Peers/Venus Clinch Nitto ATP Finals Spot
John Peers and Michael Venus have become the sixth doubles team to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held at The O2 in London from 15-22 November.
Peers and Venus beat Austin Krajicek and Franko Skugor 6-4, 7-6(4) on Thursday to reach the Rolex Paris Masters quarter-finals. With Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen’s loss later in the day, Peers and Venus’ spots in London were clinched.
The Australian/New Zealand team has a 22-9 match record on the season, including three ATP Tour titles at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships (d. Klaasen/Marach) in February, the Hamburg European Open (d. Dodig/Pavic) in September and the European Open in Antwerp (d. Bopanna/Middelkoop) in October.
Peers and Venus join Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury, Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares, Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies, Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos and Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic in London.
Peers won the 2016 and 2017 Nitto ATP Finals titles with Henri Kontinen, while Venus finished runner-up with Raven Klaasen at last year’s season finale.