The Nitto ATP Finals returns to Turin for the second year, with the game’s elite set to once again light up the Pala Alpitour with eight days of world-class tennis.
Two singles players — Rafael Nadal and Stefanos Tsitsipas — enter with a chance to finish the season as No. 1 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, while Novak Djokovic seeks to match Roger Federer‘s record of six Nitto ATP Finals crowns.
ATPTour.com looks at 10 things to watch this week.
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1) Nadal’s Double Chance In Turin Debut: A 17-time qualifier for the Nitto ATP Finals, Nadal will make his first appearance in Turin as he seeks to win the lone big title that has eluded him in his legendary career. A two-time finalist at the event (2010, 2013), the top-seeded Spaniard knows that a title will not just complete his trophy cabinet — it will also earn him his sixth year-end No. 1 honour.
While Nadal can guarantee his place atop the Pepperstone ATP Rankings with the title, he could also claim the No. 1 spot with a 4-1 finish as runner-up, provided Tsitsipas does not lift the trophy as an undefeated champion in the latter scenario.
Nadal’s four tour-level titles this season leave him level with Djokovic, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Andrey Rublev for second-most on the season, behind the injured Carlos Alcaraz‘s five. The 36-year-old opens group play against Taylor Fritz on Sunday, with Casper Ruud and Auger-Aliassime also in the Green Group.
2) Djokovic Chases History: A five-time Nitto ATP Finals champion, Djokovic has not reached the final at the event since 2018 and has not lifted the trophy since his four-year reign as champion from 2012-15 in London. Having lifted his first year-end title in 2008 in Shanghai, he is bidding to complete a three-city collection of trophies in Turin.
Both Djokovic, 35, and Nadal, 36, are bidding to become the oldest Nitto ATP Finals champion and the second man to win the title in his 30s. Federer won his sixth title in 2011 at age 30, with Djokovic in hot pursuit of that record trophy haul.
The Serbian meets second seed Tsitsipas on Monday to open his campaign, with Daniil Medvedev and Rublev completing the Red Group.