The biggest prize still on the table in men’s tennis lost its reigning holder before the Turin draw had even been loaded. Jannik Sinner, who won in Turin in each of the past two seasons, is out with a right knee injury and will not play the ATP Finals that run from 15 to 22 November at the Inalpi Arena.

Carlos Alcaraz arrives in the strongest form of anyone. The Spaniard beat Ben Shelton 7-6(5), 7-5 in the Paris Masters final on Sunday for his fifth title of the year and his first at Bercy.

“It is something I have been chasing for a long time,” Alcaraz said after lifting the trophy.

“Some of the toughest defeats I ever had in my career I have had here.”

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Zverev top seed for the first time

Alexander Zverev leads the qualifiers as top seed, the first time he has gone to Turin as the world No. 1. The German secured the year-end top ranking despite a 3-9 record against top-10 opponents in 2026, lifting two majors along the way. It will be his ninth Finals appearance.

Daniil Medvedev books his seventh, after qualifying with a quarter-final win over Adrian Mannarino in Vienna. The Russian qualified six years in a row from 2019 to 2024 before missing last year’s edition. Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe round out the field after strong 2026 hard-court campaigns.

Jódar is the first man to reach Turin in his debut season

Three of the eight have never played the event. Arthur Fils is the first Frenchman at the Finals since Gaël Monfils in 2016. Flavio Cobolli, the Italian who reached this year’s French Open final, qualifies for the first time. And Rafael Jódar completed the field in a way nobody had before.

The 20-year-old from Madrid became the first player ever to qualify for the Finals in his debut season on the main tour, a year on from competing in the Next Gen ATP Finals. He secured the eighth spot when Alcaraz saved two match points to beat Taylor Fritz in the Paris quarter-finals, pushing Fritz out of contention.

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With Alcaraz and Jódar both in, it is also the first time since 2015 that two Spaniards have directly qualified. The pair that year was Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer. Fritz and Alex de Minaur are on standby as alternates.

The draw ceremony is set for Thursday, 12 November in Turin.

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