The 2016 ATP World Tour Finals (also known as the 2016 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis year-end tournament that was played at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom, from 13 to 20 November 2016. It was the season-ending event for the best singles players and doubles teams on the 2016 ATP World Tour.
Finals
Singles
Andy Murray defeated Novak Djokovic, 6–3, 6–4 It was Murray's 9th title of the year and 44th of his career. It was his 1st win at the event.
Doubles
Henri Kontinen / John Peers defeated Raven Klaasen / Rajeev Ram, 2–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Tournament
The 2016 ATP World Tour Finals took place from 14 to 20 November at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom. It was the 47th edition of the tournament (42nd in doubles). The tournament was run by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and was part of the 2016 ATP World Tour. The event took place on indoor hard courts. It served as the season-ending championships for players on the ATP Tour. The eight players who qualified for the event were split into two groups of four. During this stage, players competed in a round-robin format (meaning players played against all the other players in their group). The two players with the best results in each group progressed to the semifinals, where the winners of a group faced the runners-up of the other group. This stage, however, was a knock-out stage. The doubles competition used the same format.
Format
The ATP World Tour Finals had a round-robin format, with eight players/teams divided into two groups of four. The eight seeds were determined by the ATP rankings and ATP Doubles Team Rankings on the Monday after the last ATP World Tour tournament of the calendar year. All singles matches were the best of three tie-break sets, including the final. All doubles matches were two sets (no ad) and a Match Tie-break.
Points and prize money StageSinglesDoubles1PointsChampionRR + $1,675,000RR + $245,000RR + 900Runner-upRR + $545,000RR + $83,000RR + 400$179,000$34,000200Participation fee RR1$102,000$34,000Participation fee RR2$32,000$31,000Participation fee RR3$45,000pendingAlternates$102,000 RR is points or prize money won in the round robin stage. 1 Prize money for doubles is per team. An undefeated champion would earn the maximum 1,500 points and $2,391,000 in singles
Qualification
Singles Eight players compete at the tournament, with two named alternates. Players receive places in the following order of precedence: First, the top 7 players in the ATP rankings on the Monday after the final tournament of the ATP World Tour, that is, after the 2016 Paris Masters. Second, up to two 2016 Grand Slam tournament winners ranked anywhere 8th-20th, in ranking order Third, the eighth ranked player in the ATP rankings In the event of this totaling more than 8 players, those lower down in the selection order become the alternates. If further alternates are needed, these players are selected by the ATP.
Provisional rankings are published weekly as the ATP Race to the World Tour Finals, coinciding with the 52-week rolling ATP rankings on the date of selection. Points are accumulated in Grand Slam, ATP World Tour, Davis Cup, ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures tournaments from the 52 weeks prior to the selection date, with points from the previous years Tour Finals excluded. Players accrue points across 18 tournaments, usually made up of:
The 4 Grand Slam tournaments The 8 mandatory ATP Masters tournaments The best results from any 6 other tournaments that carry ranking points
All players must include the ranking points for mandatory Masters tournaments for which they are on the original acceptance list and for all Grand Slams for which they would be eligible, even if they do not compete (in which case they receive zero points). Furthermore, players who finished 2014 in the world's top 30 are commitment players who must (if not injured) include points for the 8 mandatory Masters tournament regardless of whether they enter, and who must compete in at least 4 ATP 500 tournaments (though the Monte Carlo Masters may count to this total), of which one must take place after the US Open. Zero point scores may also be taken from withdrawals by non-injured players from ATP 500 tournaments according to certain other conditions outlined by the ATP. Beyond these rules, however, a player may substitute his next best tournament result for missed Masters and Grand Slam tournaments.
Players may have their ATP World Tour Masters 1000 commitment reduced by one tournament, by reaching each of the following milestones: 600 tour level matches (as of January 1, 2016), including matches from Challengers and Futures played before year 2010; 12 years of service; 31 years of age (as of January 1, 2016). Players must be defined by the ATP as in good standing to avail of the reduced commitment.
Doubles
Eight teams compete at the tournament, with one named alternates. The eight competing teams receive places according to the same order of precedence as in Singles. The named alternate will be offered first to any unaccepted teams in the selection order, then to the highest ranked unaccepted team, and then to a team selected by the ATP. Points are accumulated in the same competitions as for the Singles tournament. However, for Doubles teams there are no commitment tournaments, so teams are ranked according to their 18 highest points scoring results from any tournaments.
Qualified players Singles #PlayersPointsToursDate Qualified111,185168 July210,780142 June35,1151912 September45,050189 October54,7051912 October 63,6251627 October 73,450173 November – 3,3001520 October83,215184 November
On June 6, Novak Djokovic became the first qualifier to the event.
Novak Djokovic collected his 60th career title at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, defeating Nadal in two sets in a final that lasted 73 minutes. Djokovic then proceeded to win his sixth Australian Open. On his road to his Open Era record sixth title in Melbourne, he defeated Roger Federer in four sets in the semi-finals, and in a rematch of the 2015 final, he defeated Andy Murray, in three straight sets. At the Dubai Tennis Championships, he retired against Feliciano López in the quarterfinals due to an eye infection. He quickly rebounded by winning back-to-back title, collecting his fifth Indian Wells Masters title, defeating Milos Raonic in the final and the Miami Open for the third consecutive year defeating Kei Nishikori. His finals win in Miami saw Djokovic surpass Roger Federer to become the all-time leading prize money winner on the ATP tour with career earnings of $98.2 million. After an early round exit to Jiří Veselý at the Monte Carlo Masters, Djokovic quickly bounced back by winning the Madrid Open for the second time in his career with a three set victory over Murray. They met again at the following event at the Rome Masters final one week later with Murray the victor, despite a sluggish performance. Djokovic defeated Andy Murray in the final of the French Open in four sets, making him the reigning champion of all four major tournaments, a historic feat the media dubbed the "Nole Slam." With his French Open triumph, Djokovic became the 8th player in history (and the second oldest) to achieve a Career Grand Slam. However, at Wimbledon, his major win streak came to an end in the third-round when he lost to American Sam Querrey in four sets. It was his earliest exit in a Grand Slam since the 2009 French Open.
Djokovic returned to form by winning his fourth Rogers Cup title over Nishikori, and 30th Masters 1000 title overall, without dropping a set. However, at the Summer Olympics, Djokovic was beaten in the first round by Juan Martín del Potro. It was Djokovic's first opening round defeat since January 2009. In the final slam of the year, the US Open, Djokovic advanced to the final but was defeated by Stan Wawrinka in four sets, after an odd path to the final receiving two retirements and a walkover. Djokovic was defeated by Roberto Bautista Agut and Marin Čilić in the semi-finals and quarterfinals of the Shanghai Rolex Masters and BNP Paribas Masters. This marks Djokovic's 10th appearance at the event.
On July 8, after reaching the Wimbledon final, Andy Murray qualified for the event.
Andy Murray began his 2016 season by playing in the Hopman Cup, pairing up with Heather Watson again. However, they finished second in their group. Murray played his first competitive tournament of 2016 at the Australian Open where he was aiming to win his first title there after four runner-up finishes. He went on to reach his fifth Australian Open final but lost in the final to an in-form Novak Djokovic in straight sets. He became the second man in the Open Era (after Ivan Lendl) to lose five Grand Slam finals at one event, and the only one not to have won the title. Murray then played at the Davis Cup defeating Taro Daniel in straight sets and Kei Nishikori in five sets. Murray then competed at the Indian Wells Masters and Miami Open but suffered upsets in the third round of each event to Federico Delbonis and Grigor Dimitrov, respectively. Murray began his clay court season at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters losing to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in the semifinals despite winning the first set. Murray then played at the Mutua Madrid Open as the 2nd seed and the defending champion, but once again lost to number 1 seed Djokovic in three sets in the final. He claimed his first title of the season at the Rome Masters, earning his first win over Djokovic on clay, when he defeated the Serbian in the final. Murray then moved on to the French Open, where he became the first male British player since Bunny Austin in 1937, to reach a French Open final. He was unable to win his maiden French Open final, losing to Djokovic in four sets.
Murray started his grass season at the Queen's Club Championships, where he claimed his fifth title at the event defeating Milos Raonic in the final. At the Wimbledon Championships, in a rematch of their Queen's Club final, he won his second Wimbledon title over Raonic. Murray next played at the Rio Olympic Games. He became the first player, male or female, to wim two gold medals in the tennis singles events by defeating Juan Martín del Potro in the final, which lasted over four hours. At the Western & Southern Open, Murray was able to reach the final, however his 22 match winning streak was snapped when fell to Marin Čilić in the final. At the US Open, he lost to sixth seed Kei Nishikori in five sets despite holding a two sets to one lead. Murray then won the China Open for his fifth title of 2016 and 40th career tour title. He defeated Grigor Dimitrov in the finals. Murray then backed this up with a tournament win at the Shanghai Rolex Masters over surprise finalist Roberto Bautista Agut all in straight sets to capture his 13th masters title and 3rd title in Shanghai. Murray brought his win streak to 15 consecutive match wins by winning the Erste Bank Open for his seventh tour title of the season, where he defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final. At the BNP Paribas Masters, after reaching the final, Murray became the first British man to reach No. 1 since the introduction of the rankings in 1973. Murray then defeated John Isner in the final in 3 sets to win his fourth consecutive tournament and first Paris Masters title.
On September 12, following his US Open triumph, Stan Wawrinka qualified for the event.