The 2014 ATP World Tour Finals (also known as the 2014 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis year-end tournament played at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom, between 9 and 16 November 2014. It was the season-ending event for the best singles players and doubles teams on the 2014 ATP World Tour. The Bryan Brothers won the title at the doubles tournament, while Novak Djokovic successfully defended his single title for the second time after Roger Federer withdrew from the final, the first walkover in a final in the tournament's 45-year history.
Finals
Singles
Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer, w/o It was Djokovic's 7th title of the year and 48th of his career. It was his 4th win at the event, winning in 2008, 2012, and 2013.
Doubles
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–7]
Tournament
The 2014 ATP World Tour Finals took place from 9 to 16 November at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom. It was the 45th edition of the tournament (40th in doubles). The tournament was run by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and was part of the 2014 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 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 best of three tie-break sets, including the final. All doubles matches were two sets (no ad) and a Match Tie-break.
Points and prize money StageSinglesDoubles1PointsChampionRR + $1,455,000RR + $226,000RR + 900Runner-upRR + $475,000RR + $76,000RR + 400$155,000$30,000200Participation fee$155,000$76,000Alternates$85,000$30,000 RR is points or prize money won in the round robin stage. 1 Prize money for doubles is per team.
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 2014 ATP World Tour Finals. Countable points include points earned in 2014, plus points earned at the 2013 Davis Cup final and the late-season 2013 Challengers played after the 2013 ATP World Tour Finals.
To qualify, a player who finished in the 2013 year-end top 30 must compete in four Grand Slam tournaments and eight ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments during 2014. 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 – four total per year (at least one 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 six-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. 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.
The 2014 ATP World Tour Finals counts as an additional 19th tournament in the ranking of its eight qualifiers at season's end, while the 2014 Davis Cup Final points count towards the next year's race.
If a player (or team) wins one of the four Grand Slams during the year but finishes outside the top eight (and within the top 20) in the year-end rankings, they will qualify ahead of the player (or team) ranked eighth. If two players (or teams) are in this situation, the lower-ranked will be given the first alternate position ahead of the player (or team) ranked eighth.
Contenders points breakdown Rankings as of 1 November 2014. Players in gold were the qualifiers. Player in bold won the title at the finals. Players in whose seed is – withdrew before the tournament. Players whose seed is inside a ( ) withdrew during the tournament and were replaced by an alternate. Alternates whose seed is inside a [ ] replaced a qualifier during the tournament.
Singles SdRk Player Grand Slam ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Best Other Total points Tourn AUS FRA WIM USO IW MI MA RO CA CI SH PA123456 1 1 QF360F1200W2000SF720W1000W1000A0 W1000R1690 R1690SF360W1000 W500 SF360SF180DC150 100101722 Roger FedererSF720R16180F1200SF720F600QF180A0 R3210F600 W1000W1000QF180 F600W500W500DC310W250F150870018 – 3 Rafael NadalF1200W2000R16180A0R3245F600W1000F600A0A0 R3210A0 W500 W250 QF180 QF90QF90QF9068351934 Stan WawrinkaW2000 R12810QF360QF360R1690R1690R3210 R1690R1690 QF180R3210R1690 W1000W250 DC175SF90R320R320 48951845 Kei NishikoriR16180R12810R16180F1200R3245SF360F600A0A0A0R3210SF360W500W500 W250W250QF90SF9046252156 Andy MurrayQF360SF720QF360QF360R1690QF180R1690 QF180QF180 QF180R1690QF180W500W250W250 SF180SF180DC14544752167 Tomáš BerdychSF720QF360R3290QF360R6410SF360QF180 R1690R1690 R3210QF180SF360W500F300 F300W250DC155 F150446523(7)8 Milos RaonicR3290QF360SF720R16180QF180QF180R1690SF360QF180 SF360R3210F600W500F300QF180QF90QF45DC1544402089 Marin ČilićR6445R3290QF360W2000R1690R6410R1690 R3245R1690 R1690R6410A0F300W250W250W250QF90 QF90415024Alternates10 David FerrerQF360QF360R6445R3290A0R1690SF360 QF180QF180 F600QF180QF180 SF360 F300 W250SF180 SF180F150404525–11 Grigor DimitrovQF360R12810SF720R16180 R3245R3245R1690SF360SF360 R3210R3245R1690 W500 W250 W250F150 R1690QF90364521–12 R16180R16180R16180R16180R6410R1690R3245 R1690 W1000 R6410A0R1690QF180DC175 F150QF90R1645 QF45274020–13 Ernests GulbisR6445SF720R6445R6445QF180R6410QF180 R1690R3245 R3245R6410 A0 W250W250SF180SF180SF90 SF902455 24 10 14 Feliciano LópezR3290R6445R16180R3290R1690R3245QF180R6410SF360 R6410 SF360R1690W250 F150 R1645R1645QF45 QF45213027
Doubles SeedRankTeamPoints Total Points Tourn12345678910111213141516171811 W2000 F1200W1000W1000 W1000 W1000 W1000 W1000 F600QF360SF360W250 W250R16180F150 QF90 DC60QF45115452122 W1000W1000SF720QF360 QF360 SF360 SF360F300 F300W250 R16180QF180 QF180R1690QF90 SF90 R160 R16058201933 W1000F600 QF360QF360 F300 W250R16180 QF180 QF180 QF180 QF180 QF180SF180F150 F150 F150R3290 QF9047602544 W2000 F600 QF360 SF360W250 SF180R16180 QF180 QF180 SF90 SF90 SF90R1690 R1690 R320 R640 47401755 W500 W500 W500 SF360F300W250W250 W250 W250 W250R16180 R16180 R16180 QF180 QF180R3290 R1690 R32044902866F1200 F1200 SF360SF360W250 R16180 QF180 SF180 SF180R3290 R1690QF90SF90 R320 R320 R160 R160 44501777 SF720 F600 F600 F300R16180QF180QF180QF180 SF180 SF180R1690QF90SF90 R160 R160 R160 R160 35701989W2000QF360 R3290QF90R1690R1690 R1690 R1690 QF90 QF45 QF45 R160 R160 R160 R160 R160 R160 R160308018 Alternates98F1200 QF360W250 W250 R16180 QF180 SF180R3290R1690 R1690 R1690QF90SF90 SF90 SF90 QF45 R1620 R3203385271010 W2000 F600W250 R16180 R320 R160R16030307
Qualified players
Singles #PlayersPointsToursDate Qualified110,010177 July28,7001818 Augustinj6,8351914 July34,8951813 October44,6252131 October54,4752130 October64,4652331 October74,2002031 October84,1502418 October On 7 July 2014, Novak Djokovic was announced as the tournament's first qualifier following his victory at the Wimbledon Championships and subsequent return to World No. 1 in the ATP rankings.
Novak Djokovic began the year by failing to defend his title at the Australian Open, losing to the eventual champion, Stanislas Wawrinka in a five-set upset, thus ending his 25-match winning streak at the event and his streak of 14 consecutive semi-final appearances at the grand slams. He recovered from the loss by winning back-to-back Masters 1000 titles at the BNP Paribas Open and Sony Open Tennis for the second time in his career, defeating Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal respectively. During the clay court season, Djokovic won the Internazionali BNL d'Italia for the third time, defeating Nadal in three sets before reaching his second French Open final, but once again lost in four sets. The following month, he ended his Grand Slam title drought by defeating Federer in a five-set final at Wimbledon Championships to claim his second title at the event and his seventh Slam singles title overall. He also returned to world no. 1 in the ATP rankings as a result of the victory. Djokovic did not enjoy a successful US Open Series however, as he lost in the third round in both Canada and Cincinnati, marking the first time since 2009 where Djokovic has failed to reach the quarterfinals of consecutive Masters events. At the US Open, he was upset by Japan's Kei Nishikori in the semi-finals. Although he rebounded by winning his fifth title of the year at the China Open, his 28-match winning streak in China was snapped by Federer at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. However, the Serbian recovered by defending his title at the BNP Paribas Masters defeating Canadian Milos Raonic in the final. Djokovic is set to make his eighth consecutive appearance at this year's year-end championships.
On 14 July, Rafael Nadal became the second player to qualify for the event.
Rafael Nadal began the season at the Qatar Open, where he won the title after defeating Gaël Monfils in the final. At the Australian Open, he reached his 19th Grand Slam final. Nadal lost the final in four sets to Stanislas Wawrinka, against whom he entered the match with a 12–0 record. Next, Nadal won the title at the Rio Open after defeating Alexandr Dolgopolov in the final, extending his record of ATP 500 titles to 15. Nadal reached the final of the Sony Open Tennis before falling to Novak Djokovic in straight sets. Nadal won the Mutua Madrid Open, after Kei Nishikori retired in the third set. Nadal then reached the final of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia losing to world no. 2 Novak Djokovic. At the French Open, Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic in four sets to win his ninth French Open title and a fifth straight win at Roland Garros. Nadal equaled Pete Sampras' total of 14 Grand Slam wins, the second highest number of single Grand Slam titles after Roger Federer. Nadal then entered the Wimbledon Championships in a bid to win the tournament for the third time and to win his 15th Grand Slam title overall, but he lost in the fourth round to the Australian teenager Nick Kyrgios (ranked no. 143), marking the third consecutive time he has failed to reach the quarterfinals of the said slam. Nadal then skipped the entire US Open Series due to a right wrist injury. He came back in the Asian swing and Swiss Indoors Basel but didn't have much success falling before the semifinals in the events he entered. Nadal then withdrew from the BNP Paribas Masters. Nadal has qualified for the tenth consecutive time for the event, however on 24 October, he pulled out of the tournament, stating that he will undergo appendix surgery in November.