The 2021 Nitto ATP Finals were officially presented during a press conference at the Intesa San Paolo skyscraper in Turin. The Piedmont city will host the 52nd edition of the ATP Finals and is the 15th city to host the end-of-season tournament. 

The press conference was attended by Angelo Binaghi, President of the Italian Tennis Federation, Andrea Gaudenzi, ATP Chairman, Valentina Vezzali, Undersecretary for Sport, Vito Cozzoli, President of Sport and Health, Domenico Carretta, President of Sport and Piedmont Region, and Gian Maria Gros Pietro, President of Intesa San Paolo. 

The first Turin edition will be held from 14 to 21 November at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, the venue of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. The Nitto ATP Finals will award the title of Masters to both the singles singles player and the best doubles team of the season. 

Binaghi said that more than 100000 tickets have been already sold.

“Today we passed the 120000 tickets sold for a total of over 15 million euros in revenues. At least 10000 people will be coming from outside the area of the tournamen, including 200 journalists. Our ambition is to be the best ever for this event. We will organise the best ever indoor tournament despite all the challenges related to the pandemic, said Angelo Binaghi.  

Hubert Hurkacz has earned the final qualifying spot for the Nitto ATP Finals becoming the second Polish player to achieve this feat in tournament history after 1976 runner-up Wojtek Fibek. Hurkacz secured his spot by beating Australia’s James Duckworth in three sets to reach the semifinals at the Paris Rolex Masters. Hurkacz won his first Masters 1000 in Miami beating his friend Jannik Sinner. 

Hurkacz has joined a star-studded field which features Novak Djokovic, winner at the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon, 2020 ATP Finals champion Danil Medvedev, this year’s US Open champion and winner of the Toronto Masters 1000 tournament, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters champion, Alexander Zverev, 2021 Olympic gold medallist and winner of two Masters 1000 tournaments in Madrid and Cincinnati and two ATP 500 titles in Acapulco and Vienna, Andrey Rublev, winner at the ATP 500 in Rotterdam and finalist at two Masters 1000 tournaments in Monte-Carlo and Cincinnati, Matteo Berrettini, this year’s Wimbledon and Madrid finalist and first-time qualifier Casper Ruud, who won five titles in Geneva, Bastad, Gstaad, Kitzbuhel and San Diego. Jannik Sinner, who won the 2019 Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan and claimed four titles in 2021 in Melbourne, Washington, Sofia and Antwerp, has been confirmed as the first alternate. 

Berrettini will carry the Italian hopes in front of the home fans. The Rome native player is the first Italian player to qualify twice for the Nitto ATP Finals as well as winning a round robin match in London in 2019. The only other Italian players to qualify for the end-of-season tournament were Adriano Panatta in 1975 and Corrado Barazzutti in 1978, but they were unable to win any match in their singles appearances.  

The eight teams qualified for the doubles tournament are: Nikola Mektic/Mate Pavic, Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury, Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos, Pierre Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut, Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Cabal, Kevin Krawietz/ Horia Tecau, Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares. While Filip Polasek and and Ivan Dodig have already secured their berths, Polasek remains in contention in the Paris Bercy semifinal this weekend. If Polasek and Peers also finish in the top 8 in the ATP top 8 Rankings, Polasek will need to decide whether he partners Dodig or Peers. 

Mektic and Pavic have clinched the year-end number 1 Doubles Team Ranking after claiming nine titles at Wimbledon, at the Tokyo Olympic Games, three ATP Masters 1000 tournaments at Miami, Monte-Carlo, Rome, Rotterdam and Eastbourne.

The eight players are qualified through the ATP Race to Turin based on the best 19 results achieved during the season. All singles matches are the best of three sets, including the final. All doubles matches are two sets (no ad) and a Match tie-break. The eight single players  and doubles teams are split into two robin groups. The top two from each group advance to the semifinals. 

“Congratulations to all players at this year’s Nitto ATP Finals. I want to thank all institutions, partners and sponsors who supported us. Competion on the Tour is fierce and to be standing amongst the top 8 at the end of the season is a phenomenal achievement. We look forward to a high-energy and action-packed season finale in Turin. Players will put on a big show During the presentation video with the winners of the past editions of the ATP Finals during the 52 years of history of the ATP Finals I got the goose bumps. The Race is the easiest qualifying system for the ATP Finals. The round-robin is the best possible format. I am proud that an Italian player will take part in the tournament. The average age of this year’s player field in the youngest at the ATP Finals since 2009. Most of the players in action in Turin are under 25. The only over 25 player is Novak Djokovic. We owe the success of tennis in the past 20 years to Djokovic, Nadal and Federer, but the new generation guarantees a great future for our sport. Tennis is a global sport. We are in a transitional period. The Era of the Big 3 has not ended yet, but the changing of the guard is near. When I was a player, I experienced the period that followed the Sampras and Agassi period. Every professional player feared that tennis could live a period of crisis. At that time I would have believed that a player could win 14 Grand Slam titles, but I have been proved wrong three times by Djokovic, Nadal and Federer. The future of tennis is bright”, said ATP Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi. 

The ATP Finals will be broadcast in over 180 countries for a potential audience of 95 million live viewers from Europe to Africa, from Asia to North and South America, from Australasia to the Middle East. The most important TV networks, such as ESPN, Eurosport, Canal +, Bein Sports, Telefonica/Movstar, the Reuters channel and Tennis Channel will be covering the Nitto ATP Finals. The tournament will be broadcast in Italy by Sky Sport. Rai will broadcast one live match per day during the group stages, plus one semifinal and the Final on Rai 2.