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15 May 2024

ATP Tour

Which records does Novak Djokovic now hold in Men’s Tennis?

ATP Finals

Novak Djokovic vs Jannik Sinner | Prediction, H2H, and how to watch on TV and online

13 Nov 2023

ATP Finals

ATP Finals Turin 2023 | Schedule of play, format, standings and results

13 Nov 2023

ATP Finals

Daniil Medvedev vs Andrey Rublev | Prediction, H2H, and how to watch on TV and online

12 Nov 2023

ATP Tour

Jannik Sinner vs Stefanos Tsitsipas | Prediction, H2H, and how to watch on TV and online

12 Nov 2023

ATP Tour

ATP Finals 2023 Turin | Outright Betting Tips & Analysis

10 Nov 2023

ATP Tour

ATP Finals 2023 Turin | Outright Odds

10 Nov 2023

ATP Tour

ATP Finals 2023 Field | Who is playing in Turin?

10 Nov 2023

ATP Finals

Carlos Alcaraz vs Alexander Zverev | Prediction, H2H and how to watch on TV and online

10 Nov 2023

ATP Finals

Novak Djokovic vs Holger Rune | Prediction, H2H and how to watch on TV and online

10 Nov 2023

ATP Finals

ATP Finals | Previous champions and tournament records

8 Nov 2023

ATP Finals

ATP Finals 2023 Prize Fund | How much prize money is on offer?

ATP Tour

Stan Wawrinka v Lorenzo Sonego live stream | ATP Umag Croatia Open Semi-Final Preview

29 Jul 2023

Atlanta Open

Taylor Fritz v J.J. Wolf live stream | Atlanta Open Semi-Final Preview

29 Jul 2023

ATP Hamburg

Alexander Zverev v Arthur Fils live stream | Hamburg European Open Semi-Final Preview

29 Jul 2023

ATP Tour

Stan Wawrinka v Roberto Carballes Baena live stream | Croatia Open Umag 2023 Preview

28 Jul 2023

ATP Hamburg

Casper Ruud v Arthur Fils live stream | Hamburg European Open Preview

28 Jul 2023

Atlanta Open

Dan Evans v Dominik Koepfer live stream | Atlanta Open 2023 Preview

27 Jul 2023

ATP Tour

Stan Wawrinka v Federico Coria live stream | Croatia Open Umag 2023 Preview

ATP Halle

ATP Halle 2023 | Draw, Live Scores and Schedule of Play

ATP Geneva Open

ATP Geneva Open 2023 live stream | How to watch live at Bet365

ATP Tour

Carlos Alcaraz vs Karen Khachanov live stream with Bet365 | ATP Madrid Quarter-Final Preview

3 May 2023

ATP Tour

Carlos Alcaraz vs Stefanos Tsitsipas live stream | ATP Barcelona Final Preview

23 Apr 2023

ATP Tour

Andrey Rublev vs Dusan Lajovic live stream | ATP Banja Luka Final Preview

23 Apr 2023

ATP Tour

Holger Rune vs Botic van de Zandschulp live stream | ATP Munich Final Preview

23 Apr 2023

ATP Tour

Holger Rune vs Andrey Rublev live stream | ATP Monte-Carlo Final Preview

16 Apr 2023

ATP Tour

Jannik Sinner vs Holger Rune live stream | ATP Monte-Carlo semi-final preview

ATP Tour

Andy Murray vs Radu Albot live stream | ATP Indian Wells 2023 preview

11 Mar 2023

ATP Tour

Daniil Medvedev vs Andrey Rublev | How to watch the ATP Dubai final live

4 Mar 2023

ATP Dubai

Novak Djokovic v Hubert Hurkacz live stream | ATP Dubai 2023 preview

2 Mar 2023

ATP Tour

ATP Acapulco 2023 live stream | How to watch Mexican Open Tennis live online

28 Feb 2023

ATP Dubai

ATP Dubai 2023 live stream | How to watch Dubai Tennis Championships live online

ATP Finals

ATP Finals 2022 live stream | How to watch live online

ATP Queens Club

Queen’s Club Championship | 2022 Prize Money and Recent Winners

ATP Rome

Novak Djokovic v Stan Wawrinka live stream | Italian Open 2022 preview

12 May 2022

Madrid Open

Alexander Zverev v Carlos Alcaraz live stream | Madrid Open 2022 final preview

8 May 2022

Madrid Open

Novak Djokovic v Carlos Alcaraz live stream | Madrid Open 2022 preview

6 May 2022

Madrid Open

Rafael Nadal v Carlos Alcaraz live stream | Madrid Open 2022 preview

6 May 2022

Madrid Open

Madrid Open 2022 live stream | How to watch live online

5 May 2022

Madrid Open

Rafael Nadal v David Goffin live stream | Madrid Open 2022 preview

ATP Dubai

Novak Djokovic v Jiri Vesely live stream, preview and tips | Dubai Championships 2022

24 Feb 2022

ATP Mexico

Rafael Nadal v Stefan Kozlov live stream, preview and tips | Mexican Open 2022

23 Feb 2022

ATP Dubai

Novak Djokovic v Karen Khachanov live stream, preview and tips | Dubai Championships 2022

23 Feb 2022

ATP Dubai

Murray v Sinner live stream, preview and tips | Dubai Championships 2022

23 Feb 2022

ATP Mexico

Rafael Nadal v Denis Kudla live stream, preview and tips | Mexican Open 2022

22 Feb 2022

ATP Mexico

Daniil Medvedev v Benoit Paire live stream, preview and tips | Mexican Open 2022

13 Nov 2021

2 Nov 2021

ATP Vienna

Murray v Alcaraz live stream and preview | 2021 Vienna Open

27 Oct 2021

ATP Vienna

Tsitsipas v Dimitrov live stream and preview | 2021 Vienna Open

26 Oct 2021

ATP Vienna

Norrie v Fucsovics live stream and preview | 2021 Vienna Open

26 Oct 2021

ATP Tour

Hurkacz v Murray live stream and preview | 2021 Vienna Open

25 Oct 2021

ATP Tour

Basilashvili v Carreno-Busta live stream and preview | 2021 Vienna Open

25 Oct 2021

ATP Tour

Dzumhur v Cilic live stream and preview | 2021 VTB Kremlin Cup

18 Oct 2021

ATP San Diego

Murray v Ruud live stream and preview | 2021 San Diego Open

30 Sep 2021

ATP San Diego

Cameron Norrie v Dan Evans live stream and preview | 2021 San Diego Open

30 Sep 2021

ATP San Diego

Nishikori v Murray live stream and preview | 2021 San Diego Open

28 Sep 2021

ATP San Diego

ATP San Diego Open live stream | How to watch live online

28 Sep 2021

ATP Metz

Hurkacz v Carreno-Busta live stream and preview | 2021 Metz Open Final

26 Sep 2021

ATP Metz

Hurkacz v Murray live stream and preview | Metz Open 2021

24 Sep 2021

ATP Metz

Pospisil v Murray live stream and preview | Metz Open 2021

22 Sep 2021

ATP Metz

Murray v Humbert live stream and preview | Metz Open 2021

21 Sep 2021

ATP Metz

ATP Metz live stream | How to watch Moselle Open live online

20 Sep 2021

ATP Winston-Salem

Ivashka v Ymer live stream and preview | Winston-Salem Open 2021 Final

28 Aug 2021

ATP Winston-Salem

Carreno-Busta v Ivashka live stream and preview | Winston-Salem Open 2021

26 Aug 2021

ATP Winston-Salem

Tiafoe v Murray live stream and preview | Winston-Salem Open 2021

24 Aug 2021

ATP Winston-Salem

Carreno-Busta v Kwon live stream and preview | Winston-Salem Open 2021

24 Aug 2021

Cincinnati Masters

Rublev v Zverev live stream and preview | Cincinnati Masters 2021 Final

22 Aug 2021

Cincinnati Masters

Zverev v Tsitsipas live stream and preview | Cincinnati Masters 2021

21 Aug 2021

Cincinnati Masters

Medvedev v Rublev live stream and preview | Cincinnati Masters 2021

21 Aug 2021

Cincinnati Masters

Medvedev v Carreno-Busta live stream and preview | Cincinnati Masters 2021

20 Aug 2021

Cincinnati Masters

Barty v Azarenka live stream and preview | Cincinnati Masters 2021

19 Aug 2021

Cincinnati Masters

Medvedev v Dimitrov live stream and preview | Cincinnati Masters 2021

19 Aug 2021

Cincinnati Masters

Naomi Osaka v Coco Gauff live stream and preview | Cincinnati Masters 2021

18 Aug 2021

Cincinnati Masters

Rublev v Cilic live stream and preview | Cincinnati Masters 2021

18 Aug 2021

Cincinnati Masters

Hurkacz v Murray live stream and preview | Cincinnati Masters 2021

18 Aug 2021

Cincinnati Masters

Dimitrov v Bautista-Agut live stream and preview | Cincinnati Masters 2021

17 Aug 2021

Cincinnati Masters

Gasquet v Murray live stream and preview | Cincinnati Masters 2021

16 Aug 2021

ATP Tour

Medvedev v Hurkacz live stream and preview | ATP Toronto 2021

13 Aug 2021

4 Aug 2021

ATP Washington

Sinner v Ruusuvuori live stream and preview | Citi Open 2021

4 Aug 2021

ATP Washington

Citi Open 2021 live stream | How to watch ATP Washington live online

2 Aug 2021

ATP Summer Olympic Games

Djokovic v Carreno-Busta preview and tips | Olympic Games

30 Jul 2021

ATP Kitzbuhel

Ruud v Rinderknech live stream and preview | Kitzbuhel Open 2021

30 Jul 2021

Atlanta Open

Cameron Norrie v Nick Kyrgios live stream and preview | Atlanta Open 2021

29 Jul 2021

Atlanta Open

O’Connell v Sinner live stream and preview | Atlanta Open 2021

29 Jul 2021

ATP Summer Olympic Games

Djokovic v Nishikori live stream and preview | Olympic Games

28 Jul 2021

Atlanta Open

Nick Kyrgios v Kevin Anderson live stream | Atlanta Open 2021 preview

27 Jul 2021

Atlanta Open

Atlanta Open live stream | How to watch ATP Atlanta 2021 live online

27 Jul 2021

ATP Tour

Rinderknech v Bautista-Agut live stream and preview | Gstaad Open 2021

21 Jul 2021

ATP Mallorca

Medvedev v Carreno-Busta live stream and preview | ATP Mallorca 2021

25 Jun 2021

ATP Mallorca

ATP Mallorca 2021 live stream | How to watch Mallorca Championships live online

21 Jun 2021

ATP Queens Club

Berrettini v Norrie live stream and preview | 2021 Queen’s Club Cinch Championships Final

20 Jun 2021

ATP Halle

Humbert v Rublev live stream and preview | 2021 ATP Halle Open Final

20 Jun 2021

ATP Queens Club

Berrettini v De Minaur live stream and preview | 2021 Queen’s Club Cinch Championships

19 Jun 2021

ATP Queens Club

Big-serving Matteo Berrettini denies home favourite Dan Evans at Queen’s Club

18 Jun 2021

ATP Queens Club

Berrettini v Murray live stream and preview | 2021 Queen’s Club Cinch Championships

17 Jun 2021

14 Jun 2021

ATP Halle

Ivashka v Federer live stream and preview | 2021 Halle Open

14 Jun 2021

ATP Halle

ATP Halle 2021 live stream | How to watch the Halle Open live online

13 Jun 2021

ATP Rome

Djokovic v Nadal live stream and match preview | 2021 Rome Masters

16 May 2021

ATP Rome

Sonego v Rublev live stream and match preview | 2021 Rome Masters

15 May 2021

ATP Rome

Djokovic v Tsitsipas live stream and match preview | 2021 Rome Masters

14 May 2021

ATP Rome

Zverev v Nadal live stream and match preview | 2021 Rome Masters

ATP Tour

ATP Qatar Open 2021 live stream: How to watch live online

11 Mar 2021

ATP Cologne

ATP Cologne Indoors 2020: Men’s singles draw analysis, preview and predictions

11 Oct 2020

ATP Hamburg

Bautista Agut vs Rublev ATP Hamburg tennis live streaming, preview and predictions

24 Sep 2020

ATP Rome

Djokovic vs Schwartzman ATP Rome Masters tennis live streaming, preview and predictions

20 Sep 2020

ATP Rome

Djokovic vs Ruud US Open tennis live streaming, preview and predictions

19 Sep 2020

ATP Rome

Nadal vs Schwartzman US Open tennis live streaming, preview and predictions

18 Sep 2020

ATP Rome

Djokovic vs Koepfer US Open tennis live streaming, preview and predictions

18 Sep 2020

ATP Rome

Nadal vs Lajovic ATP Rome Masters tennis live streaming, preview and predictions

17 Sep 2020

ATP Rome

Djokovic vs Krajinovic Rome Masters tennis live streaming, preview and predictions

17 Sep 2020

ATP Rome

ATP Rome Masters 2020: Men’s singles draw analysis, preview and predictions

12 Sep 2020

Cincinnati Masters

Djokovic vs Raonic ATP Cincinnati-New York Masters tennis live streaming, preview and predictions

29 Aug 2020

Cincinnati Masters

Tsitsipas vs Raonic ATP Cincinnati-New York Masters tennis live streaming, preview and predictions

27 Aug 2020

Cincinnati Masters

Djokovic vs Bautista Agut ATP Cincinnati-New York Masters tennis live streaming, preview and predictions

27 Aug 2020

Cincinnati Masters

Djokovic vs Struff ATP Cincinnati-New York Masters tennis live streaming, preview and predictions

26 Aug 2020

Cincinnati Masters

Medvedev vs Bautista Agut ATP Cincinnati-New York Masters tennis live streaming, preview and predictions

Madrid Open

Madrid Open ‘confident’ of allowing spectators for September event

16 Jul 2020

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour is the global elite men’s tennis circuit, comprising almost 70 tournaments played all over the world in a season that stretches from January to November. Livetennis.com provides daily coverage of ATP tennis including tips, match analysis, rankings, results, draw previews and breaking news.

Upcoming ATP tournaments

Dates	Event Name	Tournament Category	Location
12-18 October	St Petersburg Open	ATP 500	St Petersburg, Russia
12-18 October	bett1HULKS Indoors	ATP 250	Cologne, Germany
12-18 October	Forte Village Sardegna Open	ATP 250	Sardinia, Italy
19-25 October	European Open	ATP 250	Antwerp, Belgium
19-25 October	bett1HULKS Championship	ATP 250	Cologne, Germany
26 October-1 November	Erste Bank Open	ATP 500	Vienna, Austria
26 October-1 November	Astana Open	ATP 250	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
2-8 November	Rolex Paris Masters	Masters 1000	Paris, France
9-15 November	Sofia Open	ATP 250	Sofia, Bulgharia
15-22 November	Nitto ATP Finals	YEC	London, UK

ATP Tennis Live Streaming

Every single ATP World Tour tennis tournament is streamed live online and you can watch and bet on ATP matches live on your computer, mobile or tablet throughout the January-November season.

The biggest tournaments, like the Indian Wells Masters, will feature live streams from all courts while the smaller 250s might ‘only’ have two streamed courts but it still adds to up to an immense amount of ATP matches available to stream live online.

Bookmakers like the ones we select and recommend here are among the biggest year-round streaming providers for tennis matches, with the biggest ones offering embedded streams of ATP tennis matches on their website to customers with a funded account or a live bet on the match. The advantages of being able to watch live footage of an ATP tennis match are self-evident when it comes to in-play betting!

These streams are safe, licensed, legal and very reliable, and the coverage of ATP tennis matches is extremely comprehensive. You can watch and bet on ATP tennis matches streamed live online when you sign in or register and deposit funds in your account.

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Watch and bet on ATP tennis live at bet365 > live streaming > tennis (geo-restrictions apply; funded account required or to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours to qualify)

How to watch & bet on ATP tennis

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3. Select Live Streaming

4. Select ‘Tennis’ from the ‘All Sports’ drop down menu

5. Enjoy a live stream & in-play betting for ATP tennis

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ATP Tournament Schedule

Men’s tennis, organized at its highest level by the ATP World Tour, has a longer and more demanding season than any other sport, with the tennis year beginning on the stroke of the calendar year in January and lasting all the way through to the ATP Finals in mid-November.

Nearly 70 different tournaments take place in locations around the world during this 11-month season, separated into different tiers. January sees the players return from their off-season for two weeks of tournaments in Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East and India as they warm up for the Australian Open; then the tour splits into European indoor events and the ‘Golden Swing’ of clay-court tournaments in South America before reuniting for the two biggest Masters 1000 Series of the year at Indian Wells and Miami.

April-June brings the European clay-court season, highlighted by the prestigious Barcelona Open and Masters 1000 Series events in Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome, before it comes to a climax at the French Open. Then it’s time for grass, with three weeks of pre-Wimbledon events including the Halle Open and Queen’s Club Championships before the third major of the year is played at the All England Club in the first two weeks of July.

After Wimbledon it’s on to the hard courts of the USA for the US Open Series, with the best players back in action for Masters 1000 Series events in Montreal/Toronto and Cincinnati before summer culminates in the US Open in late August-early September.

But just because the majors are over for the year doesn’t mean that ATP tennis follows suit – far from it. The focus turns to qualifying for the year-end championships, which feature the eight best players of the season, and the final stretch of the Race to London sees the best in men’s tennis battling out for the final spots in London over an Asian swing which takes in Tokyo, Beijing and the Shanghai Masters, and a European indoor run including big events in Basel, Vienna and the final Masters 1000 Series event of the year in Paris.

The eight best 21-and-under players earn their chance to compete at the Next Gen ATP Finals, while the elite eight head to London’s O2 Arena for a week of round-robin matches, with the fifth biggest title of the season – and sometimes the year-end world no. 1 ranking – on the line.

ATP Schedule 2020

The global health crisis has had a huge impact on the ATP Tour schedule, with all ATP tournaments suspended from mid-March and rankings frozen from 19 March.

All tournaments which were due to take place in the remainder of March, April, May, June and July were either cancelled or rescheduled for later in the season, including Wimbledon, which was cancelled for the first time since the Second World War.

ATP tournaments resumed on 22 August at the Western & Southern Open – relocated from Cincinnati to New York – and the US Open, which was played behind closed doors.

A four-week European clay-court season followed with a 250 tournament in Kitzbuhel, a Masters 1000 Series in Rome and a 500 in Hamburg, followed immediately by the French Open, which took place from 27 September-11 October with limited spectator capacity allowed. One final ATP 250 event takes place on clay after the French Open in Sardinia, Italy.

A European indoor season follows. ATP 500 events in St Petersburg and Vienna coexist with 250s in Cologne, Antwerp and Nur-Sultan before the Rolex Paris Masters and Sofia Open bring the season to a close. The Nitto ATP Finals will be played behind closed doors at London’s O2 Arena from 15-22 November, with Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem having already qualified for the season-ending championships.

The ATP have also announced a revised rankings system: A player’s ATP Tour ranking will be based on their results from March 2019-December 2020, a 22-month period, to avoid penalising players who are unable or willing to play for the remainder of the 2020 season.

ATP Tournaments

Since its inception in 1972, the ATP has categorized the tournaments that comprise it in various different ways as men’s tennis has grown ever more global, lucrative and popular, before settling on the current system in 2009.

ATP World Tour tournaments, of which there are almost 70 played over 11 months of the year all around the world, are organized into three main categories depending on the prize money and ranking points on offer: ATP Masters 100 Series events, 500 tournaments and 250s.

The four Grand Slams, while they feature the same cast of players and seed competitors according to ATP rankings (apart from Wimbledon, which adjusts ATP rankings for grass-court performance according to their own formula), are not technically part of the ATP World Tour but are owned by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). However, the Grand Slams do award ATP ranking points (2,000 to the champion). The ITF is also responsible for Davis Cup and Olympic tennis. While these are not ATP World Tour events, they are included in the ATP calendar.

ATP Masters 1000 Series

The nine ATP Masters 1000 Series events are the highest tier of competition outside the four Grand Slams and the ATP Finals, and the most significant category of tournaments on the ATP World Tour calendar.

The nine Masters 1000 Series events are, in calendar order: the BNP Paribas Open/Indian Wells; Miami Open; Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters; Madrid Open; Internazionali BNL d’Italia/Rome Masters; Canada Masters/Rogers Cup; Western & Southern Open/Cincinnati Masters; Shanghai Rolex Masters and BNP Paribas Masters/Paris Masters.

Indian Wells, Miami, the Canada Masters, Cincinnati and Shanghai are all played on outdoor hard courts; Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome are played on outdoor clay, and Paris is played on indoor hard courts. There is no Masters 1000 Series event played on grass.

Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, Rome, the Rogers Cup and Cincinnati are all combined events featuring either a WTA Premier Mandatory event or WTA Premier-5 event played alongside the men’s Masters 1000 Series.

Offering 1,000 ranking points to the winner and 600 to the runner-up, the Masters 1000 Series events are mandatory for all players who qualify by virtue of rankings with severe sanctions levelled against players who fail to turn up without good medical reason (although this is a rare eventuality given that players design their schedules around these events!).

Players are excepted from mandatory Masters 1000 Series attendance if they have won over 600 matches, have been a pro in good standing for 12 years and are over 30.

Of the nine Masters 1000 Series events on the calendar, Monte Carlo, Madrid, Rome, Montreal/Toronto, Cincinnati and Shanghai feature 56-player draws and Paris a 48-player draw. Indian Wells and Miami feature 96-player draws. In a 56-player or 48-player draw, the top 16 seeds receive byes into the second round. In a 96-player draw, the top 32 seeds receive byes into the second round.

Since the inception of the current Masters 1000 Series in 2009, these events have been dominated by the ‘Big Four’ of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. Only a handful of other players have managed to claim Masters 1000 Series titles in this time, including Juan Martin del Potro, Stan Wawrinka, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Marin Cilic, Grigor Dimitrov, Alexander Zverev, John Isner, Karen Khachanov, Dominic Thiem, Fabio Fognini and Daniil Medvedev.

This shows just how tough these events are to win – but with prize money of between €973,580 and $1,340,860 on offer to the champion, plus 1,000 ranking points, there’s all the incentive in the world to give it your all.

ATP 500 Tournaments

As the name suggests, 500-level tournaments offer 500 ranking points to the champion. There are 13 500-level events on the ATP World Tour calendar, played on every different surface throughout the year.

Rotterdam, Vienna and Basel are played on indoor hard courts; Rio, Barcelona and Hamburg are played on clay; Halle and Queen’s Club are played on grass during the run-up to Wimbledon; and Acapulco, Washington, D.C., Beijing and Tokyo are played on outdoor hard courts. Acapulco and Washington are combined events which also feature a WTA International tournament.

It is mandatory for ATP World Tour players to enter at least four 500 tournaments every season, including one held after the US Open, so these tournaments routinely feature multiple top-10 players. Some of the most popular events, like the Barcelona Open or the Queen’s Club Championships, will end up with the majority of the top 30 in their draws.

500 tournaments feature either 32- or 48-player draws, with a doubles draw of either 16 or 24 teams respectively.

Roger Federer currently holds the record for most 500 tournaments won.

ATP 250 Tournaments

After the nine Masters 1000 Series and 13 500 events come the 250 events – so named because they offer 250 ranking points to the champion.

With 40 events played throughout the season falling into this category, every week of the ATP calendar which is not taken up by a Masters 100 Series, Grand Slam or Davis Cup weekend will see at least one 250 tournament played, with some weeks featuring as many as three tournaments played simultaneously in different locations. There are multiple 250 tournaments played on all surfaces, even grass.

The majority of 250 events feature 28-player draws, although a few offer 32- or even 48-player draws. Tournaments also offer byes for seeds into the second round or not depending to their position on the calendar.

The draw for a 250 tournament will typically feature a few top-20 players, often a top-10 player, but this varies wildly according to the time of the season. The Brisbane International, for example, a 250 held in the very first week of the year, is typically packed with top-10 players eager to warm up for the Australian Open, but a 250 held on European clay in July will struggle to attract anybody ranked inside the top 10 as top players rest after Wimbledon.

Smaller and with a much more intimate feel to them than the bigger events, 250 tournaments are nevertheless live streamed and still offer hefty allowances of price money and ranking points.

ATP Finals

The ATP Finals and Next Gen ATP Finals fall into a category all of their own as they bring the season to a close, with the youngsters’ year-end championship acting as a warm-up to the main event, the last ATP World Tour tournament of the year.

First played in 2017, the Next Gen ATP Finals were set up to showcase the rising young talents in a game still dominated by ageing, over-30 stars. The seven 21-and-under players who have accumulated the most ranking points qualify for the Next Gen ATP Finals (unless they have successfully qualified for the ATP Finals) and are joined by an eighth 21-and-under player who is given a wildcard by the host country.

The Next Gen ATP Finals may be a recent addition to the calendar, but there has been an ATP Finals before there even was an ATP. Since 1970, a tournament has been held to mark the close of the season and it has evolved into its current form, the ATP Finals, the year-end championship in which eight players compete for the biggest prize in men’s tennis outside the four Grand Slams.

Traditionally played indoors as it comes at the end of the season in November, the ATP Finals has been played at London’s O2 Arena since 2009 and has come to be strongly associated with that venue.

Players qualify for the ATP Finals by accumulating points through winning matches and tournaments throughout the calendar year. Unlike the ATP rankings, which work on a 52-week basis, the Race to London – as the standings are known – begin in the first week of the new season in January and are updated each week as players accumulate points. With 2,000 points for winning a Grand Slam and 1,000 points for winning a Masters 1000 Series event, the champions of the biggest events of the season are almost guaranteed to feature at the ATP Finals.

At the season-ending championship, the eight players are divided into two groups of four who compete in round-robin matches for six days. The top two players in the group progress to the semi-finals.

With appearances fees of $203,000 for singles players and $1,000,000 for doubles teams, and 200 ranking points (almost as many as winning an entire 250) for each round-robin match win, the incentive to qualify among the elite eight is huge. Players can also earn as many as 1,500 ranking points for going undefeated in round-robin and winning the title.

Roger Federer has won a record six singles titles at the ATP Finals.

ATP Rankings

The ATP World Tour rankings are the objective system used to measure player performance in order to determine seedings and entry cut-offs for tournament.

It seems hard to believe now, but before the formation of the ATP, rankings were subjective and largely determined by national federations and tournament directors. In August 1973, shortly after the infamous Wimbledon boycott, the ATP announced it was introducing its new ranking system. Ilie Nastase of Romania was the first player to be ranked world no. 1 on 23 August 1973.

The ranking period is roughly 52 weeks (except for the ATP Finals and some Futures events). Essentially, a player will move up in the rankings if they equal or better their result from the corresponding week of the previous seasons, and down if they fail to do so.

The ATP rankings used a system of averaging players’ results for about the first 20 years of their existence but starting in 1990 moved to a system based on that of competitive downhill skiing, known as a ‘best of’ system.

Currently a player’s ranking points consist of his results from 18 tournaments (19 if including the ATP Finals):

• The four Grand Slams
• The eight mandatory Masters 1000 Series events (i.e. not including Monte Carlo)
• The previous ATP Finals (if applicable) until the Monday following the Paris Masters
• The player’s best six results from all other ATP World Tour events, plus Challengers, Futures and Davis Cup, from the past 52 weeks

To date, 26 players have achieved the world no. 1 singles ranking since the inception of the computer rankings in August 1973.

ATP Records & Stats

Most weeks at world no. 1:

Roger Federer currently holds the record for most weeks ranked world no. 1, having been in the top spot for 310 weeks.

Most consecutive weeks at world no. 1:

Roger Federer currently holds the record for most consecutive weeks ranked world no. 1, having spent 237 weeks in the top spot from February 2004 to August 2008.

Most points in a season:

Novak Djokovic’s total of 16,585 points in 2015 is the biggest in history (he won three Grand Slams, five Masters 1000 Series, the ATP Finals and a 500 title)

Most ATP singles titles won (overall)

Roger Federer has won the most ATP titles, with his total currently standing at 102, followed by Rafael Nadal with 84 and Novak Djokovic with 75.

Most ATP singles finals reached

Roger Federer has made the most ATP singles finals, with a total of 156, followed by Rafael Nadal on 121 and Novak Djokovic on 109.

Most ATP matches played

Jimmy Connors has played more ATP Tour matches than anybody else with his total currently standing at 1,556, followed by Roger Federer with 1,494.

Most ATP matches won

Jimmy Connors has won more ATP Tour matches than anybody else, with a total of 1,274 wins to his name, followed by Roger Federer with 1,494 and counting.

Most ATP matches won (active players)

Roger Federer leads active players in ATP matches won, followed by Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray.

Most ATP Finals titles

Roger Federer has won the ATP Finals a record six times, with Pete Sampras and Novak Djokovic tied for second place with five each.

Most Masters 1000 Series titles

Rafael Nadal has won the most Masters 1000 Series titles with 35, followed closely by Novak Djokovic on 33 and Roger Federer on 28.

Most titles in a season

Novak Djokovic holds the record for most titles in a season, having won six in 2015. He is also tied for second best (five titles in 2011) with Rafael Nadal (five titles in 2013).

Most ATP 500 titles

Roger Federer holds the record for most 500 series events won with 23, followed by Rafael Nadal on 20 and Novak Djokovic and Pete Sampras tied with 12.

Most ATP 250 titles

Thomas Muster of Austria has won a record 26 ATP 250 titles, followed by Roger Federer on 24 and Lleyton Hewitt on 22.

Longest match

John Isner d. Nicholas Mahut (R2, Wimbledon 2010) in 11 hours and five minutes.

Shortest completed match

Jarkko Nieminen d. Bernard Tomic (R1, Miami Masters 2014) in 28 minutes and 20 seconds.

Most aces (career)

Ivo Karlovic holds the record for most career aces with 13,455, followed by John Isner with 11,535 and Roger Federer with 11,136.

Most aces (match)

John Isner holds the record for most aces in a match, having served 113 against Nicolas Mahut in their 11-hour Wimbledon duel in 2010. Mahut is second with 103.

Youngest player to win an ATP title

Lleyton Hewitt was just 16 when he won his first title in Adelaide in 1998.

Oldest player to win an ATP title

This record is held jointly by three players currently active on the ATP Tour, each of whom won a title aged 37: Ivo Karlovic (Los Cabos, 2016), Roger Federer (Halle, 2019) and Feliciano Lopez (Queens Club, 2019).