2018 Next Generation ATP Finals

2018 Next Generation ATP Finals
Date	6–10 November
Edition	2nd
Draw	8S
Prize money	US$1,335,000
Surface	Hard / indoor
Location	Milan, Italy
Champions
Stefanos Tsitsipas
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Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Alex de Minaur in the final, 2–4, 4–1, 4–3^(7–3), 4–3^(7–3) to win the 2018 Next Generation ATP tennis finals. Chung Hyeon was the 2017 champion, but was ineligible to compete this year due to his age.

The 2018 Next Generation ATP Finals was a men's exhibition tennis tournament played in Milan, Italy, from 6 to 10 November 2018. It was the season-ending event for the best singles players who were age 21 and under on the 2018 ATP World Tour.

Prize money

• Undefeated champion | $407,000

Qualification

The top seven players in the Emirates ATP Race to Milan qualified. The eighth spot went to Italian wild card Liam Caruana, who won a national qualifying tournament.^[1] Eligible players had to be 21 or under at the start of the year (born in 1997 or later for 2018 edition). 19-year-old Alex de Minaur was the youngest and only teenage player.

Due to participation in the ATP Finals the following week, Alexander Zverev again withdrew from the tournament because of an injury,^[2] as did Denis Shapovalov, citing exhaustion.^[3]

Race to Milan (29 October 2018)[4]
No.	ATP rank	Player	Points	Tournaments	Birth year
-	5	Alexander Zverev	5,085	20	1997
1	16	Stefanos Tsitsipas	2,095	30	1998
-	29	Denis Shapovalov	1,430	26	1999
2	33	Alex de Minaur	1,288	26	1999
3	44	Frances Tiafoe	1,035	24	1998
4	49	Taylor Fritz	969	27	1997
5	76	Andrey Rublev	715	21	1997
6	80	Jaume Munar	697	30	1997
7	79	Hubert Hurkacz	650	28	1997
Wild Card
8	622	Liam Caruana	45	20	1998
Alternates
9	99	Ugo Humbert	579	27	1998
10	102	Michael Mmoh	541	27	1998

Results

Final

• Stefanos Tsitsipas def. Alex de Minaur, 2–4, 4–1, 4–3^(7–3), 4–3^(7–3)

Third place match

• Andrey Rublev def. Jaume Munar, 1–4, 4–3^(7–4), 2–4, 4–2, 4–3^(7–3)

Seeds

Draw

Key

Finals

	Semifinals									Final
	1	Stefanos Tsitsipas	47	35	4	2	47
	5	Andrey Rublev	33	47	0	4	32
										1	Stefanos Tsitsipas	2	4	47	47
										2	Alex de Minaur	4	1	33	33
	2	Alex de Minaur	35	4	4	34	4
	7	Jaume Munar	47	1	1	47	2			Third place match
										5	Andrey Rublev	1	47	2	4	47
										7	Jaume Munar	4	34	4	2	33

Group A

		Tsitsipas	Tiafoe	Hurkacz	Munar	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
1	Stefanos Tsitsipas		4–3(7–3), 4–3(7–5), 4–2	4–1, 4–3(7–2), 4–1	4–3(7–5), 4–3(7–3), 3–4(4–7), 4–2	3–0	9–1 (90%)	39–25 (61%)	1
3	Frances Tiafoe	3–4(3–7), 3–4 (5–7), 2–4		4–1, 4–2, 2–4, 4–3(12–10)	1–4, 3–4 (3–7), 1–4	1–2	3–7 (30%)	27–34 (44%)	4
6	Hubert Hurkacz	1–4, 3–4(2–7), 1–4	1–4, 2–4, 4–2, 3–4(10–12)		4–2, 4–2, 2–4, 3–4(5–7), 4–1	1–2	4–8 (33%)	32–39 (45%)	3
7	Jaume Munar	3–4(5–7), 3–4(3–7), 4–3(7–4), 2–4	4–1, 4–3(7–3), 4–1	2–4, 2–4, 4–2, 4–3(7–5), 1–4		1–2	6–6 (50%)	37–37 (50%)	2

Group B

		de Minaur	Fritz	Rublev	Caruana	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
2	Alex de Minaur		4–3(10–8), 4–1, 4–2	4–1, 3–4(5–7), 4–1, 4–2	4–1, 4–1, 4–2	3–0	9–1 (90%)	39–18 (68%)	1
4	Taylor Fritz	3–4(8–10), 1–4, 2–4		2–4, 4–1, 4–3(7–4), 3–4(2–7), 2–4	1–4, 4–1, 4–3(11–9), 4–2	1–2	5–7 (42%)	34–38 (47%)	3
5	Andrey Rublev	1–4, 4–3(7–5), 1–4, 2–4	4–2, 1–4, 3–4(4–7), 4–3(7–2), 4–2		4–3(9–7), 4–1, 4–2	2–1	7–5 (58%)	36–36 (50%)	2
8/WC	Liam Caruana	1–4, 1–4, 2–4	4–1, 1–4, 3–4(9–11), 2–4	3–4(7–9), 1–4, 2–4		0–3	1–9 (10%)	20–37 (35%)	4

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, then percentage of games won, then head-to-head records; 5. ATP rankings.

References