The 2013 ATP World Tour Finals (also known as the 2013 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis year-end tournament that was played on indoor hard courts at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom, between 4 and 11 November 2013. It was the season-ending event for the best singles players and doubles teams of the 2013 ATP World Tour.
Finals
Singles
Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal, 6–3, 6–4 It was Djokovic's 7th title of the year and 41st of his career. It was his 3rd win at the event, winning in 2008 and 2012.
Doubles
David Marrero / Fernando Verdasco defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 7–5, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
Tournament
The 2013 ATP World Tour Finals took place from 4 to 11 November at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom.
It was the 44th edition of the tournament (39th in doubles). The tournament was run by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and was part of the 2013 ATP World Tour. The event took place on indoor hard courts. It served as the season-ending championships for players on the ATP Tour. The eight players who qualified for the event were split into two groups of four. During this stage, players competed in a round-robin format (meaning players played against all the other players in their group). The two players with the best results in each group progressed to the semifinals, where the winners of a group faced the runners-up of the other group. This stage, however, was a knock-out stage. The doubles competition used the same format.
Format
The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals had a round-robin format, with eight players/teams divided into two groups of four. The eight seeds were 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 were the best of three tie-break sets, including the final. All doubles matches were two sets (no ad) and a Match Tie-break.
Draw
The top seeded players/teams were placed in Group A and the second seeded player/team were placed in Group B. Players/teams seeded 3 and 4, 5 and 6, 7 and 8, were then drawn in pairs with the first drawn placed in Group A. Each player/team played the three other players/teams in his group. The winner of each group (best overall record) was placed in separate semi-final brackets, with the top player/team in Group A playing the runner-up in Group B, and vice versa. Ties were broken by the Tie-Break Procedure.
Points and prize money StageSinglesDoubles1PointsChampionRR + $1,355,000RR +$210,500RR + 900Runner-upRR + $445,000RR +$70,500RR + 400$142,000$27,000200Participation fee$142,0002$71,0003Alternates$80,000$27,000 RR is points or prize money won in the round robin stage. 1 Prize money for doubles is per team. 2 Pro-rated on a per-match basis: $80,000 = 1 match, $105,000 = 2 matches, $142,000 = 3 matches 3 3 Pro-rated on a per-match basis: $27,000 = 1 match, $50,000 = 2 matches, $71,000 = 3 matches
Qualification The top eight players (or teams) with the most countable points accumulated in Grand Slam, ATP World Tour, and Davis Cup tournaments during the year qualify for the 2013 ATP World Tour Finals. Countable points include points earned in 2013, plus points earned at the 2012 Davis Cup final and the late-season 2012 Challengers played after the 2012 ATP World Tour Finals. To qualify, a player who finished in the 2012 year-end top 30 must compete in four Grand Slam tournaments and eight ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments during 2013. They can count their best six results from ATP World Tour 500, ATP World Tour 250 and other events (Challengers, Futures, Davis Cup, Olympics) toward their ranking. To count their best six, players must have fulfilled their commitment to 500 events – 4 total per year (at least 1 after the US Open). Additionally, commitment players will no longer need to enter the 500 events 12 weeks in advance but instead go back the normal 6-week entry deadline. If eligible to play in one of the Grand Slam or ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, a player must count the points from these tournaments, even if it is 'a zero pointer' because he missed the event. Just as in Formula One and numerous other sports, if a competitor misses a race or an event, he loses his chance to earn points. Players with direct acceptance who do not play an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament will be suspended from a subsequent ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event, which will be the next highest points earned ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event within the next 12 months. If an injured player is on site within the first three days of a tournament to conduct promotional activities over a two-day period, a suspension will not be enforced but a 0-pointer will be counted on a player's ranking. If a player does not play enough ATP 500 events and does not have an ATP 250 or Challenger appearance with a better result, the Davis Cup is counted in the 500s table (if the player entered or achieved better results). If a player does not play enough ATP 250 or Challenger events, the World Team Championship is counted in the 250s table (if the player entered or achieved better results). If a player could not be present in all required tournament classes (i.e. because of an injury), all uncounted ATP 250 or Challenger results are eligible to be included in his 18 valid tournaments. In teams rankings, Challenger points are excluded.
A player who is out of competition for 30 or more days, due to a verified injury, is not penalized. The 2013 ATP World Tour Finals counts as an additional 19th tournament in the ranking of its eight qualifiers at season's end, while the Davis Cup Final points count towards the next year's race.
Contenders points breakdown Players in gold were the qualifiers. Player in bold won the title at the finals. Players in Seed is withdrew before the tournament.
Singles Sd Rk Player Grand Slam ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Best Other Total points Tours played AO FO W USO IW MI MA RO CA CI SH PA123456 1 1 Rafael Nadal A0 W2,000R12810 W2,000 W1,000 A0 W1,000 W1,000 W1,000 W1,000 SF360 SF360 F600 W500 W500 F300 W250 F15012,03018 2 2 Novak Djokovic W2,000 SF720 F1,200 F1,200 SF360 R1690 R3210 QF180 SF360 QF180 W1,000 W1,000W1,000W500W500DC310 A010,61016 3 3 David Ferrer SF720 F1,200QF360 QF360 R6410 F600 QF180 QF180 R3210 R1690 R1690 F600 F300 F300 W250 W250 F150 DC1505,80022 – 4 Andy Murray F1,200A0 W2,000 QF360 QF180 W1,000 QF180 R3210 R1690 QF180A0A0 W250 W250 R1690 A0 A0 A05,79019 4 5 R3290 A0 SF720 R6445 F600 R6410 A0 R1690 R1690 SF360 F600 QF180 W500 W500 W500 W500 SF180 R16905,05518 5 6 Tomáš Berdych QF360 R12810 QF360 R16180 SF360 QF180 SF360 SF360 R1690 SF360 R1690 QF180 F300 DC220 SF180 F150 F150 R16903,98021 6 7 SF720 QF360 R6445 R16180 QF180 A0 R1690 F600 A0 QF180 R1690 SF360 F300 W250 SF180 SF180 QF90 R1603,80517 78 Stanislas Wawrinka R16180 QF360R12810 SF720 R1690 A0 F600 R3245 R3210 R3245 QF180 QF180W250QF180F150F150SF90SF903,33022 89 Richard Gasquet R16180 R16180R3290 SF720 R1690 SF360 R3210 R1690 QF180 R3210 R6410 QF180 W250 W250 W250 SF180 QF180 SF903,30022Alternates 9 10 QF360 SF720 R6445 A0 QF180 R1690 QF180 R3210 A0 A0 SF360 R3210SF360 W250 DC170 F150 SF90 SF903,06520 10 11 Milos Raonic R16180 R3290 R6445 R16180 R1690 R3245 R3245 R6410 F600 R1690 R1690 R1690 F300 DC280W250W250SF180R16452,86023
Doubles RankTeamPoints Total PointsTours1234567891011121314151617181 Bob Bryan Mike Bryan W2,000 W2,000 W2,000 W1,000 W1,000 W1,000 W1,000 W1,000 SF720 F600 W500 SF360 F300 W250 W250 QF180 F150 QF4514,365212 Alexander Peya Bruno Soares F1,200 W1,000 SF720 F600 F600 W500 W500 SF360 F300 W250 W250 R16180 QF180 SF180 SF180 F150 R3290 QF457,240233 Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo F1,200 W1,000 SF720 SF360 R16180 QF180 QF180 R1690 QF90 QF90 QF45 R640 R320 R160 R160 R160 R160 R1604,045184 Marcel Granollers Marc López SF720 F600 SF360 QF360 R16180 SF180 SF180 QF180 QF180 QF180 QF180 SF90 QF90 QF90 QF90 DC50 R640 R1603,710235 Jean-Julien Rojer W1,000 QF360 W250 QF180 QF180 QF180 QF180 R16180 R16180 R16180 F150 F150 SF90 QF90 QF45 R320 R160 R1603,305276 David Marrero Fernando Verdasco F600 SF360 SF360 QF360 QF360 W250 SF180 SF180 QF180 SF90 SF90 QF90 QF90 R1690 QF45 QF45 R160 R6403,280207 Radek Štěpánek W2,000 SF720 QF180 QF45 QF45 R160 R640 2,99078 Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski F600 W500 SF360 QF360 QF180 SF180 SF180 QF90 QF90 QF90 R1690 R1690 R1690 QF45 R640 R640 R320 R3202,95522
Qualified players
Singles #PlayersPointsToursDate Qualified111,7601610 June29,7001519 Augustinj5,8051335,290224 4,965 16 5 3,890 21 23 October6 3,535 15 30 October7 3,330 24 31 October8 3,210 24 31 October
On 10 June, following his record-breaking eighth title at the French Open, Rafael Nadal became the first to qualify.
Rafael Nadal had one of his strongest starts to an ATP World Tour season, reaching nine finals in as many tournaments after having been sidelined for seven months with a knee injury that forced him to miss the majority of the 2012 season. He began his year at the VTR Open after missing the Australian Open due to illness. He reached the final before being defeated by Horacio Zeballos. This was followed up by winning three consecutive tournaments, at the Brazil Open defeating David Nalbandian., the Abierto Mexicano Telcel defeating world No. 4 David Ferrer, losing just two games in the match, and at BNP Paribas Open defeating Juan Martín del Potro. At Monte-Carlo Masters, Nadal made it to his ninth consecutive final at the event, and fifth of the year, where he met world no. 1 Novak Djokovic, Nadal lost in straight sets, recording his first defeat at the event since 2004. Nadal then went on to defend his titles at the Barcelona Open defeating Nicolás Almagro, Internazionali BNL d'Italia defeating Roger Federer, and the French Open defeating David Ferrer for Nadal's record 8th Roland Garros title, as well as winning the title at the Mutua Madrid Open defeating Stanislas Wawrinka. However at Wimbledon, Nadal suffered his earliest ever defeat at a Grand Slam tournament, losing to Belgian Steve Darcis in the first round. He then returned to form, winning for the third time at the Rogers Cup defeating Canadian Milos Raonic. He then became only the fourth player to win Canada & Cincinnati in the same year, beating American John Isner in the final of Western & Southern Open. Nadal then defeated Djokovic in the final of the US Open for his second title at the event. Nadal lost his first hardcourt match of the season at the final of the China Open to Djokovic, but still claimed the number 1 ranking from Djokovic. This is the ninth time Nadal has qualified for the ATP finals.
On 19 August, defending champion Novak Djokovic was announced as the second to qualify.