2016 ATP World Tour Finals

2016 ATP World Tour Finals
Date	14–20 November
Edition	47th (singles) / 42nd (doubles)
Category	ATP World Tour Finals
Draw	8S/8D
Prize money	$7,000,000
Surface	Hard / indoor
Location	London, United Kingdom
Venue	The O2 Arena

The 2016 ATP World Tour Finals (also known as the 2016 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for sponsorship reasons) is a men's tennis tournament that will be played at the O₂ Arena in London, United Kingdom, in November 2016. It is the season-ending event for the best singles players and doubles teams on the 2016 ATP World Tour.

Tournament

The 2016 ATP World Tour Finals will take place from 14 to 20 November at the O₂ Arena in London, United Kingdom. It is the 47th edition of the tournament (42nd in doubles). The tournament is run by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and is part of the 2016 ATP World Tour. The event takes place on indoor hard courts. It serves as the season-ending championships for players on the ATP Tour. The eight players who qualify for the event are split into two groups of four. During this stage, players compete in a round-robin format (meaning players play against all the other players in their group). The two players with the best results in each group progress to the semifinals, where the winners of a group face the runners-up of the other group. This stage, however, is a knock-out stage. The doubles competition uses the same format.^[1]

Format

The ATP World Tour Finals has a round-robin format, with eight players/teams divided into two groups of four. The eight seeds are determined by the ATP Rankings and ATP Doubles Team Rankings on the Monday after the last ATP World Tour tournament of the calendar year. All singles matches are the best of three tie-break sets, including the final. All doubles matches are two sets (no ad) and a Match Tie-break.^[2]

Points and prize money

Stage	Singles	Doubles^1	Points
Champion	RR + $1,560,000	RR + $245,000	RR + 900
Runner-up	RR + $510,000	RR + $83,000	RR + 400
Round Robin win per match	$167,000	$32,000	200
Participation fee	$167,000	$82,000	N/A
Alternates	$95,000	$32,000	N/A

• RR is points or prize money won in the Round Robin Stage.
• ¹ Prize money for doubles is per team.

Qualification

Singles

Eight players compete at the tournament, with two named alternates. Players receive places in the following order of precedence:^[3]

1. First, the top 7 players in the ATP rankings on the Monday after the final tournament of the ATP World Tour, that is, after the 2016 Paris Masters.
2. Second, up to two 2016 Grand Slam tournament winners ranked anywhere 8th-20th, in ranking order
3. Third, the eighth ranked player in the ATP rankings

In the event of this totaling more than 8 players, those lower down in the selection order become the alternates. If further alternates are needed, these players are selected by the ATP.^[3]

Provisional rankings are published weekly as the ATP Race to the World Tour Finals, coinciding with the 52-week rolling ATP rankings on the date of selection. Points are accumulated in Grand Slam, ATP World Tour, Davis Cup, ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures tournaments from the 52 weeks prior to the selection date, with points from the previous years Tour Finals excluded. Players accrue points across 18 tournaments, usually made up of:

• The 4 Grand Slam tournaments
• The 8 mandatory ATP Masters tournaments
• The best results from any 6 other tournaments that carry ranking points

All players must include the ranking points for mandatory Masters tournaments for which they are on the original acceptance list and for all Grand Slams for which they would be eligible, even if they do not compete (in which case they receive zero points). Furthermore, players who finished 2014 in the world's top 30 are commitment players who must (if not injured) include points for the 8 mandatory Masters tournament regardless of whether they enter, and who must compete in at least 4 ATP 500 tournaments (though the Monte Carlo Masters may count to this total), of which one must take place after the US Open. Zero point scores may also be taken from withdrawals by non-injured players from ATP 500 tournaments according to certain other conditions outlined by the ATP.^[3] Beyond these rules, however, a player may substitute his next best tournament result for missed Masters and Grand Slam tournaments.

Players may have their ATP World Tour Masters 1000 commitment be reduced by one tournament, by reaching each of the following milestones:

1. 600 tour level matches (as of January 1, 2016), including matches from Challengers and Futures played before year 2010;
2. 12 years of service;
3. 31 years of age (as of January 1, 2016).

Players must be defined by the ATP as in good standing to avail of the reduced commitment.^[3]

Doubles

Eight teams compete at the tournament, with one named alternates. The eight competing teams receive places according to the same order of precedence as in Singles.^[3] The named alternate will be offered first to any unaccepted teams in the selection order, then to the highest ranked unaccepted team, and then to a team selected by the ATP.^[3] Points are accumulated in the same competitions as for the Singles tournament. However, for Doubles teams there are no commitment tournaments, so teams are ranked according to their 18 highest points scoring results from any tournaments.

Qualified players

Singles

Rankings as of 5 May 2016.^[4] Players in blue with a "∆" are active in Madrid.

Rank	Player	Grand Slam				ATP World Tour Masters 1000[lower-alpha 1]								Best Other						Total points	Tourn
		AUS	FRA	WIM	USO	IW	MIA	MAD	ITA	CAN	CIN	SHA	PAR	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	∆ Novak Djokovic	W 2000				W 1000	W 1000	QF 180						W 250	QF 90	R32 10				4,530	7
2	∆ Rafael Nadal	R128 10				SF 360	R64 10	SF 360						W 1000	W 500	SF 180	F 150	SF 90		2,660	9
3	∆ Andy Murray	F 1200				R32 45	R32 45	SF 360						SF 360	DC 275					2,285	6
4	∆ Milos Raonic	SF 720				F 600	QF 180	QF 180						W 250	QF 180					2,110	6
5	∆ Kei Nishikori	QF 360				QF 180	F 600	SF 360						F 300	W 250	QF 45	R16 45			2,140	8
6	Gaël Monfils	QF 360				QF 180	QF 180	R32 45						F 600	F 300	R32 0				1,665	7
7	Dominic Thiem	R32 90				R16 90	R16 90	R64 10						W 500	W 250	SF 180	F 150	R16 90	SF 90	1,540	11
8	Stan Wawrinka	R16 180				R16 90	R64 10	R32 10						W 500	W 250	QF 180	QF 45			1,265	8
9	Roberto Bautista Agut	R16 180				R32 45	R16 90	R16 90						W 250	W 250	R16 90	QF 90	QF 90	QF 45	1,220	11
10	David Goffin	R16 180				SF 360	SF 360	R64 10						R16 90	DC 75	QF 45	QF 45	R16 20	R32 0	1,185	10
11	∆ Nick Kyrgios	R32 90				R64 10	SF 360	QF 180						W 250	SF 180	SF 90				1,160	7
12	Pablo Cuevas	R64 45				R64 10	R32 45	R16 90						W 500	W 250	R32 45	R16 45	QF 45	SF 33	1,108	11
13	∆ Tomáš Berdych	QF 360				R16 90	QF 180	QF 180						QF 90	SF 90	SF 90	R32 10			1,090	8
14	Roger Federer	SF 720				A 0	A 0	A 0						QF 180	F 150					1,050	3
15	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	R16 180				QF 180	R32 45	R16 90						SF 360	SF 90	QF 45	R32 0			990	8
16	Philipp Kohlschreiber	R128 10				R32 45	R16 20	R64 10						F 250	SF 180	SF 180	QF 90	R32 45	QF 45	875	10
17	David Ferrer	QF 360				A 0	R32 45	R16 90						QF 90	SF 90	SF 90	R16 45	R32 0		810	8
18	Federico Delbonis	R32 90				R16 90	R64 25	A 0						W 250	QF 90	SF 90	SF 90	QF 45	R16 20	790	11
19	Grigor Dimitrov	R32 90				R64 10	R16 90	R64 10						F 150	F 150	QF 90	SF 90	R32 45	QF 45	770	9
20	Sam Querrey	R128 10				R32 45	R64 10	R16 90						W 250	SF 180	SF 90	QF 45	R16 20		740	9
21	Viktor Troicki	R32 90				R64 10	R32 45	R64 10						W 250	F 150	QF 90	R16 45	R16 20	R64 10	720	11

1. 2016 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters is not a mandatory tournament, and is counted in the Best Other column instead.

Doubles

Rankings as of May 5, 2016.^[4] Teams in blue with a "∆" are active in Madrid.

Rank	Team	Points																		Total Points	Tourn
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
1	∆ Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	W 1000	W 1000	W 1000	QF 180	R32 90	QF 45													3,315	6
2	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	W 2000	F 600	W 250	QF 180	SF 90	QF 90	R32 0	R16 0											3,210	8
3	Treat Huey Max Mirnyi	W 500	QF 360	SF 360	QF 180	SF 180	R16 90	SF 90	SF 90	R16 0										1,850	9
4	∆ Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	W 500	SF 360	W 250	R16 180	QF 180	QF 180	F 150	R16 0	R16 0	R16 0									1,800	10
5	Juan Sebastian Cabal Robert Farah	W 500	SF 360	W 250	R16 180	SF 180	F 150	R16 0	R32 0	R32 0										1,620	9
6	Daniel Nestor Radek Štěpánek	F 1200	R16 90	R16 90	QF 90	QF 90	R32 0	R32 0												1,560	7
7	Feliciano López Marc López	SF 360	F 300	W 250	SF 180	R32 90	R16 90	R16 0	R32 0	R32 0										1,270	9
8	Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers	SF 720	F 300	R16 90	R16 90	R32 0	R32 0													1,200	6
9	∆ Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock	F 600	QF 360	QF 180	R32 0															1,140	4
10	Raven Klaasen Rajeev Ram	F 600	QF 360	R16 90	SF 90	R16 0	R16 0	R32 0	R32 0	R16 0										1,140	9
11	∆ Henri Kontinen John Peers	W 250	W 250	QF 180	QF 180	SF 180	R32 90	R16 0	R32 0	R32 0	R16 0									1,130	10
12	Philipp Petzschner Alexander Peya	F 300	F 300	QF 180	F 150	QF 45	QF 45	QF 45	R64 0	R16 0										1,065	9
13	Oliver Marach Fabrice Martin	W 250	W 250	SF 180	R32 90	SF 90	SF 90	R16 45	R16 0	R16 0										995	9
14	∆ Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	SF 360	R16 180	QF 180	R16 90	QF 90	R32 0	R16 0												900	7
15	∆ Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	QF 360	QF 180	SF 180	QF 90	SF 90	R16 0	R32 0	R32 0	R16 0										900	9
16	Lukasz Kubot Marcin Matkowski	SF 180	F 150	R32 90	R16 90	R16 90	QF 90	SF 90	QF 45	QF 45	R16 0	R32 0	R32 0							870	12
17	Mate Pavić Michael Venus	W 250	W 250	W 250	SF 90	R64 0	R16 0													840	6
18	∆ Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea	R16 180	QF 180	QF 180	F 150	QF 90	R32 0	R32 0	R16 0											780	8
19	Adrian Mannarino Lucas Pouille	SF 720																		720	1
20	Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky	W 250	F 150	R32 90	QF 90	QF 45	QF 45	QF 45	R16 0	R16 0	R32 0									715	10

See also

• ATP Rankings
• 2016 WTA Finals

References

1. "Home | Barclays ATP World Tour Finals". Atpworldtour.com. 2013-10-27. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
2. "Andy Murray avoids the world No1 Novak Djokovic in ATP finals draw". Guardian. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
3. "2015 ATP World Tour Rulebook". ATP World Tour.
4. "ATP Race". Live-Tennis.com. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

External links

• Official website
• ATP tournament profile