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Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF Draw Is Out!

The draw for the 2025 Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF is out.

Top seed and last year’s finalist Learner Tien leads Blue Group, which features both Spanish players in the eight-man field – Martin Landaluce and Rafael Jodar plus Norway’s Nicolai Budkov Kjaer.

Belgian Alexander Blockx heads Red Group, which also features Croatian Dino Prizmic, returning American Nishesh Basavareddy and 18-year-old German Justin Engel, the youngest player in the field.

Group stage play will be held Wednesday through Friday, with the semi-finals Saturday and final Sunday.

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Blue Group

Tien, 20, enjoyed a breakthrough first season on the ATP Tour with 32 tour-level wins. A finalist in Jeddah last December, the American showcased his level to the world in 2025. He won his first ATP Tour title in Metz and reached the final at the ATP 500 event in Beijing. Tien also advanced to the fourth round at the Australian Open and enjoyed a run to the last 16 at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Shanghai.

The lefty recorded five Top 10 wins in 2025 and is at a career-high No. 28 in the PIF ATP Rankings, having started the season outside the Top 120.

Landaluce will hope to follow in the footsteps of former champion Carlos Alcaraz when he makes his debut. The Spaniard advanced to the second round at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati and lifted the trophy at the ATP Challenger Tour event in Orleans, France.

Budkov Kjaer won his maiden ATP Challenger Tour title in Glasgow in February and returned to the winner’s circle in July with back-to-back triumphs in Tampere and Astana, becoming the youngest Norwegian to claim multiple Challenger trophies. He then captured his fourth title of the season at that level at the Open de Vendee in France.

Jodar, who currently plays for the University of Virginia, will make his debut at the Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF after a late-season surge. The Spaniard won three ATP Challenger Tour titles in the final three months of the season and will now join countryman Martin Landaluce at the 20-and-under event. Last year, the 19-year-old was a sparring partner in Jeddah.

Red Group

Blockx will compete in Jeddah for the first time following another year of progress on the ATP Tour and ATP Challenger Tour. The Belgian won Challenger crowns in Oeiras in January and in Bratislava in November. The 20-year-old also qualified for the ATP Masters 1000 event in Miami and earned his first tour-level victory in Cincinnati, where he defeated Marcos Giron.

Prizmic won two ATP Challenger Tour titles in 2025, in Zagreb and Bratislava, respectively, enjoying a 14-match winning streak. The Croatian enjoyed a breakthrough run on home soil at the ATP 250 in Umag, where he advanced to his maiden tour-level quarter-final.

Basavareddy, the 20-year-old Californian, will compete at the Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF for the second consecutive year. He reached the semi-finals in Auckland at the start of the season and earned tour-level match wins in Cincinnati, Winston-Salem and Hangzhou. He is here with Gilles Cervara, former coach of Daniil Medvedev.

Engel impressed on home soil in 2025. He beat countryman Jan-Lennard Struff at the ATP 500 in Hamburg and advanced to the quarter-finals in Stuttgart. The German became the second-youngest player since 1990 to win a tour-level match (excluding Davis Cup) on all three surfaces: hard, clay and grass. Only Rafael Nadal accomplished the feat at a younger age, doing so at 17 years, two months.

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Basavareddy welcomes Cervara to team as players ready for Jeddah start

Three days and counting.

With the Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF set to begin Wednesday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, American Nishesh Basavareddy was among the 20-and-under emerging stars who got a taste for conditions at the King Abdullah Sports City Sunday.

The Newport Beach, California, native is back for the eight-player tournament for the second year, but with coach Gilles Cervara in his box for the first time. The 20-year-old asked the Frenchman, the former longtime coach of Daniil Medvedev, to join his team at the beginning of December.

“Obviously he had a long and successful partnership with Daniil, who was a good player before they started working together, but they did a lot of great things together,” Basavareddy told ATPTour.com.

“I thought that experience at the highest level could help me where I’m at in my career. It’s not just the tennis; he’s interested in all aspects. He’s diligent and professional in areas such as nutrition and fitness and that will help me.”

Croatian Dino Prizmic, a two-time ATP Challenger Tour title winner this year, practised with Spanish 19-year-old Rafael Jodar, who qualified for Jeddah after winning three Challengers in the final three months of the season. Both players are making their tournament debuts.

Belgium’s Alexander Blockx, who stands 6’4”, hit a series of crushing forehands during his session with Norwegian Nicolai Budkov Kjaer, a four-time Challenger Tour champion this season.

German 18-year-old Justin Engel practised with countryman and former Top 100 player Michael Kohlmann.

The draw and Day 1 schedule will be made later on Sunday.

All eight players compete on the three days of group play Wednesday through Friday, with the semi-finals Saturday and the final Sunday.

Past winners of the tournament include Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Stefanos Tsitsipas.

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Alcaraz on top: A surface-by-surface look at 2025's best

To mark the end of another thrilling season, ATPTour.com is unveiling our annual ‘Best Of’ series, which will reflect on the most intriguing rivalries, matches, comebacks, upsets and more. Today we review the best players on each of the surfaces in 2025.

Carlos Alcaraz wrapped up 2025 as the season’s defining force across surfaces, powering his return to ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF honours for the first time since 2022.

The 22-year-old Spaniard led the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index on two of the three surfaces, reaffirming his all-court mastery in a season that showcased both dominance and drama. Alcaraz tallied a stunning 22-1 record on clay — including an unforgettable championship-match win over rival Jannik Sinner at Roland Garros — and owns the best winning percentage on the surface in 2025.

Clay Court Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index (2025)

Behind Alcaraz, Sinner’s own consistency helped him reach finals in Rome and Roland Garros, despite falling short of a clay trophy. Lorenzo Musetti posted his most complete season yet on the surface, while Alexander Bublik’s surge translated to high-altitude titles in Gstaad and Kitzbuehel after a quarter-final breakthrough at the clay-court major in Paris.

Jack Draper, who had just nine tour-level wins on clay prior to 2025, made considerable strides on the surface. Though he didn’t claim a title, the Briton reached the final at the ATP Masters 1000 in Madrid and the quarter-finals in Rome.

Alcaraz carried his momentum from Roland Garros onto the grass courts in style. He extended his career-best winning streak to 24 matches with a second Queen’s Club title before charging into his third straight Wimbledon final. Despite defeat to Sinner, Alcaraz still finished with a higher grass-court winning percentage than the Italian.

Grass Court Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index (2025)

Taylor Fritz delivered a Tour-leading 13 wins on grass thanks to titles in Stuttgart and Eastbourne before reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals. Bublik added a second Halle crown after ousting Sinner in the second round of the ATP 500 event, while Novak Djokovic reached a record 14th semi-final at Wimbledon.

After a near-flawless hard-court campaign in 2024, Sinner elevated again in 2025. Five of his six titles came on the surface, highlighted by a successful Australian Open title defence and another Tour-leading winning percentage.

One of the stories of the season came in Shanghai, where World No. 204 Valentin Vacherot stunned the field — including record four-time champion Djokovic — to become the lowest-ranked ATP Masters 1000 champion. He also reached the quarter-finals in Paris to finish with the second-highest hard-court winning percentage.

Hard Court Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index (2025)

Alcaraz remained a constant threat, adding four hard-court trophies of his own, including the US Open, with which he reclaimed the World No. 1 spot from Sinner. Draper won his first ATP Masters 1000 crown in Indian Wells and Djokovic added his 101st career title with a late-season triumph in Athens.

For the second straight year, Siner was untouchable indoors. He delivered a spotless 15-0 record with consecutive titles in Vienna, Paris, and at the Nitto ATP Finals, extending his overall indoor winning streak to 31 matches.

Ugo Humbert and Casper Ruud each collected an indoor trophy, while Felix Auger-Aliassime continued to thrive under a roof with two titles in Montpellier and Brussels. Alcaraz added his first indoor title in Rotterdam and reached the championship match in Turin.

Indoor Hard Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index (2025) 

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