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ATP Finals
Nitto ATP Finals logo.jpg
Location Turin, Italy (2021–25)
Place held Palasport Olimpico
Category Year-end Championships
Court type Hard (indoor)
Draw 8 Singles / 8 Doubles
Prize money US$15,250,000 (2024)
Website nittoatpfinals.com
Current champions (2024)
Singles Italy Jannik Sinner
Doubles Germany Tim Pütz
Germany Kevin Krawietz

The ATP Finals is a super important tennis tournament that happens at the end of the year. It's like the grand finale for the best male tennis players and teams! Only the top eight singles players and top eight doubles teams from around the world get to play. This is based on how well they've done all season. If a player or team won a big tournament (a "major") during the year, they might also get a spot, even if their ranking is a bit lower.

This tournament has a special way of playing that's different from most other tennis events. Players and teams are split into two groups of four. Everyone in a group plays against each other once. This is called a "round-robin" stage. After these group matches, the top two players or teams from each group move on to the semifinals. These are "knock-out" matches, meaning if you lose, you're out! The winners then play in the final to decide who the champion is.

The ATP Finals first started in 1970. The amazing Novak Djokovic holds the record for winning the most singles titles, with seven wins! For doubles, Peter Fleming and John McEnroe share the record with seven titles, which they won together as a team.

Winning this tournament can earn players a lot of points and money. If a player wins all their matches, they can get a maximum of 1,500 ranking points. In 2024, Jannik Sinner won the singles title and earned a record $4,881,100! That's the highest prize money ever for a tennis tournament winner. In 2022, Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury won $930,300 in doubles, which was also a record for doubles.

About the Tournament

How the Tournament Started

The ATP Finals has changed names a few times since it began in 1970. It was first called the Masters Grand Prix. Back then, it was a special event for the best players, but it didn't give out world ranking points.

In 1990, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) took over. They renamed it the "ATP Tour World Championships." From this point on, winning the tournament gave players important world ranking points. An undefeated champion would even earn as many points as winning one of the four biggest tournaments, called Grand Slams.

Later, in 2000, the ATP and another tennis group (the ITF) worked together to create a new event called the "Tennis Masters Cup." This event kept the rule that a player who won a Grand Slam could qualify, even if their ranking wasn't in the top eight. This rule still exists today!

In 2009, the championship was renamed the "ATP World Tour Finals." It was held in London at The O2 Arena for many years. In 2017, it got its current name, the ATP Finals. Since 2021, the tournament has been held in Turin, Italy, and will stay there until 2025.

Here's a quick look at the tournament's names over the years:

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 ATP Finals has been played indoors. This helps keep the playing conditions, like the court surface and lighting, perfect. It's usually played on hard courts indoors. However, in 1974, it was played on grass courts in Australia!

For a long time, the doubles tournament was held separately. But now, both the singles and doubles events happen at the same time and in the same place.

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament started using "electronic line-calling." This means computers and cameras (called Hawk-Eye Live) decide if a ball is in or out, instead of human line judges. This helps make sure calls are super accurate!

How Players Qualify

To play in the ATP Finals, players and teams need to meet certain rules:

  • The top seven players and teams in the "ATP Race" (a ranking system for the season) automatically get a spot.
  • The eighth spot is special. It goes to a player or team who won one of the big Grand Slam tournaments that year, as long as they are ranked between 8th and 20th.
  • If more than one player or team outside the top seven won a Grand Slam, the one with the highest ranking gets the eighth spot.
  • If no player outside the top seven won a Grand Slam, then the player ranked eighth automatically gets the spot.

Two extra players or teams, called "alternates," also come to the tournament. They are ready to play if someone gets injured or has to leave the competition early. If an alternate plays and does well enough in the group stage, they can even go on to the semifinals!

How the Tournament is Played

The ATP Finals isn't a simple knock-out tournament where one loss means you're out. Instead, it starts with a "round-robin" stage:

  • The eight players and teams are split into two groups of four.
  • Each player or team plays everyone else in their group once. That's three matches per player/team.
  • After the group matches, the top two players or teams from each group move on.
  • These four then play in semifinals (knock-out matches).
  • The two winners of the semifinals play in the final to decide the champion.

It's possible to lose one match in the group stage and still win the whole tournament. But no singles player has ever won the title after losing more than one group match!

To make the groups fair, players are "seeded" based on their ranking. The top two players are put into different groups. Then, the other players are drawn to fill the remaining spots in each group.

How Group Standings are Decided

Since 2019, here's how they figure out who moves on from the groups:

  • The player with the most matches won.
  • If players are tied on wins, the one who played more matches (e.g., a 1-2 record beats 1-1).

If players are still tied, they use these rules:

  • If two players are tied: The player who won their head-to-head match against the other tied player moves on.
  • If three players are tied: They look at the percentage of sets won, then the percentage of games won. If it's still tied, they use the player's ranking at the start of the tournament.

Where the ATP Finals Have Been Held

The ATP Finals is mostly an indoor event. Only three times has it been played outdoors: in 1974, 2003, and 2004.

Years City Surface Stadium Capacity
1970 Japan Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium 6,500
1971 France Paris, France Hard (i) Stade Pierre de Coubertin 5,000
1972 Spain Barcelona, Spain Palau Blaugrana 5,700
1973 United States Boston, United States Boston Garden 14,900
1974 Australia Melbourne, Australia Grass Kooyong Stadium 8,500
1975 Sweden Stockholm, Sweden Carpet (i) Kungliga tennishallen 6,000
1976 United States Houston, United States The Summit 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 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 Carpet (i)
Hard (i)
Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena 15,000
2009–2020 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom Hard (i) The O2 Arena 20,000
2021–2025 Italy Turin, Italy Palasport Olimpico 16,600
2026–2030 Italy Italy, location TBC Hard (i) TBC TBC

Prize Money and Trophies

The 2024 ATP Finals has a total prize money of $15,250,000. This is a huge amount! The money and points players earn depend on how many matches they win. For doubles, the prize money is for the whole team.

Here's how the prize money and points work:

Stage Singles Doubles Points
Final win $2,237,200 $356,800 500
Semi-final win $1,123,400 $178,500 400
Round-robin match win $396,500 $96,600 200
Participation fee 3 matches = $331,000
2 matches = $248,250
1 match = $165,500
3 matches = $134,200
2 matches = $100,650
1 match = $67,100
N/A
Alternates $155,000 $51,700 N/A
Undefeated Champion $4,881,100 $959,300

If a player wins every single match, they become an "undefeated champion." This means they get the maximum 1,500 points and the biggest prize money! Besides the money, winners also get the ATP Finals trophy and the special "ATP year-end No. 1" trophy if they finish the year as the top-ranked player.

Past Champions

Here are the winners of the ATP Finals over the years. Players in bold are still playing tennis today.

Singles Champions

Location Year Champions Runners-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 Wojciech 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
2024 Italy Jannik Sinner (1/1) United States Taylor Fritz 6–4, 6–4

Doubles Champions

Location Year Champions 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 Wojciech Fibak
Netherlands Tom Okker
6–4, 6–2, 6–4
1979 United States Peter Fleming (2/7)
United States John McEnroe (2/7)
Poland Wojciech 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
2024 Germany Kevin Krawietz (1/1)
Germany Tim Pütz (1/1)
El Salvador Marcelo Arévalo
Croatia Mate Pavić
7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)

Top Players and Records

This section shows which players have won the most titles and played in the most tournaments.

Singles Records

# 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
59 Switzerland Roger Federer
50 Serbia Novak Djokovic
39 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
36 Germany Boris Becker
35 United States Pete Sampras
# Editions played
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 Records

# 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 and Oldest Champions

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

Special Wins

Winning Both Singles and Doubles

Some players have won both the singles and doubles titles in the same year. This is called a "Double Crown."

Player Year
United States John McEnroe 1978, 1983, 1984
United States Stan Smith 1970

Winning Different Year-End Championships

Some players have won the ATP Finals and other important year-end tournaments that existed in the past.

Player ATP Finals WCT Finals Grand Slam Cup
Germany Boris Becker 1988 1988 1996

Winning the Next Gen Finals and ATP Finals

The Next Gen Finals is a tournament for younger, rising tennis stars. Some players have won both the Next Gen Finals and later the main ATP Finals!

Player Next Gen Finals ATP Finals
Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas 2018 2019
Italy Jannik Sinner 2019 2024

Titles by Country

This shows how many ATP Finals titles players from different countries have won.

Singles Titles by Country

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,  Italy

Doubles Titles by Country

Note: If a team of players from the same country wins, it counts as one title for that country.

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),  Germany (2 players),  Romania,   Switzerland

See Also

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  • WCT Finals (1971–89)
  • Grand Slam Cup (1990–99)
  • ATP Finals appearances
  • ATP Tour Masters 1000
  • WTA Finals
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