ATP World Tour Finals
The ATP World Tour Finals apply in addition to the four Grand Slam tournaments as the most important tennis tournament in the Men's Tour. The last major tournament of the year will be held in London since 2009. The season finale since 2000 replaced the ATP and ITF organized Tennis Masters Cup, the successor of the ATP World Championships was his hand, but also the Grand Slam Cup replaced.
The eight-strong starting field in the individual is made up of the eight best-placed players in the ATP world rankings - in a double accordingly from the top eight teams in the double ranking. If a player or a team have won during the season a Grand Slam tournament and be at the end of the year in the top 20, he or she is qualified instead of eighth-placed player or doubles team.
The preliminary round will be played in two groups of four in a round -robin ( all against all ). Group allocation is done according to the world rankings, with the player on odd positions in the one that are set to straight in the other group. The two group winners then meet in the semifinals each of the runners-up of the other group. The winners will contest the final.
- 2.1 Single
- 3.1 Individual
List of winners
Singles
Doubles
Record winner
Singles
The following table lists the ten best players on taking into account the previous tournaments Masters Cup, Masters, and ATP World Championship.
World champion of the decade
Singles
- 2010s ( ATP World Tour Finals ): Roger Federer, so far 3 times in the final, 2-1
- 2000 ( Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals ): Roger Federer, 5 times in the final, 4-1
- 1990 (ATP World Tour): Pete Sampras, 6 times in the final, 5-1
- 1980 ( Masters): Ivan Lendl, 9 times in the final, 5-4, in a row
- 1970 ( Masters): Ilie Năstase, 5 times in the final, 4-1, in a row