TURIN/WASHINGTON, November 12, 2026 (by Michael Dickens)
With the singles draw revealed Thursday afternoon, in which the ATP Tour’s eight players were placed into two four-man groups, the 2026 Nitto ATP Finals moved one step closer to getting underway at Inalpi Arena. Play begins Sunday, Nov. 15 and continues through Sunday, Nov. 22.
World No. 1 Alexander Zverev of Germany and World No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain headline the star-studded field at the prestigious year-end event. Joining them are: Ben Shelton of the United States, Daniil Medvedev of Russia, Flavio Cobolli of Italy, Arthur Fils of France, Frances Tiafoe of the United States and Rafael Jodar of Spain.
Defending champion and current World No. 2 Jannik Sinner of Italy, who defeated Alcaraz in last year’s title match, is not competing in this year’s event due to a knee injury.
Joining Zverev in the John McEnroe Group is Shelton (seeded third), Fils (6) and Jodar (8). Alcaraz sits atop the Ivan Lendl Group, which also includes Medvedev (4), Cobolli (5) and Tiafoe (7).
On Sunday, Zverev will face Jodar during the day session and Shelton will open against Fils in the evening session. On Monday, Alcaraz and Tiafoe will meet during the day session and Medvedev will face Cobolli in the evening session.
The 2026 #NittoATPFinals groups are set! 🚨
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Zverev is a two-time winner of the year-end event, having lifted the trophy in 2018 and 2021. He arrives for this year’s Nitto ATP Finals having become the 30th player to rise to No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings at the start of the month. Zverev has already clinched Year-End ATP Singles No. 1 presented by PIF honors.
Meanwhile, Alcaraz is making his fourth appearance in Turin, where he was a finalist in 2023 in search of his first year-end title. He has won crowns this year at the Australian Open, where he completed a career Grand Slam; as well as Doha, Tokyo, Vienna and Paris.
While Shelton is appearing in Turin for the second time, 2020 champion Medvedev is back after failing to qualify for last year’s event. The remainder of the field – Cobolli, Fils, Tiafoe and Jodar – are making their debuts.
Heliovaara and Patten return to defend doubles title
Thursday’s draw also set the groups for the doubles competition. Defending champions Harri Heliovaara of Finland and Henry Patten of Great Britain, who have clinched Year-End ATP Doubles No. 1 presented by PIF honors for the first time after winning five titles this season, are the top-seeded team. Joining them in the Todd Woodbridge Group are Marcelo Arevalo of El Salvador and Mate Pavic of Croatia (seeded fourth), Theo Arribage and Albano Olivetti of France (6), and Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos of Brazil (8).
Leading the Mark Woodforde Group are No. 2 seeds Christian Harrison of the United States and Neal Skupski of Great Britain. They are paired with Marcel Granollers of Spain and Horacio Zeballos of Argentina (3), Simone Bolleli and Andrea Vavassori of Italy (5), and Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz of Germany (7).
Groups are set 🔒
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Sunday’s Nitto ATP Finals order of play
Monday’s Nitto ATP Finals order of play
The Nitto ATP Finals daily rundown
From Sunday Nov. 15 through Friday Nov. 20: Round-robin matches will be held across an afternoon session – 11:30 a.m. CET (doubles) and 2 p.m. (singles) – and an evening session – 6 p.m. CET (doubles) and not before 8:30 p.m. (singles).
Semifinals will take place on Saturday, Nov. 21. Afternoon session starts at 12 p.m. CET (doubles) and 2:30 p.m. (singles). An evening session includes 6 p.m. CET (doubles) and not before 8:30 p.m. (singles).
Finals will take place on Sunday, Nov. 22. The doubles final will be at 3 p.m. CET and the singles final at 6 p.m.
By the numbers
The prize money for this year’s Nitto ATP Finals is $15,750,000. An undefeated singles champion will earn $5,171,000. An undefeated doubles team will earn $959,300.
“Quotable …”
“The ATP Finals is, you know, the best eight players in the world. It is a really important tournament for everybody. That’s what we are working for and making a really good position to start the year the best that we can, and playing during the whole year the best that we can to qualify to that tournament.
“So, that means, you know, we just put extra motivation, extra energy to come into that tournament. So, as I said openly, this is a tournament that I really want to win one day. I don’t know if it’s gonna be this year, next year, if I ever gonna be able to win this tournament, but I’m gonna work hard. I’m going to believe that I can do that, and, you know, I’m going to go this year with a lot of confidence, with a lot of information in my bag to the things that I really wanted to improve and be better on that tournament, and I’m going to go for it, for sure.”
– Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, during his Rolex Paris Masters champion’s news conference on Sunday, in looking ahead to the Nitto ATP Finals.
