Sunday 12 November 2023

ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS 2023

 

First, congratulations to this week's ATP 250 Champions:

Metz Singles: Ugo Umbert d. Alexander Shevchenko
Doubles: Nhys/Zielinski d. Franzen/Jebens

Sofia Singles: Adrian Mannarino d. Jack Draper
Doubles:  Escobar/Nedovyesov  d. Cash/Mektic

Those final two ATP tournaments cap the end of the ATP regulation competition and end with this week's Nitto ATP Finals with the eight most successful and top-ranked players in 2023 competing for top dog. 

This is the first appearance for three youngsters - Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and Holger Rune. Past winners include Novak Djokovic (6x), Alexander Zverev (2x),Daniil Medvedev (2020) and Stefanos Tsitsipas (2018). This will be Andrey Rublev's 4th appearance. The first two alternates are Hubert Hurkacz and Taylor Fritz.

Let's play ball👇

Nitto ATP Finals
Pala Alpitour
Turin, Italy
November 12-19, 2023

Surface: Indoor hard

Draws: Singles 8 (with 2 alternates), Doubles 8 (with 1 alternate)

The tournament was established in 1970.

Most titles: Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.with six titles apiece. If Novak wins this year he will break that tie.

The tourney has a round-robin format with 2 groups of 4. The top 2 in each group advance to the semifinals
Palazzo de Reale (Royal Palace Turin) which displays the personal art collection of the Savoy Monarchy & the sensational Pinateco di Gianni e Agnelli masterpieces acquired by the Fiat founder Gianni Agnelli.

GREEN GROUP SINGLES

Green Group: Novak Djokovic, Jannik Sinner, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Holger Rune

RED GROUP SINGLES

Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Alexander Zverev
Chiesa di Santa Maria del Monte del Cappuccini - Turin
GREEN GROUP DOUBLES

Dodig/Krajicek, Gonzalez/Roger-Vasselin, Gonzalez/Molteni, Granollers/Zeballos

RED GROUP DOUBLES

Koolhof/Skupsi, Bopanna/Ebden, Ram/Salisbury, Hijikata/Kubler


Such an exciting field, should be a terrific tournament. 

Grazie Shirley Hartt, grazie!

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