ATP Finals draw: Zverev gets US Open final rematch with Shelton, Alcaraz drawn with Medvedev
World No. 1 Alexander Zverev is in the John McEnroe Group with Ben Shelton, Arthur Fils and Rafael Jodar. Carlos Alcaraz leads the Ivan Lendl Group with Daniil Medvedev, Flavio Cobolli and Frances Tiafoe. Play starts on Sunday in Turin.
Alexander Zverev and Ben Shelton, ATP Finals 2025 | © Zuma / PsNewz
The ATP Finals draw was made in Turin around midday on Thursday, and Alexander Zverev will begin his bid for a third title in a group with Ben Shelton, Arthur Fils and Rafael Jodar.
Carlos Alcaraz, the second seed, heads the other group with Daniil Medvedev, Flavio Cobolli and Frances Tiafoe.
Play starts on Sunday at the Inalpi Arena, and the eight-man field will be cut to four for the semi-finals on Saturday, November 21. The final is on Sunday, November 22.
ATP Finals 2026: the groups
| Rank | Player | Country | W-L | Sets | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Alexander Zverev[1]
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0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2 |
Ben Shelton[3]
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0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 |
Arthur Fils[6]
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0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 4 |
Rafael Jodar[8]
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|
0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Rank | Player | Country | W-L | Sets | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Carlos Alcaraz[2]
|
|
0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2 |
Daniil Medvedev[4]
|
|
0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 |
Flavio Cobolli[5]
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|
0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 4 |
Frances Tiafoe[7]
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|
0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
The top two in each group reach the semi-finals. Four players will make their debut at the event: Cobolli, Fils, Tiafoe and Jodar.
McEnroe Group: Zverev and Shelton meet again
Zverev, the world No. 1, won the title in 2018 and 2021 and comes to Turin as the Roland-Garros and US Open champion. He beat Shelton 6-3, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-2 in the final in New York in September, and has won all six of their meetings. Shelton, the third seed, is the only other player in the group with experience of the event, after his debut last year. He reached the final of the Rolex Paris Masters last week, where he lost to Alcaraz.
Fils is the first Frenchman to play the ATP Finals since Gael Monfils in 2016, a moment he called “a childhood dream”. Jodar, who sealed the last place in Paris, is playing his first full season on the tour.
Lendl Group: Alcaraz chases a first title
Alcaraz is playing the event for the fourth time and is still looking for his first title, after losing the final last year. He arrives in Turin after winning titles in Tokyo, Vienna and Paris since his return from injury at the US Open.
Medvedev, the 2020 champion, has won 18 of his 22 matches since the US Open, with titles in Hangzhou and Almaty. Cobolli, a Roland-Garros finalist this year, will carry the home hopes, but he has not played since retiring in Vienna. Tiafoe, the Halle champion in June, completes the group.
No Sinner in Turin
Jannik Sinner, who won the title in the last two years, will not defend it: he withdrew with a knee injury. Alex de Minaur and Taylor Fritz are the two alternates.
In doubles, defending champions Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten lead the Todd Woodbridge Group with Marcelo Arevalo/Mate Pavic, Theo Arribage/Albano Olivetti and Orlando Luz/Rafael Matos. The Mark Woodforde Group features Christian Harrison/Neal Skupski, Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos, home pair Simone Bolelli/Andrea Vavassori and Kevin Krawietz/Tim Puetz.
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