Top seed Novak Djokovic, who is aiming for a record seventh title in Turin next week, will play home favorites Jannik Sinner, Stefanos Tsitsipas, and Holger Rune in the ATP Finals group stages.
The second-seeded Carlos Alcaraz will play Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev, and Andrey Rublev in the other group. After the round-robin phase, the top two players on each side of the draw move on to the semifinals.
After defeating Grigor Dimitrov to win the Paris Masters last week, the Serbian comes into the tournament having a 17-match winning streak. He has not lost since losing the Wimbledon final to Alcaraz in July.
Alcaraz and Djokovic were recently seen practicing together in nets in Turin for the ATP Finals, and it appears that they were both playing strong rallies against one another.
Carlos Alcaraz in 2023
Currently the world no.2, Alcaraz played his last match on the 31st of October when he lost to world no.39 Roman Safiullin 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Paris (draw).
Until now, during this year the Spaniard achieved a compiled 63-10 match record. The Spaniard clinched 6 titles in 2023 in Buenos Aires, Indian Wells, Barcelona, Madrid, London and Wimbledon. Alcaraz got to the final in Rio de Janeiro and Cincinnati.
Novak Djokovic in 2023
Now ranked no.1, Djokovic played his last match on the 5th of November when he beat world no.14 Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 6-3 in the final in Paris to win his 97th career title.
At present, during this year Novak has managed to achieve a composed 51-5 record. Djokovic clinched 6 titles in 2023 in Adelaide, Australian Open, French Open, Cincinnati, U.S. Open and Paris. Novak was the runner-up in Wimbledon.
Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic faced off 4 times. The head to head is 2-2. Previously, the last time they played, Novak Djokovic won 5-7 7-6(7) 7-6(4) in the final in Cincinnati (Western & Southern Open) on the 20th of August 2023.
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