lleyton Hewitt6–3, 6–2
Shanghai 2005 Argentina David Nalbandian Switzerland Roger Federer6–7(4–7), 6–7(11–13), 6–2, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
2006 Switzerland Roger Federer (3/6)United States James Blake6–0, 6–3, 6–4
2007 Switzerland Roger Federer (4/6)Spain David Ferrer6–2, 6–3, 6–2
2008 Serbia Novak Djokovic (1/5)Russia Nikolay Davydenko6–1, 7–5
↓ ATP World Tour Finals ↓
London 2009 Russia Nikolay Davydenko Argentina Juan Martín del Potro6–3, 6–4
2010 Switzerland Roger Federer (5/6)Spain Rafael Nadal6–3, 3–6, 6–1
2011 Switzerland Roger Federer (6/6)France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga6–3, 6–7(6–8), 6–3
2012 Serbia Novak Djokovic (2/5)Switzerland Roger Federer7–6(8–6), 7–5
2013 Serbia Novak Djokovic (3/5)Spain Rafael Nadal6–3, 6–4
2014 Serbia Novak Djokovic (4/5)Switzerland Roger Federer walkover
2015 Serbia Novak Djokovic (5/5)Switzerland Roger Federer 6–3, 6–4
2016 United Kingdom Andy Murray Serbia Novak Djokovic6–3, 6–4

Doubles

Location Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓ Masters Grand Prix ↓
Tokyo 1970 United States Stan Smith
United States Arthur Ashe
Round Robin
1971

1974
Not held
Stockholm 1975 Spain Juan Gisbert
Spain Manuel Orantes
Round Robin
Houston 1976 United States Fred McNair
United States Sherwood Stewart
United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
New York City 1977 South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan
United States Robert Lutz
United States Stan Smith
7–5, 7–6, 6–3
1978 United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
Poland Wojtek Fibak
Netherlands Tom Okker
6–4, 6–2, 6–4
1979 United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
Poland Wojtek Fibak
Netherlands Tom Okker
6–3, 7–6, 6–1
1980 United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
Australia Peter McNamara
Australia Paul McNamee
6–4, 6–3
1981 United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
South Africa Kevin Curren
United States Steve Denton
6–3, 6–3
1982 United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
United States Sherwood Stewart
United States Ferdi Taygan
7–5, 6–3
1983 United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
6–2, 6–2
1984 United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
Australia Mark Edmondson
United States Sherwood Stewart
6–3, 6–1
1985 Sweden Stefan Edberg
Sweden Anders Järryd
Sweden Joakim Nyström
Sweden Mats Wilander
6–1, 7–6(7–5)
London 1986 Sweden Stefan Edberg
Sweden Anders Järryd
France Guy Forget
France Yannick Noah
6–3, 7–6(7–2), 6–3
1987 Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
United States Ken Flach
United States Robert Seguso
6–4, 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
1988 United States Rick Leach
United States Jim Pugh
Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 6–0
1989 United States Jim Grabb
United States Patrick McEnroe
Australia John Fitzgerald
Sweden Anders Järryd
7–5, 7–6(7–4), 5–7, 6–3
↓ ATP Tour World Championships ↓
Gold Coast 1990 France Guy Forget
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
6–4, 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–4
Johannesburg 1991 Australia John Fitzgerald
Sweden Anders Järryd
United States Ken Flach
United States Robert Seguso
6–4, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
1992 Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
Australia John Fitzgerald
Sweden Anders Järryd
6–2, 7–6(7–4), 5–7, 3–6, 6–3
1993 Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Jakarta 1994 Sweden Jan Apell
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)
Eindhoven 1995 Canada Grant Connell
United States Patrick Galbraith
Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
7–6(8–6), 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 7–6(7–2)
Hartford 1996 Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien
6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
1997 United States Rick Leach
United States Jonathan Stark
India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
1998 Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
6–4, 6–2, 7–5
1999 Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien
India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
6–3, 6–2, 6–2
Bangalore 2000 United States Donald Johnson
South Africa Piet Norval
India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
7–6(10–8), 6–3, 6–4
ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup[13]
Bangalore 2001
(held
in
2002)
South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Rick Leach
Czech Republic Petr Pála
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–4
↓ Tennis Masters Cup ↓
2002Not Held
Houston 2003 United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
France Michaël Llodra
France Fabrice Santoro
6–7(6–8), 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
2004 United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–2
Shanghai 2005 France Michaël Llodra
France Fabrice Santoro
India Leander Paes
Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić
6–7(6–8), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2006 Sweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
6–2, 6–4
2007 The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
Sweden Simon Aspelin
Austria Julian Knowle
6–2, 6–3
2008 Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
7–6(7–3), 6–2
↓ ATP World Tour Finals ↓
London 2009 United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
Belarus Max Mirnyi
Israel Andy Ram
7–6(7–5), 6–3
2010 Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
India Mahesh Bhupathi
Belarus Max Mirnyi
7–6(8–6), 6–4
2011 Belarus Max Mirnyi
Canada Daniel Nestor
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
7–5, 6–3
2012 Spain Marcel Granollers
Spain Marc López
India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Rohan Bopanna
7–5, 3–6, [10–3]
2013 Spain David Marrero
Spain Fernando Verdasco
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
7–5, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
2014 United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
Croatia Ivan Dodig
Brazil Marcelo Melo
6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–7]
2015 Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău
India Rohan Bopanna
Romania Florin Mergea
6–4, 6–3
2016 Finland Henri Kontinen
Australia John Peers
South Africa Raven Klaasen
United States Rajeev Ram
2–6, 6–1, [10–8]

Singles performances

TitlesPlayerYears WonYears Runner-up
6Switzerland Roger Federer2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 20112005, 2012, 2014, 2015
5Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 19871980, 1983, 1984, 1988
United States Pete Sampras1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 19991993
Serbia Novak Djokovic2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 20152016
4Romania Ilie Năstase1971, 1972, 1973, 19751974
3Germany Boris Becker1988, 1992, 19951985, 1986, 1989, 1994, 1996
United States John McEnroe1978, 1983, 19841982
2Sweden Björn Borg1979, 19801975, 1977
Australia Lleyton Hewitt2001, 20022004
1United States Andre Agassi19901999, 2000, 2003
United States Stan Smith19701971, 1972
Russia Nikolay Davydenko20092008
Sweden Stefan Edberg19891990
United States Jimmy Connors1977
Spain Àlex Corretja1998
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten2000
United Kingdom Andy Murray2016
Argentina David Nalbandian2005
Spain Manuel Orantes1976
Germany Michael Stich1993
Argentina Guillermo Vilas1974
0United States Jim Courier1991, 1992
United States Vitas Gerulaitis1979, 1981
Spain Rafael Nadal2010, 2013
United States Arthur Ashe1978
United States James Blake2006
United States Michael Chang1995
Argentina Juan Martín del Potro2009
Spain David Ferrer2007
Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero2002
Poland Wojciech Fibak1976
France Sébastien Grosjean2001
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov1997
Australia Rod Laver1970
Spain Carlos Moyá1998
Netherlands Tom Okker1973
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga2011
Sweden Mats Wilander1987

Doubles performances

TitlesPlayerYears WonYears Runners-up
7United States Peter Fleming1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984
United States John McEnroe1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984
4United States Bob Bryan2003, 2004, 2009, 20142008, 2013
United States Mike Bryan2003, 2004, 2009, 20142008, 2013
Canada Daniel Nestor2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 1998, 2006
3Sweden Anders Järryd1985, 1986, 1991 1989, 1992
United States Rick Leach1988, 1997, 2001
2Australia Todd Woodbridge1992, 19961993, 1994
Australia Mark Woodforde1992, 19961993, 1994
Belarus Max Mirnyi2006, 20112009, 2010
Netherlands Jacco Eltingh1993, 19981995
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis1993, 19981995
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić2008, 20102005
Sweden Stefan Edberg1985, 1986
Sweden Jonas Björkman1994, 2006
1United States Sherwood Stewart19761982, 1984
Australia John Fitzgerald19911989, 1992
The Bahamas Mark Knowles20071998, 2006
United States Stan Smith19701977
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd19871983
France Guy Forget19901986
Canada Sébastien Lareau19991996
United States Alex O'Brien19991996
France Michaël Llodra20052003
France Fabrice Santoro20052003
United States Arthur Ashe1970
Spain Juan Gisbert1975
Spain Manuel Orantes1975
United States Fred McNair1976
South Africa Bob Hewitt1977
South Africa Frew McMillan1977
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř1987
United States Jim Pugh1988
United States Jim Grabb1989
United States Patrick McEnroe1989
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek1990
Sweden Jan Apell1994
Canada Grant Connell1995
United States Patrick Galbraith1995
United States Jonathan Stark1997
United States Donald Johnson2000
South Africa Piet Norval2000
South Africa Ellis Ferreira2001
Spain Marcel Granollers2012
Spain Marc López2012
Spain David Marrero2013
Spain Fernando Verdasco2013
Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer2015
Romania Horia Tecău2015
Finland Henri Kontinen2016
Australia John Peers2016

Records

Most single titles:[14]

Most doubles titles:[14]


Most single appearances:

  1. Switzerland Roger Federer – 14 (2002–2015)
  2. United States Andre Agassi – 13 (1988–1991, 1994, 1996, 1998–2003, 2005)
  3. Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl – 12 (1980–1991)
  4. Germany Boris Becker – 11 (1985–1992, 1994–1996)
    United States Jimmy Connors – 11 (1972–1973, 1977–1984, 1987)
    United States Pete Sampras – 11 (1990–2000)

See also

References

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