Next Generation ATP Finals

ATP tour
Next Generation ATP Finals
venue	Milan Italy Italy
First run	2017
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	8E
Prize money	US $ 1,275,000
Center Court	5,420 spectators
Website	Official website
As of October 15, 2019

The Next Generation ATP Finals are a since 2017 been transferred annually Tennis Tournament year 21 for the best of tennis players of the season. The tournament has been taking place in the multifunctional arena PalaLido in the Italian city of Milan since 2019 . Previously, the tournament was held on the grounds of the Fiera di Milano for two years . At the tournament, some rules not practiced on the ATP Tour are applied and tried out.

history

In November 2016, the ATP announced that, following a “proper tendering process”, the city of Milan would be awarded the contract for a next-generation tournament . The tournament lasts five days and is based on the hosting process of the ATP Finals . When the tournament was founded, it was decided that it would initially be limited to five years. The tournament is organized by the Federazione Italiana Tennis (Italian Tennis Federation) in collaboration with the Italian Olympic Committee .

format

As with the ATP Finals, round robins will be played in two groups of four on the first three days of the tournament . Then a semifinal followed by the final will be played crosswise. The seven players aged 21 or younger with the most world ranking points of the season are qualified . The eighth starting place will be awarded by wildcard .

regulate

A number of special rules have been introduced for the tournament:

Play on three winning sets, four games win one set; a tie-break is played when the score is 3: 3
A maximum of 25 seconds for a serve , no lets
No-ad rule (one point is played at 40:40, the receiver decides which side to return from)
no linesmen (only Hawk-Eye ), in the case of tight decisions with transmission to the screen for players and spectators
the match begins five minutes after the players arrive
a maximum of one medical timeout per player per match
Limited coaching via headsets is allowed
Spectators are allowed to move during the game (except behind the baselines)
own towel rails for players

World ranking points and prize money

Unlike the ATP Finals, the tournament does not distribute any points for the world rankings, although the victories and defeats are included in the official ATP statistics. So far, the prize money has been $ 1.275 million for each edition.

Results

venue	year	winner	Final opponent	Result
Italy Milan	2021
	2020
	2019	Italy Jannik Sinner	Australia Alex De Minaur	4: 2, 4: 1, 4: 2
	2018	Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas	Australia Alex De Minaur	2: 4, 4: 1, 4: 3 ⁵ , 4: 3 ²
	2017	Korea South Chung Hyeon	Russia Andrei Rublev	3: 4 ³ , 4: 3 ³ , 4: 2, 4: 2