Gauff wins to stay in contention at WTA Finals
Coco Gauff eliminates Jasmine Paolini in an impressive straight-set win to ensure she remains in contention at the WTA Finals in Riyadh.
Coco Gauff eliminates Jasmine Paolini in an impressive straight-set win to ensure she remains in contention at the WTA Finals in Riyadh.
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The world’s best players are set to compete at the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin. Jannik Sinner will aim to defend his title at the prestigious year-end event, while Carlos Alcaraz will try to win the title in Turin for the first time.
Here’s what you need to know ahead of the indoor hard-court event in Italy.
The 2025 Nitto ATP Finals will be held from 9-16 November. The indoor hard-court event, established in 1970, will take place at the Inalpi Arena in Turin. The tournament director is Adam Hogg.
The event in Turin will see eight players divided into two groups of four, with the top two from each group advancing to the semi-finals. Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton and Alex de Minaur will compete. The final spot will be determined in the coming days.
The Turin draw will be made on Thursday 6 November at 12 p.m.
* Main Draw Round-Robin Matches: Sunday 9 November – Friday 14 November. Afternoon session starts at 11:30 a.m. (doubles), 2:00 p.m. (singles). Evening session 6:00 p.m (doubles), not before 8:30 p.m. (singles).
* Semi-finals: Saturday 15 November. Afternoon session starts at 12:00 p.m. (doubles), 2:30 p.m. (singles). Evening session not before 6:00 p.m. (doubles), not before 8:30 p.m. (singles).
* Final: Sunday 16 November. Doubles final at 3:00 p.m. and singles final at 6:00 p.m.
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The prize money for the Nitto ATP Finals is $15,500,000.
Singles
Undefeated Champion: $5,071,000
Final Win: $ 2,367,000
Semi-Final Win: $1,183,500
Each Round-Robin Match Win: $396,500
Participation Fee: $331,000
Alternate: $155,000
Doubles (per team)
Undefeated Champion: $959,300
Final Win: $356,800
Semi-Final Win: $178,500
Each Round-Robin Match Win: $96,600
Participation Fee: $134,200
Alternate: $51,700
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Sinner delivered a solid performance and defeated Fritz 6-4, 6-4 to clinch his maiden Nitto ATP Finals crown last year (Read & Watch). Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz edged Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic 7-6(5), 7-6(6) to win the doubles title.
Most Titles, Singles: Novak Djokovic (7)
Oldest Champion: Novak Djokovic, 36, in 2023
Youngest Champion: John McEnroe, 19, in 1978
Highest-Ranked Champion: No. 1s Ilie Nastase (1973), Jimmy Connors (1977), Bjorn Borg (1979-80), John McEnroe (1984), Ivan Lendl (1985-87), Pete Sampras (1994, 1996-97), Lleyton Hewitt (2002), Roger Federer (2004, 2006-07), Novak Djokovic (2012, 2014-15), Andy Murray (2016) and Jannik Sinner (2024)
Lowest-Ranked Champion: No. 12 David Nalbandian in 2005
Last Home Champion: Jannik Sinner in Turin in 2024
Most Match Wins: Roger Federer (59)
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[NEWSLETTER FORM]The ATP and TikTok have officially launched the Tennis Creator Network, a global creator initiative that debuts this week at the 2025 Nitto ATP Finals.
The programme brings together a selection of dynamic TikTok creators from around the world, giving them unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to the season finale in Turin and opportunities to connect fans with the sport’s biggest stars.
Connecting Creators, Players and Fans
Representing the home markets of the nine ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, Tennis Creator Network members include leading voices such as @kanoaigarashi (Indian Wells), @jeannemm5 (Monte-Carlo), @rafaelescrig (Madrid), @sespo, @luca.campolunghi (Rome), @yuvirayz (Toronto/Montreal), @gabesco (Cincinnati), @之昊Will (Shanghai) and @championsdudigital (Paris), among others, with Miami to be confirmed. Collectively, the group reaches more than 25 million followers across TikTok.
Each creator will follow a stacked itinerary across the Nitto ATP Finals, from media day and red-carpet moments, to practice sessions and post-match content opportunities – interacting with players and capturing the Finals through their unique storytelling lens.
A Fresh Take on the Nitto ATP Finals
Throughout the week, creators will share content across both their own channels, ATP Tour’s official platforms and tournament platforms, including TikTok takeovers and mini TikTok documentaries. The initiative aims to deliver authentic, creator-driven perspectives that bring new energy to tennis storytelling and connect with emerging audiences.
“These creators represent a global community who live and breathe digital culture,” said David Slade, Senior Director, Digital Strategy and Content, ATP Tour. “By opening up access at one of our sport’s biggest stages, we’re creating a powerful bridge between tennis and the next generation of fans.”
“We’re thrilled to see the ATP Tennis Creator Network come to life,” added Rollo Goldstaub, TikTok’s Global Head of Sports Partnerships. “With players like Alcaraz, Shelton, and Djokovic, and a community of dedicated fans on the platform, tennis is booming on TikTok. Together with ATP, this program empowers creators to show the sport from their perspective and help make it an even greater part of global culture.”
Continuing the Journey
The Tennis Creator Network forms a core part of the ATP and TikTok’s ongoing global content partnership, launched in August 2025. It builds on ATP’s creative storytelling initiatives, including collaborations with Overtime and the “It All Adds Up” brand campaign, developed with Wieden+Kennedy.
In 2026, the selected creators will also collaborate with the ATP Masters 1000 tournaments they represent, extending the storytelling and connecting with fans across the ATP Tour season. Additional creators will collaborate with select ATP 500 and ATP 250 tournaments to maximize promotion across the full ATP ecosystem.
Two-time men’s champion Carlos Alcaraz and 2025 women’s runner-up Amanda Anisimova will return to Queen’s next year.
World number one Aryna Sabalenka will face Nick Kyrgios in a ‘Battle of the Sexes’ exhibition match in Dubai later this year.
At the start of 2025, Victoria Mboko was ranked outside of the world’s top 300. Now the teenager has cracked the top 20 after winning another WTA title.
Alejandro Tabilo will face Novak Djokovic in a fascinating clash Tuesday evening at the Vanda Pharmaceuticals Hellenic Championship. On paper, Djokovic would be a heavy favourite as a 24-time major champion compared to Tabilo, the No. 89 player in the PIF ATP Rankings. But the Chilean is one of three players who has faced Djokovic at least twice and not lost (also Marat Safin and Jiri Vesely).
The former World No. 1 Djokovic will try to change that statistic in Athens, but Tabilo is excited for the challenge.
“Just so happy to be able to win those kind of matches [before]. It’s going to be different this time on hard court,” Tabilo told ATPTour.com. “Just want to do a good match and hopefully keep going with that lead. But it’s pretty crazy to think about [his 2-0 lead against Djokovic].”
What fans might not know is that his second victory against Djokovic, at this year’s Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, was a lot more difficult than the 6-3, 6-4 scoreline.
To understand why takes going back to the Miami Open presented by Itau in March. Tabilo began feeling pain in his left wrist, which led him to begin taping it. The lefty prefers playing through such issues.
But after Tabilo beat Djokovic in Monte-Carlo, he lost to Grigor Dimitrov in three sets and the pain became bad enough that the Chilean went for a test.
“I did an MRI and it was almost a stress fracture,” Tabilo said. “So it was a pretty good win [against Djokovic].”
That was far from the only injury he has dealt with this season. Tabilo suffered a five-centimetre tear in his abdomen after Roland Garros and at Winston-Salem he twisted his ankle.
“The problem with me, I really like to just dig it out and not tell anybody about my pain. Since I was little, I’ve always wanted to just play, so I’ve been building up a tolerance, so anything that I feel a little pain, I don’t think it’s that big,” Tabilo said. “So until I feel pain, that’s when it’s more than usual. A few years ago in Roland Garros, I trained a few days with appendicitis, I didn’t know, I thought it was just a stomach ache, so it [became] peritonitis. It’s just a battle of knowing when to stop.”
Tabilo fell to No. 126 in August, but has quickly bounced back with a series of good results. The 28-year-old made an ATP Challenger Tour final in Guangzhou (Huangpu), then won the ATP 250 in Chengdu as a qualifier. In that event he battled through a final-set tie-break in the final round of qualifying against Lloyd Harris and then beat Lorenzo Musetti in a final-set tie-break in the final.
“Just really happy about the matches I’ve been able to get going. It’s been a tough year with injuries and everything, so it’s been tough to find the rhythm,” Tabilo said. “I feel like slowly I’m getting there, even though it’s the last tournament of the year. But hopefully I can use this to do a good preseason and bring it to 2026.”
The three-time ATP Tour titlist hopes he can end on an even higher note with a third win against Djokovic. How has he enjoyed the success he has against the Serbian?
“I don’t know. I think I’ve been trying to figure that out myself,” Tabilo said. “But I feel just in my subconscious, since I was little watching him play almost every time on TV, maybe you programme how you would play him or you know how he plays and you just go out in the match and try to play loose and you know you have nothing to lose, so just try and play what you want to do.”
[NEWSLETTER FORM]The situation is simple for Lorenzo Musetti: If the Italian wins the Vanda Pharmaceuticals Hellenic Championship, he will qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals.
Although Musetti is happy with his season so far, the ninth-placed player in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin is eager to claim the ATP 250 trophy, pass eighth-placed Felix Auger-Aliassime and earn his place in Turin.
“It’s been a tremendous season so far. If I look back to all the achievements and goals that we achieved this year, it’s so far my biggest season in my career,” Musetti told ATPTour.com. “And of course there is still one goal that I am talking about. We’re going to see after this week what’s going to happen, but I’m here also for that and to try to take the spot.”
Musetti has not been shy about his goal of qualifying for the Nitto ATP Finals for the first time. On one hand, he really wants to make it to the year-end championships. But the Athens second seed knows he has to find a balance between his desire to qualify and thinking too much about the opportunity.
“It’s something that is not easy. I’m trying not to think too much of the calculations, but I know I have to win the tournament to be guaranteed in Turin,” Musetti said. “The goal is always to win the tournament, so the goal doesn’t change much.
“Of course it’s going to be a tough week, because there are plenty of players who are really strong on this surface. I’ll try to play one match at a time and think about it like every other tournament.”
With that said, Musetti said he is “excited” for the week, which will begin against Stan Wawrinka or Botic van de Zandschulp.
“It’s also now a mental game and a physical game. In Paris, it didn’t go really well,” said Musetti, who lost his opening match at the Rolex Paris Masters to Lorenzo Sonego. “I had a few days to rest, to recharge a little bit the batteries and hopefully here will go better.”
Musetti has been to Greece before, and played a junior event here. But this is his first trip to Athens and he hopes it will be a memorable one.
“I played this morning in the arena and tried it. It’s really cool, really big for a 250. I think it’s really, really nice and hopefully it’s going to be really crowded,” Musetti said. “It’s a nice city with a lot of historical places, which I would like to visit if I have the chance.
“It’s a nice opportunity also for us to have a last week [with points counting towards the Race]. It’s going to be the last year [this week] will count for the Race, because from next year the Paris Masters will be the cutoff for the Race. Let’s make it count this week.”
[NEWSLETTER FORM]Could this week’s Vanda Pharmaceuticals Hellenic Championship be the stage for another unforgettable ‘Stan the Man’ moment?
Stan Wawrinka thrilled the Greek crowd Monday in Athens when he rallied past Botic van de Zandschulp 2-6, 7-6(5), 7-5 for a place in the second round. For the former No. 3 player in the PIF ATP Rankings, the emotions of such a comeback never get old.
“It’s a big reason why I keep doing it, is to be full of the emotion, to see the fans supporting me, giving me so much energy,” Wawrinka said. “It’s still amazing. It’s something that I know the day I will stop I will not find anywhere else.”
The Swiss star knows he faces a tough test in the next round against second seed Lorenzo Musetti. If the Italian wins the ATP 250 event this week he will qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals for the first time.
“He has a [big] challenge in front of him for getting there and it’s important for him of course,” Wawrinka said. “It’s a big challenge [facing him]. He’s playing so well. I’ve watched him play many matches this year, so I’m looking forward to playing him and seeing where I am.”
In other action, qualifier Eliot Spizzirri eliminated Laslo Djere 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-2 in the pair’s first Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting. The American began the season at World No. 228 and with the victory is now No. 86 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings. He will try to continue his climb against sixth seed Nuno Borges.
Miomir Kecmanovic set a clash with third seed Luciano Darderi when he ousted Kamil Majchrzak 7-6(4), 7-6(4). Damir Dzumhur also moved on when he beat Jacob Fearnley 6-4, 6-2.
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