ATP Finals 2026 Preview: Turin Groups, Points and Matches

Sinner out, Race places move down

Jannik Sinner, No. 2 in the ATP Race, is out of the Nitto ATP Finals with a knee injury and his season is over. The eight places go to the next players in the Race.

Sinner won the title at the ATP Finals in 2025 and 2024, beating Carlos Alcaraz in the 2025 final and Taylor Fritz in the 2024 final. The 2026 edition is played at Inalpi Arena in Turin from 15 November 2026 to 22 November 2026.

Format and points on offer

The 8 singles players are split into two groups of four and each plays the other three. The top two in each group reach the semifinals, and the semifinal winners play the final.

A round-robin win is worth 200 ranking points, a semifinal win 400 and a final win 500. An undefeated champion earns 1,500.

The groups and the Race standings

The John McEnroe Group contains Alexander Zverev, Ben Shelton, Arthur Fils and Rafael Jodar. The Ivan Lendl Group contains Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Flavio Cobolli and Frances Tiafoe.

Before this week's points, Zverev was No. 1 in the ATP Race of 9 November 2026 with 9,350 points, Alcaraz No. 3 with 6,100 and Shelton No. 4 with 5,170. Medvedev was No. 5 with 3,820, Cobolli No. 6 with 3,670, Fils No. 7 with 3,625, Tiafoe No. 8 with 3,390 and Jodar No. 9 with 3,234. All of them were already qualified for the Finals.

In the ATP ranking of 9 November 2026, Zverev is No. 1 with 9,550 points and Alcaraz No. 3 with 7,100. Jodar is No. 11 with 3,234 points.

McEnroe Group on 15 November

Zverev plays Jodar, and the betting market makes Zverev a 67% favourite. Zverev leads the head-to-head 1–0 in our match records.

In 2026 Zverev has averaged 10.3 aces per match (tour average 6.9) and won 90.2% of his service games (tour average 80.9%). Jodar has won 30.1% of his return games (tour average 19.1%) and averaged 4.6 aces per match.

Shelton plays Fils, and the betting market makes Shelton a 61% favourite. The two are level at 1–1 in our match records.

Shelton has averaged 11.3 aces per match in 2026 and won 15% of his return games (tour average 19.1%). Fils has won 86.1% of his service games and 21.5% of his return games.

Ivan Lendl Group on 16 November

Alcaraz plays Tiafoe on 16 November, and the betting market makes Alcaraz a 86% favourite. Alcaraz leads the head-to-head 2–1 in our match records.

Alcaraz has won 30.1% of his return games in 2026 (tour average 19.1%) and 88% of his service games. Tiafoe has won 21.9% of his return games and 84.6% of his service games.

Medvedev plays Cobolli the same day, and the betting market makes Medvedev a 75% favourite. Medvedev leads the head-to-head 2–1 in our match records.

Medvedev has won 28.4% of his return games this year and 84.3% of his service games. Cobolli has won 79.4% of his service games (tour average 80.9%) and 20.1% of his return games.

Recent finals

Sinner beat Alcaraz 7–6(4) 7–5 in the 2025 final and Fritz 6–4 6–4 in 2024. In 2023, Novak Djokovic beat Sinner 6–3 6–3 in the final.