The ATP World Tour Finals 2016 took place from November 13th to 20th, 2016. In addition to the four Grand Slam tournaments, the tournament is the most important competition in men's tennis . The tournament was part of the ATP World Tour 2016 and concluded it.
The seven and eight best placed players on the ATP Tour qualified for this competition. There were also two reservists. If one or two Grand Slam tournament winners finished between 8th and 20th place on the ATP World Tour, they got the eighth starting place and the first reservist place. Rafael Nadal canceled the season due to an injury. After the field of eight participants was determined, Tomáš Berdych and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga also canceled the tournament due to injury, while Nick Kyrgios served a suspension and was not eligible to play. David Goffin and Roberto Bautista Agut were finally on site as substitutes . Goffin was used in the last group game.
In principle, the eight best-placed doubles pairs on the ATP Tour qualified for this competition. However, a team that won a Grand Slam tournament and secured a place in the top 20 of the world rankings at the end of the year would also have qualified. After the field of participants was determined, Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău waived the place as substitutes, which went to Robert Farah and Juan Sebastián Cabal .