We look at the runners & riders for the prestigious end-of-season extravaganza
Sunday 13 November 2016 11:21, UK
Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic look set to battle it out for the year-end world No 1 ranking, but six of the other best players of the season will also be in attendance at the ATP World Tour Finals in London, which takes place from November 13-20.
Stan Wawrinka, Milos Raonic, Kei Nishikori, Marin Cilic, Gael Monfils and Dominic Thiem are among the other players who will be involved.
Currently, Murray has moved 405 points above Djokovic in the latest rankings, but the Serb could regain his place at the top if he goes undefeated to land a fifth straight Tour Finals crown.
The tournament, which also features an eight-team doubles draw, will be shown live on Sky Sports and is one not to miss.
Here, we look at those players who have qualified and whose group they're in...
The Scot has excelled since winning Wimbledon for a second time and then successfully retaining his Olympic title in Rio this summer. He won back-to-back titles in China before collecting further titles in Vienna and Paris at the weekend.
Titles
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris (Indoor/Hard)
Vienna (Indoor/Hard)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (Outdoor/Hard)
Beijing (Outdoor/Hard)
Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games (Outdoor/Hard)
Wimbledon (Outdoor/Grass)
London / Queen's Club (Outdoor/Grass)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (Outdoor/Clay)
Swiss star Wawrinka landed his third Grand Slam title and his 11th consecutive win in a championship final with an unforgettable victory over Novak Djokovic in the final of the US Open at Flushing Meadows. All his titles in 2016 have come on hardcourts which makes him a real dangerman heading to London.
Titles
US Open (Outdoor/Hard)
Geneva (Outdoor/Clay)
Dubai (Outdoor/Hard)
Chennai (Outdoor/Hard)
Nishikori won his 11th Tour title in Memphis, but then fell at the final hurdle in Miami and Barcelona. He reached his second Masters 1000 final of the year in Toronto before losing to Stan Wawrinka in the last four of the US Open.
Titles
Memphis (Indoor/Hard)
Cilic boosted his chances by beating Nishikori in the final of the Swiss Indoors in Basel and booked his ticket to the Tour finals in London with victory over David Goffin at the ATP Paris Masters en route to the last four.
Titles
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (Outdoor/Hard)
Australian Open and French Open champion Djokovic lost his world No 1 ranking to Andy Murray at the Paris Masters, but he will determined to regain it back and will undoubtedly be the man to beat at the O2 Arena having won the tournament four years in a row.
Titles
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada (Outdoor/Hard)
Roland Garros (Outdoor/Clay)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (Outdoor/Clay)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (Outdoor/Hard)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (Outdoor/Hard)
Australian Open (Outdoor/Hard)
Doha (Outdoor/Hard)
The Canadian began his season in style by winning his eighth Tour title at the Brisbane International before falling to Andy Murray at the semi-final stage at the Australian Open. He reached his first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon where he lost out once more to Murray.
"I have had my best ever season so far this year and it is a great reward to be one of the first few players to qualify for London," Raonic told the official ATP World Tour website. "I love playing indoors and I look forward to finishing 2016 hopefully on a high note."
Titles
Brisbane (Outdoor/Hard)
The Frenchman will be making his debut at the season-ending spectacular after a career-best year where he finished runner-up to Rafa Nadal at the Monte-Carlo Masters. He later claimed the biggest title of his career in Washington.
"I heard a lot of great things about the event, every match is like a final and I always love to play on a big stage," Monfils told the official ATP World Tour website.
Titles
Washington (Outdoor/Hard)
Thiem became only the ninth active player - and 29th in Open Era history to win three titles on three different surfaces in the same year. He is riding high on a crest of a wave and at 23, will be the youngest player in the capital.
Titles
Stuttgart (Outdoor/Grass)
Nice (Outdoor/Clay)
Acapulco (Outdoor/Hard)
Buenos Aires (Outdoor/Clay)
The final standings of each group shall be determined by the first of the following methods that apply:
a) Greatest number of wins.
b) Greatest number of matches played.
c) Head-to-head results if only two players are tied.
d) If three players are tied, then: i) If three players each have one win, a player having played less than all three matches is automatically eliminated and the player advancing to the single elimination competition is the winner of the match-up of the two players tied with 1-2 records; or ii) Highest percentage of sets won; or iii) Highest percentage of games won; or iv) The player positions on the Emirates ATP Rankings as of the Monday after the last ATP World Tour tournament of the calendar year. v) If (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) produce one superior player (first place), or one inferior player (third place), and the two remaining players are tied, the tie between those two players shall be broken by head-to-head record.
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