2015 ATP World Tour Finals

2015 ATP World Tour Finals
Date	15–22 November
Edition	46th (singles) / 41st (doubles)
Category	ATP World Tour Finals
Draw	8S/8D
Prize money	$7,000,000
Surface	Hard / indoor
Location	London, United Kingdom
Venue	The O2 Arena
Champions
Singles
Novak Djokovic
Doubles
Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău

The 2015 ATP World Tour Finals (also known as the 2015 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament that was played at the O₂ Arena in London, United Kingdom, between 15 and 22 November 2015. It was the season-ending event for the best singles players and doubles teams on the 2015 ATP World Tour.

Tournament

The 2015 ATP World Tour Finals took place from 15 to 22 November at the O₂ Arena in London, United Kingdom. It is the 46th edition of the tournament (41st in doubles). The tournament is run by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and is part of the 2015 ATP World Tour. The event takes place on indoor hard courts. It serves as the season-ending championships for players on the ATP Tour. The eight players who qualify for the event are split into two groups of four. During this stage, players compete in a round-robin format (meaning players play against all the other players in their group). The two players with the best results in each group progress to the semifinals, where the winners of a group face the runners-up of the other group. This stage, however, is a knock-out stage. The doubles competition uses the same format.^[1]

Format

The ATP World Tour Finals has a round-robin format, with eight players/teams divided into two groups of four. The eight seeds are determined by the ATP Rankings and ATP Doubles Team Rankings on the Monday after the last ATP World Tour tournament of the calendar year. All singles matches are the best of three tie-break sets, including the final. All doubles matches are two sets (no ad) and a Match Tie-break.^[2]

Group name changes

The ATP has announced that the group names will be changed from A and B to that of former champions of the event. In 2015 the groups will be renamed after the first two champions Stan Smith (1970) and Ilie Năstase (1971-73, 75).^[3]

Points and prize money

Stage	Singles	Doubles^1	Points
Champion	RR + $1,560,000	RR + $245,000	RR + 900
Runner-up	RR + $510,000	RR + $83,000	RR + 400
Round Robin win per match	$167,000	$32,000	200
Participation fee	$167,000	$82,000	N/A
Alternates	$95,000	$32,000	N/A

• RR is points or prize money won in the Round Robin Stage.
• ¹ Prize money for doubles is per team.

Qualification

Singles

Eight players compete at the tournament, with two named alternates. Players receive places in the following order of precedence:^[4]

1. First, the top 7 players in the ATP rankings on the Monday after the final tournament of the ATP World Tour, that is, after the 2015 Paris Masters.
2. Second, up to two 2015 Grand Slam tournament winners ranked anywhere 8th-20th, in ranking order
3. Third, the eighth ranked player in the ATP rankings

In the event of this totaling more than 8 players, those lower down in the selection order become the alternates. If further alternates are needed, these players are selected by the ATP.^[4]

Provisional rankings are published weekly as the ATP Race to the World Tour Finals, coinciding with the 52-week rolling ATP rankings on the date of selection. Points are accumulated in Grand Slam, ATP World Tour, Davis Cup, ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures tournaments from the 52 weeks prior to the selection date, with points from the previous years Tour Finals excluded. Players accrue points across 18 tournaments, usually made up of:

• The 4 Grand Slam tournaments
• The 8 mandatory ATP Masters tournaments
• The best results from any 6 other tournaments that carry ranking points

All players must include the ranking points for mandatory Masters tournaments for which they are on the original acceptance list and for all Grand Slams for which they would be eligible, even if they do not compete (in which case they receive zero points). Furthermore, players who finished 2014 in the world's top 30 are commitment players who must (if not injured) include points for the 8 mandatory Masters tournament regardless of whether they enter, and who must compete in at least 4 ATP 500 tournaments (though the Monte Carlo Masters may count to this total), of which one must take place after the US Open. Zero point scores may also be taken from withdrawals by non-injured players from ATP 500 tournaments according to certain other conditions outlined by the ATP.^[4] Beyond these rules, however, a player may substitute his next best tournament result for missed Masters and Grand Slam tournaments.

Players may have their ATP World Tour Masters 1000 commitment be reduced by one tournament, by reaching each of the following milestones:

1. 600 tour level matches (as of January 1, 2015), including matches from Challengers and Futures played before year 2010;
2. 12 years of service;
3. 31 years of age (as of January 1, 2015).

Players must be defined by the ATP as in good standing to avail of the reduced commitment.^[4]

Doubles

Eight teams compete at the tournament, with one named alternates. The eight competing teams receive places according to the same order of precedence as in Singles.^[4] The named alternate will be offered first to any unaccepted teams in the selection order, then to the highest ranked unaccepted team, and then to a team selected by the ATP.^[4] Points are accumulated in the same competitions as for the Singles tournament. However, for Doubles teams there are no commitment tournaments, so teams are ranked according to their 18 highest points scoring results from any tournaments.

Qualified players

Singles

Rankings as of 9 November 2015.^[5]

• Players in gold were the qualifiers.
• Player in bold won the title at the finals.
• Players in dark gold withdrew before the tournament.
• Players in pink withdrew during the tournament and were replaced by an alternate.
• Players in gray are confirmed alternates.^[6]
• Players in white declined the alternate spot.
• Italicized rounds and points indicate that points from another tournament have been substituted into the rankings, following competition regulations.

Rank	Player	Grand Slam				ATP World Tour Masters 1000[lower-alpha 1]								Best Other						Total points	Tourn
		AUS	FRA	WIM	USO	IW	MIA	MAD	ITA	CAN	CIN	SHA	PAR	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	Novak Djokovic	W 2000	F 1200	W 2000	W 2000	W 1000	W 1000	A 0	W 1000	F 600	F 600	W 1000	W 1000	W 1000	W 500	F 300	QF 45	DC 40		15,285	17
2	Andy Murray	F 1200	SF 720	SF 720	R16 180	SF 360	F 600	W 1000	R16 90	W 1000	SF 360	SF 360	F 600	W 500	DC 350	W 250	QF 90	QF 90		8,470	19
3	Roger Federer	R32 90	QF 360	F 1200	F 1200	F 600	A 0	R32 10	F 600	A 0	W 1000	R32 10	R16 90	W 500	W 500	W 500	W 250	W 250	R16 90	7,340	17
4	Stan Wawrinka	SF 720	W 2000	QF 360	SF 720	R64 10	R32 45	R16 90	SF 360	R32 10	QF 180	QF 180	SF 360	W 500	W 500	W 250	R16 90	DC 80	R16 45	6,500	22
5	Rafael Nadal	QF 360	QF 360	R64 45	R32 90	QF 180	R32 45	F 600	QF 180	QF 180	R16 90	SF 360	QF 180	W 500	SF 360	F 300	F 300	W 250	W 250	4,630	22
6	Tomáš Berdych	SF 720	R16 180	R16 180	R16 180	QF 180	SF 360	SF 360	QF 180	R32 10	QF 180	QF 180	QF 180	F 600	F 300	W 250	W 250	SF 180	F 150	4,620	21
7	David Ferrer	R16 180	QF 360	A 0	R32 90	R32 45	QF 180	QF 180	SF 360	SF 180	SF 180	R32 10	SF 360	W 500	W 500	W 500	W 250	W 250	QF 180	4,305	19
8	Kei Nishikori	QF 360	QF 360	R64 45	R128 10	R16 90	QF 180	SF 360	QF 180	SF 360	A 0	R16 90	R16 90	W 500	W 500	F 300	W 250	SF 180	SF 180	4,035	20
9	Richard Gasquet	R32 90	R16 180	SF 720	QF 360	R64 10	R16 45	R32 45	R32 45	A 0	QF 180	R16 90	QF 180	W 250	W 250	SF 180	QF 90	SF 90	R16 45	2,850	21
10	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	A 0	SF 720	R32 90	QF 360	R32 0	R32 45	R16 90	R32 45	QF 180	R64 10	F 600	R16 90	W 250	R16 90	R16 45	R16 20	R32 0	DC 0	2,635	18
11	John Isner	R16 180	R32 90	R32 90	R64 45	R16 90	SF 360	QF 180	R16 90	QF 180	R64 10	R16 90	QF 180	F 300	W 250	QF 90	QF 90	QF 90	SF 90	2,495	25

1. 2015 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters was not a mandatory tournament, and was counted in the Best Other column instead.

Doubles

Rankings as of 9 November 2015.^[5]

• Teams in gold were the qualifiers.
• Teams in bold won the title at the finals.
• Teams in dark gold withdrew before the tournament.
• Teams in pink withdrew during the tournament and were replaced by an alternate.
• Teams in gray are confirmed alternates.^[7]
• Teams in white declined the alternate spot.
• Italicized rounds and points indicate that points from another tournament have been substituted into the rankings, following competition regulations.

Rank	Team	Points																		Total Points	Tourn
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
1	Bob Bryan (USA)  Mike Bryan (USA)	F 1200	W 1000	W 1000	W 1000	W 500	QF 360	W 250	W 250	R16 180	QF 180	QF 180	QF 180	QF 90	R16 90	DC 50	QF 45	R16 0	R16 0	6,555	21
2	Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)  Horia Tecău (ROU)	W 2000	SF 720	SF 720	QF 360	W 500	QF 180	QF 180	QF 180	QF 180	QF 180	SF 180	SF 180	SF 180	SF 180	F 150	F 150	R16 90	QF 90	6,400	21
3	Ivan Dodig (CRO)  Marcelo Melo (BRA)	W 2000	W 1000	SF 720	W 500	QF 360	SF 360	SF 360	SF 360	F 300	QF 180	R16 0	R16 0	R64 0						6,140	13
4	Jamie Murray (GBR)  John Peers (AUS)	F 1200	F 1200	W 500	F 325	F 300	F 300	F 300	W 250	R16 180	R16 180	QF 180	QF 180	QF 180	QF 135	R16 90	SF 90	QF 45	R32 0	5,635	25
5	Simone Bolelli (ITA)  Fabio Fognini (ITA)	W 2000	SF 720	F 600	F 600	F 600	SF 180	R16 90	DC 60	QF 45	R32 0	R16 0	R64 0	R16 0	R64 0	R16 0	R16 0			4,895	16
6	Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)  Nicolas Mahut (FRA)	W 2000	F 1200	W 500	R16 180	R16 180	QF 180	F 150	F 150	R16 90	QF 90	QF 45	R16 0	R16 0	R16 0					4,765	14
7	Marcin Matkowski (POL)  Nenad Zimonjić (SRB)	F 600	F 600	QF 360	QF 360	QF 360	SF 360	SF 360	F 300	QF 180	QF 180	SF 180	SF 180	QF 90	QF 90	SF 90	R32 0	R16 0	R32 0	4,290	19
8	Rohan Bopanna (IND)  Florin Mergea (ROU)	W 1000	SF 720	QF 360	F 300	W 250	R16 180	QF 180	QF 180	SF 180	F 150	R16 90	QF 45	R32 0	R16 0	R16 0	R16 0			3,635	16
9	Vasek Pospisil (CAN)  Jack Sock (USA)	W 1000	F 600	F 600	W 500	QF 360	R16 180	QF 180	R16 0	R16 0	R16 0	R64 0	R32 0							3,420	12
10	Alexander Peya (AUT)  Bruno Soares (BRA)	W 500	QF 360	QF 360	SF 360	W 250	QF 180	SF 180	SF 180	SF 180	SF 180	F 150	R32 90	R16 90	R16 90	QF 90	QF 90	SF 90	R32 0	3,420	25

Head-to-head

2015 ATP World Tour Finals – Singles

		Djokovic	Murray	Federer	Wawrinka	Nadal	Berdych	Ferrer	Nishikori	Overall	YTD W–L
1	Novak Djokovic (SRB)		21–9	21–21	19–4	22–23	20–2	16–5	4–2	123–66	78–5
2	Andy Murray (GBR)	9–21		11–14	8–6	6–15	7–6	11–6	5–1	57–69	68–12
3	Roger Federer (SUI)	21–21	14–11		17–3	11–23	14–6	16–0	3–2	96–66	59–10
4	Stan Wawrinka (SUI)	4–19	6–8	3–17		3–13	11–5	6–7	3–1	36–70	53–16
5	Rafael Nadal (ESP)	23–22	15–6	23–11	13–3		19–4	23–6	7–1	123–53	58–19
6	Tomáš Berdych (CZE)	2–20	6–7	6–14	5–11	4–19		5–8	1–3	29–82	57–19
7	David Ferrer (ESP)	5–16	6–11	0–16	7–6	6–23	8–5		4–8	36–85	55–13
8	Kei Nishikori (JPN)	2–4	1–5	2–3	1–3	1–7	3–1	8–4		18–27	53–14

Indoor hardcourt Head-to-head

		Djokovic	Murray	Federer	Wawrinka	Nadal	Berdych	Ferrer	Nishikori	Overall	YTD W–L
1	Novak Djokovic (SRB)		3–0	4–3	7–1	3–2	8–0	1–2	2–1	28–9	6–0
2	Andy Murray (GBR)	0–3		2–5	1–0	1–2	2–1	4–1	0–1	9–13	10–2
3	Roger Federer (SUI)	3–4	5–2		4–0	5–1	1–0	6–0	2–0	26–6	8–1
4	Stan Wawrinka (SUI)	1–7	0–1	0–4		1–2	3–3	2–1	0–0	7–18	11–3
5	Rafael Nadal (ESP)	2–3	2–1	1–5	2–1		2–0	1–2	0–0	10–12	7–2
6	Tomáš Berdych (CZE)	0–8	1–2	0–1	3–3	0–2		2–4	0–1	6–21	10–3
7	David Ferrer (ESP)	2–1	1–4	0–6	1–2	2–1	4–2		0–2	10–18	14–1
8	Kei Nishikori (JPN)	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0		5–4	7–1

Groupings

Singles Stan Smith Group Ilie Năstase Group Novak Djokovic Andy Murray Roger Federer Stan Wawrinka Tomáš Berdych Rafael Nadal Kei Nishikori David Ferrer

Doubles Ashe/Smith Group Fleming/McEnroe Group Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău Jamie Murray / John Peers Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut Rohan Bopanna / Florin Mergea Marcin Matkowski / Nenad Zimonjić

Day-by-day-summaries

Day 1 (15 November 2015)

Matches
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Singles – Group Stan Smith	Novak Djokovic [1]	Kei Nishikori [8]	6–1, 6–1[8]
Doubles – Group Ashe/Smith	Jamie Murray John Peers [4]	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini [5]	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, [11–9]
Doubles – Group Ashe/Smith	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea [8]	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan [1]	6–4, 6–3
Singles – Group Stan Smith	Roger Federer [3]	Tomáš Berdych [6]	6–4, 6–2[9]

Day 2 (16 November 2015)

Matches
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Doubles – Group Fleming/McEnroe	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău [2]	Marcin Matkowski Nenad Zimonjić [7]	6–2, 6–4
Singles – Group Ilie Năstase	Andy Murray [2]	David Ferrer [7]	6–4, 6–4[10]
Doubles – Group Fleming/McEnroe	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo [3]	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut [6]	3–6, 7–6^(7–4), [10–7]
Singles – Group Ilie Năstase	Rafael Nadal [5]	Stan Wawrinka [4]	6–3, 6–2[11]

Day 3 (17 November 2015)

Matches
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Doubles – Group Ashe/Smith	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea [8]	Jamie Murray John Peers [4]	6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
Singles – Group Stan Smith	Kei Nishikori [8]	Tomáš Berdych [6]	7–5, 3–6, 6–3[12]
Doubles – Group Ashe/Smith	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan [1]	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini [5]	6–3, 6–2
Singles – Group Stan Smith	Roger Federer [3]	Novak Djokovic [1]	7–5, 6–2[13]

Day 4 (18 November 2015)

Matches
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Doubles – Group Fleming/McEnroe	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut [6]	Marcin Matkowski Nenad Zimonjić [7]	5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Singles – Group Ilie Năstase	Rafael Nadal [5]	Andy Murray [2]	6–4, 6–1[14]
Doubles – Group Fleming/McEnroe	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău [2]	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo [3]	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
Singles – Group Ilie Năstase	Stan Wawrinka [4]	David Ferrer [7]	7–5, 6–2[15]

Day 5 (19 November 2015)

Matches
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Doubles – Group Ashe/Smith	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini [5]	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea [8]	6–4, 1–6, [10–5]
Singles – Group Stan Smith	Roger Federer [3]	Kei Nishikori [8]	7–5, 4–6, 6–4[16]
Doubles – Group Ashe/Smith	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan [1]	Jamie Murray John Peers [4]	6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–5), [16–14]
Singles – Group Stan Smith	Novak Djokovic [1]	Tomáš Berdych [6]	6–3, 7–5[17]

Day 6 (20 November 2015)

Matches
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Doubles – Group Fleming/McEnroe	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo [3]	Marcin Matkowski Nenad Zimonjić [7]	3–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Singles – Group Ilie Năstase	Rafael Nadal [5]	David Ferrer [7]	6–7^(2–7), 6–3, 6–4[18]
Doubles – Group Fleming/McEnroe	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău [2]	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut [6]	6–4, 7–5
Singles – Group Ilie Năstase	Stan Wawrinka [4]	Andy Murray [2]	7–6^(7–4), 6–4[19]

Day 7 (21 November 2015)

Matches
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Doubles – Semifinals	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea [8]	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo [3]	6–4, 6–2
Singles – Semifinals	Novak Djokovic [1]	Rafael Nadal [5]	6–3, 6–3[20]
Doubles – Semifinals	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău [2]	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan [1]	6–4, 6–4
Singles – Semifinals	Roger Federer [3]	Stan Wawrinka [4]	7–5, 6–3[21]

Day 8 (22 November 2015)

Matches
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Doubles – Final	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău [2]	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea [8]	6–4, 6–3
Singles – Final	Novak Djokovic [1]	Roger Federer [3]	6–3, 6–4[22]

Champions

Singles

Novak Djokovic def. Roger Federer 6–3, 6–4

• It was Djokovic's 11th title of the year and 59th of his career. It was his 5th win at the event, winning in 2008, 2012, 2013, and 2014.

Doubles

Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău def. Rohan Bopanna / Florin Mergea 6–4, 6–3

See also

• ATP Rankings
• 2015 WTA Finals

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External links

• Official website
• ATP tournament profile