Is The Race To London ATP Finals Already Over?

by Sean Randall | October 25th, 2015, 2:06 pm
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David Ferrer won the Vienna title earlier today effectively wrapping up the Race to the London. With only two weeks remaining in the ATP’s regular season, two spots are still to be confirmed for the London finals, and there’s quite a substantial gap for the chasers to close.

Both David Ferrer and Kei Nishikori are tied at 7th by a whopping 1,400 points over 9th place JW Tsonga and 1,410 over Richard Gasquet, the only two players left in contention as only 1,500 total points are left to be won.

“I am in a good position for London, but I have yet to qualify. Certainly, today I took a big step,” Ferrer said.


Someone should tell David to book his ticket.

Since Tsonga isn’t playing, the only player who then can crash the current eight is Gasquet, and he’ll need to win both Basel and then Paris just to have any chance.

That’s not happening.

So the Race is over. That’s the bad news I guess. The good news is we have a very strong field for the Finals. Nishikori’s been a bit of a letdown of late, but Ferrer’s playing well as is Tomas Berdych who collected a title today. And provided Murray plays (I think he will), it should be a great conclusion to the year.

The groupings, though, are still TBD. Of importance, Federer could pass Murray for the No. 2 spot therefore avoiding Djokovic in the round robin. Otherwise, as it stands now we could see a Djokovic, Federer, Nadal “Group of GOATS” scenario. What fun that would be.

ATP Race Standings as of Monday, October 26:
1  Novak Djokovic 14285*
2  Andy Murray 7870*
3  Roger Federer 6750*
4  Stan Wawrinka 6140*
5  Tomas Berdych 4440*
6  Rafael Nadal 4330*
7  David Ferrer 3945
7  Kei Nishikori 3945

9  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2545
10  Richard Gasquet 2535

* = Clinched Londen berth.

(Groupings are randomly split 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8).


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3 Comments for Is The Race To London ATP Finals Already Over?

Armend Says:

Strictly theoretically speaking, both Cilic and Anderson are in contention if they win both Basel and Paris.

It will never happen of course, but when you think about the three, you would have to think that Cilic and Anderson stand a better chance in these two indoor tournaments. Cilic now just won Moscow, so there’s a 0.001 chance that it may happen :)

You are right though, Ferrer should start packing, he deserves it for his persistence.

October 25th, 2015 at 3:09 pm


peter Says:

The ATP final is anticlimatic.

You have most of the players who aim to qualify but have virtually no chance of winning at the finals. Novak and roger have dominated this tournament and have nearly always peaked here, while others are just happy to be making a few more bucks, most of whom have already worn themselves out tryng to qualify (eg. Murray last yr).

Who in this world can beat Nole and Roger back to back, on their best surface?? This year will again be between the big 2.

October 25th, 2015 at 7:30 pm


Margot Says:

Looking at this list it’s “the usual suspects.”
Where oh where are the “new faces?”
I go every year and I agree with Peter. Theoretically it should be the best/most exciting matches of the year, but it rarely is. Think the players are knackered.
Ferrer is a case in point. He got in one year and didn’t win a match.

October 26th, 2015 at 2:32 am

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