When Jannik Sinner returns to the court: dates and times of the ATP Finals
After his triumph at the Paris Masters 1000, which returned him momentarily to the top of the ATP rankings, Jannik Sinner is preparing to return to the court at the ATP Finals, scheduled to take place on the indoor concrete at Turin’Inalpi Arena from Nov. 9 to 16.
The world number one and defending champion will be the second seed having finished the season ranked second in the ATP Race. The leader is Carlos Alcaraz, while in third and fourth place are Alexander Zverev and Novak Djokovic, respectively.
Ben Shelton, fifth, Taylor Fritz, sixth, and Alex De Minaur, seventh, also picked up a pass to Turin. Felix Auger-Aliassime and Lorenzo Musetti are playing for the last spot: the Canadian is 160 points ahead in the Race but Musetti can overtake him if he succeeds at the Athens ATP 250.
The draw for the Turin draw is not yet over.
The ATP Finals group draw will take place on Thursday, Nov. 6: Sinner will lead the ‘Bjon Borg’ Group, while Alcaraz will head the ‘Jimmy Connors’ Group. L’Azzurro could face one between Zverev and Djokovic, one between Shelton and Fritz and, finally, one between De Minaur and Auger-Aliassime/Musetti.
The round robin matches will be played from Sunday, Nov. 9 to Friday, Nov. 14 with two matches per day: one in the afternoon (not before 2 p.m.) and the other in the evening (not before 8:30 p.m.). The two semifinals will be played on Saturday, Nov. 15: the first at 2:30 p.m. and the second at 8:30 p.m., while the final is set for Sunday, Nov. 16 at 6 p.m.
