ATP Finals 2025: Who is playing, prize money & format explained
BBC Sport’s Ask Me Anything team explains how the ATP Tour Finals work, who is playing, the prize money and the past winners
BBC Sport’s Ask Me Anything team explains how the ATP Tour Finals work, who is playing, the prize money and the past winners
Defending champion Jannik Sinner and top seed Carlos Alcaraz learned their Nitto ATP Finals draw fate Thursday afternoon in Turin.
Sinner headlines Bjorn Borg Group, which will also feature Alexander Zverev, Ben Shelton and Felix Auger-Aliassime or Lorenzo Musetti (8). If Musetti wins the Athens title this week, he will qualify and be the eighth seed. Otherwise, Auger-Aliassime will be the eighth seed.
Sinner made the final for the first time in 2023 and last year produced a flawless performance at Inalpi Arena, claiming the trophy as undefeated champion.
Alcaraz tops the Jimmy Connors group alongside Novak Djokovic, Taylor Fritz and Alex de Minaur.
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Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Taylor Fritz and Alex de Minaur are in the Jimmy Connors group.
Alcaraz is trying to win the Nitto ATP Finals for the first time. The Spaniard qualified for the year-end championships for the first time in 2022 and has competed in each of the past two seasons, making the semi-finals in 2023.
Three of the eight singles competitors have lifted the trophy before. Djokovic is a record seven-time champion, Zverev claimed glory in 2018, and 2021, and Sinner emerged victorious last year.
SINGLES
Jimmy Connors Group: Carlos Alcaraz (1), Novak Djokovic (4), Taylor Fritz (6), Alex de Minaur (7)
Bjorn Borg Group: Jannik Sinner (2), Alexander Zverev (3), Ben Shelton (5), Felix Auger-Aliassime or Lorenzo Musetti (8)
The doubles draw was also revealed Thursday. Top seeds Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool headline Peter Fleming Group with Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos, Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz and Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori (7)
Second seeds Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten top the John McEnroe Group with Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic, Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski and Christian Harrison and Evan King.
Krawietz and Puetz are the defending champions at the event. Cash/Glasspool, Salisbury/Skupski and Harrison/King are making their team debuts.
DOUBLES
Peter Fleming Group: Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool (1), Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos (3), Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz (6), Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori (7)
John McEnroe Group: Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten (2), Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic (4), Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski(5), Christian Harrison and Evan King (8)
The action takes place at Inalpi Arena from 9-16 November.
[NEWSLETTER FORM]The ATP and Spotify are teaming up on a global content collaboration focused on fan engagement and on-platform programming. The initiative aims to inspire and engage the next generation of fans through compelling content, and behind-the-scenes access.
As part of this collaboration, the ATP will team up with Spotify to distribute original tennis programming that brings fans closer to the sport. The collaboration kicks off ahead of the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin, the ATP Tour’s season-ending championship, with episodic content on Spotify and continues through the 2026 season. One of the first projects will be a behind-the-scenes documentary on the 2025 Nitto ATP Finals, set to debut in December.
The initiative will feature a range of on-platform content celebrating the intersection of tennis and culture within the ATP ecosystem – spotlighting athletes, tournaments, and moments that showcase the energy and personality of the game.
With sports video content consumption up more than 250% on Spotify and overall video consumption rising 80% since early 2025, fans are increasingly turning to the platform for new ways to experience sports. Tennis, with its global audience, iconic athletes, and world-class events, offers a powerful space for storytelling, entertainment, and fan engagement.
“Spotify is a best-in-class platform with a passionate, global audience, and we’re thrilled to bring ATP storytelling to life through this collaboration,” said Andrew Walker, Senior Vice President of Brand and Marketing, ATP Tour. “This partnership enables us to create new content experiences that resonate with fans, showcase our athletes in fresh ways, and invite new audiences into the sport.”
“Fans today want to connect with the moments and personalities that define sport,” said Roman Wasenmüller, VP, Head of Podcasts at Spotify. “Teaming up with the ATP is about giving fans deeper access to the stories and energy that make tennis one of the world’s most compelling sports.”
This collaboration builds on ongoing innovation in ATP’s digital and content strategy, including recent global collaborations with TikTok, Overtime, and the launch of the ‘It All Adds Up’ brand campaign, developed with global creative agency Wieden+Kennedy, along with the launch of the ATP’s new logo and brand identity.
[NEWSLETTER FORM]Carlos Alcaraz held his first practice session inside Inalpi Arena on Wednesday, beginning his on-site preparation for the Nitto ATP Finals. Alcaraz hit with fellow Turin competitor Taylor Fritz in an evening training session.
The Spaniard is aiming for his maiden Nitto ATP Finals trophy and seeking to finish the season as ATP Year-End No.1 presented by PIF. Boasting a season-leading 67 match wins, Alcaraz has added eight titles to his trophy cabinet this year.
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Alexander Zverev and Ben Shelton have also arrived in Turin, each holding a practice inside Inalpi Arena on Wednesday. Defending champion Jannik Sinner and Alex de Minaur were among those to hit at Stampa Sporting, the nearby practice venue.
Shelton is making his debut at the prestigious year-end event. The 23-year-old American won his biggest career title in August at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Canada and climbed to a career-high No. 6. He also reached his second major semi-final at the Australian Open.
Zverev is a two-time champion at the Nitto ATP Finals, having lifted the trophy in 2018 and 2021. The German reached his third major final in Melbourne and earned his 24th tour-level title in Munich in April.
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All photo credits: Andrew Eichenholz/ATP Tour
Lorenzo Musetti’s hopes of qualifying for the Nitto ATP Finals hung by a thread on Wednesday, but the Italian rose to the occasion to continue his quest for a Turin debut.
The 23-year-old overcame former No. 3 Stan Wawrinka 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 to advance to the quarter-finals at the Vanda Pharmaceuticals Hellenic Championship. The second seed must win the ATP 250 title to qualify for the season finale.
“I think everybody knows what’s next in my mind, it’s not easy to play with that in my mind,” said a relieved Musetti in his on-court interview. “But of course, if I want to qualify for [Turin], I have to lift the trophy here.”
In a clash between two of the most picturesque one-handed backhands, Musetti was two points from defeat at 4/5 in the second-set tie-break. However, the Swiss then committed two unforced errors, giving Musetti a set point, which he clinched with a booming forehand winner. Musetti played with newfound ease in the decider, swinging freely and moving forward while testing the 40-year-old’s physical limits throughout the two-hour, 25-minute battle.
“He was not struggling physically at his age, so hopefully when I’m 40, I will do the same,” Musetti said with a laugh. “A really, really big effort from Stan, but of course I’m really happy with the win.
“I want to say thanks for sharing a court with a legend, an inspiration since I was a kid, so a big applause to Stan who showed some impressive tennis today. I had to raise the level to win this match, especially in the third set. “
Up next for Musetti is fifth-seeded Frenchman Alexandre Muller. Musetti will seek revenge on Muller, who beat the Italian in 2023 in Marrakech. Muller has saved a match point in his first two matches, with his latest win being a 6-7(2), 7-6(4), 7-6(3) victory against Tomas Martin Etcheverry. The Argentine held a match point on return at 6-5 in the second set.
Earlier, Miomir Kecmanovic downed third seed Luciano Darderi 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. Into his fourth quarter-final of the year, Kecmanovic leads the Italian 3-1 in the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head series, with all four meetings coming in 2025. Kecmanovic is seeking his second title of the season after winning in Delray Beach. He will next meet American Sebastian Korda.
[NEWSLETTER FORM]Ukrainian lucky loser Vitaliy Sachko earned the biggest win of his career on Wednesday at the Moselle Open, where he upset World No. 13 Alexander Bublik 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 to reach his first ATP Tour quarter-final.
The 28-year-old did not face a break point in the third set, according to Infosys ATP Stats, and pounced on his chance in the 12th game of the decider to triumph after two hours and nine minutes in Metz. With his win, he ended Bublik’s hopes of ending the year inside the Top 10.
Sachko is up 36 spots to No. 186 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings after becoming the first Ukrainian to reach a tour-level quarter-final since Sergiy Stakhovsky in Marseille in 2019.
In other action, Learner Tien defeated Tunisian lucky loser Moez Echargui 7-6(3), 6-3 to reach his sixth tour-level quarter-final of the season.
The #NextGenATP American has enjoyed a standout year on Tour. The 19-year-old reached his maiden ATP Tour final in Beijing last month and enjoyed fourth round runs at ATP Masters 1000 events in Toronto and Shanghai. Tien, currently No. 37 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings, will next play Matteo Berrettini, who defeated Aleksandar Vukic 7-6(5), 6-3. Berrettini is into his fifth quarter-final of the season, all on hard courts.
Alexander Blockx was unable to follow his fellow #NextGenATP star into the last eight in Metz. French qualifier Clement Tabur clinched a 6-7(4), 7-6(6), 7-6(6) win, saving one match point in the second set. Blockx took advantage of a Next Gen Accelerator spot into the ATP 250 as part of new opportunities for players aged 20 and under. Tabur will meet Sachko in the last eight.
Daniel Altmaier also advanced when Hugo Gaston was forced to retire at the end of the second set. Gaston claimed the opening set 6-4 before Altmaier responded 6-0. The German meets Lorenzo Sonego in the last eight.
French lucky loser Kyrian Jacquet advanced to his maiden ATP Tour quarter-final, beating Dan Added 6-0, 6-2. He will next play Cameron Norrie.
Watch Extended Highlights from Wednesday in Metz:
Novak Djokovic is one of the most accomplished players in not just tennis history, but all of sports history. The record holder for weeks at No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings (428) has rewritten the record books countless times and picked up plenty of lessons about life and tennis along the way.
Ahead of the Vanda Pharmaceuticals Hellenic Championship, ATPTour.com caught up with Djokovic to learn more about his mindset, the best match he ever played, what it feels like to be at the top of the sport and plenty more.
What is a quote you live by?
One of my favorites is, ‘There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs’.
What is the best gift you’ve ever received?
It would be a painting of me and my family members, hand painted.
What is one piece of advice you would give to all the kids about chasing their dreams?
First of all, it’s important to believe in your dreams, to not let anybody take away your dreams and your hopes. I think children are so good at imagination and [creativity] and just visualising themselves — whether it’s sports or any other area of life — to be accomplished or to be someone or to do something.
So we just have to allow them to fly with their wings and not really cut them. Just allow them to be who they are, because imagination is incredible with children
What is the greatest lesson you have learned from being a father?
The greatest lesson of being a father is being present and not multi-tasking while you are with children, because they demand your full attention on whatever you are doing, whether you are playing with them or doing something else. You always have to be in that moment.
I think that’s what kids teach us the most, really : to be forgiving, to move on and to be present.
What is your favourite meal?
I think it varies. I have a sweet tooth, so I would just pick an acai bowl.
What is the best match you have ever played?
The best match I was ever part of would be the final of the Australian Open in 2012 against Nadal. That is the longest Grand Slam final ever.
And against Roger in 2019, the final of Wimbledon. Those were the best matches I was ever part of. But the best match I ever played would be probably the final of the Australian Open against Nadal in 2019. I beat him in the final in straight sets and the level of tennis was really high.
You’ve spent more weeks at No. 1 than anyone else. How does it feel when you are at the top?
It feels great, but it also feels a bit lonely and you feel like you are a hunted one, so it changes the perception and the approach. Obviously it’s the ultimate achievement. Being No. 1 in any sport, in any profession, is the ultimate achievement. It’s something that I dreamed of when I was a kid: winning Wimbledon and being No. 1 in the world.
So when you achieve that, you understand then that there is a different dimension and approach of staying there. You all of a sudden have to defend the position rather than chasing it. It’s a great feeling obviously. But at the same time, you want to stay there, so you feel a little bit at times defensive, because you want to hold on to it.
It’s really about the mentality of how you approach [it]. I think it’s important to just always feel like you have to create, keep going and keep winning and you are part of that same group of the people that are chasing something: a title or a position. Because once you are thinking about, ‘Oh, I’m the No. 1, everybody wants to take this position away from me’, you create this unnecessary stress and pressure on yourself.
What has been the biggest key to your success?
Just dedication. Passion and dedication. Passion, love for the sport that causes you to be so devoted and dedicated to what you’re doing.
Who is the most underrated player you have ever faced?
[Stan] Wawrinka, I think he’s very underappreciated and underrated considering he is a three-time Grand Slam champion. I think people very often forget about him and what he has achieved. He has achieved more than 90-plus per cent of the players ever in the history of the game, so I’d probably pick him.
If you could coach younger Novak, what tip would you tell your younger self about your game?
I would tell him to play the long game, be patient and trust the process. And try to have fun and enjoy that process as well.
Balance the professional and private life. Yes: Be dedicated, be devoted, work hard, that’s a must. But don’t lose yourself in the process. Don’t waste the young years, meaning you should live your life as well because you can’t turn back the time.
If you could take any stroke from any player, which would it be?
It would be a serve from one of the serve bots, whether it’s Karlovic or Isner, Opelka. I’m fine with anybody who is 6’10” or more.
If you could play any match in history that wasn’t your own, which would you pick?
It would probably be one of the the epic Borg-McEnroe matches that I would love to witness in the stands. Or, I would love to have had an opportunity to play with a wooden racquet and compete, see the difference. I probably would struggle a lot to hit heavy topspin with that.
But I love the history of our game, so it’s amazing to see how the game has evolved in terms of technology and everything in the past 50 years. So I would have loved to have witnessed that era.
You had long rivalries with Federer and Nadal and are building new ones with Alcaraz and Sinner? How would you compare your rivalries with them?
Very different, because I spent most of my career with my two greatest rivals: Nadal and Federer. Of course Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are also my rivals at the moment, but they’re so young. I have 15 years of difference on the Tour to them, so our rivalries are a few years old, and I have 20 years of rivalry with the other guys. So it’s not really comparable.
But of course, it’s great that there is a new big rivalry in our sport between Sinner and Alcaraz. They’ve been playing some incredible matches in the past 18 months and hopefully they can keep going, because that’s what our sport needs.
What is one word you would use to describe Novak the tennis player?
I’ll use Nick Kyrgios’ description of me: meticulous.
If you could change one result in your career, which would it be?
None. None, because everything happens for a reason.
Hanging up the racquet is never easy for a tennis player. It is even more difficult when many sacrifices have been made along the way, as is the case for Argentina’s Pedro Cachin, who said farewell to tennis in an Instagram post Monday.
“It was an incredible journey with a lot of lessons along the way,” wrote Cachin, who reached a career-high No. 48 in the PIF ATP Rankings in 2023, the same year he was crowned champion at the ATP 250 in Gstaad.
One of Cachin’s biggest lessons was to never give up. His retirement could have come four years ago. Yet to break the Top 100, Cachin then held a 3-2 tour-level record with his best result as a pro being an ATP Challenger Tour title in Seville in 2015.
“The circuit slapped me around the face and told me, ‘No, no, to be a tennis player, you have to win more than just one title,” Cachin told ATPTour.com.
Rather than giving into the temptation of early retirement in 2021, Cachin applied for a loan that would extend his career.
“I applied for a loan of €60,000 when I was World No. 360. I risked it all because I still had faith in myself. I set myself a goal of playing in qualies in Australia the following year. And I did it. 2022 is when things clicked into place,” said Cachin.
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Pedro Cachin wins the ATP 250 in Gstaad in 2023. Credit: Getty Images
But life did not get any easier. The next obstacle was a physical setback.
“From September 2021 to April 2023, I was playing with an injury. I would take a pill every single day to kill the chronic pain in my ankle because I have an extra bone there,” Cachin said. “In fact, in 2022 I barely practised on the recommendation of doctors. I only played when I was competing. I overcame things like that with the innate competitiveness we tennis players have.”
Despite those limitations, Cachin finally broke into the Top 100 in 2022 and won his sixth and final ATP Challenger Tour title in Santo Domingo. The following season he climbed into the Top 50 following his triumph in Gstaad. He also claimed his biggest career win in 2023 when he took down then-World No. 11 Frances Tiafoe in Madrid en route to the Round of 16, Cachin’s career-best finish at a Masters 1000 event.
However, things were not the same in 2024. He found some motivation when he faced Rafael Nadal during the Spaniard’s final appearance in the Caja Magica. Cachin asked Nadal for his shirt when they shook hands at the net. “He’s my idol. Having the chance to face him was a gift I’ll always carry with me,” Cachin said.
The Argentine reflects on that 2024 season and remembers feeling that his desire was waning. “I lost that internal fire, because the defeats didn’t hurt so much and the wins didn’t taste as good,” explained the 30-year-old, who played his final match in June at a Challenger event in Lyon.
Cachin’s legacy lies in the warmth and respect he showed to everyone around him, qualities which his peers praised while wishing him well in his retirement post.
“You were brave, you bet big without being sure of the rewards, and now you know… People love you and respect you — me more than anyone. That’s much more important than any title. Always on my team, or rather, always in my family,” said Alex Corretja, the Argentine’s former coach.
Juan Martin del Potro wrote: “Congratulations Pedrito! I hope you really enjoy this new phase of your life. Thanks for being with us for such special moments.”
Tomas Martin Etcheverry said: “Amazing, my brother. I wish you all the best. Above everything else, you are one of the best people I have ever met. You deserve everything.”
Cachin’s new phase of life is already underway. He is helping young players find their place in professional tennis. What else does he plan on for the near future? “To relax here at home in Barcelona, and travel for about 20 weeks of the year as a coach.”
Editor’s Note: This story has been translated from ATPTour.com/es.
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What began as a harmless experiment has spiralled into a full-blown takeover.
Alex de Minaur, Taylor Fritz and Lorenzo Musetti’s bright idea — to let their puppet doubles handle the off-court grind — was supposed to buy them extra training time and a little peace and quiet. Instead, it unleashed a new era of chaos on the ATP Tour.
At first, everything seemed to be running smoothly. The puppets handled media duties with surprising professionalism, posed perfectly for photos and delivered lines with charm and confidence. But as time went on at the Rolex Paris Masters, their intentions became clear.
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Suddenly, the doubles weren’t content to stay in the background. They had opinions, egos and undeniable stage presence. Soon, they were front and centre, outshining their real-life counterparts and taking over every shoot, interview and social post in sight.
The players — Top 10 stars in the PIF ATP Rankings — now found themselves playing catch-up. What started as a clever shortcut became a full-scale puppet power shift. The line between player and puppet blurred, and the Tour officially hijacked.
Eventually, De Minaur, Fritz and Musetti decided enough was enough. Determined to reclaim their spotlight, they staged a decisive intervention. The puppets, for all their flair, were shown the exit, and the balance of power was restored… at least for now.
Because in The Handover, nothing ever goes entirely to plan. The players might have taken back control, but the puppets left their mark, and if their past behaviour is any indication, this won’t be the last we see of them.
Watch the full video to find out who prevails in this puppet takeover.
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Elena Rybakina completes a clean sweep of her group at the WTA Finals with a straightforward victory over late call-up Ekaterina Alexandrova.