The history of the ATP Finals, all the venues and winners
The history of the ATP Finals, all venues and winners
Tennis è became Open, that is, open to professionals, in 1968, and the ATP’s world ranking was invented in 1973. But the tournament in which the best tennis players of the year could participate, to be played at the end of the season, was invented as early as 1970, three years before the advent of the official rankings proper.
That first edition was played in Tokyo, consisted of an Italian-style round of six players and was won by Stan Smith of the United States. In 1971 it was played in Paris again with a round robin, this time with seven players, then, starting in 1972, there were two rounds of four players and then semifinals and finals. In 1974 in Melbourne it was played for the first and only time on grass, as well as outdoors, outdoor it was also played on concrete in Houston in 2003 and 2004, otherwise always on fast indoor surfaces.
From 1982 to 1984 there were 12 players, in 1985 as many as 16 with a knockout draw, but from 1986 onward there’è was always the 8-player formula. From 1970 to 1989 it was called; Masters, under various sponsorships, from 1990 to 1999 ATP World Tour Championships, from 2000 to 2008 Tennis Masters Cup, from 2009 to 2016 ATP World Tour Finals and finally, since 2017, ATP Finals. Since 2021 it has been played in Turin. Here are the venues and the tournament’s roll of honor. The record holder of wins è Novak Djokovic with 7. The best result by an Italian è Jannik Sinner's final last year.
Tokyo 1970: Stan Smith
Paris 1971: Ilie Nastase
Barcelona 1972: Ilie Năstase
Boston 1973: Ilie Nastase
Melbourne 1974: Guillermo Vilas
Stockholm 1975: Ilie Nastase
Houston 1976: Manuel Orantes
New York 1977: Jimmy Connors
New York 1978: John McEnroe
New York 1979: Bjorn Borg
New York 1980: Bjorn Borg
New York 1981: Ivan Lendl
New York 1982: Ivan Lendl
New York 1983: John McEnroe
New York 1984: John McEnroe
New York 1985: Ivan Lendl
New York 1986: Ivan Lendl
New York 1987: Ivan Lendl
New York 1988: Boris Becker
New York 1989: Stefan Edberg
Frankfurt 1990: Andre Agassi
Frankfurt 1991: Pete Sampras
Frankfurt 1992: Boris Becker
Frankfurt 1993: Michael Stich
Frankfurt 1994: Pete Sampras
Frankfurt 1995: Boris Becker
Hanover 1996: Pete Sampras
Hanover 1997: Pete Sampras
Hannover 1998: Alex Corretja
Hannover 1999: Pete Sampras
Lisbon 2000: Gustavo Kuerten
Sydney 2001: Lleyton Hewitt
Shanghai 2002: Lleyton Hewitt
Houston 2003: Roger Federer
Houston 2004: Roger Federer
Shanghai 2005: David Nalbandian
Shanghai 2006: Roger Federer
Shanghai 2007: Roger Federer
Shanghai 2008: Novak Djokovic
London 2009: Nikolay Davydenko
London 2010: Roger Federer
London 2011: Roger Federer
London 2012: Novak Djokovic
London 2013: Novak Djokovic
London 2014: Novak Djokovic
London 2015: Novak Djokovic
London 2016: Andy Murray
London 2017: Grigor Dimitrov
London 2018: Alexander Zverev
London 2019: Stefanos Tsitsipas
London 2020: Daniil Medvedev
Turin 2021: Alexander Zverev
Turin 2022: Novak Djokovic
Turin 2023: Novak Djokovic
