The 2017 ATP Finals (also known as the 2017 Nitto ATP Finals for Nitto sponsorship) was a men's tennis year-end tournament played at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom, from 12 to 19 November 2017. It was the season-ending event for the highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams on the 2017 ATP World Tour.
Finals
Singles
Grigor Dimitrov defeated David Goffin, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 It was Dimitrov's 4th title of the year and 8th of his career. It was his 1st win at the event.
Doubles
Henri Kontinen / John Peers defeated Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo, 6–4, 6–2
Tournament
The 2017 ATP Finals took place from 12 to 19 November at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom. It was the 48th edition of the tournament (43rd in doubles). The tournament was run by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and was part of the 2017 ATP World Tour. The event took on indoor hard courts. It served as the season-ending championships for players on the ATP Tour. The eight players who qualified for the event were split into two groups of four. During this stage, players competed in a round-robin format (meaning players played against all the other players in their group). The two players with the best results in each group progressed to the semifinals, where the winners of a group faced the runners-up of the other group. This stage, however, was a knock-out stage. The doubles competition used the same format.
Format
The ATP Finals had a round-robin format, with eight players/teams divided into two groups of four. The eight seeds were 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 were the best of three tie-break sets, including the final. All doubles matches were two sets (no ad) and a Match Tie-break.
Points and prize money StageSinglesDoubles1PointsChampionRR + $1,785,000RR + $284,000RR + 900Runner-upRR + $585,000RR + $96,000RR + 400$191,000$36,000200Participation fee$191,0002$94,0003Alternates$105,000$36,000 RR is points or prize money won in the round robin stage. 1 Prize money for doubles is per team. 2 Participation fee for 1RR match is $36,000 and 2RR matches is 71,000. 3 Participation fee for 1RR match is $105,000 and 2RR matches is $$143,000. An undefeated champion would earn the maximum 1,500 points, and $2,549,000 in singles or $486,000 in doubles.
Qualification
Singles Eight players compete at the tournament, with two named alternates. Players receive places in the following order of precedence: First, the top 7 players in the ATP Race to London on the Monday after the final tournament of the ATP World Tour, that is, after the 2017 Paris Masters. Second, up to two 2017 Grand Slam tournament winners ranked anywhere 8th-20th, in ranking order 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.
Provisional rankings are published weekly as the Emirates ATP Race to London, coinciding with the 52-week rolling ATP rankings on the date of selection. Points are accumulated in Grand Slam, ATP World Tour, 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 2016 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. 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 reduced by one tournament, by reaching each of the following milestones: 600 tour level matches (as of January 1, 2017), including matches from Challengers and Futures played before year 2010; 12 years of service; 31 years of age (as of January 1, 2017). If a player satisfies all three of these conditions, their mandatory ATP World Tour Masters 1000 commitment is dropped entirely. Players must be in good standing as defined by the ATP as to avail of the reduced commitment.
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. 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. 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 #PlayersPointsTourn.Date Qualified1 Rafael Nadal10,6451713 June2 Roger Federer9,005113 Alexander Zverev4,410246 October 4 Dominic Thiem3,8152613 October53,8052024 October63,6502224 October – 3,150124 August72,975242 November82,765215 November
On June 13, following claiming his tenth French Open, Rafael Nadal became the first qualifier.
Rafael Nadal opened his season by playing at the Brisbane International for the first time, where he reached the quarterfinals before losing to Milos Raonic in three sets. Nadal then entered the Australian Open he reached the final and set up a clash against Roger Federer, his first Grand Slam final since he won the 2014 French Open. Nadal went on to lose to Federer in five sets; this was the first time that Nadal had lost to Federer in a Grand Slam since the final of the 2007 Wimbledon Championships. Nadal made it to the final of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel without dropping a set, but was defeated by big-serving Sam Querrey. In a rematch of the Australian Open final Nadal took on Federer in the fourth round of the Indian Wells Masters but again lost to his old rival. In the Miami Masters, Nadal reached the final to again play Federer, and was once again defeated in straight sets. At the European clay court swing, Nadal won back-to-back-to-back titles at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters defeating compatriot Albert Ramos, Barcelona Open and Mutua Madrid Open defeating Dominic Thiem in the finals on both occasions. At the Italian Open, Nadals 17-match winning streak was snapped by Thiem in the quarterfinals. Nadal then went on to beat Stan Wawrinka in straight sets and win a record tenth French Open title. This marked his first Grand Slam title since 2014 French Open, ending his three-year drought in Grand Slams.
Nadal lost in the fourth round at the Wimbledon Championships, 13–15 in the fifth set, to Gilles Müller. For his preparation for the US Open, Nadal competed at the Rogers Cup and Western & Southern Open, but had disappointing results falling in the third round to Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov and in the quarterfinals to Nick Kyrgios, respectively. However, Nadal bounced back by earning his third US Open title against first-time Grand Slam finalist Kevin Anderson, winning the final in straight sets. Nadal extended his winning streak by winning the China Open, winning the final against Kyrgios in straight sets. He also reached the final of the Shanghai Rolex Masters but once again fell to Federer for the fourth time in the year. At the Rolex Paris Masters he retired prior to his quarterfinal match against Filip Krajinović due to a knee injury.
On July 17, following claiming his Wimbledon triumph, Roger Federer qualified for the event.
Roger Federer began his season by playing in the Hopman Cup teaming up with Belinda Bencic but lost in the round robin round. At the Australian Open, he reached the final thus making him the oldest player to compete in a Grand Slam final since Ken Rosewall in 1974. Coming back from a break down in the fifth set, Federer defeated Rafael Nadal to win the Australian Open. He then competed at the Dubai Tennis Championships but was upset by Evgeny Donskoy in the second round. Federer bounced back by winning the back-to-back Masters event of the Indian Wells Masters and Miami Masters defeating Stan Wawrinka and Nadal in the finals, respectively. Federer then skipped the entire European clay swing. He returned to the tour at the beginning of the grass-court season MercedesCup, where he suffered a shock defeat to 302nd ranked Tommy Haas in the second round despite holding match points, the lowest-ranked player to beat him since 1999. He rebounded the following week by winning a record-extending ninth title at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, doing so without the loss of a set and defeating Alexander Zverev in the final. At the Wimbledon Championships, Federer made it to the final without dropping a set, where he defeated Marin Čilić in straight sets to win a record-breaking eighth Wimbledon gentlemen's singles title and his record-extending 19th major title overall, becoming the oldest male player to win Wimbledon in the Open era. At the opening of the summer hard court swing Federer was defeated in the final of the Rogers Cup by Alexander Zverev. Due to a back injury, he opted to withdraw from the Western & Southern Open. However, Federer lost to Juan Martín del Potro in the quarterfinals at the US Open. He bounced back by winning consecutive titles at the Shanghai Rolex Masters defeating World No. 1 Nadal in the final and at the Swiss Indoors beating Juan Martín del Potro in the final of his hometown tournament.
On August 4, Stan Wawrinka announced that he was ending his season due to a knee injury, even though he would have qualified for the event