2021 ATP Finals – Singles

2021 tennis tournament

Singles

2021 ATP Finals

Final

Champion

Alexander Zverev

Runner-up

Daniil Medvedev

Score

6–4, 6–4

Details

Draw

8 (round robin)

Events

Singles

Doubles

← 2020 ·

ATP Finals

· 2022 →

2021 tennis event results

Alexander Zverev defeated the defending champion Daniil Medvedev in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 2021 ATP Finals.^[1] It was his second ATP Finals title. With the win, Zverev ended a six-year streak of different winners at the tournament, dating to 2015.

Hubert Hurkacz, Casper Ruud, Jannik Sinner (as an alternate replacing Matteo Berrettini)^[2] and Cameron Norrie (as an alternate replacing Stefanos Tsitsipas)^[3] made their tournament debuts.^[4] Sinner became the youngest player to win a Tour Finals match since Lleyton Hewitt in 2000. He was the youngest to compete since Juan Martín del Potro in 2008 and the first alternate to win a match since Janko Tipsarević in 2011.^[5]

Novak Djokovic was attempting to equal Roger Federer's record of six Tour Finals titles, but was defeated in the semifinals by Zverev.^[6]

Seeds

Novak Djokovic (semifinals)
Daniil Medvedev (final)
Alexander Zverev (champion)
Stefanos Tsitsipas (round robin, withdrew due to right elbow injury)
Andrey Rublev (round robin)
Matteo Berrettini (round robin, withdrew due to abdominal injury)
Hubert Hurkacz (round robin)
Casper Ruud (semifinals)

Alternates

Jannik Sinner (replaced Berrettini, round robin)
Cameron Norrie (replaced Tsitsipas, round robin)
Aslan Karatsev (Did not play)

Draw

Finals

Semifinals					Final

1	Novak Djokovic	6⁴	6	3

3	Alexander Zverev	7⁷	4	6
					3	Alexander Zverev	6	6

					2	Daniil Medvedev	4	4
2	Daniil Medvedev	6	6

8	Casper Ruud	4	2

Green group

		Djokovic	Tsitsipas Norrie	Rublev	Ruud	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
1	Novak Djokovic		6–2, 6–1 (w/ Norrie)	6–3, 6–2	7–6^(7–4), 6–2	3–0	6–0 (100%)	37–16 (70%)	1
4 10	Stefanos Tsitsipas Cameron Norrie	2–6, 1–6 (w/ Norrie)		4–6, 4–6 (w/ Tsitsipas)	6–1, 3–6, 4–6 (w/ Norrie)	0–1 0–2	0–2 (0%) 1–4 (20%)	8–12 (40%) 16–25 (39%)	X 4
5	Andrey Rublev	3–6, 2–6	6–4, 6–4 (w/ Tsitsipas)		6–2, 5–7, 6–7^(5–7)	1–2	3–4 (43%)	34–36 (49%)	3
8	Casper Ruud	6–7^(4–7), 2–6	1–6, 6–3, 6–4 (w/ Norrie)	2–6, 7–5, 7–6^(7–5)		2–1	4–4 (50%)	37–43 (46%)	2

Red group

		Medvedev	Zverev	Berrettini Sinner	Hurkacz	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
2	Daniil Medvedev		6–3, 6–7^(3–7), 7–6^(8–6)	6–0, 6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(10–8) (w/ Sinner)	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 6–4	3–0	6–3 (67%)	56–43 (57%)	1
3	Alexander Zverev	3–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–7^(6–8)		7–6^(9–7), 1–0, ret. (w/ Berrettini)	6–2, 6–4	2–1	5–2 (71%)	36–31 (54%)	2
6 9	Matteo Berrettini Jannik Sinner	0–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(8–10) (w/ Sinner)	6–7^(7–9), 0–1, ret. (w/ Berrettini)		6–2, 6–2 (w/ Sinner)	0–1 1–1	0–2 (0%)^† 3–2 (60%)	0–0 (0%) 25–23 (52%)	X 3
7	Hubert Hurkacz	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 4–6	2–6, 4–6	2–6, 2–6 (w/ Sinner)		0–3	1–6 (14%)	24–42 (36%)	4

† Following ATP rules, Berrettini's retirement against Zverev was counted as a straight-set loss in determining round robin standings.

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches played; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, then percentage of games won; 5. ATP rankings.^[7]

References

^ "Giant Killer! Daniil Medvedev Takes Nitto ATP Finals Title | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. 20 November 2020.
^ "Berrettini Withdraws From Nitto ATP Finals, Sinner Steps In". ATP Tour. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^ "Stefanos Tsitipas Withdraws From Nitto ATP Finals, Cameron Norrie Takes His Place | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
^ "Hurkacz completes 2021 Nitto ATP Finals field". Nitto ATP Finals. 5 November 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-11-11. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
^ "Sinner soaks in Turin debut: "I feel good on there courts"". Nitto ATP Finals. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^ "Novak Djokovic Reveals What 'Is More Important Than Winning Or Losing' | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
^ "Rules And Format". Nitto ATP Finals. Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2021-11-11.