After a dramatic season, the ATP Tour 2025 reaches its finals this week at the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin, where the eight best players in the world will battle for glory in a showdown starting Sunday at the Inalpi Arena.
Carlos Alcaraz is the frontrunner after an exceptional year, but he faces stiff challenges from defending champion Jannik Sinner, who arrives in red-hot form. Two-time former winner Alexander Zverev is looking forward to another run at the prestigious trophy and Felix Auger-Aliassime returns for the first time since 2022.
Ben Shelton and Lorenzo Musetti make their debuts in the Nitto ATP Finals, while last year’s finalists Taylor Fritz and Alex de Minaur return to action at the Inalpi Arena. ATPTour.com looks at the key storylines to follow in Turin.
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1) Defending Champ Sinner returns home: After winning his first Nitto ATP Finals crown last year, Sinner returns home eager to defend his trophy. The 24-year-old Italian enters Turin on a 26-match winning streak, including back-to-back titles in Vienna and Paris – his last two appearances.
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2) Alcaraz aims for its first title: With eight trophies on Tour in 2025, according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index, Alcaraz has described this as his ‘best’ season yet. Now the 22-year-old Spaniard will look to add another milestone to his resume: his first Nitto ATP Finals crown. Alcaraz arrives in Turin looking for redemption after a surprise opening round defeat to Cameron Norrie in Paris.
3) Year-end fight No. 1 reaches climax: The race for ATP Year-End No. 1, presented by PIF Honors between Alcaraz and Sinner, comes down to the wire in Turin. Sinner is 1,050 points behind Alcaraz in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin and must defend his title to have a chance of finishing No. 1 at the end of the year for the second year in a row.
Sinner’s fate depends on how dominant his run is, while Alcaraz can still seal the top spot at the end of the year with a solid performance, especially if the Italian drops games along the way. Read the full overview here.
4) Shelton & Musetti make debut: After an outstanding season – which saw him win his biggest career title at the ATP Masters 1000 in Toronto – Shelton has earned his Nitto ATP Finals debut. He joins Fritz on the occasion of the first time since 2006 that multiple American men will be present at the season finale.
Musetti is the second player in the field to make his debut. He is the only player this season to have reached at least the semifinals in all three Clay ATP Masters 1000 events and at Roland Garros, and he backed this up with a first quarterfinal appearance at the US Open.
Shelton competes in Bjorn Borg Group alongside Sinner, Zverev and Auger-Aliassime. Zverev leads Shelton 4-0 in their Lexus ATP Head2Head series, with three of those clashes this year including in the Munich final.
5) Zverev Eyes Hat Trick: Zverev, a mainstay at the event, is making his eighth appearance at the Nitto ATP Finals, having lifted the trophy in 2018 and 2021. The German reached his third major final at the Australian Open and won the ATP 500 crown in Munich. He is now aiming for his third title at the year-end championships, to cap off another strong season.
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6) Fritz, De Minaur, Musetti in Alcaraz’s group: After beating Alcaraz in the Laver Cup two months ago, Fritz will be keen to claim another indoor victory over the Spaniard in Turin. They both compete in the Jimmy Connors Group, which also includes De Minaur and Musetti. De Minaur makes his second consecutive appearance in Turin.
7) Stacked doubles field: Top seeds Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool lead the doubles. They will face stiff competition from Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos, defending champions Kevin Krawietz/Tim Puetz and Simone Bolelli/Andrea Vavassori in Peter Fleming Group.
Meanwhile, Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten can still overtake Cash/Glasspool in the race for the Year-End ATP Doubles No. 1 presented by PIF Honors. They lead the John McEnroe Group, which also includes Marcelo Arevalo/Mate Pavic, Joe Salisbury/Neal Skupski and Christian Harrison/Evan King.
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