Milan - 2019 Next Gen ATP Finals

Over the next week, Milan hosts the second edition of the Next Gen ATP Finals.

Played over five days, the competition features the best seven qualified players (21 years and under) of the season, plus one wildcard.

Players split into two groups and after a series of round robin matches, the semi-finals and final will follow.

It is not recognised as an official ATP tournament for ranking points and won’t count in players win/loss record. The scoring system is different - best of five sets, first to four games in a set, and tie break at 3-3.

2019 Next Gen ATP Finals - a season ending exhibition tournament, on Hard Indoor, in Milan, Italy, 5 - 9 November 2019.

Defending champion:

Stefanos Tsitsipas (1) who defeated Alex de Minaur (2) 2-4 4-1 4-3(3) 4-3(3)

Players qualified but withdrawn 

Stefanos Tsitsipas (qualified first - withdrew because qualified for Nitto ATP Finals)

Felix Auger-Aliassime (qualified second - would have been third seed - withdrew through injury)

Denis Shapovalov (qualified fourth - withdrew through exhaustion)

GROUP A

Alex de Minaur (seeded 1)

Casper Ruud (4)

Miomir Kecmanovic (5)

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (7)

Day 1 results

Alex de Minaur (1) defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 4-2 3-4(5) 4-1 4-1

Miomir Kecmanovic (5) defeated Casper Ruud (4) 4-3(5) 4-3(5) 4-2

GROUP B

Frances Tiafoe (2)

Ugo Humbert (3)

Mikael Ymer (6)

Jannik Sinner (8) wildcard 

Day 1 results 

Wildcard Jannik Sinner (8) defeated Frances Tiafoe (2) 3-4(4) 4-2 4-2 4-2

Mikael Ymer (6) defeated Ugo Humbert (3) 4-3(2) 1-4 4-2 4-1