The 2021 ATP Finals (also known as the 2021 Nitto ATP Finals for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, Italy, from 14 to 21 November 2021. It was 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
Prize money$7,250,000
SurfaceHard (indoor)
LocationTurin, Italy
VenuePala Alpitour
Champions
Singles
Germany Alexander Zverev
Doubles
France Pierre-Hugues Herbert / France Nicolas Mahut
← 2020 · ATP Finals · 2022 →

This was the 52nd edition of the tournament (47th in doubles), and the first time Turin hosted the ATP Tour year-end championships.[1]

Champions

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Singles

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  Alexander Zverev def.   Daniil Medvedev, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles

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  Pierre-Hugues Herbert /   Nicolas Mahut def.   Rajeev Ram /   Joe Salisbury, 6–4, 7–6(7–0)

Day-by-day summaries

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Points and prize money

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The ATP Finals currently (2021) rewards the following points and prize money, per victory:[2]

Stage Singles Doubles1 Points
Final win $1,094,000 $164,000 RR + 400 + 500
Semi-final win $530,000 $84,000 RR + 400
Round robin win per match $173,000 $33,000 200
Participation fee 3 matches = $173,000
2 matches = $129,750
1 match = $86,500
3 matches = $82,000
2 matches = $61,000
1 match = $32,000
Alternates $93,000 $33,000
RR is the points or prize money won in the round robin stage.
  • 1 Prize money for doubles is per team.
  • An undefeated champion would earn the maximum 1,500 points, and $2,316,000 in singles or $429,000 in doubles.

Tournament

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Format

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The ATP Finals group stage had a round-robin format, with eight players/teams divided into two groups of four and each player/team in a group playing the other three in the group. The eight seeds were 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, were best of three sets with tie-breaks in each set including the third. All doubles matches were two sets (no ad) and a Match Tie-break.[3]

In deciding placement within a group, the following criteria were used, in order:[4]

  1. Most wins.
  2. Most matches played (e.g., a 2–1 record beats a 2–0 record).
  3. Head-to-head result between tied players/teams.
  4. Highest percentage of sets won.
  5. Highest percentage of games won.
  6. ATP rank after the last ATP Tour tournament of the year.

Criteria 4–6 were used only in the event of a three-way tie; if one of these criteria decided a winner or loser among the three, the remaining two would have been ranked by head-to-head result.

The top two of each group advanced to semifinals, with the winner of each group playing the runner-up of the other group. The winners of the semifinals then played for the title.

Qualification

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Singles

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Eight players compete at the tournament, with two named alternates. Players receive places in the following order of precedence:[5]

  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 Stockholm Open.
  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.[6] 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.[5]

Doubles

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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.[5]

Qualified players

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Singles

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# Players Points Date qualified
1   Novak Djokovic 9,370 11 July[7]
2   Daniil Medvedev 7,070 13 September[8]
3   Alexander Zverev 5,955 11 October[9]
4   Stefanos Tsitsipas 5,695 13 September[8]
5   Andrey Rublev 4,210 23 October[10]
6   Matteo Berrettini 4,090 25 October[11]
7   Hubert Hurkacz 3,315 5 November[12]
8   Casper Ruud 3,275 4 November[13]
Berrettini and Tsitsipas withdrew due to injury.
9   Jannik Sinner 3,015 16 November[14]
10   Cameron Norrie 2,945 17 November[15]

Doubles

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# Players Points Date qualified
1   Nikola Mektić
  Mate Pavić
8,875 6 July[16]
2   Rajeev Ram
  Joe Salisbury
7,185 3 September[17]
3   Pierre-Hugues Herbert
  Nicolas Mahut
4,690 13 September[8]
4   Marcel Granollers
  Horacio Zeballos
4,535 30 September[18]
5   Juan Sebastián Cabal
  Robert Farah
4,260 26 October[19]
6   Ivan Dodig
  Filip Polášek
3,230 20 October[20]
7   Jamie Murray
  Bruno Soares
3,230 4 November[21]
8   Kevin Krawietz
  Horia Tecău
3,110 4 November[21]

Groupings

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Singles

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The singles draw of the 2021 edition of the Year–end Championships will feature one number one, two major champions and three major finalists. The competitors were divided into two groups.[22]

Green Group
  Novak Djokovic [1]
  Stefanos Tsitsipas [4]
  Andrey Rublev [5]
  Casper Ruud [8]
Tsitsipas injury – November 17
  Cameron Norrie [10]
Red Group
  Daniil Medvedev [2]
  Alexander Zverev [3]
  Matteo Berrettini [6]
  Hubert Hurkacz [7]
Berrettini injury – November 16
  Jannik Sinner [9]

Doubles

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The doubles draw of the 2021 edition of the Year–end Championships will feature four number-ones, six major champions and one major finalist team. The pairs were divided into two groups.[23]

Green Group
  Nikola Mektić /   Mate Pavić [1]
  Marcel Granollers /   Horacio Zeballos [4]
  Ivan Dodig /   Filip Polášek [6]
  Kevin Krawietz /   Horia Tecău [8]
Red Group
  Rajeev Ram /   Joe Salisbury [2]
  Pierre-Hugues Herbert /   Nicolas Mahut [3]
  Juan Sebastián Cabal /   Robert Farah [5]
  Jamie Murray /   Bruno Soares [7]

Points breakdown

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Singles

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  Player qualified for the ATP Finals.[24]
  Player withdrew due to injury.
Rank Player Grand Slam ATP Masters 1000[a] Best other Total
points
Tourn
AUS FRA WIM USO MI MC MA IT CA CI IW[b] PA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1   Novak Djokovic W
2000
W
2000
W
2000
F
1200
A
0
R16
90
A
0
F
600
A
0
A
0
A
0
W
1000
W
250
RR
140
SF
90
9,370 10
2   Daniil Medvedev F
1200
QF
360
R16
180
W
2000
QF
180
A
0
R16
90
R32
10
W
1000
SF
360
R16
90
F
600
W
500
W
250
W
250
R32
0
R32
0
7,070 16
3   Alexander Zverev QF
360
SF
720
R16
180
SF
720
R64
10
R16
90
W
1000
QF
180
A
0
W
1000
QF
180
SF
360
W
500
W
500
SF
65
R16
45
QF
45
R32
0
5,955 17
4   Stefanos Tsitsipas SF
720
F
1200
QF
45
R32
90
QF
180
W
1000
R16
90
QF
180
SF
360
SF
360
QF
180
R32
10
F
300
F
300
W
250
SF
180
RR
115
QF
90
R16
45
5,695 20
5   Andrey Rublev QF
360
QF
45
R16
180
R32
90
SF
360
F
600
R16
90
QF
180
R16
90
F
600
R32
45
R32
10
W
500
W
310
F
300
SF
180
QF
90
SF
90
SF
90
4,210 21
6   Matteo Berrettini R16
180
QF
360
F
1200
QF
360
A
0
R32
10
F
600
R16
90
A
0
R16
90
R32
45
A
0
W
500
F
270
W
250
QF
90
QF
45
4,090 14
7   Hubert Hurkacz R128
10
R128
10
SF
720
R64
45
W
1000
R32
45
R64
10
R64
10
QF
180
R16
90
QF
180
SF
360
W
250
W
250
R16
45
R16
45
QF
45
R16
20
R32
0
3,315 22
8   Casper Ruud R16
180
R32
90
SF
90
R64
45
QF
45
SF
360
SF
360
QF
45
QF
180
QF
180
R16
90
QF
180
W
250
W
250
W
250
W
250
W
250
QF
90
QF
90
3,275 21
Alternates
9   Jannik Sinner QF
45
R16
180
R16
20
R16
180
F
600
R32
45
R32
45
R32
45
R32
10
R32
45
R16
90
R32
10
W
500
W
250
W
250
W
250
SF
180
SF
180
QF
90
3,015 25
  Rafael Nadal QF
360
SF
720
A
0
A
0
A
0
QF
180
QF
180
W
1000
A
0
A
0
A
0
A
0
W
500
R16
45
2,985 7
10   Cameron Norrie R32
90
R32
90
R32
90
SF
90
R32
45
R16
65
R16
45
R32
70
R16
45
QF
45
W
1000
R16
90
F
300
W
250
F
150
F
150
F
150
QF
90
QF
90
2,945 24
  Félix Auger-Aliassime R16
180
R128
10
QF
360
SF
720
R32
45
R16
45
R64
10
R16
90
R32
10
QF
180
R64
10
R32
45
SF
180
F
150
F
150
QF
90
QF
90
QF
90
SF
90
2,545 22
11   Aslan Karatsev SF
745
R64
45
R128
10
R32
90
R32
45
R32
45
R16
90
R16
90
R32
45
R64
10
R16
90
R64
10
W
500
W
250
F
150
R16
45
QF
45
R16
20
R16
0
2,290 21
  1. ^ The Shanghai Masters was cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China.[25]
  2. ^ The Indian Wells Masters, usually the first Masters of the season, was rescheduled to October due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[26]

* Ranking points in italics indicate that a player used a better result than in a Grand Slam or Masters 1000 tournament, because all events were non-mandatory this season.

Doubles

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  Team qualified for the ATP Finals.[27]
  Team could not qualify because they had a player who qualified separately with another partner.
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
2000
W
1000
W
1000
W
1000
SF
720
F
600
F
600
W
500
F
300
W
250
W
250
W
250
QF
180
QF
90
QF
90
QF
45
R64
0
R16
0
R16
0
8,875 19
2   Rajeev Ram
  Joe Salisbury
W
2000
F
1200
W
1000
SF
720
F
600
SF
360
F
300
QF
180
SF
180
SF
180
F
150
R32
90
R16
90
R16
90
R16
0
R32
0
R16
0
R16
0
7,140 18
3   Pierre-Hugues Herbert
  Nicolas Mahut
W
2000
F
600
W
500
QF
360
QF
360
QF
180
QF
180
SF
180
F
150
R32
90
R16
90
R16
0
4,690 12
4   Marcel Granollers
  Horacio Zeballos
F
1200
W
1000
W
1000
QF
360
SF
360
F
300
QF
180
R32
90
QF
45
R32
0
R64
0
R32
0
R16
0
4,535 13
5   Juan Sebastián Cabal
  Robert Farah
SF
720
W
500
W
500
W
500
QF
360
SF
360
SF
360
QF
180
QF
180
F
150
R32
90
R16
90
QF
90
SF
90
SF
90
R64
0
R32
0
R32
0
R16
0
4,260 20
6   Ivan Dodig
  Filip Polášek
W
2000
SF
360
QF
180
SF
180
F
150
R32
90
R32
90
R16
90
SF
90
R16
0
R16
0
R16
0
3,230 12
7   Jamie Murray
  Bruno Soares
F
1200
SF
720
SF
360
W
250
W
250
R16
180
R32
90
R16
90
QF
90
R32
0
R32
0
R32
0
R16
0
R16
0
R16
0
3,230 15
8   Kevin Krawietz
  Horia Tecău
W
500
QF
360
QF
360
SF
360
F
300
F
300
F
300
QF
180
QF
180
R32
90
R16
90
R16
90
R16
0
R32
0
3,110 14
Alternates
  John Peers
  Filip Polášek
W
1000
SF
720
SF
360
SF
180
F
150
R16
90
R32
0
R16
0
2,500 8
9   Simone Bolelli
  Máximo González
SF
720
W
250
W
250
W
250
R16
180
R16
180
F
150
R32
90
R16
90
R16
90
QF
45
QF
45
QF
45
R32
0
R32
0
R32
0
R16
0
R16
0
Q1
0
2,385 19
10   Tim Pütz
  Michael Venus
W
1000
W
500
SF
360
QF
180
SF
180
R64
0
R64
0
R32
0
R16
0
2,220 9

Head-to-head records

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Below are the head-to-head records as they approached the tournament.

Singles

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Overall

   Djokovic  Medvedev   Zverev    Tsitsipas    Rublev   Berrettini  Hurkacz     Ruud    Overall YTD W–L
1   Novak Djokovic 6–4 7–3 6–2 0–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 27–9 48–6
2   Daniil Medvedev 4–6 5–5 6–2 4–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 24–15 54–12
3   Alexander Zverev 3–7 5–5 3–6 5–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 22–19 55–14
4   Stefanos Tsitsipas 2–6 2–6 6–3 4–3 2–0 6–2 1–1 23–21 55–18
5   Andrey Rublev 0–0 1–4 0–5 3–4 2–3 0–2 4–0 10–18 48–20
6   Matteo Berrettini 0–4 0–2 1–3 0–2 3–2 2–1 2–2 8–16 41–11
7   Hubert Hurkacz 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–6 2–0 1–2 0–0 6–12 36–20
8   Casper Ruud 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–4 2–2 0–0 3–12 53–15

Doubles

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    Mektić  
Pavić
Ram
Salisbury
 Herbert 
Mahut
Granollers
Zeballos
   Cabal   
Farah
Dodig
 Polášek 
  Murray  
Soares
 Krawietz 
Tecău
Overall YTD W–L
1   Nikola Mektić
  Mate Pavić
4–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 12–4 59–11
2   Rajeev Ram
  Joe Salisbury
1–4 0–1 4–2 3–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 11–11 40–16
3   Pierre-Hugues Herbert
  Nicolas Mahut
0–2 1–0 0–2 5–2 0–0 2–2 0–0 8–8 30–11
4   Marcel Granollers
  Horacio Zeballos
1–2 2–4 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 6–10 24–11
5   Juan Sebastián Cabal
  Robert Farah
1–0 1–3 2–5 1–0 1–0 3–7 1–0 10–15 36–18
6   Ivan Dodig
  Filip Polášek
1–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 4–5 20–11
7   Jamie Murray
  Bruno Soares
0–0 0–2 2–2 2–0 7–3 0–0 0–1 11–8 25–13
8   Kevin Krawietz
  Horia Tecău
0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–4 28–13

See also

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References

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