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Serving as the year-end championships of the elite men’s tour, the ATP Finals are set to be hosted at the Inalpi Arena for the sixth consecutive campaign. The competition features both singles and doubles events, with only the world’s best players receiving an invitation to participate.
With so much talent on show, it’s difficult to predict who will claim the top prizes in Piedmont. However, one thing’s for sure, reigning champion Jannik Sinner won’t have the opportunity to defend his title on native soil.
The Italian is currently nursing a serious knee injury, which has kept him out of action since landing his second Wimbledon crown during the summer. Having missed the entire North American hard court season and the Asian Swing, Sinner’s extended absence enabled Alexander Zverev to surge to the summit of the ATP rankings.
Although he won’t be present, Sinner was actually the first player to qualify for this year’s ATP Finals after securing his spot in the Wimbledon final. That all-important semi-final victory came against Novak Djokovic, who failed to earn sufficient points to gain entry into next week’s tournament.
The legendary Serbian missed the last two editions of the ATP Finals through injury, but, for the first time in exactly two decades, his place is taken by someone else on merit.
There’s plenty of British interest in the doubles segment, as Henry Patten and Neal Skupski both look to navigate their way to the final for the second season running. The duo faced each other in last year’s showpiece, with Patten and his partner Harri Heliövaara claiming a straight-sets triumph over Skupski and fellow Englishman Joe Salisbury.
2025 Wimbledon winners Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool assume one of the two alternate slots, so further British representation is possible should injuries occur.
The 57th edition of the ATP Finals commences this Sunday with the opening round-robin clashes, before all ‘three’ champions are crowned the following weekend.
2026 ATP Finals – Key information
Dates: Sunday 15th November – Sunday 22nd November
Venue: Inalpi Arena, Turin
2025 winner(s): Singles: Jannik Sinner (Italy)
Doubles: Harri Heliövaara (Finland), Henry Patten (Great Britain)
TV Channels/Live Stream: Sky Sports Tennis, Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Go
Favourites: Carlos Alcaraz: 10/11, Alexander Zverev: 4/1
Odds provided by bet365
Qualification
Throughout the ATP Tour season, players accumulate points from their performances across a series of tournaments. This process is referred to as the ‘ATP Race to Turin,’ as it is the main method for determining who qualifies for the year-end championships.
Each player’s points tallies were confirmed following the recent Paris Masters, despite there still being one event remaining on this season’s ATP Tour.
Therefore, any points earned at this week’s Stockholm Open can be used towards next season’s qualification campaign.
The seven players with the most points were automatically invited to the ATP Finals, before being seeded ahead of the round-robin stage.
The last qualification spot is ringfenced and awarded to any reigning Grand Slam champion who is positioned between 8th and 20th in the ATP rankings, provided that one exists.
If all of that season’s Grand Slam winners have already qualified by virtue of finishing in the top seven, the available slot is taken by the eighth-ranked player.
This rule has been activated in 2026, as only the top three-ranked players – Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev, and the injured Jannik Sinner – have claimed Grand Slam titles this term. It was also required in the doubles competition, with three teams sharing out the four majors.
Singles
Points earned at all ‘high-profile’ tournaments (see below) can be leveraged in the ATP Race to Turin, but not every result counts towards a player’s qualifying efforts. Performances are measured across a unique cross-section of 18 tournaments, which incorporates events of varying profiles and status. Final totals are calculated by adding points accumulated in the following tournaments:
• All four Grand Slams (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and U.S. Open)
• The eight mandatory ATP Masters 1000s*
• The best six results from any of the ATP Tour’s other tournaments – United Cup, ATP500s, ATP250s, and Challenger/ITF events.
• Players can replace up to three results produced in mandatory ATP Masters 1000s with their scores from ATP500 or ATP250 tournaments.
*The Monte-Carlo Masters is the only non-mandatory ATP Masters 1000 event, so players won’t incur a penalty for failing to attend.
Doubles
The qualification criteria for the doubles competition are much simpler. As there are no ‘mandatory’ events in the tour’s doubles segment, a team’s 18 best performances across the entire season will contribute towards their points tallies for the purpose of qualifying for the ATP Finals.
Alternates
In addition to the eight qualifiers, two ‘alternates’ will be in attendance. These players/teams assume the role of a reserve, replacing any participant(s) who withdraw from the tournament due to injury or any other issue. The alternates are ranked, so it’s clear which of these players/teams enters first in the event of a withdrawal.
Format
The format for the singles and doubles follows the exact same template, with eight players/teams competing in each bracket.
The players/teams are split into two groups of four, which are determined using a seeded draw. Each player receives a seeding in accordance with their position in the ATP ranking, so first place assumes the number one seed.
All competitors play every opponent in their respective group, adopting the classic round-robin format. The two players with the highest number of wins in each group then advance to the semi-finals, before the victors of these two matches face one another in the showpiece.
Every singles match is a ‘best of’ three sets contest, with tie-breakers used to determine the winner of each if required. A maximum of only two sets will be played across all of the tournament’s doubles matches, which also use the tiebreaker system. It’s important to note that doubles clashes adopt the ‘no ad’ rule, enabling players to win games by earning one rather than two points after deuce (40-40).
The round-robin stage unfolds between Sunday and Friday, before the semi-finals and final are staged over the course of the subsequent weekend.
Who is competing in the 2026 ATP Finals?
Here’s the confirmed list of participants for next week’s tournament:
Singles (ATP Race to Turin points tally and date of qualification in brackets)
Alexander Zverev (9,350 points, 6th August)
Carlos Alcaraz 6,100 points, 16th September)
Ben Shelton (5,170 points, 18th October)
Daniil Medvedev (3,820 points, 30th October)
Flavio Cobolli (3,680 points, 3rd November)
Arthur Fils (3,625 points, 4th November)
Frances Tiafoe (3,390 points, 6th November)
Rafael Jódar (3,234 points, 6th November)
1st Alternate: Alex de Minaur (Australia)
2nd Alternate: Taylor Fritz (United States)
Doubles (Combined ATP Race to Turin points tally and date of qualification in brackets)
Harri Heliövaara/Henry Patten (8,330 points, 11th July)
Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos (5,330 points, 7th September)
Christian Harrison/Neal Skupski (6,760 points, 12th September)
Marcelo Arévalo/Mate Pavić (5,045 points, 26th October)
Simone Bolelli/Andrea Vavassori (4,840 points, 28th October)
Kevin Krawietz/Tim Pütz (4,470 points, 3rd November)
Théo Arribagé/Albano Olivetti (4,530 points, 4th November)
Orlando Luz/Rafael Matos (3,995 points, 4th November)
1st Alternate: Guido Andreozzi (Argentina)/Manuel Guinard (France)
2nd Alternate: Julian Cash/Lloyd Glasspool (both Great Britain)
The following groups were confirmed at this Thursday’s draw (seeding in brackets):
John McEnroe Group: Alexander Zverev (1), Ben Shelton (3), Arthur Fils (6), Rafael Jódar (8)
Ivan Lendl Group: Carlos Alcaraz (2), Daniil Medvedev (4), Flavio Cobolli (5), Frances Tiafoe (7)
Todd Woodbridge Group: Harri Heliövaara/Henry Patten (1), Marcelo Arévalo/Mate Pavić (4), Théo Arribagé/Albano
Olivetti (6), Orlando Luz/Rafael Matos (8)
Mark Woodforde Group: Christian Harrison/Neal Skupski (2), Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos (3), Simone
Bolelli/Andrea Vavassori (5), Kevin Krawietz/Tim Pütz (7)
Prize Money
The total prize pot for the 2026 ATP Finals stands at a colossal $15.75 million (£11.89m), a 1.61 per cent uplift on last year’s equivalent figure.
As is the case across all major tournaments, singles players are rewarded far more handsomely than their doubles counterparts at the ATP Finals. This is perhaps best illustrated by the payments issued to last year’s champions, with a huge disparity between Jannik Sinner’s pay cheque for $5.07m (£3.83m) and the $959,300 (£724,770) awarded to Harri Heliövaara and Henry Patten, who clearly only saw half of this bounty each.
Sinner admittedly received a bonus for winning 100 per cent of his matches, a feat that hadn’t been achieved since Ivan Lendl secured back-to-back ATP Finals Championships (it was also the Italian’s second consecutive triumph after also claiming the title in 2024) over 20 years ago.
However, as illustrated by the table below, the chasm between what singles and doubles players earn is still enormous.
Singles
Final win: $2.412m (£1.822m)
Semi-final win: $1.206m (£911,000)
Round-Robin win: $405k (£306,000)
Participation fee: $338k (£255,000, breakdown below)
After earning a $169k (£128,000) participation fee for contesting their opening match, players receive an additional $84.5k (£63,800) for each subsequent round-robin appearance. Therefore, all players earn at least $338k (£255,000) regardless of whether they advance to the semi-finals, provided an injury does not cause them to withdraw before the completion of the group stage.
Consequently, an undefeated singles champion will earn $5.171m (£3.906m)
Doubles
Final win: $356,800 (£270,000)
Semi-final win: $178,500 (£135,000)
Round-Robin win: $96,900 (£73,200)
Participation fee: $134,200 (£101,000, breakdown below)
After earning a $67,100 (£50,600) participation fee for contesting their opening match, teams receive an additional $33,550 (£25,300) for each subsequent round-robin appearance. Therefore, all teams earn at least $134,200 (£101,000) regardless of whether they advance to the semi-finals, provided an injury does not cause them to withdraw before the completion of the group stage.
Consequently, an undefeated doubles champion will share $959,300 (£725,000) equally with his teammate.
*Doubles prize money has remained the same year-on-year, which further emphasises the aformentioned payout differential. All prize money is shared equally between each teammate.
Although the men’s year-end championships have experienced a slight annual uplift in prize money, it was an entirely different story at the WTA Finals. The withdrawal of Saudi funding not only pre-empted the tournament’s relocation from Riyadh to Indian Wells, it also heaped significant further pressure on the WTA’s dwindling cash reserves.
With reports suggesting that the governing body could plunge into debt as early as 2027, the prize fund for this season’s WTA Finals was cut by a staggering 34 per cent versus the previous year.
It’s therefore a stark contrast to 2025, when Kazakh star Elena Rybakina took home a record-breaking $5.235m purse following her undefeated journey to the title.
Where to watch on TV or live stream?
Back in 2023, Sky Sports struck an exclusive five-year deal with the WTA and ATP, enabling them to screen the vast majority of tournaments on either tour. The satellite giant provides comprehensive coverage of almost every WTA/ATP 1000, 500, and 250 event, while also holding exclusive UK rights to the U.S. Open.
Consequently, every minute of both the ATP Finals and the ongoing WTA Finals are being shown live on Sky Sports.
Subscribers can follow all of the action from Turin on Sky Sports Tennis, with selected sessions also available via Sky Sports Main Event. As the first day of action enters the evening, viewers can also watch the WTA Finals champion being crowned.
Between this Sunday and the following Friday, coverage commences at 10:30 (GMT) and temporarily stops when the first session concludes, before resuming from 17:00 (GMT) until the close of play. Saturday’s opening semi-final match will start at the slightly later time of 11:00 (GMT), but evening timings remain the same.
The two finals take place on Championship Sunday, with the doubles showpiece scheduled for 13:45 (GMT) ahead of the main event.
ATP Finals 2026 – Betting Odds
Here is the outright winner’s market for next week’s singles event:
Carlos Alcaraz: 10/11 (bet365)
Alexander Zverev: 4/1 (bet365)
Daniil Medvedev: 10/1 (bet365)
The odds, correct at the time of publication, are subject to change. All odds provided by bet365.