This year's ATP Finals could have a different feel to it compared to previous editions as the world's best male players aim to achieve qualification for the season-ending showpiece in Turin.
Clinching year-end number one honours for the first time in his career, Alexander Zverev confirmed his place for the ATP Finals alongside seven-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz.
Jannik Sinner is another who has qualified, but the Italian will not be participating in the event in his home country after confirming his campaign had come to a premature end due to a persistent knee issue.
Another player to qualify for the ATP Finals is Ben Shelton, with the American surpassing 4,000 points in both the ATP rankings and the Race to Turin leaderboard, while Daniil Medvedev secured his place in the showpiece by reaching the semi-finals of the Vienna Open.
While four spots have been confirmed, the remaining four are still up for grabs and it's hotly contested.
Following the conclusion of the two ATP 500 tournaments in Basel and Vienna, the final Masters 1000 event on the calendar, the Paris Masters, provides players with one last opportunity to accrue enough ranking points to secure their spot in Turin.
The current top eight in the Race to Turin rankings features Flavio Cobolli, Arthur Fils and Frances Tiafoe, who are all chasing their debut at the ATP Finals.
Tiafoe, who is currently in eighth, would normally be the last entry on the list - unless there's a Grand Slam champion from this year ranked outside the top eight.
However, with Sinner's absence already confirmed, whoever finishes ninth in the Race to Turin rankings will secure an ATP Finals berth, and Rafael Jodar is currently primed to fill that spot.
The Spaniard bolstered his chances of a maiden ATP Finals appearance with a run to the final of the Shanghai Masters, where he was beaten by compatriot Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
Jodar leapfrogged Alex de Minaur in the Race to Turin leaderboard after the Australian was eliminated in the quarter-finals in Shanghai by Zverev.
De Minaur needs to overhaul a 64-point deficit to Jodar to qualify for the ATP Finals. Novak Djokovic, Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz all require strong runs in the upcoming tournament if they're to have any chance of breaching the top nine in the Race to Turin rankings.
If the season was to end today, this is how the ATP Finals would shape up, with those below the dotted line missing the cut:
Current projected ATP Finals entry list
- Alexander Zverev
- Carlos Alcaraz
- Ben Shelton
- Daniil Medvedev
- Flavio Cobolli
- Arthur Fils
- Frances Tiafoe
- Rafael Jodar
----------------------------------------------------------------- - Alex de Minaur
- Novak Djokovic
- Taylor Fritz
- Tommy Paul
*As of 02/11/2026
