ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot looks at the ATP Race To London, for a spot at the 2018 Nitto ATP Finals. Alexander Zverev, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are currently in the top three positions.
Just two months ago, Alexander Zverev was 36th in the ATP Race To London. Following an 8-4 start to 2018, failing to reach a final in his first four events, the 2017 Nitto ATP Finals qualifier was not even the top-ranked German in the Race (Peter Gojowczyk, 28th). But Zverev, who reached three out of the next four ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals, including Sunday’s championship match at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, has soared into the Race lead with 3,135 points. Last year, the final qualifier for the year-end championship was Jack Sock, who finished the Race with 2,765 points. So the Monte-Carlo resident has put himself in a strong position to make a return trip to London, even...
Rafael Nadal has once again hit top form on European clay and over the next two weeks — at the Mutua Madrid Open and at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia — and he may, potentially, complete a clean sweep of red dirt titles to take the lead in the 2018 ATP Race To London. Just three weeks ago, the Spanish superstar sat at No. 40 in the ATP Race To London (360 points), but with 11th titles at both the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters (d. Nishikori) and the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell (d. Tsitsipas), Nadal has risen to third place (1,860 points). The 31-year-old is now behind first-placed Roger Federer (3,110 points) and second-placed Juan Martin del Potro (2,120), ahead of two...
Does the past predict the future? In the case of the ATP Race To London, a position among the Top 10 after the first quarter of the season greatly enhances a player's chances of claiming a spot at the elite Nitto ATP Finals. Seven players among the Top 10 of the ATP Race To London, the year-to-date standings, on 4 April 2014 qualified for that year's season finale. Eight qualifiers were already in the Top 10 on 6 April 2015; there were seven on 4 April 2016 and seven Top 8 finishers, with one playing alternate, on 3 April last year. If 2018 is anything to go by, The O2 on the Greenwich peninsula in east London will welcome a mix...