ATP Finals 2018

ATP Finals 2018
date	11/11/2018 - 18/11/2018
Edition	49
navigation	2017  ◄  2018  ►  2019
ATP World Tour
venue	London United Kingdom
Tournament number	605
category	ATP finals
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	8E / 8D
Prize money	US $ 8,000,000
Website	Official website
Last year's winner (individual)	Grigor Dimitrov
Last year's winner (double)	Henri Kontinen John Peers
Winner (singles)	Alexander Zverev
Winner (doubles)	Mike Bryan Jack Sock
Tournament director	Adam Hogg
Tournament supervisor	Lars Graff
As of November 18, 2018

The ATP Finals 2018 (officially Nitto ATP Finals ) took place from November 11th to 18th, 2018 in the O2 Arena in London . In addition to the four Grand Slam tournaments, they are the most important competition in men's professional tennis ; they take place at the end of the season. The tournament was part of the ATP World Tour 2018 .

Prize money and points

The prize money was $ 8 million.

round	singles	Double 1	Points
Tournament winner	+ $ 1,785,000	+ $ 284,000	+ 500
Semi-final winner	+ 0.$ 585,000	+ 0$ 96,000	+ 400
Group stage per win	+ 0.$ 191,000	+ 0$ 36,000	+ 200
Entry fee	+ 0.$ 105,000	+ 0$ 34,000	-
Substitute (no win)	+ 0.$ 105,000	+ 0$ 36,000	-

¹ Prize money is paid per team.

singles

qualification

The eight best-placed players of the season on the ATP World Tour qualified for this competition. There were also two reservists. If one or two Grand Slam tournament winners of the current season were placed between 8th and 20th place on the ATP World Tour, they were given the eighth starting place and the first reserve place.

ATP race in individual # player Points Tournaments Qualification date Grand Slam victories 1  Novak Đoković 8045 16 September 8, 2018 2 -  Rafael Nadal 1 7480 13 11th August 2018 1 2  Roger Federer 6020 16 September 8, 2018 1 -  Juan Martín del Potro 2 5280 18th 3rd October 2018 3  Alexander Zverev 5085 20th October 12, 2018 4th  Kevin Anderson 4310 19th October 28, 2018 5  Marin Čilić 4050 18th 2nd November 2018 6th  Dominic Thiem 3895 24 2nd November 2018 7th  Kei Nishikori 3390 23 3rd November 2018 8th  John Isner 3155 22nd 5th November 2018 9  Karen Khachanov 2835 25th 10  Borna Ćorić 2480 20th 11  Fabio Fognini 2315 25th 12  Kyle Edmund 2150 23

¹ Rafael Nadal canceled his participation on November 5, 2018 due to an upcoming ankle surgery.

² Juan Martín del Potro ended the season prematurely on October 14th due to a serious knee injury.

Guga Kuerten group

Results

player	player	Result
Alexander Zverev	Marin Čilić	7: 6 5 , 7: 6 1
Novak Đoković	John Isner	6: 4, 6: 3
Novak Đoković	Alexander Zverev	6: 4, 6: 1
Marin Čilić	John Isner	6: 7 2 , 6: 3, 6: 4
Alexander Zverev	John Isner	7: 6 5 , 6: 3
Novak Đoković	Marin Čilić	7: 6 7 , 6: 2

table

Item	Seeding list	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	1	Novak Đoković	3-0	6-0	37:20
2	3	Alexander Zverev	2: 1	4: 2	32:33
3	5	Marin Čilić	1: 2	2: 5	38:41
4th	8th	John Isner	0: 3	1: 6	30:43

Lleyton Hewitt group

Results

player	player	Result
Kevin Anderson	Dominic Thiem	6: 3, 7: 6 10
Roger Federer	Kei Nishikori	6: 7 4 , 3: 6
Kevin Anderson	Kei Nishikori	6-0, 6-1
Roger Federer	Dominic Thiem	6: 2, 6: 3
Kei Nishikori	Dominic Thiem	1: 6, 4: 6
Roger Federer	Kevin Anderson	6: 4, 6: 3

table

Item	Seeding list	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	2	Roger Federer	2: 1	4: 2	33:25
2	4th	Kevin Anderson	2: 1	4: 2	32:22
3	6th	Dominic Thiem	1: 2	2: 4	26:30
4th	7th	Kei Nishikori	1: 2	2: 4	19:33

Semifinals

player	player	Result
Novak Đoković	Kevin Anderson	6: 2, 6: 2
Roger Federer	Alexander Zverev	5: 7, 6: 7 5

final

player	player	Result
Novak Đoković	Alexander Zverev	4: 6, 3: 6

Double

qualification

The eight top-placed doubles pairs on the ATP Tour qualified for this competition. However, a team that had won a Grand Slam tournament and secured a place in the top 20 of the world rankings at the end of the year was also qualified.

ATP-Race in doubles # player Points Tournaments Qualification date Grand Slam victories 1  Oliver Marach Mate Pavic   7700 23 July 27, 2018 1 2  Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah   5830 21st 29th September 2018 3  Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo   5430 24 October 13, 2018 4th  Jamie Murray Bruno Soares   4940 21st October 11, 2018 5  Mike Bryan Jack Sock   4630 7th October 14, 2018 2 -  Bob Bryan 1 Mike Bryan   4355 9 6th  Raven Klaasen Michael Venus   4300 24 23 October 2018 7th  Nikola Mektić Alexander Peya   3920 21st 23 October 2018 8th  Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut   3490 11 October 14, 2018 1 9  Henri Kontinen John Peers   2740 20th 10  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecau   2700 15th 11  Ben McLachlan Jan-Lennard Struff   2480 14th

¹ season ended due to injury.

Knowles / Nestor group

Results

player	player	Result
Oliver Marach Mate Pavic	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	6: 4, 7: 6 3
Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	Mike Bryan Jack Sock	3: 6, 6: 7 5
Oliver Marach Mate Pavic	Mike Bryan Jack Sock	4: 6, 6: 7 4
Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	2: 6, 4: 6
Oliver Marach Mate Pavic	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	6: 7 4 , 4: 6
Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	Mike Bryan Jack Sock	6: 2, 6: 2

table

Item	Seeding list	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	8th	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	2: 1	4: 2	34:23
2	5	Mike Bryan Jack Sock	2: 1	4: 2	30:31
3	3	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	1: 2	2: 4	28:35
4th	1	Oliver Marach Mate Pavic	1: 2	2: 4	33:36

Group Llodra / Santoro

Results

player	player	Result
Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	Raven Klaasen Michael Venus	7: 6 5 , 4: 6, [10: 5]
Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	Nikola Mektić Alexander Peya	6: 3, 6: 4
Raven Klaasen Michael Venus	Nikola Mektić Alexander Peya	7: 6 5 , 7: 6 5
Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	4: 6, 3: 6
Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	Henri Kontinen John Peers	3: 6, 7: 6 3 , [10: 3]
Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	Raven Klaasen Michael Venus	6: 3, 7: 6 5

table

Item	Seeding list	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	4th	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	3-0	6: 2	35:31
2	2	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	2: 1	4: 2	32:28
3	6th	Raven Klaasen Michael Venus	1: 2	3: 4	35:37
4th	7th	Nikola Mektić Alexander Peya	0: 2	0: 4	19:26
5	9	Henri Kontinen John Peers	0: 1	1: 2	12:11

Semifinals

player	player	Result
Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	6: 3, 5: 7, [10: 5]
Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	Mike Bryan Jack Sock	3: 6, 6: 4, [4:10]

final

player	player	Result
Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	Mike Bryan Jack Sock	7: 5, 1: 6, [11:13]

See also

• WTA Championships 2018

Web links

• Official homepage of the ATP
• Official Homepage of the tournament (English)
• Tournament schedule single on the ATP homepage (PDF; 50 kB)
• Tournament schedule doubles on the ATP homepage (PDF; 80 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rankings | Race to London | ATP World Tour | Tennis. In: atpworldtour.com. Retrieved November 5, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Djokovic, Federer clinch 2018 Nitto ATP Finals spots. In: nittoatpfinals.com. September 8, 2018, accessed September 26, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Ankle surgery: Rafael Nadal cancels for ATP finals. In: eurosport.de. November 5, 2018, accessed November 5, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Del Potro Secures Return To Nitto ATP Finals (nittoatpfinals.com October 3, 2018, accessed October 6, 2018)
5. ↑ Alexander Zverev set for return to Nitto ATP Finals. In: nittoatpfinals.com. October 12, 2018, accessed October 12, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Anderson Creates History With First-Time Nitto ATP Finals Qualification. In: nittoatpfinals.com. October 28, 2018, accessed October 29, 2018 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Cilic, Thiem Qualify To Complete Singles Field For 2018 Nitto ATP Finals. In: atpworldtour.com. November 2, 2018, accessed November 3, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Nishikori Replaces Del Potro At 2018 Nitto ATP Finals. In: nittoatpfinals.com. November 3, 2018, accessed November 5, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Isner To Replace Nadal At 2018 Nitto ATP Finals. In: nittoatpfinals.com. November 5, 2018, accessed November 6, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Ankle surgery: Rafael Nadal cancels for ATP finals. In: eurosport.de. November 5, 2018, accessed November 5, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Del Potro seriously injured again , laola1.at of October 14, 2018, accessed on October 18, 2018.
12. ↑ Rankings | Doubles Race to London | ATP World Tour | Tennis. In: atpworldtour.com. Retrieved October 22, 2018 . 
13. ↑ Marach / Pavic First To Qualify For Nitto ATP Finals (nittoatpfinals.com from July 27, 2018, accessed on October 6, 2018, English)
14. ↑ Cabal / Farah Qualify For First Time To Nitto ATP Finals (nittoatpfinals.com September 29, 2018, accessed October 6, 2018)
15. ↑ Melo / Kubot Reach Shanghai Final, Confirm London Qualification (atpworldtour.com from October 13, 2018, accessed on October 13, 2018, English)
16. ↑ Murray / Soares Qualify For Nitto ATP Finals (nittoatpfinals.com October 11, 2018, accessed October 12, 2018)
17. ↑ ^{a b} Mike Bryan / Sock & Herbert / Mahut clinch Nitto ATP Finals spots. In: nittoatpfinals.com. October 14, 2018, accessed October 15, 2018 . 
18. ↑ ^{a b} Klaasen / Venus & Mektic / Peya Secure Nitto ATP Finals Spots. In: nittoatpfinals.com. October 23, 2018, accessed October 26, 2018 .