After so much talking, the ATP officialize that the ATP Finals will be moved from London to Turin from 2021-2015.
The Finals will be played at the Turin’s Pala Alpitour stadium, that is the largest indoor sporting arena in Italy (capacity 12,350 seats).
Turin was chosen after a joined bid by the Italian Tennis Federation and Sport e Salute SpA, the Italian Government, the municipality of Turin and Regione Piemonte.
The Statement from the ATP
The ATP Executive Chairman & President Chris Kermode released the following statement
“Our congratulations to Turin on putting together such a comprehensive and impressive bid. Italy provides us with one of the strongest and most established tennis markets in Europe and has a proven track record for hosting world-class tennis events with the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome, as well as the NextGen ATP Finals in Milan.
We’re delighted to expand on our successful partnership with the FIT and Sport e Salute SpA, and we look forward to bringing the ATP’s flagship season-ending event to tennis’s growing fanbase in Italy for the first time.”
In the meantime, the Nextgen Finals will stay in Milan since there the contract is between 2017 and 2021.
These are the places where the Finals have been hosted
Tokyo 1970
Paris 1971
Barcelona 1972
Boston 1973
Melbourne 1974
Stockholm 1975
Houston 1976
New York 1977-89
Frankfurt 1990-95
Hanover 1996-99
Lisbon 2000
Sydney 2001
Shanghai 2002
Houston 2003-4
Shanghai 2005-8
London 2009-20
Turin 2021-25
ATP Finals will be played in the Pala Alpitour stadium – the largest indoor sporting arena in Italy (capacity 12,350 seats). pic.twitter.com/5nLO8hCf3J
— Michal Samulski (@MichalSamulski) April 24, 2019
