The 2019 ATP Finals (also known as the 2019 Nitto ATP Finals for Nitto sponsorship) was a men's tennis year-end tournament played at the O2 Arena on indoor hard courts in London, United Kingdom, from 10 to 17 November 2019. It was the season-ending event for the highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams on the 2019 ATP Tour and was the 50th edition of the tournament (45th in doubles). The singles event was won by Stefanos Tsitsipas over Dominic Thiem in three sets. In doubles, Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut defeated Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus in straight sets.
Finals
Singles
Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Dominic Thiem, 6–7(6–8), 6–2, 7–6(7–4) It was Tsitsipas's 3rd title of the year and 4th of his career. It was his first win at the event.
Doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut defeated Raven Klaasen / Michael Venus 6–3, 6–4
Day-by-day summaries
Singles group Group Andre Agassi Group Björn Borg Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic Daniil Medvedev Roger Federer Stefanos Tsitsipas Dominic Thiem Alexander Zverev Matteo Berrettini
Doubles group Group Max Mirnyi Group Jonas Björkman Cabal / Farah Kubot / Melo Krawietz / Mies Ram / Salisbury Rojer / Tecău Klaasen / Venus Herbert / Mahut Dodig / Polášek
Session Match type Group / round Winner Loser Score Day 1 (10 November) Afternoon Doubles Björkman Raven Klaasen / Michael Venus Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury 6–3, 6–4 Singles Borg Novak Djokovic Matteo Berrettini 6–2, 6–1 Evening Doubles Björkman Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo Ivan Dodig / Filip Polášek 4–6, 6–4, [10–5] Singles Borg Dominic Thiem Roger Federer 7–5, 7–5 Day 2 (11 November) Afternoon Doubles Mirnyi Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău 7–6(7–3), 4–6, [10–6] Singles Agassi Stefanos Tsitsipas Daniil Medvedev 7–6(7–5), 6–4 Evening Doubles Mirnyi Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah 6–3, 7–5 Singles Agassi Alexander Zverev Rafael Nadal 6–2, 6–4 Day 3 (12 November) Afternoon Doubles Björkman Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury Ivan Dodig / Filip Polášek 3–6, 6–3, [10–6] Singles Borg Roger Federer Matteo Berrettini 7–6(7–2), 6–3 Evening Doubles Björkman Raven Klaasen / Michael Venus Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo 6–3, 6–4 Singles Borg Dominic Thiem Novak Djokovic 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–5) Day 4 (13 November) Afternoon Doubles Mirnyi Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah 6–2, 5–7, [10–8] Singles Agassi Rafael Nadal Daniil Medvedev 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–4) Evening Doubles Mirnyi Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies 7–5, 7–6(7–3) Singles Agassi Stefanos Tsitsipas Alexander Zverev 6–3, 6–2 Day 5 (14 November) Afternoon Doubles Björkman Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury 6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–7] Singles Borg Matteo Berrettini Dominic Thiem 7–6(7–3), 6–3 Evening Doubles Björkman Ivan Dodig / Filip Polášek Raven Klaasen / Michael Venus 7–6(7–4), 6–4 Singles Borg Roger Federer Novak Djokovic 6–4, 6–3 Day 6 (15 November) Afternoon Doubles Mirnyi Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies 7–6(9–7), 6–2 Singles Agassi Rafael Nadal Stefanos Tsitsipas 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–5 Evening Doubles Mirnyi Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău 6–3, 7–6(7–4) Singles Agassi Alexander Zverev Daniil Medvedev 6–4, 7–6(7–4) Day 7 (16 November) Afternoon Doubles Semifinals Raven Klaasen / Michael Venus Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah 6–7(5–7), 7–6(12–10), [10–6] Singles Semifinals Stefanos Tsitsipas Roger Federer 6–3, 6–4 Evening Doubles Semifinals Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo 6–3, 7–6(7–4) Singles Semifinals Dominic Thiem Alexander Zverev 7–5, 6–3 Day 8 (17 November) Afternoon Doubles Final Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut Raven Klaasen / Michael Venus 6–3, 6–4 Singles Final Stefanos Tsitsipas Dominic Thiem 6–7(6–8), 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
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.
In deciding placement within a group, the following criteria were used, in order:
Most wins. Most matches played (e.g., a 2–1 record beats a 2–0 record). Head-to-head result between tied players/teams. Highest percentage of sets won. Highest percentage of games won. 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.
Points and prize money StageSinglesDoubles1PointsFinal win$1,354,000$204,000RR + 900Semi-final win$657,000$106,000RR + 400$215,000$40,000200Participation fee$215,000$103,000Alternates$116,000$40,000 RR is the points or prize money won in the round robin stage. 1 Prize money for doubles is per team. An undefeated champion would earn the maximum 1,500 points, and $2,871,000 in singles or $533,000 in doubles.
Qualification
Singles Eight players competed at the tournament, with two named alternates. Players received places in the following order of precedence: First, the top 7 players in the ATP Race to London on the Monday after the final tournament of the ATP Tour, that is, after the 2019 Paris Masters. Second, up to two 2019 Grand Slam tournament winners ranked anywhere 8th–20th, in ranking order 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 were published weekly as the ATP Race to London, coinciding with the 52-week rolling ATP rankings on the date of selection. Points were accumulated in Grand Slam, ATP Tour, ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures tournaments from the 52 weeks prior to the selection date, with points from the previous years Tour Finals excluded. Players accrued points across 18 tournaments, usually made up of:
The 4 Grand Slam tournaments The 8 mandatory ATP Masters tournaments The best results from any 6 other tournaments that carry ranking points
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 2018 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: 600 tour level matches (as of January 1, 2019), including matches from Challengers and Futures played before year 2011; 12 years of service; 31 years of age (as of January 1, 2019). 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.
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 18 highest points scoring results from any tournaments.
Qualified players
Singles #PlayersPointsTourn.Date qualified1 Rafael Nadal 9,585 12 10 July2 Novak Djokovic 8,945 14 14 July3 Roger Federer 6,190 13 27 August4 Daniil Medvedev 5,705 22 3 September5 Dominic Thiem 5,025 20 5 October6 Stefanos Tsitsipas 4,000 26 11 October7 Alexander Zverev 2,945 23 30 October8 Matteo Berrettini 2,670 24 1 November
On 10 July, Rafael Nadal became the first qualifier to the event, qualifying for the 15th time.
Rafael Nadal began his season at the Australian Open and got through the final without dropping a set, However, he lost to Novak Djokovic in the final in straight sets. He then competed in the Mexican Open but was upset by Nick Kyrgios in the second round after losing two tiebreak sets after claiming the first set. At the Indian Wells Masters, he withdrew prior to his semifinal match against Roger Federer due to a knee injury. He began his clay court season being the 3-time defending champion at the Monte-Carlo Masters and Barcelona Open but lost to Fabio Fognini and Dominic Thiem in the semifinals, respectively. He then lost his fourth semifinal in a row at the Madrid Open, this time to Stefanos Tsitsipas. He won his first title of the year at the Italian Open defeating Novak Djokovic in the final in three sets. At the French Open, he won his 12th Roland Garros title defeating Dominic Thiem in the final in four sets.
At Wimbledon, he reached his 6th slam semifinal in a row but lost to Federer in four sets. He then claimed his third title of the year at the Rogers Cup defeating Daniil Medvedev in the final dropping only 3 games in the match. He claimed his 19th slam title at the US Open once again defeating Medvedev in the final but this time, he was pushed to a deciding set. At the Laver Cup, he won his singles match against Milos Raonic and then pulled out, citing a hand injury. Team Europe won the event. He then played at the Paris Masters and withdrew prior to the semifinal encounter against Denis Shapovalov. Despite the loss, he returned to the number 1 ranking for the first time in a year.
On 14 July, Novak Djokovic qualified for the event.
Novak Djokovic started his 2019 at the Qatar Open but lost in the semifinals losing to Roberto Bautista Agut. At the Australian Open, he won his 15th slam title defeating Rafael Nadal in the final in straight sets. At the Sunshine Double, Djokovic's results were mediocre, losing in the third round of the Indian Wells Masters to Philipp Kohlschreiber and in the fourth round of the Miami Open once again to Bautista Agut. His results continued to be mediocre at the Monte-Carlo Masters losing in the quarterfinals to Medvedev. He bounced back at the Madrid Open when he claimed the title defeating Tsitsipas in the final. He continued his good form at the Italian Open, reaching the final but losing to Nadal in three sets. At the French Open, he reached his 10th consecutive quarterfinal and he then reached the semifinal where his 26-match slam win streak and his quest for his 4th consecutive slam ended when he lost to Thiem.