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2015 ATP World Tour Finals
Date15–22 November
Edition46th (singles) / 41st (doubles)
CategoryATP World Tour Finals
Draw8S/8D
Prize money$7,000,000
SurfaceHard / indoor
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
VenueThe O2 Arena
Champions
Singles
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Doubles
Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer / Romania Horia Tecău
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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 Doubles1 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 RR1 $100,000 $82,000
Participation fee RR2 $25,000
Participation fee RR3 $42,000
Alternates $95,000 $32,000
  • RR is points or prize money won in the Round Robin Stage.
  • 1 Prize money for doubles is per team.
  • An undefeated champion would earn the maximum 1,500 points, and $2,228,000 in singles[4]

Qualification

Singles

Eight players compete at the tournament, with two named alternates. Players receive places in the following order of precedence:[5]

  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.[5]

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.[5] 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.[5]

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.[5] 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.[5] 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.[6]

  • Players in gold were the qualifiers.
  • Player in bold won the title at the finals.
  • Players in pink withdrew during the tournament and were replaced by an alternate.
  • Players in gray are confirmed alternates.[7]
  • 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[a] Best Other Total points Tourn
AUS FRA WIM USO IW MIA MAD ITA CAN CIN SHA PAR 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Serbia 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 United Kingdom 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 Switzerland 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 Switzerland 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 Spain 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 Czech Republic 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 Spain 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 Japan 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
Alternates
9 France 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 France 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 United States 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.[6]

  • 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.[8]
  • 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

Day-by-day-summaries

Day 1 (15 November 2015)

Matches
Event Winner Loser Score
Singles – Group Stan Smith Serbia Novak Djokovic [1] Japan Kei Nishikori [8] 6–1, 6–1[9]
Doubles – Group Ashe/Smith United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Australia John Peers [4]
Italy Simone Bolelli
Italy Fabio Fognini [5]
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [11–9]
Doubles – Group Ashe/Smith India Rohan Bopanna
Romania Florin Mergea [8]
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan [1]
6–4, 6–3
Singles – Group Stan Smith Switzerland Roger Federer [3] Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych [6] 6–4, 6–2[10]

Day 2 (16 November 2015)

Matches
Event Winner Loser Score
Doubles – Group Fleming/McEnroe Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău [2]
Poland Marcin Matkowski
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić [7]
6–2, 6–4
Singles – Group Ilie Năstase United Kingdom Andy Murray [2] Spain David Ferrer [7] 6–4, 6–4[11]
Doubles – Group Fleming/McEnroe Croatia Ivan Dodig
Brazil Marcelo Melo [3]
France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut [6]
3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–7]
Singles – Group Ilie Năstase Spain Rafael Nadal [5] Switzerland Stan Wawrinka [4] 6–3, 6–2[12]

Day 3 (17 November 2015)

Matches
Event Winner Loser Score
Doubles – Group Ashe/Smith India Rohan Bopanna
Romania Florin Mergea [8]
United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Australia John Peers [4]
6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Singles – Group Stan Smith Japan Kei Nishikori [8] Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych [6] 7–5, 3–6, 6–3[13]
Doubles – Group Ashe/Smith United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan [1]
Italy Simone Bolelli
Italy Fabio Fognini [5]
6–3, 6–2
Singles – Group Stan Smith Switzerland Roger Federer [3] Serbia Novak Djokovic [1] 7–5, 6–2[14]

Day 4 (18 November 2015)

Matches
Event Winner Loser Score
Doubles – Group Fleming/McEnroe France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut [6]
Poland Marcin Matkowski
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić [7]
5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Singles – Group Ilie Năstase Spain Rafael Nadal [5] United Kingdom Andy Murray [2] 6–4, 6–1[15]
Doubles – Group Fleming/McEnroe Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău [2]
Croatia Ivan Dodig
Brazil Marcelo Melo [3]
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Singles – Group Ilie Năstase Switzerland Stan Wawrinka [4] Spain David Ferrer [7] 7–5, 6–2[16]

Day 5 (19 November 2015)

Matches
Event Winner Loser Score
Doubles – Group Ashe/Smith Italy Simone Bolelli
Italy Fabio Fognini [5]
India Rohan Bopanna
Romania Florin Mergea [8]
6–4, 1–6, [10–5]
Singles – Group Stan Smith Switzerland Roger Federer [3] Japan Kei Nishikori [8] 7–5, 4–6, 6–4[17]
Doubles – Group Ashe/Smith United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan [1]
United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Australia John Peers [4]
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), [16–14]
Singles – Group Stan Smith Serbia Novak Djokovic [1] Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych [6] 6–3, 7–5[18]

Day 6 (20 November 2015)

Matches
Event Winner Loser Score
Doubles – Group Fleming/McEnroe Croatia Ivan Dodig
Brazil Marcelo Melo [3]
Poland Marcin Matkowski
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić [7]
3–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Singles – Group Ilie Năstase Spain Rafael Nadal [5] Spain David Ferrer [7] 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–4[19]
Doubles – Group Fleming/McEnroe Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău [2]
France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut [6]
6–4, 7–5
Singles – Group Ilie Năstase Switzerland Stan Wawrinka [4] United Kingdom Andy Murray [2] 7–6(7–4), 6–4[20]

Day 7 (21 November 2015)

Matches
Event Winner Loser Score
Doubles – Semifinals India Rohan Bopanna
Romania Florin Mergea [8]
Croatia Ivan Dodig
Brazil Marcelo Melo [3]
6–4, 6–2
Singles – Semifinals Serbia Novak Djokovic [1] Spain Rafael Nadal [5] 6–3, 6–3[21]
Doubles – Semifinals Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău [2]
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan [1]
6–4, 6–4
Singles – Semifinals Switzerland Roger Federer [3] Switzerland Stan Wawrinka [4] 7–5, 6–3[22]

Day 8 (22 November 2015)

Matches
Event Winner Loser Score
Doubles – Final Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău [2]
India Rohan Bopanna
Romania Florin Mergea [8]
6–4, 6–3
Singles – Final Serbia Novak Djokovic [1] Switzerland Roger Federer [3] 6–3, 6–4[23]

Champions

Singles

Serbia Novak Djokovic def. Switzerland 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

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

See also

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