Draw Announced For 2017 Nitto ATP Finals
Draw Announced For 2017 Nitto ATP Finals
Year-end Doubles team No. 1 comes down to the wire at The O2
The draw ceremony for the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held at The O2 in London from 12-19 November, has been made on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show, live on BBC Radio 2 with Boris Becker, on Wednesday morning.
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Singles – Group Pete Sampras
[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP)
[4] Dominic Thiem (AUT)
[6] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)
[7] David Goffin (BEL)
Singles – Group Boris Becker
[2] Roger Federer (SUI)
[3] Alexander Zverev (GER)
[5] Marin Cilic (CRO)
[8] Jack Sock (USA)
Nadal, who has won six titles in an exceptional year — including his 10th Roland Garros and third US Open crown — leads Group Pete Sampras alongside Dominic Thiem (5-2 FedEx ATP Head2Head record), Grigor Dimitrov (10-1) and David Goffin (2-0). Nadal, who has a 67-10 match record in 2017, has qualified for the season finale for the 13th successive year, highlighted by a run to the 2010 (l. to Federer) and 2013 (l. to Djokovic) finals.
Federer, who has a 52-12 career record at the Nitto ATP Finals, is looking to capture a seventh year-end title (2003-04, 2006-07, 2010-11). The Swiss has been drawn in Group Boris Becker with Alexander Zverev (2-2 FedEx ATP Head2Head), Marin Cilic (7-1) and Jack Sock (3-0). Federer has a 49-4 mark and an ATP World Tour-best seven titles in 2017.
Eight different countries are represented in the elite eight-man singles field for the second successive year, with Group Pete Sampras matches scheduled to begin on Sunday, 12 November. Group Boris Becker matches will begin on Monday, 13 November. Pete Sampras won the 1991, 1994, 1996-97, 1999 season finale crowns, while Boris Becker won the 1988, 1992, 1995 titles.
Doubles – Group Woodbridge/Woodforde
[1] Lukasz Kubot (POL) / Marcelo Melo (BRA)
[4] Jamie Murray (GBR) / Bruno Soares (BRA)
[5] Bob Bryan (USA) / Mike Bryan (USA)
[7] Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Marcel Granollers (ESP)
Doubles – Group Eltingh/Haarhuis
[2] Henri Kontinen (FIN) / John Peers (AUS)
[3] Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) / Horia Tecau (ROU)
[6] Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) / Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
[8] Ryan Harrison (USA) / Michael Venus (NZL)
The quest to be crowned year-end No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings will reach fever pitch as Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo and Henri Kontinen and John Peers square-off for the title.
Kubot and Melo have won an ATP World Tour-best six doubles titles this season — including Wimbledon and three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crowns (Miami, Madrid and Paris). The Polish-Brazilian team have 8,600 points in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings, 1,270 points ahead of second-placed Kontinen and Peers, winner of four trophies — including the Australian Open. With 1,500 points up for grabs at the Nitto ATP Finals, Kubot and Melo require two round-robin match wins to become the year-end No. 1 team.
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde won the 1992 and 1996 year-end doubles titles, while Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis, picked up the 1993 and 1998 trophies.