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

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

Stage Prize money
Undefeated champion bonus $24,000
Champion $235,000
Runner-up $130,000
Third place $78,000
Fourth place $52,000
Each round robin win $32,000
Participation fee $52,000
Alternates $16,000
  • 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. 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, as did Denis Shapovalov, citing exhaustion.

  Players in gold have qualified.
  Players in dark gold qualified, but withdrew.
Race to Milan (29 October 2018)
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

Third place match

Seeds

  1. Stefanos Tsitsipas (champion)
  2. Alex de Minaur (final)
  3. Frances Tiafoe (round robin)
  4. Taylor Fritz (round robin)
  5. Andrey Rublev (semifinals, third place)
  6. Hubert Hurkacz (round robin)
  7. Jaume Munar (semifinals, fourth place)
  8. Liam Caruana (round robin)

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.