The 2024 tennis season is about to end with the ATP Finalswhich take place in Turin (Italy). During this competition, The eight best tennis players in the world will compete in a tournament to define who is the true No. 1.. It should be noted that Novak Djokovicdefending champion and big winner (7 times), was eliminated from the tournament, but Carlos AlcarazJannik Sinner or Alexander Zverev are indeed in competition. We analyze their results and the ranking of the two groups of the tournament.
The competitors this time at the ATP Finals are Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz, Casper Ruud, Andrey Rublev and Alex De Miñaur. Stefanos Tsitsipas and Grigor Dimitrov remain as replacements, who would only enter in the event of injury and, a priori, without any option to qualify for the semi-finals of the Masters Tournament.
The organization of the championship is as follows: two groups (Ilie Nastase and John Newcombe) one led by Jannik Sinner and the other by Alexander Zverevthe two big favorites for the tournament according to the ATP rankings.
- Ilie Nastase: Jannik Sinner (Italy, n°1), Daniil Medvedev (Russia, n°4), Taylor Fritz (USA, n°5), Alex De Miñaur (Australia, n°8).
- John Newcombe: Alexander Zverev (Germany, n°2), Carlos Alcaraz (Spain, n°3), Casper Ruud (Norway, n°7), Andrey Rublev (Russia, n°9).
The two tennis players who win the most matches in the group (in case of tie, is broken by the results between thempercentage of sets won, percentage of games won or ATP ranking) advance to semi-finalwhich like the final and the group stage matches will be played in the best of three sets.
Every victory in the group stage awards 200 points in the ATP rankinga victory in the semi-final gives 300 and winning the final gives 500. If a tennis player is crowned undefeated champion, he can add 1,500 points..
All results from the ATP Finals
For the moment, two matches have been played in this tournament: Taylor Fritz-Daniil Medvedev/Jannik Sinner-Alex De Miñaur, last Sunday. The results were as follows: 6-4 and 6-3 for Taylor Fritz, and 6-3 and 6-4 for Jannik Sinner.
The next matches to be played are those of Carlos Alcaraz-Casper Ruud/Alexander Zverev-Andrey Rublevwhich will be played this Monday, November 11. The other matches remain to be confirmed, with the final taking place this Saturday 17th.
Sunday November 10
- Taylor Fritz (USA) defeats Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 6-4, 6-3
- Jannik Sinner (ITA) defeats Alex de Minaur (AUS) 6-3, 6-4
Monday November 11
- Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) against Casper Ruud (NOR)
- Alexander Zverev (GER) vs. Andrey Rublev (RUS)
Masters Tournament Ranking: This is how the groups stay
THE classification of this Masters Tournament in each of the groups, it depends on the results of the three matches of this phase, before the qualifications, made up of semi-finals and final.
Ilie Nastase Group
- Taylor Fritz: 1 victory and 0 defeats (2-0 in sets)
- Jannik Sinner: 1 victory and 0 defeats (2-0)
- Daniil Medvedev: 0 defeat and 1 victory (0-2)
- Alex De Minaur: 0 defeat and 1 victory (0-2)
John Newcombe Group
- Carlos Alcaraz
- Casper Ruud
- Alexander Zverev
- Andrei Rublev