# 2019 ATP Finals
The 2019 [ATP Finals](https://www.edgepedia.org/atp-finals), sponsored as the Nitto ATP Finals, was the year-end men's tennis championship of the 2019 [ATP Tour](https://www.edgepedia.org/atp-tour), held at [The O2 Arena](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-o2-arena) in London from 10 to 17 November 2019 on an indoor hard court. The eight qualified singles players and eight doubles teams competed in a round-robin format, and Stefanos Tsitsipas won the singles title by defeating Dominic Thiem 6-7(6), 6-2, 7-6(4) in the final.[1](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/heritage/results-2000-2023) • [2](https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/London-Finals/605/overview)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Dates and venue | 10-17 November 2019, The O2 Arena, London; surface hard (indoor)[1](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/heritage/results-2000-2023) |
| Singles champion | Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE), seed 6, defeated Dominic Thiem (AUT), seed 5, 6-7(6) 6-2 7-6(4)[1](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/heritage/results-2000-2023) |
| Doubles champions | Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, seed 7, defeated Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus, seed 5, 6-3 6-4[3](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/files/media-guide/2020/2020-atp-media-guide-v3.pdf) |
| Prize money | US$9,000,000 on offer; Tsitsipas earned $2,656,000 as champion who lost one group-stage match, to Rafael Nadal, finishing 4-1 overall[1](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/heritage/results-2000-2023) • [4](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/sites/atp-tour/press/press-releases/21-november-2019-nitto-atp-finals-season-wrap.pdf) |
| Ranking stakes | Federer's group-stage win over Djokovic ended Djokovic's chance at a record-tying fifth year-end No. 1 and guaranteed Rafael Nadal his fifth[5](https://www.atptour.com/en/news/djokovic-federer-nitto-atp-finals-2019-thursday/) |
| Final character | Only the third final-round final-set tiebreaker in tournament history[6](https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/how-it-happened-tsitsipas-edges-thiem-in-three-sets-to-win-atp-finals) |
## Format and field
The Nitto ATP Finals uses a round-robin format with eight players divided into two groups of four, after which the top two from each group advance to single-elimination semi-finals and a final; there is no third-place playoff.[7](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/files/rulebook/2019/2019-atp-rulebook_chapter-4_world-championships.pdf) • [8](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/fan-village/rules-and-format) Each player plays three round-robin matches.[9](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/sites/atp-tour/press/press-releases/24-april-2019-atp-finals-relocation-decision.pdf?hash=BC2F5581393B6E9C9ABAF469E76A81AD)
The 2019 singles field was drawn into Group Andre Agassi ([Rafael Nadal](https://www.edgepedia.org/rafael-nadal), Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev) and Group Bjorn Borg ([Novak Djokovic](https://www.edgepedia.org/novak-djokovic), Roger Federer, Dominic Thiem, Matteo Berrettini).[1](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/heritage/results-2000-2023) The eight qualifiers were Nadal, Djokovic, Federer, Medvedev, Thiem, Tsitsipas, Zverev, and Berrettini, the last of whom secured his place when [Denis Shapovalov](https://www.edgepedia.org/denis-shapovalov) defeated Gael Monfils in the Paris Masters.[10](https://as.com/tenis/2019/11/01/masters_1000/1572632697_773548.html)
## Round-robin stage
In Group Bjorn Borg, Thiem beat Federer 7-5, 7-5 and then defeated Djokovic 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(5), while Federer beat Berrettini and then Djokovic 6-4, 6-3 on 14 November.[1](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/heritage/results-2000-2023) That Federer victory carried consequences beyond the group: Djokovic needed the title to have a chance of overtaking Nadal for year-end No. 1, and the loss ended those hopes, guaranteeing Nadal his fifth year-end No. 1 finish and evening him with Federer, Djokovic, and [Jimmy Connors](https://www.edgepedia.org/jimmy-connors).[5](https://www.atptour.com/en/news/djokovic-federer-nitto-atp-finals-2019-thursday/)
In Group Andre Agassi, Zverev beat Nadal 6-2, 6-4 in Nadal's debut, and Nadal then needed wins to stay alive, defeating Medvedev 6-7(3), 6-3, 7-6(4) and Tsitsipas 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-5.[1](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/heritage/results-2000-2023) • [11](https://as.com/tenis/2019/11/12/final_atp/1573595304_278176.html) Tsitsipas opened with his first win in six attempts against Medvedev, 7-6(5), 6-4, and clinched his semi-final spot by beating Zverev 6-3, 6-2.[1](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/heritage/results-2000-2023) • [12](https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/stefanos-tsitsipas-shows-he-has-the-game-ambition-of-a-future-no-1) Medvedev lost all three round-robin matches.[1](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/heritage/results-2000-2023)
## Knockout rounds and final
**The final.** On 17 November, Tsitsipas defeated Thiem 6-7(6), 6-2, 7-6(4) in two hours and 35 minutes, the biggest title of either player's career at the time.[1](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/heritage/results-2000-2023) • [12](https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/stefanos-tsitsipas-shows-he-has-the-game-ambition-of-a-future-no-1) Thiem took a first-set tiebreaker 8-6, Tsitsipas answered by breaking to start the second set, and the third set went to a deciding tiebreaker in which Thiem, down 3-4, sent a forehand long attempting the same down-the-line shot that had won him the previous point, then netted a forehand at 4-5.[12](https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/stefanos-tsitsipas-shows-he-has-the-game-ambition-of-a-future-no-1) It was only the third final-round final-set tiebreaker in the tournament's history.[6](https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/how-it-happened-tsitsipas-edges-thiem-in-three-sets-to-win-atp-finals) Tsitsipas, 21 years old and making his ATP Finals debut, had won three titles and reached three finals during 2019; Thiem, 26, finished the year at No. 4 with a 49-19 match record and had been aiming for an ATP Tour-best sixth title of the season.[13](https://www.atptour.com/en/news/thiem-tsitsipas-nitto-atp-finals-2019-sunday-final) • [14](https://as.com/tenis/2019/11/17/final_atp/1574013614_875872.html)
**Doubles.** The seventh seeds [Pierre-Hugues Herbert](https://www.edgepedia.org/pierre-hugues-herbert) and [Nicolas Mahut](https://www.edgepedia.org/nicolas-mahut) won the doubles title over Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus 6-3, 6-4, after beating Kubot/Melo in the semi-finals.[3](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/files/media-guide/2020/2020-atp-media-guide-v3.pdf) • [15](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/heritage/doubles-results)
## Prize money and attendance
Final standings determined payouts: Tsitsipas (4-1, champion) received $2,656,000; Thiem (3-2, finalist) $1,302,000; Federer, Zverev, and Nadal $645,000 each; Berrettini and Djokovic $430,000 each; and Medvedev $215,000.[1](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/heritage/results-2000-2023) Total prize money on offer was US$9,000,000.[4](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/sites/atp-tour/press/press-releases/21-november-2019-nitto-atp-finals-season-wrap.pdf) The ATP reported that the event's attendance helped lift the 2019 Tour total across its 63 events to more than 4.82 million fans, an all-time record, and that the event generated 399,112,369 digital impressions, a year-over-year increase of 97 percent.[4](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/sites/atp-tour/press/press-releases/21-november-2019-nitto-atp-finals-season-wrap.pdf)
## Significance
The final was widely read as a statement from the generation following the [Big Three](https://www.edgepedia.org/big-three-tennis) of Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic: Tsitsipas had moved from 2018 Next Gen ATP Finals champion to the main year-end crown within twelve months, and the match drew some of the loudest crowd support at the O2 for a final that did not include Federer, Nadal, or Djokovic.[13](https://www.atptour.com/en/news/thiem-tsitsipas-nitto-atp-finals-2019-sunday-final) • [12](https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/stefanos-tsitsipas-shows-he-has-the-game-ambition-of-a-future-no-1) The London crowd, with a large Greek community behind Tsitsipas, chanted his name during the trophy ceremony.[14](https://as.com/tenis/2019/11/17/final_atp/1574013614_875872.html) • [12](https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/stefanos-tsitsipas-shows-he-has-the-game-ambition-of-a-future-no-1) The 2019 edition was also the last full-audience ATP Finals in London; the event moved to Turin after 2021, and Medvedev, who went winless in the 2019 group stage, won the title there in 2020.[16](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/it/heritage/history) • [17](https://as.com/tenis/2020/11/22/final_atp/1606079366_419726.html)
## References
1. [Results 2000-2024, Nitto ATP Finals](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/heritage/results-2000-2023)
2. [Nitto ATP Finals Overview, ATP Tour](https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/London-Finals/605/overview)
3. [2019 ATP Tour & Grand Slam Finals, 2020 ATP Media Guide](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/files/media-guide/2020/2020-atp-media-guide-v3.pdf)
4. [21 November 2019 Nitto ATP Finals Season Wrap, ATP press release](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/sites/atp-tour/press/press-releases/21-november-2019-nitto-atp-finals-season-wrap.pdf)
5. [Roger Federer Beats Novak Djokovic To Make Nitto ATP Finals SF, ATP Tour](https://www.atptour.com/en/news/djokovic-federer-nitto-atp-finals-2019-thursday/)
6. [How it happened: Tsitsipas edges Thiem in three sets to win ATP Finals, Tennis.com](https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/how-it-happened-tsitsipas-edges-thiem-in-three-sets-to-win-atp-finals)
7. [2019 ATP Rulebook, Chapter IV: World Championships](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/files/rulebook/2019/2019-atp-rulebook_chapter-4_world-championships.pdf)
8. [Rules and Format, Nitto ATP Finals](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/fan-village/rules-and-format)
9. [24 April 2019 ATP Finals relocation decision, ATP press release](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/sites/atp-tour/press/press-releases/24-april-2019-atp-finals-relocation-decision.pdf?hash=BC2F5581393B6E9C9ABAF469E76A81AD)
10. [Shapovalov barre a Monfils y mete a Berrettini en el Masters, AS.com](https://as.com/tenis/2019/11/01/masters_1000/1572632697_773548.html)
11. [Ruleta rusa para Nadal ante el amenazante Medvedev, AS.com](https://as.com/tenis/2019/11/12/final_atp/1573595304_278176.html)
12. [Stefanos Tsitsipas shows he has the game & ambition of a future No. 1, Tennis.com](https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/stefanos-tsitsipas-shows-he-has-the-game-ambition-of-a-future-no-1)
13. [Stefanos Tsitsipas Completes Successful Transition, Lands Nitto ATP Finals crown, ATP Tour](https://www.atptour.com/en/news/thiem-tsitsipas-nitto-atp-finals-2019-sunday-final)
14. [Tsitsipas se hace Maestro a los 21 años al vencer a Thiem, AS.com](https://as.com/tenis/2019/11/17/final_atp/1574013614_875872.html)
15. [Doubles Results, Nitto ATP Finals](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/heritage/doubles-results)
16. [History, Nitto ATP Finals (Italian)](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/it/heritage/history)
17. [Medvedev se saca el título de Maestro invicto en las ATP Finals, AS.com](https://as.com/tenis/2020/11/22/final_atp/1606079366_419726.html)
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