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2020 ATP Finals

2020 ATP Finals
Date	15–22 November
Edition	51st (singles) / 46th (doubles)
Category	ATP Finals
Draw	8S / 8D
Surface	Hard / indoor
Location	London, United Kingdom
Venue	The O2 Arena
Champions
Singles
Daniil Medvedev
Doubles
Wesley Koolhof / Nikola Mektić
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The 2020 ATP Finals (also known as the 2020 Nitto ATP Finals for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played at the O₂ Arena in London, United Kingdom, from 15 to 22 November 2020. It was the season-ending event for the highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams on the 2020 ATP Tour. This was the final year that London hosted the event. On 14 August 2020, it was announced the tournament would be held without spectators in attendance following guidelines imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.^[1]

The tournament took place from 15 to 22 November at the O₂ Arena in London, United Kingdom. It was the 51st edition of the tournament (46th in doubles). The tournament was run by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and was part of the 2020 ATP Tour. The event took place on indoor hard courts. It served as the season-ending championships for players on the ATP Tour.

In singles (and in doubles with teams in place of individual players), the eight players who qualified for the event were split into two groups of four. During this stage, players competed in a round-robin format. The two players in each group with the best results, including head-to-head records, progressed to the semifinals, where the winners of a group faced the runners-up of the other group. This stage, however, was a knock-out stage.

Finals[edit]

Singles[edit]

Daniil Medvedev defeated Dominic Thiem, 4–6, 7–6^(7–2), 6–4.^[2]

Doubles[edit]

Wesley Koolhof / Nikola Mektić defeated Jürgen Melzer / Édouard Roger-Vasselin 6–2, 3–6, [10–5].^[3]

Day-by-day summaries[edit]

Singles group[edit] Group Tokyo 2020 Group London 2020 Novak Djokovic [1] Rafael Nadal [2] Daniil Medvedev [4] Dominic Thiem [3] Alexander Zverev [5] Stefanos Tsitsipas [6] Diego Schwartzman [8] Andrey Rublev [7]

Doubles group[edit] Group Bob Bryan Group Mike Bryan Mate Pavić / Bruno Soares [1] Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury [2] Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos [4] Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies [3] John Peers / Michael Venus [6] Wesley Koolhof / Nikola Mektić [5] Jürgen Melzer / Édouard Roger-Vas. [7] Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo [8]

Session	Event	Group / round	Winner	Loser	Score
Day 1 (15 November)
Afternoon	Doubles	Mike Bryan	Wesley Koolhof / Nikola Mektić [5]	Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies [3]	6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), [10–7]
	Singles	London 2020	Dominic Thiem [3]	Stefanos Tsitsipas [6]	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–3
Evening	Doubles	Mike Bryan	Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury [2]	Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo [8]	7–5, 3–6, [10–5]
	Singles	London 2020	Rafael Nadal [2]	Andrey Rublev [7]	6–3, 6–4
Day 2 (16 November)
Afternoon	Doubles	Bob Bryan	Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos [4]	John Peers / Michael Venus [6]	7–6(7–2), 7–5
	Singles	Tokyo 1970	Novak Djokovic [1]	Diego Schwartzman [8]	6–3, 6–2
Evening	Doubles	Bob Bryan	Mate Pavić / Bruno Soares [1]	Jürgen Melzer / Édouard Roger-Vas. [7]	6–7(6–8), 6–1, [10–4]
	Singles	Tokyo 1970	Daniil Medvedev [4]	Alexander Zverev [5]	6–3, 6–4
Day 3 (17 November)
Afternoon	Doubles	Mike Bryan	Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies [3]	Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo [8]	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
	Singles	London 2020	Dominic Thiem [3]	Rafael Nadal [2]	7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–4)
Evening	Doubles	Mike Bryan	Wesley Koolhof / Nikola Mektić [5]	Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury [2]	7–6(7–5), 6–0
	Singles	London 2020	Stefanos Tsitsipas [6]	Andrey Rublev [7]	6–1, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)
Day 4 (18 November)
Afternoon	Doubles	Bob Bryan	Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos [4]	Mate Pavić / Bruno Soares [1]	7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), [10–8]
	Singles	Tokyo 1970	Alexander Zverev [5]	Diego Schwartzman [8]	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Evening	Doubles	Bob Bryan	Jürgen Melzer / Édouard Roger-Vas. [7]	John Peers / Michael Venus [6]	2–6, 7–6(7–4), [12–10]
	Singles	Tokyo 1970	Daniil Medvedev [4]	Novak Djokovic [1]	6–3, 6–3
Day 5 (19 November)
Afternoon	Doubles	Mike Bryan	Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo [8]	Wesley Koolhof / Nikola Mektić [5]	6–4, 6–7(2–7), [10–8]
	Singles	London 2020	Andrey Rublev [7]	Dominic Thiem [3]	6–2, 7–5
Evening	Doubles	Mike Bryan	Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury [2]	Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies [3]	7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), [10–4]
	Singles	London 2020	Rafael Nadal [2]	Stefanos Tsitsipas [6]	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Day 6 (20 November)
Afternoon	Doubles	Bob Bryan	Mate Pavić / Bruno Soares [1]	John Peers / Michael Venus [6]	6–7(2–7), 6–3, [10–8]
	Singles	Tokyo 1970	Novak Djokovic [1]	Alexander Zverev [5]	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Evening	Doubles	Bob Bryan	Jürgen Melzer / Édouard Roger-Vas. [7]	Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos [4]	6–6(1–0) retired
	Singles	Tokyo 1970	Daniil Medvedev [4]	Diego Schwartzman [8]	6–3, 6–3
Day 7 (21 November)
Afternoon	Doubles	Semifinals	Wesley Koolhof / Nikola Mektić [5]	Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos [4]	6–3, 6–4
	Singles	Semifinals	Dominic Thiem [3]	Novak Djokovic [1]	7–5, 6–7(10–12), 7–6(7–5)
Evening	Doubles	Semifinals	Jürgen Melzer / Édouard Roger-Vas. [7]	Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury [2]	6–7(4–7), 6–3, [11–9]
	Singles	Semifinals	Daniil Medvedev [4]	Rafael Nadal [2]	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Day 8 (22 November)
Afternoon	Doubles	Final	Wesley Koolhof / Nikola Mektić [5]	Jürgen Melzer / Édouard Roger-Vas. [7]	6–2, 3–6, [10–5][3]
	Singles	Final	Daniil Medvedev [4]	Dominic Thiem [3]	4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4[2]

Format[edit]

The ATP Finals had a round-robin format, with eight players/teams divided into two groups of four. 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.^[4]

Points and prize money[edit]

The ATP Finals currently (2020) rewards the following points and prize money, per victory:^[5]

• 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 $2,114,000 in singles or $354,500 in doubles.

Qualification[edit]

Singles[edit]

Eight players compete at the tournament, with two named alternates. Players receive places in the following order of precedence:^[6]

1. First, the top 7 players in the ATP Race to London on the Monday after the final tournament of the ATP Tour, that is, after the 2020 Sofia Open.
2. Second, up to two 2020 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.^[6]

Provisional rankings are published weekly as the ATP Race to London, coinciding with the 52-week rolling ATP rankings on the date of selection. Points are accumulated in Grand Slam, ATP Tour and ATP Challenger Tour tournaments from the 52 weeks prior to the selection date, with points from the previous years Tour Finals excluded. Players accrue points across 18 tournaments, usually made up of:

• The 4 Grand Slam tournaments
• The 8 mandatory ATP Masters tournaments
• The best results from any 6 other tournaments that carry ranking points

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 2017 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.^[6] 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, 2020),
2. 12 years of service,
3. 31 years of age (as of January 1, 2020).

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.^[6]

The ATP Cup will count as an additional event in a player's rankings breakdown.^[7]

Doubles[edit]

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.^[6] 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.^[6] 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 18 highest points scoring results from any tournaments.

Qualified players[edit]

Singles[edit]

#	Players	Points	Date qualified
1	Novak Djokovic	11,630	14 August[8]
2	Rafael Nadal	9,450	14 August[8]
3	Dominic Thiem	8,325	14 August[8]
4	Daniil Medvedev	6,970	14 September[9]
inj.	Roger Federer	6,230	withdrew[10]
5	Alexander Zverev	5,125	12 October[11]
6	Stefanos Tsitsipas	4,625	12 October[11]
7	Andrey Rublev	3,919	1 November[12]
8	Diego Schwartzman	3,455	6 November[13]

Djokovic

Zverev

Doubles[edit]

#	Players	Points	Date qualified
1	Mate Pavić Bruno Soares	3,385	14 September[9]
2	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury	3,350	14 August[8]
3	Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies	2,910	19 October[14]
4	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	2,440	19 October[14]
5	Wesley Koolhof Nikola Mektić	2,325	5 November[15]
6	John Peers Michael Venus	2,240	5 November[16]
7	Jürgen Melzer Édouard Roger-Vasselin	2,180	13 November[17]
8	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	2,140	6 November[18]

Pavić

Krawietz

Koolhof

Melzer

Points breakdown[edit]

Singles[edit]

On 16 March 2020, the ATP rankings were frozen due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[19] As a result of this pandemic, the ATP changed its ranking system for 2020 as the promotion for the 2020 ATP Race is no longer valid. The ATP rankings of 9 November 2020 will be used for the ATP Finals singles qualification.^[20]

• Players in gold (*) have qualified for the ATP Finals.
• Players in brown (^x) have withdrawn from the ATP Finals.

Seed	Player	Grand Slam				ATP Tour Masters 1000								Best Other						ATP Cup	Total points
		AUS	FRA	WIM	USO	IW	MI	MA	IT	CA	CI	SH	PA	1	2	3	4	5	6
1*	Novak Djokovic	W 2000	F 1200	W 2000	R16 180	R32 45	R16 90	W 1000	W 1000	A 0	W 1000	QF 180	W 1000	W 500	W 500	QF 180	QF 90			W 665	11,630
2*	Rafael Nadal	QF 360	W 2000	SF 720	W 2000	SF 360	A 0	SF 360	W 1000	W 1000	A 0	A 0	SF 360	W 500	SF 360	SF 180				F 250	9,450
3*	Dominic Thiem	F 1200	F 1200	R128 10	W 2000	W 1000	R64 10	SF 360	R32 10	QF 180	R16 90	QF 180	R16 90	W 500	W 500	W 500	W 250	QF 90	QF 90	RR 65	8,325
4*	Daniil Medvedev	R16 180	R128 10	R32 90	F 1200	R32 45	R16 90	R64 10	R64 10	F 600	W 1000	W 1000	W 1000	SF 360	F 300	F 300	W 250	SF 180	QF 90	SF 255	6,970
-x	Roger Federer	SF 720	SF 720	F 1200	QF 360	F 600	W 1000	QF 180	QF 180	A 0	R16 90	QF 180	A 0	W 500	W 500					A 0	6,230
5*	Alexander Zverev	SF 720	QF 360	R128 10	F 1200	R32 45	R64 10	QF 180	R32 10	QF 180	R32 10	F 600	F 600	W 250	W 250	W 250	SF 180	SF 180	QF 90	RR 0	5,125
6*	Stefanos Tsitsipas	R32 90	SF 720	R128 10	SF 180	R64 10	R16 90	F 600	SF 360	R32 10	SF 360	SF 360	QF 180	F 300	F 300	F 300	W 250	W 250	SF 180	RR 75	4,625
7*	Andrey Rublev	R16 180	QF 360	R64 45	QF 360	R32 53	R32 61	QF 90	R32 45	QF 90	QF 205	R16 90	R16 90	W 500	W 500	W 500	W 250	W 250	W 250	A 0	3,919
8*	Diego Schwartzman	R16 180	SF 720	R32 90	QF 360	R32 45	R64 10	R32 45	F 600	R32 45	R16 90	R64 10	QF 180	F 300	W 250	F 150	F 150	QF 90	SF 90	QF 50	3,455
Alternates
9	Matteo Berrettini	R64 45	R32 90	R16 180	SF 720	R128 10	R128 10	QF 45	QF 180	A 0	R16 90	SF 360	R32 10	W 250	W 250	SF 180	SF 180	F 150	W 125	A 0	2,875
-x	Gaël Monfils	R16 180	R16 180	R128 10	QF 360	QF 180	R16 20	R16 90	R64 10	SF 360	R64 10	R32 45	QF 180	W 500	W 250	SF 180	SF 180	QF 45	QF 45	RR 35	2,860
10	Denis Shapovalov	R128 10	R64 45	R128 10	QF 360	R16 90	SF 360	R64 10	SF 360	R32 45	R32 45	R32 45	F 600	W 250	SF 180	SF 90	SF 90	R16 45	QF 45	QF 150	2,830

Note: Ranking points in italics indicate that a player did not qualify for (or used an exemption to skip) a Grand Slam or Masters 1000 event and substituted his next best result in its place.

Below is the unofficial ATP Race ranking for only 2020 events.

Rank	Player	Grand Slam				ATP Tour Masters 1000								Best Other						ATP Cup	Total points	Tourn
		AUS	WI[a]	USO	FO[b]	IW[c]	MI[c]	MA[d]	CA[c]	CI[e]	IT[f]	SH[c]	PA	1	2	3	4	5	6
1*	Novak Djokovic	W 2000	–	R16 0	F 1200	–	–	–	–	W 1000	W 1000	–	A 0	W 500	QF 90					W 665	6,455	8
2*	Dominic Thiem	F 1200	–	W 2000	QF 360	–	–	–	–	R32 10	A 0	–	A 0	QF 90	QF 90					RR 65	3,815	7
3*	Rafael Nadal	QF 360	–	A 0	W 2000	–	–	–	–	A 0	QF 180	–	SF 360	W 500						F 250	3,650	6
4*	Alexander Zverev	SF 720	–	F 1200	R16 180	–	–	–	–	R32 10	A 0	–	F 600	W 250	W 250	R16 45				RR 0	3,255	9
5*	Andrey Rublev	R16 180	–	QF 360	QF 360	–	–	–	–	R64 10	R32 45	–	R16 90	W 500	W 500	W 500	W 250	W 250	QF 90	A 0	3,135	13
6*	Daniil Medvedev	R16 180	–	SF 720	R128 10	–	–	–	–	QF 180	A 0	–	W 1000	QF 90	R16 45	QF 45	R32 0	R32 0		SF 255	2,525	11
7*	Stefanos Tsitsipas	R32 90	–	R32 90	SF 720	–	–	–	–	SF 360	R32 10	–	R32 10	F 300	F 300	W 250	R16 45	R16 45		RR 75	2,295	12
8*	Diego Schwartzman	R16 180	–	R128 10	SF 720	–	–	–	–	R32 45	F 600	–	QF 180	F 150	F 150	SF 90	QF 45			QF 50	2,220	11
9	Milos Raonic	QF 360	–	R64 45	A 0	–	–	–	–	F 600	R32 45	–	SF 360	SF 180	SF 90	QF 45	R16 0	R16 0		A 0	1,725	10
10	Pablo Carreño Busta	R32 90	–	SF 720	QF 360	–	–	–	–	R32 45	R32 10	–	QF 180	SF 180	R16 45	QF 45	R32 0	R16 0	R32 0	A 0	1,675	12

Doubles[edit]

• Teams in gold have qualified for the ATP Finals.^[29]

Rank	Player	Points																		Total points	Tourn
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
1	Mate Pavić Bruno Soares	F 1200	W 1000	F 600	R16 180	QF 180	QF 90	QF 90	QF 45	R32 0	R16 0	R16 0								3,385	11
2	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury	W 2000	QF 360	SF 360	SF 360	QF 90	QF 90	SF 90	R32 0	R16 0										3,350	9
3	Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies	W 2000	QF 180	SF 180	F 150	R16 90	QF 90	QF 90	SF 90	RR 40	R64 0	R32 0	R16 0	R16 0						2,910	13
4	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	W 1000	W 500	W 250	R16 180	R16 180	QF 180	F 150	R32 0	R16 0										2,440	9
5	Wesley Koolhof Nikola Mektić	SF 720	F 600	QF 180	QF 180	SF 180	F 150	R32 90	R16 90	QF 90	QF 45	R16 0	R16 0							2,325	12
6	John Peers Michael Venus	W 500	W 500	SF 360	W 250	R16 180	QF 180	R32 90	R16 90	SF 90	R32 0	R16 0	R16 0	R16 0						2,240	13
7	Jürgen Melzer Édouard Roger-Vasselin	W 500	SF 360	SF 360	R16 180	SF 180	F 150	R32 90	R16 90	QF 90	QF 45	QF 45	QF 45	QF 45	R32 0	R16 0				2,180	15
8	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	W 500	W 500	SF 360	SF 180	F 150	R32 90	R32 90	R16 90	QF 90	QF 45	QF 45	R32 0	R32 0						2,140	13
Alternates
9	Jamie Murray Neal Skupski	F 600	QF 360	F 300	W 250	QF 180	R32 90	R16 90	QF 90	SF 90	SF 90	R32 0	R16 0	R16 0	R16 0	R16 0	R16 0			2,140	16
10	Max Purcell Luke Saville	F 1200	QF 180	F 150	SF 90	QF 45	R64 0	R32 0	R32 0	R32 0	R16 0	R16 0	R16 0							1,665	12

Note: The US Open doubles points breakdown was the same as an ATP Masters 1000 because of a reduced 32-draw size.^[20]

Head-to-head[edit]

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

Singles[edit]

Overall

		Djokovic	Nadal	Thiem	Medvedev	Zverev	Tsitsipas	Rublev	Schwartzman	Overall	YTD W–L
1	Novak Djokovic		29–27	7–4	4–2	3–2	4–2	0–0	5–0	52–37	39–3
2	Rafael Nadal	27–29		9–5	3–0	5–2	5–1	1–0	10–1	60–38	25–5
3	Dominic Thiem	4–7	5–9		3–1	8–2	4–3	2–2	6–3	32–27	22–7
4	Daniil Medvedev	2–4	0–3	1–3		2–5	5–1	3–0	4–0	17–16	23–10
5	Alexander Zverev	2–3	2–5	2–8	5–2		1–5	4–0	2–2	18–25	27–9
6	Stefanos Tsitsipas	2–4	1–5	3–4	1–5	5–1		2–2	1–1	15–22	28–12
7	Andrey Rublev	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–3	0–4	2–2		0–1	4–13	40–8
8	Diego Schwartzman	0–5	1–10	3–6	0–4	2–2	1–1	1–0		8–28	25–12

Indoor hardcourt

		Djokovic	Nadal	Thiem	Medvedev	Zverev	Tsitsipas	Rublev	Schwartzman	Overall	YTD W–L
1	Novak Djokovic		4–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	8–4	2–1
2	Rafael Nadal	2–4		0–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	5–6	3–1
3	Dominic Thiem	1–1	0–0		1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	6–3	2–1
4	Daniil Medvedev	0–1	0–1	0–1		1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	5–6	9–4
5	Alexander Zverev	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–1		0–1	0–0	2–0	7–5	12–1
6	Stefanos Tsitsipas	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0		1–0	0–1	4–4	6–3
7	Andrey Rublev	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1		0–0	1–3	13–2
8	Diego Schwartzman	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	0–0		1–6	5–2

Doubles[edit]

		Pavić   Soares	Ram  Salisbury	Krawietz  Mies	Granollers Zeballos	Koolhof  Mektić	Peers   Venus	Melzer   Roger-V.	Kubot   Melo	Overall	YTD W–L
1	Mate Pavić Bruno Soares		1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	7–5	20–10
2	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury	1–1		0–1	3–2	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–2	6–9	18–7
3	Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies	2–1	1–0		0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	6–5	19–13
4	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	1–1	2–3	1–0		0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	5–4	22–6
5	Wesley Koolhof Nikola Mektić	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–0		0–0	0–0	0–0	3–3	20–12
6	John Peers Michael Venus	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0		1–0	1–0	3–2	22–10
7	Jürgen Melzer Édouard Roger-V.	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1		0–1	1–4	23–13
8	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0		5–4	20–11

See also[edit]

• ATP rankings
• 2020 WTA Finals
• 2020 Next Generation ATP Finals

References[edit]