ATP Finals draw: Zverev meets Shelton, Fils and Jodar as Alcaraz faces Medvedev, Cobolli and Tiafoe in Turin

World No. 1 Alexander Zverev will face Ben Shelton, Arthur Fils and Rafael Jodar in the John McEnroe Group at the Nitto ATP Finals, after the draw was made in Turin on Thursday, 12 November. Carlos Alcaraz, the second seed, heads the Ivan Lendl Group with Daniil Medvedev, Flavio Cobolli and Frances Tiafoe, and play begins at the Inalpi Arena on Sunday.

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The two groups

The eight-man field is split into two round-robin groups of four, with the top two in each going through to the semi-finals and the final on Sunday, 22 November. The official seedings place Zverev first, Shelton third, Fils sixth and Jodar eighth in the McEnroe Group, while Alcaraz (2), Medvedev (4), Cobolli (5) and Tiafoe (7) make up the Lendl Group.

Half of the field is new to the event: Cobolli, Fils, Tiafoe and Jodar are all making their debuts, according to the ATP. Jannik Sinner, who won the last two editions, is not in Turin after a knee injury ended his season. The doubles were drawn at the same time, with defending champions Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten top seeds in the Todd Woodbridge Group and Christian Harrison and Neal Skupski leading the Mark Woodforde Group.

Zverev's group: a US Open rematch

Zverev, champion in 2018 and 2021, arrives as the first seed after a season in which he won his first two major titles, at Roland-Garros and the US Open. The head-to-heads favour him: he leads Ben Shelton 6-0, including a four-set win in this year's US Open final and a straight-sets victory at last year's ATP Finals. He also beat Jodar in their only meeting, a three-set quarter-final at Roland-Garros on his way to the title.

Shelton comes to Turin from the Paris Masters final, which he lost to Alcaraz. He leads Fils 2-1, with both wins on indoor hard courts, and has never played Jodar. Fils, who won his first Masters 1000 title in Cincinnati, has a 1-2 record against Rafael Jodar: he won their first meeting in Barcelona this year, but the 20-year-old Spaniard took the next two, in Washington and Montreal, both 7-6(5) 6-3. Jodar has qualified in his first season on the tour.

Alcaraz and Medvedev share the other group

Alcaraz is playing the finals for the fourth time and is still chasing his first title, a year after losing the final to Sinner. Since returning from injury at the US Open he has won the titles in Tokyo, Vienna and Paris. He leads Medvedev 7-3 overall, although the two split their two meetings in 2026, and he won their only previous match at this event, in 2023. He is 1-0 against Cobolli and 2-1 against Tiafoe, who won their first meeting in 2021 before Alcaraz took five-set matches at the 2022 US Open and 2024 Wimbledon.

Medvedev, the 2020 champion, leads Cobolli 2-1 and Tiafoe 6-2, but Cobolli beat him in Madrid this year and Tiafoe won their latest meeting at the US Open. Cobolli, a Roland-Garros finalist this season and the home favourite in Sinner's absence, trails Tiafoe 1-4, even though he beat the American in the Acapulco final.

The opening days

Zverev opens the singles against Jodar on Sunday, not before 2pm local time, with Shelton against Fils in the evening session, not before 8:30pm. On Monday, Alcaraz meets Tiafoe in the afternoon and Medvedev plays Cobolli in the evening, at the same times. The doubles start at 11:30am on both days.

What it means

On paper the McEnroe Group is Zverev's to lose: he is unbeaten against Shelton and Jodar and has already won the US Open against the American this year. The race for second place looks open, with Jodar leading Fils and Shelton ahead of the Frenchman in their past meetings, while Shelton and Jodar meet for the first time. In the Lendl Group, Alcaraz arrives as the favourite after his indoor titles in Vienna and Paris, but Medvedev has already beaten him this season, and the home crowd will be behind Cobolli on his debut.