Next Gen ATP Finals

The Next Gen ATP Finals is an annual men's professional exhibition tennis tournament organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the best players of the season aged 20 years old or younger. The event debuted in 2017 at the PalaLido in Milan, where it was also staged for the next four editions. It was moved to King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, where it was held from 2023 until 2025. From 2017 to 2023 the age threshold was 21 years and under.^[1]

Next Gen ATP Finals
ATP Tour
Founded	2017; 8 years ago (2017)
Editions	8
Location	Milan, Italy (2017–2022) Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (2023–2025)
Venue	PalaLido (2017–2022) King Abdullah Sports City Stadium (2023–2025)
Category	Exhibition
Surface	Hard (indoor)
Draw	8S
Prize money	US$2,101,250 (2025)
Website	nextgenatpfinals.com
Current champions (2024)
Singles	João Fonseca

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.^[2] 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 five editions of the tournament were hosted in Milan, Italy from 2017 to 2022.^[3] 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 Gen 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 German opted for the latter option.^[4]

In the 2024 season, the ATP announced an expansion of the Next Gen brand. In addition to lowering the age threshold from 21-and-under to 20-and-under, a Next Gen Accelerator Programme was introduced. This allows Next Gen labelled players who reach the top 350 of the ATP rankings up to 8 opportunities to enter the main draws of ATP Challenger Tour 125 and ATP Challenger Tour 100 events. Furthermore, those who reach the top 250 are provided a main draw entry for an ATP 250 event, along with two qualifying opportunities for them.^[1]

Format

Played over five days, the format for the competition consists of two round robin groups, followed by the semifinals and final. Played on a singles-only court, the competition features the best eight qualified 20-and-under players of the season (until 2023 it featured the best seven players plus one wildcard).^[5][6]

Rules

A number of rule changes from the normal ATP format are used for the competition:^[6]

Best of five sets First to four games in each set Tiebreak at 3-All No-Ad scoring (server's choice in 2019, receiver's choice in 2018) Lets on serve (in 2018 lets on serve were counted "in") Live Electronic line calling/Hawkeye-Live (graphic shown on screens after a "close call") Start match 4 minutes from entry of second player on court (5 minutes in 2018)

Shot clock to ensure 25-second rule, the shot clock is reduced to 15 seconds after a rally lasting less than 3 shots[7] Maximum of one medical timeout per player per match Coaches can talk to players through headsets Public will be allowed to move around during a match (except at baselines) Towel boxes at each baseline Players can use wearable technology

Qualification

The Top 8 eligible players, 20-and-under as of the end of that calendar year, in the ATP Race to Jeddah (formerly the Race to Milan) qualify.^[8] Until the 2023 edition, the Top 7 qualified and the eighth spot was reserved for a wildcard, the winner of a qualifying tournament.^[9]

Results

Singles

Venue	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
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
Jeddah	2023	Hamad Medjedovic	Arthur Fils	3–4(6–8), 4–1, 4–2, 3–4(9–11), 4–1
	2024	João Fonseca	Learner Tien	2–4, 4–3(10–8), 4–0, 4–2
	2025

Next Gen ATP Finals appearances

Key

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 (2017–2018 only)↓
3rd	Won third place match
4th	Lost third place match

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. The 2020 edition was cancelled 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
Alex de Minaur	2	F	2018, 2019	–	8–2
Andrey Rublev	2	F	2017, 2018	–	6–4
Arthur Fils	2	F	2023, 2024	–	5–3
Dominic Stricker	2	SF	2022(A'), 2023	–	4–4
Luca Van Assche	2	SF	2023, 2024	–	4–4
Frances Tiafoe	2	SF	2018, 2019	–	3–4
Alex Michelsen	2	SF	2023, 2024	–	3–4
Lorenzo Musetti	2	RR	2021, 2022	2023	2–4
Chung Hyeon	1	W	2017	–	5–0
Stefanos Tsitsipas	1	W	2018	2019	5–0
Jannik Sinner	1	W	2019 (WC)[10]	2021, 2022	4–1
Carlos Alcaraz	1	W	2021	2022, 2023	5–0
Hamad Medjedovic	1	W	2023	–	5–0
João Fonseca	1	W	2024	–	5–0
Sebastian Korda	1	F	2021	–	4–1
Jiří Lehečka	1	F	2022	–	3–2
Learner Tien	1	F	2024	–	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
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
Hubert Hurkacz	1	RR	2018(A')	–	1–2
Liam Caruana	1	RR	2018(WC)	–	0–3
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
Holger Rune	1	RR	2021(A')	2022, 2023	1–2
Juan Manuel Cerúndolo	1	RR	2021	–	0–3
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
Flavio Cobolli	1	RR	2023	–	1–2
Luca Nardi	1	RR	2023	–	1–2
Abdullah Shelbayh	1	RR	2023(WC)	–	1–2
Nishesh Basavareddy	1	RR	2024	–	1–2
Jakub Menšík	1	RR	2024	–	0–3
Shang Juncheng	1	RR	2024	–	0–3
Alexander Zverev	0	–	–	2017, 2018	0–0
Félix Auger-Aliassime	0	–	–	2019, 2021	0–0
Jenson Brooksby	0	–	–	2021	0–0
Ben Shelton	0	–	–	2023	0–0

Subsequent achievements of Next Gen ATP Finals players

Bold: Player won the tournament
Italics: Player qualified that particular year but did not participate.

Rankings

World No. 1s

Player	Next Gen appearance	Achieved world No. 1	Ref.
Daniil Medvedev	2017	28 February 2022	[11]
Carlos Alcaraz	2021	12 September 2022	[12]
Jannik Sinner	2019, 2021, 2022	10 June 2024

Top Ten

Player	Next Gen appearance	Highest ranking	Ref.
Casper Ruud	2019	2	[13]
Alexander Zverev	2017, 2018		[14]
Stefanos Tsitsipas	2018, 2019	3	[15]
Holger Rune	2021, 2022	4
Taylor Fritz	2018
Jack Draper	2022
Andrey Rublev	2017, 2018	5
Félix Auger-Aliassime	2019, 2021
Alex de Minaur	2018, 2019	6
Hubert Hurkacz	2018
Karen Khachanov	2017	8
Denis Shapovalov	2017, 2018, 2019	10
Frances Tiafoe	2018, 2019

Grand Slam tournaments

Grand Slam tournament winners

Player	Next Gen appearance	Grand Slam tournaments won					Ref.
		AU	FR	WB	US	Total
Daniil Medvedev	2017	—	—	—	2021	1	[16]
Jannik Sinner	2019	2024, 2025	—	2025	2024	4	[17]
Carlos Alcaraz	2021	—	2024, 2025	2023, 2024	2022,2025	6	[18]

Grand Slam tournament finalists

• Number of titles won are within parentheses

Player	Next Gen appearances	Grand Slam tournament finals					Ref.
		AU	FR	WB	US	Total
Daniil Medvedev	2017	2021, 2022, 2024	—	—	2019, 2021, 2023	6 (1)	[16]
Alexander Zverev	2017, 2018	2025	2024	—	2020	3 (0)	[19]
Taylor Fritz	2018	—	—	—	2024	1 (0)	[20]
Stefanos Tsitsipas	2018, 2019	2023	2021	—	—	2 (0)	[21]
Casper Ruud	2019	—	2022, 2023	—	2022	3 (0)	[22]
Jannik Sinner	2019	2024, 2025	2025	2025	2024, 2025	6 (4)	[17]
Carlos Alcaraz	2021	—	2024, 2025	2023, 2024, 2025	2022, 2025	7 (6)	[18]

Olympic medalists

Player	Next Gen appearances	Olympic medals				Ref.
		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Alexander Zverev	2017, 2018	2020	—	—	1	[19]
Carlos Alcaraz	2021	—	2024	—	1	[18]
Lorenzo Musetti	2021, 2022	—	—	2024	1	[23]

See also

• ATP rankings
• ATP Finals