Novak Djokovic will miss the ATP Finals in Turin starting November 10, 2025, due to injury, allowing world number nine Andrey Rublev to participate. Alexander Zverev enters as the new world number two. The tournament, featuring top players in a Round Robin format, offers a record prize pool of $15.25 million. Matches will be broadcast live by Sky, with streaming available on Wow. Djokovic holds the record for the most tournament wins, while Zverev is a two-time champion.
Novak Djokovic will be absent from the ATP Finals commencing on November 10, 2025, in Turin due to an injury. Meanwhile, Alexander Zverev is in exceptional form and enters as the newly crowned world number two.
What is the Official Name of the Event?
For over five decades, the ATP Tour has hosted a prestigious final tournament featuring the top eight tennis players of the year. The inaugural event took place in 1970, with American Stan Smith claiming victory, followed by a remarkable three consecutive wins by Romanian Ilie Nastase.
Initially referred to as the ‘Masters’, the event was later renamed the ‘ATP World Championship’ to distinguish it from other high-ranking tournaments also dubbed as Masters. Since 2009, when it was held in London, the tournament has been known as the ‘ATP World Tour Finals’, and it has been simplified to ‘ATP Finals’ since 2016.
Event Schedule and Venue
The much-anticipated year-end tournament will take place from November 10 to 17 in the vibrant city of Turin, Italy. The matches will unfold at the Pala Alpi-Tour Arena, which boasts a seating capacity of 20,000 fans. This marks the third consecutive year that Turin has the honor of hosting this prestigious event.
Qualification Criteria
Not every player ranked in the top eight automatically qualifies for the ATP Finals. Winning a Grand Slam event takes precedence, meaning a player who triumphs in major tournaments like those in Melbourne, Paris, Wimbledon, or New York can still qualify even if they finish the year ranked 25th. In such cases, the eighth-ranked player would serve as a standby reserve.
Participants in the Tournament
Current world number five, Novak Djokovic, has recently stated that the year-end tournament does not hold significant importance for him anymore, citing a ‘persistent injury’ as his reason for withdrawal. This opens the door for world number nine, Andrey Rublev from Russia, while other competitors include world number one Jannik Sinner (Italy), newly ranked world number two Alexander Zverev (Germany), who recently achieved a notable victory in Paris, and title contenders like Carlos Alcaraz (Spain), Daniil Medvedev (Russia), Taylor Fritz (USA), Casper Ruud (Norway), and Alex de Minaur (Australia).
Tournament Format Explained
The tournament kicks off with both singles and doubles competitions organized into two groups of four players, utilizing a ‘Round Robin’ format, where each participant competes against every other player. The top two players from each group will advance to the semifinals, followed by knockout rounds. Singles matches are played in a best-of-three format, while doubles matches are played in two sets, with a match tiebreak deciding the winner if sets are split.
Record Prize Money up for Grabs
In a landmark achievement, the ATP Finals in 2023 featured a record prize pool of 15 million US dollars, which has now increased by an additional 250,000 dollars. A player who wins all three group stage matches and subsequently clinches victory in both the semifinals and finals could take home an impressive 4.8 million dollars, nearly 4.5 million euros. For context, Wimbledon offers around 3.2 million euros for its champions.
Broadcasting the Tournament
The ATP Finals will be broadcast live by the pay-TV channel ‘Sky’, which will air all singles matches in their entirety. The streaming service ‘Wow’ will handle online broadcasts, while the final tournament will not be accessible on free television.
Record Champions of the Tournament
Novak Djokovic not only holds the title of defending champion, having triumphed over Jannik Sinner in the previous year’s final (6:3, 6:3), but he is also the event’s record winner. Djokovic’s impressive tally includes wins in 2023, 2022, from 2012 to 2015, and in 2008, totaling seven victories. Roger Federer from Switzerland has achieved three doubles victories, clinching titles in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, and again in 2010 and 2011.
Celebrating German Champions
Alexander Zverev is a two-time world champion, having lifted the trophy in 2021 and 2018. Three years ago, he secured victory against Medvedev (6:4, 6:4), and six years prior, he defeated Djokovic convincingly in two sets (6:4, 6:3). Boris Becker is another notable champion, having won three times: in 1988, 1992, and 1995. Completing the list of German winners is Michael Stich, who celebrated his triumph in 1993.