Nitto ATP Finals 2025: Which players have qualified?

Ryan Murray

2025 Nitto ATP Finals: Qualified PlayersPhoto by COSTAS BALTAS / ANADOLU / ANADOLU VIA AFP

A handful of the world’s best tennis players will descend on northern Italy next week, as the 56th edition of the ATP Finals takes place in Turin.

The tournament will be staged at the impressive Inalpi Arena for a fifth consecutive campaign, while once again being sponsored by Japanese materials manufacturer Nitto. Both singles and doubles competitions are scheduled, with the eight highest-ranked players and teams on the ATP Tour set to be involved.

The ATP Finals serve as the tour’s annual year-end championships and are therefore considered to be one of tennis’ most prestigious events. Only the four annual Grand Slams rank higher, with an undefeated champion(s) receiving a colossal 1,500 ATP points, which is more than the reward on offer for achieving the same feat in any of the nine ATP1000 events. The tournament unfolds over eight days, as the eight entrants in the singles and doubles competitions are whittled down to two finalists. Reigning Wimbledon champion Jannik Sinner defeated Taylor Fritz in last year’s showpiece, overcoming the American ace in straight sets. The 2024 doubles final was won by German duo Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz, who defeated top seeds Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavić in a pulsating clash.

The ATP Finals adopts a different format from every other event on the tour, deploying an initial group stage ahead of the knockout rounds. The eight entrants are split into two groups of four, with all players facing one another within their pool in a round robin. The two players with the highest number of wins advance to the semi-finals, with the remaining two players in each group eliminated. The doubles competition follows the same structure, with the two group winners and runners-up progressing to the last four.

In addition to the eight qualifiers, two ‘alternates’ will be in attendance. These players assume the role of a reserve, replacing any participant who withdraws from the tournament due to injury or any other issue. The alternates are ranked (more on this to follow), so it’s clear which of these two players enters first in the event of a withdrawal. Again, the same approach is taken in the doubles segment.

Qualification criteria

Throughout the ATP Tour season, players accumulate points from their performances in a series of events. This process is often referred to as the ‘ATP Race to Turin,’ as it is the key method for determining who qualifies for the year-end championships.

Each player’s points tallies will be confirmed following the final event(s) of the ATP Tour, which take place this week in Athens and Metz. The seven players with the most points are automatically invited to the ATP Finals, where they will be subsequently seeded ahead of the group stage. The last qualification spot is ringfenced and awarded to any reigning Grand Slam champion who is positioned between eighth and 20th in the ATP rankings, providing 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 will be the case in 2025, as rankings leader Jannik Sinner and second-placed Carlos Alcaraz were the only players to secure a Grand Slam title this term.

Points earned at all ‘high-profile’ tournaments (see below) can be leveraged in the ATP Race to Turin, but a player’s results at certain events may not count towards their qualifying efforts. Performances are measured across a unique cross-section of 19 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 US Open

• The eight mandatory ATP Masters 1000s*

• The best seven 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.

The qualification criterion for the doubles competition is much simpler. As there are no ‘mandatory’ events in the tour’s doubles segment, a team’s 19 best performances across the entire season will contribute towards their points tallies for the purpose of qualifying for the ATP Finals.

A poignant Paris Masters

Last week’s Paris Masters had a decisive influence on this year’s ATP Finals line-up, with several players confirming their qualification at the La Défense Arena.

Before the tournament commenced, four players – Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic, and Alexander Zverev – had already secured safe passage to Turin. Meanwhile, a handful of competitors arrived in the French capital knowing that a positive performance could clinch their spot in this season’s year-end championships, or at least give them a fighting chance of qualifying.

Taylor Fritz became the fifth player to qualify for the finals after Lorenzo Musetti – the tour’s eighth-ranked player ahead of the event – was knocked out by Italian compatriot Lorenzo Sonego in the second round. A day later, American youngster Ben Shelton and three-time US Open quarter-finalist Alex de Minaur booked their place in next week’s finals after recording third-round victories over Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov respectively.

Musetti’s early elimination meant he was unable to nail down the eighth qualification berth, leaving the door ajar for Félix Auger-Aliassime. The 25-year-old needed to reach the final in order to fully capitalise on the situation, as this would enable him to leapfrog the talented Tuscan in the rankings. This objective was duly achieved, as Auger-Aliassime navigated through five rounds before losing to the all-conquering Jannik Sinner in the showpiece. With only two events remaining in the 2025 tour calendar – this week’s Hellenic Championships in the Greek capital and Metz’s Moselle Open – this outcome put Auger-Aliassime in the box seat to qualify. However, the Canadian withdrew from the Moselle Open following his exertions in Paris, while Musetti snuck in late to the Hellenic Championships in a bid to recapture eighth place.

Up until this week, there was a question mark over whether Novak Djokovic would turn up in Turin, after demonstrating an ambivalence towards the tournament in recent months. The Serbian legend has already been crowned ATP Finals champion on seven separate occasions (more times than any other player in history), and withdrew from the event last year due to an unknown injury. Djokovic’s possible absence offered hope to several others competing at the Paris Masters, as the player occupying ninth position in the rankings would be in line to replace the missing veteran.

Casper Ruud, who was originally in contention for automatic qualification alongside Musetti and Auger-Aliassime, endangered his chances of a top-nine finish by crashing out to Daniel Altmaier in the second round. The Norwegian’s premature departure was a positive development for fellow hopefuls Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Bublik, and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, who all started the tournament in lower-ranked positions. However, a combination of their own performances mixed with Auger-Aliassime’s impressive run to the final ensured that none of these three players could squeeze through. With eleventh-placed Jack Draper still nursing a bruised humorous, either Daniil Medvedev or Alexander Bublik could have theoretically headed to Turin as an alternate. Bublik would have taken that provisional slot if he earned more than 90 points at the Moselle Open, after Medvedev reported to Metz with an injury.

However, Djokovic’s participation in the finals now appears to be guaranteed, following an announcement made by Italian Tennis Federation chief Angelo Binaghi. Therefore, it appears the last remaining qualification place impinges solely on Lorenzo Musetti’s exploits at this week’s Hellenic Championships. While Bublik could still feature as an alternate, it remains unclear as to whether Medvedev’s season is now over.

The Paris Masters may potentially play an even more pivotal role in deciding who qualifies for next year’s finals, as the cut-off for points calculations will move forward by one week from 2026 onwards. This is to avoid players withdrawing from subsequent smaller tournaments – such as Medvedev’s questionable drop-out at the Moselle Open – after it’s confirmed they won’t be able to qualify for the year-end championships.

Qualified Singles Players

Here’s the confirmed singles roster for the 2025 ATP Finals (qualifying date in brackets and ordered by current ATP ranking):

1. Jannik Sinner (August 8th)

2. Carlos Alcaraz (July 9th)

3. Alexander Zverev (October 24th)

4. Taylor Fritz (October 29th)

5. Novak Djokovic (October 18th)

6. Ben Shelton (October 30th)

7. Alex de Minaur (October 30th)

N.B. Eighth player and alternates yet to be confirmed.

Doubles qualification

The full roster for the ATP Finals’ doubles segment was also yet to be decided heading into the Paris Masters, with three available slots still up for grabs. However, there were far fewer possible permutations than what was experienced during the qualification battle for the singles competition.

In similarity to the situation on the ATP Tour singles circuit, the four Grand Slam winners all assume a top-seven position. Once again, this means that the final qualifying place defaults to the eighth-ranked team.

Given pre-tournament points tallies, only one team – the French/Monégasque pairing of Édouard Roger-Vasselin and Hugo Nys – had any chance of breaking into the top eight as a result of their efforts at the Paris Masters. Furthermore, defending ATP Finals champions Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz were all but assured their spot in Turin before a ball was hit at the La Défense Arena. The German duo duly qualified on the first day of action, but managed to navigate to the quarter-final stage before being ousted by eventual runners-up Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool. It was then the turn of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori on day two, when it was confirmed that the Italian pairing could not finish lower than eighth in the rankings. Although the seventh seeds will have been disappointed with their second-round exit, Bolelli and Vavassori now get the opportunity to compete on home soil at the year-end championships for a second consecutive season.

The fate of Édouard Roger-Vasselin and Hugo Nys was sealed after being swept aside by the formidable partnership of Harri Heliövaara and Henry Patten, who would later add a further piece of silverware to their bustling joint trophy cabinet. This paved the way for Christian Harrison and Evan King to make their respective ATP Finals debuts next week, despite the Americans falling at the first hurdle in Paris.

Earlier in the year, the five other teams participating in this season’s ATP Finals confirmed their qualification. After reaching the semi-final stage of the Cincinnati Open back in August, reigning Wimbledon champions Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool received their invite to the year-end championships. By the end of the following month, two further teams had booked their tickets to Turin. El Salvador’s Marcelo Arévalo and Golden Slam winner Mate Pavić qualified in mid-September, while experienced duo Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos went through after landing a maiden US Open title. The Spanish-speaking pairing emerged triumphant in the Flushing Meadows final thanks to a gutsy performance against Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski, who assured themselves of a place at the ATP Finals several weeks later while competing in China. The aforementioned Harri Heliövaara and Henry Patten similarly achieved this feat at the Shanghai Masters, after venturing to the quarter-final stage of the competition.

Édouard Roger-Vasselin and Hugo Nys are guaranteed to clinch the first alternate slot, but the recipients of the second are yet to be confirmed. This depends on the progress of two teams – Francisco Cabral/Lucas Miedler and Sadio Doumbia/Fabien Reboul – at the Hellenic Championships, with the latter travelling to Athens with a slight points advantage.