ATP Race

The ATP Race is an annual points race to determine the year-end No. 1 player and doubles team in the ATP Rankings system used by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The race, initially called the ATP Champions Race, was introduced by the ATP for the 2000 season as part of their "21st Century Tennis" strategy announced in 1999.^[1] All players and teams start the year with zero points, and accumulate points from tournament to tournament based on their performances.^[2] The player and team who ends the tennis season with the most points is crowned the year-end No. 1, and the top 8 players and teams participate in the year-end championship, the ATP Finals.

Points distribution[]

Since the introduction of the ATP rankings the method used to calculate a player's ranking points has changed several times.^[3]^[4]

Points distribution (2009–present)[]

Points are awarded as follows:^[5]

Tournament category	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q
Grand Slam	2000	1200	720	360	180	90	45	10	25
ATP Finals	+900 (1500 max)	+400 (1000 max)	200 for each round robin match win (600 max)
Masters 1000	1000	600	360	180	90	45	10 (25)	(10)	25 (12)
500 Series	500	300	180	90	45	(20)			20 (10)
250 Series	250	150	90	45	20	(5)			12 (5)
Challenger 125	125	75	45	25	10	5			1
Challenger 110	110	65	40	20	9	5			1
Challenger 100	100	60	35	18	8	5			1
Challenger 90	90	55	33	17	8	5			1
Challenger 80	80	48	29	15	7	3			1
Challenger 50	50	30	15	7	4				1
Futures $25,000 +H / $25,000	20	12	6	3	1
Futures $15,000 +H / $15,000	10	6	4	2	1

(ATP 1000 series) Qualifying points changes to 12 points only if the main draw is larger than 56.
(ATP 500 series) Qualifying points changes to 10 points only if the main draw is larger than 32
(ATP 250 series) Qualifying points changes to 5 points only if the main draw is larger than 32
Players who draw a bye in the first round in the ATP 1000 series and lose their first match in the second round are considered to have lost their first round and receive the points equivalent to first round loss. Similarly, loss in the second round of the ATP 500 series and the ATP 250 series after drawing bye in first round will result in 0 points being awarded.^[6]

In addition qualifiers and main draw entry players will then also receive the points in brackets for the rounds they reached.^[7]

Starting in 2016, points were no longer awarded for Davis Cup ties,^[8] nor for the tennis tournament at the Summer Olympics.^[9]

List of ATP Race winners[]

Singles
Year	Race-winning player	Points
2000	Gustavo Kuerten	839
2001	Lleyton Hewitt	897
2002	Lleyton Hewitt (2)	873
2003	Andy Roddick	907
2004	Roger Federer	1,267
2005	Roger Federer (2)	1,345
2006	Roger Federer (3)	1,674
2007	Roger Federer (4)	1,436
2008	Rafael Nadal	1,335
2009	Roger Federer (5)	10,150
2010	Rafael Nadal (2)	12,450
2011	Novak Djokovic	13,675
2012	Novak Djokovic (2)	12,920
2013	Rafael Nadal (3)	13,030
2014	Novak Djokovic (3)	11,360
2015	Novak Djokovic (4)	16,585
2016	Andy Murray	12,410
2017	Rafael Nadal (4)	10,645
2018	Novak Djokovic (5)	9,045
2019	Rafael Nadal (5)	9,985
2020	Novak Djokovic (6)	6,455

Doubles
Year	Race-winning team
2000	Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde (team article)
2001	Jonas Björkman & Todd Woodbridge (2)
2002	Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor
2003	Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan (team article)
2004	Mark Knowles (2) & Daniel Nestor (2)
2005	Bob Bryan (2) & Mike Bryan (2)
2006	Bob Bryan (3) & Mike Bryan (3)
2007	Bob Bryan (4) & Mike Bryan (4)
2008	Nenad Zimonjić & Daniel Nestor (3)
2009	Bob Bryan (5) & Mike Bryan (5)
2010	Bob Bryan (6) & Mike Bryan (6)
2011	Bob Bryan (7) & Mike Bryan (7)
2012	Bob Bryan (8) & Mike Bryan (8)
2013	Bob Bryan (9) & Mike Bryan (9)
2014	Bob Bryan (10) & Mike Bryan (10)
2015	Jean-Julien Rojer & Horia Tecău
2016	Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares
2017	Łukasz Kubot & Marcelo Melo
2018	Oliver Marach & Mate Pavić
2019	Juan Sebastián Cabal & Robert Farah
2020	Mate Pavić (2) & Bruno Soares (2)
2021