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 (round robin)
Paris 1971: Ilie Nastase (round robin)
Barcelona 1972: Ilie Năstase b. Stan Smith 6-3 6-2 3-6 2-6 6-3
Boston 1973: Ilie Nastase b. Tom Okker 6-3 7-5 4-6 6-3
Melbourne 1974: Guillermo Vilas b. Ilie Nastase 7-6 6-2 3-6 6-4
Stockholm 1975: Ilie Nastase b. Bjorn Borg 6-2 6-2 6-1
Houston 1976: Manuel Orantes b. Wojciech Fibak 5-7 6-2 0-6 7-6 6-1
New York 1977: Jimmy Connors b. Bjorn Borg 6-4 1-6 6-4
New York 1978: John McEnroe b. Arthur Ashe 6-7 6-3 7-5
New York 1979: Bjorn Borg b. Vitas Gerulaitis 6-2 6-2
New York 1980: Bjorn Borg b. Ivan Lendl 6-4 6-2 6-2
New York 1981: Ivan Lendl b. Vitas Gerulaitis 6-7 2-6 7-6 6-2 6-4
New York 1982: Ivan Lendl b. John McEnroe 6-4 6-4 6-2
New York 1983: John McEnroe b. Ivan Lendl 6-3 6-4 6-4
New York 1984: John McEnroe b. Ivan Lendl 7-5 6-0 6-4
New York 1985: Ivan Lendl b. Boris Becker 6-2 7-6 6-3
New York 1986: Ivan Lendl b. Boris Becker 6-4 6-4 6-4
New York 1987: Ivan Lendl b. Mats Wilander 6-2 6-2 6-3
New York 1988: Boris Becker b. Ivan Lendl 5-7 7-6 3-6 6-2 7-6
New York 1989: Stefan Edberg b. Boris Becker 4-6 7-6 6-3 6-1
Frankfurt 1990: Andre Agassi b. Stefan Edberg 5-7 7-6 7-5 6-2
Frankfurt 1991: Pete Sampras b. Jim Courier 3-6 7-6 6-3 6-4
Frankfurt 1992: Boris Becker b. Jim Courier 6-4 6-3 7-5
Frankfurt 1993: Michael Stich b. Pete Sampras 7-6 2-6 7-6 6-2
Frankfurt 1994: Pete Sampras b. Boris Becker 4-6 6-3 7-5 6-4
Frankfurt 1995: Boris Becker b. Michael Chang 7-6 6-0 7-6
Hanover 1996: Pete Sampras b. Boris Becker 3-6 7-6 7-6 6-7 6-4
Hanover 1997: Pete Sampras b. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-3 6-2 6-2
Hanover 1998: Alex Corretja b. Carlos Moya 3-6 3-6 7-5 7-3 7-5
Hanover 1999: Pete Sampras b. Andre Agassi 6-1 7-5 6-4
Lisbon 2000: Gustavo Kuerten b. Andre Agassi 6-4 6-4 6-4
Sydney 2001: Lleyton Hewitt b. Sebastien Grosjean 6-3 6-3 6-4
Shanghai 2002: Lleyton Hewitt b. Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5 7-5 2-6 2-6 6-4
Houston 2003: Roger Federer b. Andre Agassi 6-3 6-0 6-4
Houston 2004: Roger Federer b. Lleyton Hewitt 6-3 6-2
Shanghai 2005: David Nalbandian b. Roger Federer 6-7 6-7 6-2 6-1 7-6
Shanghai 2006: Roger Federer b. James Blake 6-0 6-3 6-4
Shanghai 2007: Roger Federer b. David Ferrer 6-2 6-3 6-2
Shanghai 2008: Novak Djokovic b. Nikolay Davydenko 6-1 7-5
London 2009: Nikolay Davydenko b. Juan Martin Del Potro 6-3 6-4
London 2010: Roger Federer b. Rafael Nadal 6-3 3-6 6-1
London 2011: Roger Federer b. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3 6-7 6-3
London 2012: Novak Djokovic b. Roger Federer 7-6 7-5
London 2013: Novak Djokovic b. Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-4
London 2014: Novak Djokovic b. Roger Federer by forfeit
London 2015: Novak Djokovic b. Roger Federer 6-3 6-4
London 2016: Andy Murray b. Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4
London 2017: Grigor Dimitrov b. David Goffin 7-5 4-6 6-3
London 2018: Alexander Zverev b. Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-3
London 2019: Stefanos Tsitsipas b. Dominic Thiem 6-7 6-2 7-6
London 2020: Daniil Medvedev b. Dominic Thiem 4-6 7-6 6-4
Turin 2021: Alexander Zverev b. Daniil Medvedev 6-46-4
Turin 2022: Novak Djokovic b. Casper Ruud 7-5 6-3
Turin 2023: Novak Djokovic b. Jannik Sinner 6-3 6-3
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