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ATP Finals
Tournament information
Founded1970; 54 years ago (1970)
LocationTurin, Italy (2021–25)
VenuePalasport Olimpico
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 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.

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

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History

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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Singles

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

Doubles

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

List of champions

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Singles

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

Doubles

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

Records and statistics

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Singles

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

Doubles

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

Youngest & oldest champions

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

Year-end championships triple & double

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Double crown

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

Year-end championships triple

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  • 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
Germany Boris Becker 1988 1988 1996

ATP Finals – WCT Finals double

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

ATP Finals – Grand Slam Cup double

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

Generations double

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Player Next Gen Finals ATP Finals
Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas 2018 2019

Titles by country

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Singles

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11 
 United States (5 players)
 Serbia (1 player)
Germany 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

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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

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