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The 2025 season of the ATP Tour is all set to come to a grand end when the Finals begin on Sunday, November 9, in Turin. Turin marks its fifth year as host of the tournament, where the sport’s top stars are all set to face off. The 2025 ATP World Tour Finals kick off at Turin’s Palasport Olimpico on Sunday, November 9, with the final scheduled for the following Sunday, November 16. The top eight men’s tennis players, ranked by the most points earned throughout the year, compete in an exclusive tournament featuring a unique round-robin format to crown the year-end champion. The eight qualifiers will be divided into two groups of four, with each player facing the other three in a best-of-three format. The top two from each group advance to the semifinals, with ties decided first by head-to-head results and then by the percentage of sets won. The semifinals follow traditional knockout rules, with winners advancing to the final. The champion will claim a prize of $5 million and 1,500 ATP ranking points. Till now, four players have bagged their spots in the tournament, with four more still up for grabs. Six-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are among the qualifiers, having shared wins across the four major tournaments this year. Despite serving a two-month ban earlier, Sinner has sailed through and will have an opportunity to defend his 2024 Tour Finals crown. Alcaraz, meanwhile, was the first to qualify, booking his place as early as July. Joining them, Novak Djokovic’s brilliant performances at the Grand Slams have earned him an opportunity to extend his record seven ATP Finals titles. Two-time champion Alexander Zverev is the latest to qualify, bagging his place after reaching the final in Vienna. Known as the Race to Turin, the season’s final stretch makes every result crucial. Players ranked fifth to ninth in the ATP standings are separated by just 600 points, meaning a single slip could see someone miss out. Americans Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton are followed by Alex de Minaur and Lorenzo Musetti, all within 200 points of each other. Just 400 points back is Felix Auger-Aliassime, who knows that a strong performance at next week’s Paris Masters 1000 could catapult him into the tournament at the expense of one of the others.
