Next Generation ATP Finals

Next Generation or Next Gen ATP Finals is an annual year-end men's youth exhibition tennis tournament for the best 21-and-under players of the season. Since its founding, the event has taken place in Milan, Italy.

Next Generation ATP Finals
Tournament information
Founded2017 (2017)
Editions5
LocationMilan
Italy (2017–2022)
VenuePalaLido
CategoryExhibition
SurfaceHard (indoor)
Draw8S
Prize moneyUS$$1,400,000 (2022)
Websitenextgenatpfinals.com
Current champions (2022)
Singles Brandon Nakashima

Ranking points, prize money and other features

The tournament does not distribute points for the ATP rankings for the participants. The ATP does not count it as an official ATP Tour tournament victory, but matches count towards official win–loss season record. Prize money worth US $2,275,000 is distributed and counts to the players' totals. From the beginning, the tournament regularly has incorporated new and experimental features that may or may not be introduced into other tennis events later on. It pioneered the implementation of electronic line-calling (so called 'Hawk-Eye Live' completely replacing human line-judges) back in 2017.[1] Other experimental features include scoring systems different from recognized tennis matches, players communicating with their coaches via headphones, and so on.

History

Following a competitive bid process, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) announced that the Italian Tennis Federation, in association with the Italian Olympic Committee, would organise a new ATP tournament featuring the world’s top 21-and-under singles players of the ATP Tour season. The first four editions of the Tournament were hosted in Milan, Italy from 2017 to 2021.[2] Already in the first year, a special circumstance occurred. The 20-year-old Alexander Zverev played such a successful season that he was qualified at the same time for the Next Generation ATP Finals and for the ATP Finals of the best eight players from 2017. As the events were dated close and scheduled directly one after the other, the Hamburg native opted for the latter option.[3]

Format

Played over five days, the format for the competition consists of two round robin groups, followed by the semi-finals and final. Played on a singles-only court, the competition features the best seven qualified 21-and-under players of the season, plus one wild card.[4]

Rules

A number of rule changes from the normal ATP format are used for the competition:[4]

Qualification

The Top 7 players in the Emirates ATP Race to Milan will qualify. The eighth spot will be reserved for a wild card, the winner of a qualifying tournament. Eligible players must be 21-and-under (born 2001 or later for 2022 edition).[6]

Results

Singles

Venue Year Champion Runner-up Score in final
Milan 2017 Chung Hyeon Andrey Rublev 3–4(5–7), 4–3(7–2), 4–2, 4–2
2018 Stefanos Tsitsipas Alex de Minaur 2–4, 4–1, 4–3(7–3), 4–3(7–3)
2019 Jannik Sinner Alex de Minaur 4–2, 4–1, 4–2
2020 No competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Carlos Alcaraz Sebastian Korda 4–3(7–5), 4–2, 4–2
2022 Brandon Nakashima Jiří Lehečka 4–3(7–5), 4–3(8–6), 4–2

Next Gen ATP Finals appearances

Key

Current format

  • W = winner;
  • F = runner-up;
  • SF = lost in semi-finals;
  • RR = lost in Round Robin group stage;
  • A = Alternate (did not play from the beginning);
  • A' = Alternate (played from the beginning = original player withdrew before the tournament);
  • R = withdrew during the tournament;
  • WC = entered as a Wildcard;
  • NP = did not play.

Older format

  • 3rd = won third place match (2017–2018);
  • 4th = lost third place match (2017–2018).
Note

When there are more than eight players listed for any year, it is usually due to withdrawal by one or more players because of injury. When a player withdraws early in the tournament, his place is filled by the next-highest qualifier. Participants are listed in order of number of appearances and best result with players being active indicated in bold. The 2020 edition was not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Player # Best
result
Years
Year of best result underlined (Wins in bold)
Qualified
but not played
W–L
Brandon Nakashima 2 W 2021, 2022 7–2
Andrey Rublev 2 F 2017, 2018 6–4
Alex de Minaur 2 F 2018, 2019 8–2
Frances Tiafoe 2 SF 2018, 2019 3–4
Lorenzo Musetti 2 RR 2021, 2022 2–4
Chung Hyeon 1 W 2017 5–0
Stefanos Tsitsipas 1 W 2018 2019 5–0
Jannik Sinner 1 W 2019(WC) 2021, 2022 4–1
Carlos Alcaraz 1 W 2021 2022 5–0
Sebastian Korda 1 F 2021 4–1
Jiří Lehečka 1 F 2022 3–2
Daniil Medvedev 1 3rd 2017(A') 2–2
Borna Ćorić 1 4th 2017 3–1
Jaume Munar 1 4th 2018(A') 1–4
Miomir Kecmanović 1 SF 2019(A') 2–2
Sebastián Báez 1 SF 2021(A') 2–2
Dominic Stricker 1 SF 2022(A') 3–1
Jack Draper 1 SF 2022 2–2
Karen Khachanov 1 RR 2017 1–2
Denis Shapovalov 1 RR 2017 2018, 2019 1–2
Jared Donaldson 1 RR 2017 0–3
Gianluigi Quinzi 1 RR 2017(WC) 0–3
Taylor Fritz 1 RR 2018 1–2
Liam Caruana 1 RR 2018(WC) 0–3
Hubert Hurkacz 1 RR 2018(A') 1–2
Ugo Humbert 1 RR 2019 1–2
Casper Ruud 1 RR 2019 1–2
Mikael Ymer 1 RR 2019(A') 1–2
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 1 RR 2019(A') 1–2
Juan Manuel Cerúndolo 1 RR 2021 0–3
Holger Rune 1 RR 2021(A') 2022 1–2
Hugo Gaston 1 RR 2021(A') 0–3
Francesco Passaro 1 RR 2022(A') 1–2
Tseng Chun-hsin 1 RR 2022 0–3
Matteo Arnaldi 1 RR 2022(A') 0–3
Alexander Zverev 0 2017, 2018 0–0
Félix Auger-Aliassime 0 2019, 2021 0–0
Jenson Brooksby 0 2021 0–0

Subsequent achievements of Next Gen ATP Finals players

World No. 1s

Player Next Gen appearance Achieved World No. 1 Ref.
Daniil Medvedev 2017 28 February 2022 [7]
Carlos Alcaraz 2021 12 September 2022 [8]

Grand Slam winners

Player Next Gen appearance Grand Slam titles won Ref.
AU FR WB US Total
Daniil Medvedev 2017 2021 1 [9]
Carlos Alcaraz 2021 2022 1 [10]

Grand Slam finalists

  • Bold: Player won the tournament
  • Number of titles won are within parentheses
Player Next Gen appearances Grand Slam finals Ref.
AU FR WB US Total
Daniil Medvedev 2017 2021, 2022 2019, 2021 4 (1) [9]
Alexander Zverev 2017[lower-alpha 1], 2018[lower-alpha 1] 2020 1 (0) [11]
Stefanos Tsitsipas 2018, 2019[lower-alpha 1] 2021 2 (0) [12]
Casper Ruud 2019 2022 2022 2 (0) [13]
Carlos Alcaraz 2021 2022 1 (1) [10]
  1. Player qualified but withdrew

See also

References

  1. Herman, Martyn (2017-09-18). "Tennis: Electronic calls to replace line judges at Next Gen Finals". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  2. "Milan To Host Inaugural Season-Ending Next Gen ATP Finals From 2017 – ATP World Tour – Tennis".
  3. "Chancenplus". 2017.
  4. "ATP Announces Trial Of Rule Changes & Innovation For Next Gen ATP Finals In Milan". ATP. 16 May 2017.
  5. "ATP Announces 2020 ATP Tour Calendar". atptour.com. March 13, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020. In addition, all ATP tournaments on the 2020 calendar will feature the Shot Clock, one of many innovations stemming from the award-winning Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan
  6. "Introducing Next Gen ATP Finals". ATP Tour. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  7. Tennis.com. "Ranking Reaction: Daniil Medvedev is officially No. 1 on the ATP rankings". Tennis.com. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  8. "Carlos Alcaraz Wins US Open Title & Rises To World No. 1 | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  9. "Daniil Medvedev | Titles and Finals | ATP Tour | Tennis". atptour.com. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  10. "Carlos Alcaraz | Titles and Finals | ATP Tour | Tennis". atptour.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  11. "Alexander Zverev | Titles and Finals | ATP Tour | Tennis". atptour.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  12. "Stefanos Tsitsipas | Titles and Finals | ATP Tour | Tennis". atptour.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  13. "Casper Ruud | Titles and Finals | ATP Tour | Tennis". atptour.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
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