ATP Tour Finals: Rafael Nadal & Novak Djokovic headline action in ATP Finals

ATP Tour Finals: ATP Finals 2022 – The world’s best Men’s Singles and Doubles players will meet at the year-end ATP Finals that is all set to begin from Sunday, 13th November 2022 at Turin in Italy. The tournament is set to feature Tennis greats Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic alongside players like Stefanos Tsitsipas, Daniil Medvedev, Casper Ruud. All these players will battle for the biggest ever prize money in Tennis history. World No.1 Carlos Alcaraz will miss the tournament after sustaining abdominal injury. Follow ATP Finals 2022 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN

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This year, the tournament will be held at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, Italy for the second year in a row. Turin will play host to the event till 2025. The event this year is scheduled to be held from 13th November to 20th November 2022.

ATP Finals 2022 Schedule

Round Robin Group Matches – 13th to 18th November
Semifinals – 19th November
Finals – 20th November

Players to feature in ATP Finals 2022

Rafael Nadal

After the withdrawal of World No.1 Carlos Alcaraz, Rafael Nadal will be the top seed in the tournament.
Nadal started the year on a bang by winning his 22nd Grand Slam title after clinching the title at the Australian Open. He was also crowned as the champion at the French Open 2022.
Apart from these two Grand Slam events, he also won the Melbourne Summer Set at the start of the year and the Mexican Open title. H is now aiming to finish the year on a high. He enters the tournament after suffering a first round defeat at the Paris Masters 2022.

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Stefanos Tistsipas will be the second seeded player in the tournament. He won two titles this year that includes the Monte Carlos Masters and Mallorca Open final.
He finished as runner-up at Italian Open, Cincinnati Masters, Astana Open, ATP Rotterdam and Stockholm Open this year.

Casper Ruud

Casper Ruud became the World No.4 this year after a terrific 2022. He finished as runner-up for the first time in French Open and the US Open.
After the US Open runner-up finish, he in fact reached the World No.3 rankings in the tournament. He won three titles this year at the Swiss Open, Geneva Open and the Argentina Open.

Daniil Medvedev

Daniil Medvedev who enjoyed a brief stint as the World No.1 this year is currently the World No.5 and is the fourth seed in the tournament.
The 2021 US Open winner didn’t enjoy a great season as apart from the Australian Open final, he failed to even reach the semifinals in any other Grand Slam events.
He won the title at the Vienna Open and Citi Open this year, while apart from rthe Australian Open, he also finished as runner-up at Halle Open and Libema Open.

Felix Auger Aliassime

Felix Auger Aliassime is enjoying a terrific last few months as he won three back-to-back titles in the last month s at Firenze Open, European Open and Swiss Indoors.
He is entering the tournament after a semifinal finish at the Paris Masters and will be the fifth seed.

Andrey Rublev

Andrey Rublev is the sixth seed in the tournament and he enjoyed a good 2022 season. While he managed to reach the quarterfinal at French Open and US Open this year, he won four ATP titles.
He clinched the titles at Dubai Tennis Championship, Gijon Open, Serbia Open and Open 13.

Novak Djokovic

Six-time ATP Finals champion Novak Djokovic was already assured of a place having won Wimbledon in July and clinched a place in the world’s top 20, a sub-rule of the competition.
However as it turned out, though, Djokovic is in the top eight so would have qualified anyway.
Apart from the Wimbledon title, his recent form has been impressive as he won the Tel Aviv Open and the Astana Open title and enters the ATP Finals after finishing as the runner-up at the Paris Masters.

Taylor Fritz

Taylor Fitz entered the ATP Finals after the withdrawal of Carlos Alcaraz, Fritz in the Worls No.9 and he won his maiden ATP Masters 1000 title this year by defeating Rafael Nadal in the Indian Wells Masters final.
He also won two more titles at the Eastbourne International and the Japan Open.

Meanwhile in the doubles, In doubles, Wesley Koolhof/Neal Skupski, Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury, Marcelo Arevalo/Jean-Julien Roger, Nikola Mektic/Mate Pavic, Nick Kyrgios/Thanasi Kokkinakis and Lloyd Glasspool/Harri Heliovaara have punched their tickets to Turin so far.

The Format

The tournament has two groups of four players/ teams each and uses a round-robin format. The top two from each group advance to the knockout semi-finals, with the semi-final winners clashing for the title.

Groups

Singles

Green Group

Rafael Nadal
Casper Ruud
Felix Auger Aliassime
Taylor Fritz

Red Group

Stefanos Tsitsipas
Daniil Medvedev
Andrey Rublev
Novak Djokovic

Doubles

Green Group

Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski
Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic
Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek
Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios

Red Group

Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury
Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Rojer
Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara
Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos

ATP Finals Prize Money and Ranking Points

An undefeated champion at the ATP Finals, held at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, will earn 1,500 ATP Rankings points. The champion will also earn $4,740,300. This is the highest-ever prize money for the winner in any tournament in the history of Tennis.

Singles Prize Money (2022)
Alternate	$150,000
Participation Fee	$320,000*
Round-robin match win	$383,300
Semi-final match win	$1,070,000
Final win	$2,200,400
Undefeated champion	$4,740,300