2021 ATP Finals

Singles

Alexander Zverev def. Daniil Medvedev, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles

Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut def. Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury, 6–4, 7–6^(7–0)

Day-by-day summaries

Session	Event	Group / round	Winner	Loser	Score
Day 1 (14 November)
Afternoon	Doubles	Green Group	Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić [1]	Kevin Krawietz / Horia Tecău [8]	6–4, 6–4
	Singles	Red Group	Daniil Medvedev [2]	Hubert Hurkacz [7]	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4
Evening	Doubles	Green Group	Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos [4]	Ivan Dodig / Filip Polášek [6]	4–6, 7–6(12–10), [10–6]
	Singles	Red Group	Alexander Zverev [3]	Matteo Berrettini [6]	7–6(9–7), 1–0, ret.
Day 2 (15 November)
Afternoon	Doubles	Red Group	Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury [2]	Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares [7]	6–1, 7–6(7–5)
	Singles	Green Group	Novak Djokovic [1]	Casper Ruud [8]	7–6(7–4), 6–2
Evening	Doubles	Red Group	Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut [3]	Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah [5]	7–6(7–1), 6–4
	Singles	Green Group	Andrey Rublev [5]	Stefanos Tsitsipas [4]	6–4, 6–4
Day 3 (16 November)
Afternoon	Doubles	Green Group	Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos [4]	Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić [1]	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
	Singles	Red Group	Daniil Medvedev [2]	Alexander Zverev [3]	6–3, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(8–6)
Evening	Doubles	Green Group	Ivan Dodig / Filip Polášek [6]	Kevin Krawietz / Horia Tecău [8]	7–6(7–2), 7–5
	Singles	Red Group	Jannik Sinner [Alt.]	Hubert Hurkacz [7]	6–2, 6–2
Day 4 (17 November)
Afternoon	Doubles	Red Group	Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah [5]	Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares [7]	6–2, 6–4
	Singles	Green Group	Novak Djokovic [1]	Andrey Rublev [5]	6–3, 6–2
Evening	Doubles	Red Group	Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury [2]	Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut [3]	6–7(7–9), 6–0, [13–11]
	Singles	Green Group	Casper Ruud [8]	Cameron Norrie [Alt.]	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Day 5 (18 November)
Afternoon	Doubles	Green Group	Kevin Krawietz / Horia Tecău [8]	Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos [4]	6–3, 6–7(1–7), [10–5]
	Singles	Red Group	Alexander Zverev [3]	Hubert Hurkacz [7]	6–2, 6–4
Evening	Doubles	Green Group	Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić [1]	Ivan Dodig / Filip Polášek [6]	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
	Singles	Red Group	Daniil Medvedev [2]	Jannik Sinner [Alt.]	6–0, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(10–8)
Day 6 (19 November)
Afternoon	Doubles	Red Group	Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury [2]	Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah [5]	7–5, 2–6, [11–9]
	Singles	Green Group	Casper Ruud [8]	Andrey Rublev [5]	2–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Evening	Doubles	Red Group	Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut [3]	Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares [7]	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
	Singles	Green Group	Novak Djokovic [1]	Cameron Norrie [Alt.]	6–2, 6–1
Day 7 (20 November)
Afternoon	Doubles	Semifinals	Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury [2]	Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić [1]	4–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–4]
	Singles	Semifinals	Daniil Medvedev [2]	Casper Ruud [8]	6–4, 6–2
Evening	Doubles	Semifinals	Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut [3]	Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos [4]	6–3, 6–4
	Singles	Semifinals	Alexander Zverev [3]	Novak Djokovic [1]	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
Day 8 (21 November)
Afternoon	Doubles	Final	Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut [3]	Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury [2]	6–4, 7–6(7–0)
	Singles	Final	Alexander Zverev [3]	Daniil Medvedev [2]	6–4, 6–4

The ATP Finals currently (2021) rewards the following points and prize money, per victory:^[2]

• ¹ Prize money for doubles is per team.
• An undefeated champion would earn the maximum 1,500 points, and $2,316,000 in singles or $429,000 in doubles.

Format

The ATP Finals group stage had a round-robin format, with eight players/teams divided into two groups of four and each player/team in a group playing the other three in the group. 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.^[3]

In deciding placement within a group, the following criteria were used, in order:^[4]

1. Most wins.
2. Most matches played (e.g., a 2–1 record beats a 2–0 record).
3. Head-to-head result between tied players/teams.
4. Highest percentage of sets won.
5. Highest percentage of games won.
6. ATP rank after the last ATP Tour tournament of the year.

Criteria 4–6 were used only in the event of a three-way tie; if one of these criteria decided a winner or loser among the three, the remaining two would have been ranked by head-to-head result.

The top two of each group advanced to semifinals, with the winner of each group playing the runner-up of the other group. The winners of the semifinals then played for the title.

Qualification

Singles

Eight players compete at the tournament, with two named alternates. Players receive places in the following order of precedence:^[5]

1. First, the top 7 players in the ATP Race to Turin on the Monday after the final tournament of the ATP Tour, that is, after the Stockholm Open.
2. Second, up to two 2021 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.

Provisional rankings are published weekly as the ATP Race to Turin, which only counts events played in 2021.^[6] Points are accumulated in Grand Slam, ATP Tour, ATP Cup, ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Tour tournaments. Players accrue points across 19 tournaments, usually made up of:

• The 4 Grand Slam tournaments
• The 8 mandatory ATP Masters 1000 tournaments
• The best results from any 7 other tournaments that carry ranking points (ATP Cup, ATP 500, ATP 250, Challenger, ITF)

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 2020 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. 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, 2021),
2. 12 years of service,
3. 31 years of age (as of January 1, 2021).

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.^[5]

Doubles

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. 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. 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 19 highest points scoring results from any tournaments on the ATP Tour.^[5]

Singles

#	Players	Points	Date qualified
1	Novak Djokovic	9,370	11 July[7]
2	Daniil Medvedev	7,070	13 September[8]
3	Alexander Zverev	5,955	11 October[9]
4	Stefanos Tsitsipas	5,695	13 September[8]
5	Andrey Rublev	4,210	23 October[10]
6	Matteo Berrettini	4,090	25 October[11]
7	Hubert Hurkacz	3,315	5 November[12]
8	Casper Ruud	3,275	4 November[13]
Berrettini and Tsitsipas withdrew due to injury.
9	Jannik Sinner	3,015	16 November[14]
10	Cameron Norrie	2,945	17 November[15]

Djokovic

Medvedev

Zverev

Tsitsipas

Rublev

Berrettini

Hurkacz

Ruud

Sinner

Norrie

Doubles

#	Players	Points	Date qualified
1	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	8,875	6 July[16]
2	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury	7,185	3 September[17]
3	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	4,690	13 September[8]
4	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	4,535	30 September[18]
5	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	4,260	26 October[19]
6	Ivan Dodig Filip Polášek	3,230	20 October[20]
7	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	3,230	4 November[21]
8	Kevin Krawietz Horia Tecău	3,110	4 November[21]

Mektić

Pavić

Ram

Salisbury

Herbert

Mahut

Granollers

Zeballos

Cabal

Farah

Dodig

Polášek

Murray

Soares

Krawietz

Tecău

Singles

The singles draw of the 2021 edition of the Year–end Championships will feature one number one, two major champions and three major finalists. The competitors were divided into two groups.^[22]

Green Group Novak Djokovic [1] Stefanos Tsitsipas [4] Andrey Rublev [5] Casper Ruud [8] Tsitsipas injury – November 17 Cameron Norrie [10]

Red Group Daniil Medvedev [2] Alexander Zverev [3] Matteo Berrettini [6] Hubert Hurkacz [7] Berrettini injury – November 16 Jannik Sinner [9]

Doubles

The doubles draw of the 2021 edition of the Year–end Championships will feature four number-ones, six major champions and one major finalist team. The pairs were divided into two groups.^[23]

Green Group Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić [1] Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos [4] Ivan Dodig / Filip Polášek [6] Kevin Krawietz / Horia Tecău [8]

Red Group Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury [2] Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut [3] Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah [5] Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares [7]

Singles

Rank	Player	Grand Slam				ATP Tour Masters 1000[a]								Best other							Total points	Tourn
		AUS	FRA	WIM	USO	MI	MC	MA	IT	CA	CI	IW[b]	PA	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	Novak Djokovic	W 2000	W 2000	W 2000	F 1200	A 0	R16 90	A 0	F 600	A 0	A 0	A 0	W 1000	W 250	RR 140	SF 90					9,370	10
2	Daniil Medvedev	F 1200	QF 360	R16 180	W 2000	QF 180	A 0	R16 90	R32 10	W 1000	SF 360	R16 90	F 600	W 500	W 250	W 250	R32 0	R32 0			7,070	16
3	Alexander Zverev	QF 360	SF 720	R16 180	SF 720	R64 10	R16 90	W 1000	QF 180	A 0	W 1000	QF 180	SF 360	W 500	W 500	SF 65	R16 45	QF 45	R32 0		5,955	17
4	Stefanos Tsitsipas	SF 720	F 1200	QF 45	R32 90	QF 180	W 1000	R16 90	QF 180	SF 360	SF 360	QF 180	R32 10	F 300	F 300	W 250	SF 180	RR 115	QF 90	R16 45	5,695	20
5	Andrey Rublev	QF 360	QF 45	R16 180	R32 90	SF 360	F 600	R16 90	QF 180	R16 90	F 600	R32 45	R32 10	W 500	W 310	F 300	SF 180	QF 90	SF 90	SF 90	4,210	21
6	Matteo Berrettini	R16 180	QF 360	F 1200	QF 360	A 0	R32 10	F 600	R16 90	A 0	R16 90	R32 45	A 0	W 500	F 270	W 250	QF 90	QF 45			4,090	14
7	Hubert Hurkacz	R128 10	R128 10	SF 720	R64 45	W 1000	R32 45	R64 10	R64 10	QF 180	R16 90	QF 180	SF 360	W 250	W 250	R16 45	R16 45	QF 45	R16 20	R32 0	3,315	22
8	Casper Ruud	R16 180	R32 90	SF 90	R64 45	QF 45	SF 360	SF 360	QF 45	QF 180	QF 180	R16 90	QF 180	W 250	W 250	W 250	W 250	W 250	QF 90	QF 90	3,275	21
Alternates
9	Jannik Sinner	QF 45	R16 180	R16 20	R16 180	F 600	R32 45	R32 45	R32 45	R32 10	R32 45	R16 90	R32 10	W 500	W 250	W 250	W 250	SF 180	SF 180	QF 90	3,015	25
–	Rafael Nadal	QF 360	SF 720	A 0	A 0	A 0	QF 180	QF 180	W 1000	A 0	A 0	A 0	A 0	W 500	R16 45						2,985	7
10	Cameron Norrie	R32 90	R32 90	R32 90	SF 90	R32 45	R16 65	R16 45	R32 70	R16 45	QF 45	W 1000	R16 90	F 300	W 250	F 150	F 150	F 150	QF 90	QF 90	2,945	24
–	Félix Auger-Aliassime	R16 180	R128 10	QF 360	SF 720	R32 45	R16 45	R64 10	R16 90	R32 10	QF 180	R64 10	R32 45	SF 180	F 150	F 150	QF 90	QF 90	QF 90	SF 90	2,545	22
11	Aslan Karatsev	SF 745	R64 45	R128 10	R32 90	R32 45	R32 45	R16 90	R16 90	R32 45	R64 10	R16 90	R64 10	W 500	W 250	F 150	R16 45	QF 45	R16 20	R16 0	2,290	21

* Ranking points in italics indicate that a player used a better result than in a Grand Slam or Masters 1000 tournament, because all events were non-mandatory this season.

Doubles

Rank	Player	Points																			Total points	Tourn
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
1	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	W 2000	W 1000	W 1000	W 1000	SF 720	F 600	F 600	W 500	F 300	W 250	W 250	W 250	QF 180	QF 90	QF 90	QF 45	R64 0	R16 0	R16 0	8,875	19
2	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury	W 2000	F 1200	W 1000	SF 720	F 600	SF 360	F 300	QF 180	SF 180	SF 180	F 150	R32 90	R16 90	R16 90	R16 0	R32 0	R16 0	R16 0		7,140	18
3	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	W 2000	F 600	W 500	QF 360	QF 360	QF 180	QF 180	SF 180	F 150	R32 90	R16 90	R16 0								4,690	12
4	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	F 1200	W 1000	W 1000	QF 360	SF 360	F 300	QF 180	R32 90	QF 45	R32 0	R64 0	R32 0	R16 0							4,535	13
5	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	SF 720	W 500	W 500	W 500	QF 360	SF 360	SF 360	QF 180	QF 180	F 150	R32 90	R16 90	QF 90	SF 90	SF 90	R64 0	R32 0	R32 0	R16 0	4,260	20
6	Ivan Dodig Filip Polášek	W 2000	SF 360	QF 180	SF 180	F 150	R32 90	R32 90	R16 90	SF 90	R16 0	R16 0	R16 0								3,230	12
7	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	F 1200	SF 720	SF 360	W 250	W 250	R16 180	R32 90	R16 90	QF 90	R32 0	R32 0	R32 0	R16 0	R16 0	R16 0					3,230	15
8	Kevin Krawietz Horia Tecău	W 500	QF 360	QF 360	SF 360	F 300	F 300	F 300	QF 180	QF 180	R32 90	R16 90	R16 90	R16 0	R32 0						3,110	14
Alternates
–	John Peers Filip Polášek	W 1000	SF 720	SF 360	SF 180	F 150	R16 90	R32 0	R16 0												2,500	8
9	Simone Bolelli Máximo González	SF 720	W 250	W 250	W 250	R16 180	R16 180	F 150	R32 90	R16 90	R16 90	QF 45	QF 45	QF 45	R32 0	R32 0	R32 0	R16 0	R16 0	Q1 0	2,385	19
10	Tim Pütz Michael Venus	W 1000	W 500	SF 360	QF 180	SF 180	R64 0	R64 0	R32 0	R16 0											2,220	9

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

Singles

Overall

		Djokovic	Medvedev	Zverev	Tsitsipas	Rublev	Berrettini	Hurkacz	Ruud	Overall	YTD W–L
1	Novak Djokovic		6–4	7–3	6–2	0–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	27–9	48–6
2	Daniil Medvedev	4–6		5–5	6–2	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	24–15	54–12
3	Alexander Zverev	3–7	5–5		3–6	5–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	22–19	55–14
4	Stefanos Tsitsipas	2–6	2–6	6–3		4–3	2–0	6–2	1–1	23–21	55–18
5	Andrey Rublev	0–0	1–4	0–5	3–4		2–3	0–2	4–0	10–18	48–20
6	Matteo Berrettini	0–4	0–2	1–3	0–2	3–2		2–1	2–2	8–16	41–11
7	Hubert Hurkacz	0–3	1–1	0–1	2–6	2–0	1–2		0–0	6–12	36–20
8	Casper Ruud	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	0–0		3–12	53–15

Doubles

		Mektić   Pavić	Ram Salisbury	Herbert  Mahut	Granollers Zeballos	Cabal    Farah	Dodig  Polášek	Murray   Soares	Krawietz  Tecău	Overall	YTD W–L
1	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić		4–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	12–4	59–11
2	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury	1–4		0–1	4–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	11–11	40–16
3	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	0–2	1–0		0–2	5–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	8–8	30–11
4	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	1–2	2–4	2–0		0–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	6–10	24–11
5	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	1–0	1–3	2–5	1–0		1–0	3–7	1–0	10–15	36–18
6	Ivan Dodig Filip Polášek	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–1		0–0	1–0	4–5	20–11
7	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	0–0	0–2	2–2	2–0	7–3	0–0		0–1	11–8	25–13
8	Kevin Krawietz Horia Tecău	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0		3–4	28–13

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