Roger Federer VS Andre Agassi 2003 final
1969Ever since Jack Kramer, the first Executive Director of the Association of Professional Tennis (ATP), introduced a structure of consecutive tennis tournaments over the course of a year, there has always been an end-of-year championship (Tennis Masters Cup).
(changed to ATP Finals) has been held.
December 1970Starting in Tokyo in February, it was held in Paris, Barcelona, Boston, Melbourne, Stockholm, and Houston. 1977 to 1989 13It has been associated with Madison Square Garden in New York for over a year.
1990It developed into the ATP Tour Finals in 2011, with Frankfurt and Hannover taking place. 1999This event was shared until 2008.
2009In 2020, the Nitto ATP Finals was held at The O2 in London, the world’s busiest entertainment stadium, and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2020. The competition was successfully held in London for 12 years. 2021The location was moved to Turin, Italy.
From 1977 to 1989, the tournament was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. John McEnroe won the first of his three titles in his hometown in 1978, Bjorn Borg won back-to-back titles in 1979-80 and Ivan Lendl reached nine consecutive finals in 1980-88.
Roger Federer, who made his Finals debut in 2002, won back-to-back titles at the Westside Tennis Club in Houston, defeating Andre Agassi in 2003 and Lleyton Hewitt in 2004.
In 2008, Novak Djokovic won the championship.
Andy Murray rose to the top of the rankings by defeating Djokovic in the 2016 London final.
Japanese company Nitto Denko Corporation acquired title sponsorship in 2017.
In April 2019, Turin, Italy was selected to host the 2021-2025 Nitto ATP Finals, with Germany’s Alexander Zverev winning his second title in the first Finals held in Turin.
Novak Djokovic won the championship in 2022 and 2023, overtaking Roger Federer (6 wins), who was the leader in most wins, and took the lead in most wins by winning 7 championships in the Finals alone.
