NITTO ATP FINALS: TURIN, THE CAPITAL OF WORLD TENNIS

Following today’s press conference to present the 2021 Nitto ATP Finals and the start of the new ATP season, the “FedEx ATP Race to Turin” has officially begun.

From November 14-21, the ATP’s best eight qualified singles players and doubles teams will battle it out at the Pala Alpitour, for the most prestigious indoor tennis title in the world. It will be the first of five editions hosted at the futuristic Turin arena, which was inaugurated for the 2006 Winter Olympics.

This follows a successful bid process, initiated by the Italian Tennis Federation in November 2018, which saw Turin win out from among 40 cities for the right to host the Nitto ATP Finals from 2021-2025.

PARTNERS - The event has received considerable commitment from a portfolio of globally renowned commercial partners. Japanese giant Nitto Denko Corporation, Title Partner of the Nitto ATP Finals since 2017, recently extended its commitment for an additional five years, until 2025. The largest Italian bank, Intesa Sanpaolo, will welcome the event in Turin as Host Partner. Lavazza will join Emirates and FedEx as Platinum partners. Gold Partners include EA7 Emporio Armani, Rolex and Valmora Mineral Water, and Silver Partners include Dunlop, Italgas and Iren luce gas e servizi.

BROADCAST - The tournament will be televised in approximately 175 countries, reaching a potential audience of 95 million viewers. Host Broadcaster Sky Sport will lead the broadcast in Italy, while Rai will show one match per day live and unencrypted during the round-robin stage, plus one semifinal and the final.

GOVERNANCE - The planning, implementation and management of the event feature a team of the highest institutional, central and local representatives (Italian Government, Piedmont Region, City of Turin) working alongside the two sporting institutions that run the event: the Italian Tennis Federation (FIT) and the ATP.

The Italian Tennis Federation, which is the implementing body, oversees all organizational and executive activities through a Technical Management Commission. The Commission is chaired by the president of the FIT, Angelo Binaghi, and is composed of two other members representing the Federation, a representative of the Piedmont Region as vice-president and a representative of the City of Turin.

Furthermore, the FIT and the ATP, through a Joint Committee, will oversee coordination of activities related to the management of the event.

For planning and implementation activities, the organization will have the support of its traditional partner, Sport e Salute SpA, while the Masterplan will be designed by the AWE International Group (serving at the helm of a group of companies composed of Architect Camerana, Arriva Italia and Nielsen Sports Italia) who won a dedicated tender.

The organization also includes a Committee for the Nitto ATP Finals that carries out coordination and monitoring functions in order to promote the city and the territory, favoring the development of local economic, social and cultural activities. This committee, soon to be formed, will be chaired by the Mayor of Turin, Chiara Appendino, and composed by a representative of the President of the Regional Council of Piedmont, with the functions of vice-president, a representative of the Government Authority competent in matters of sport and a representative of the FIT.

TICKETS - The 2021 Nitto ATP Finals will feature 15 ticketed sessions. As of November 30th, 2020 single- session and season tickets have been available for purchase via two sources: the official tournament website (NittoATPFinals.com) and Ticketone. Over 40,000 of 180,000 available tickets have already been sold. Hospitality offerings aimed at corporate customers have also been launched, created in partnership with DAO, the Official Corporate Hospitality Advisor of the event, and the Incoming & Experience services proposed in collaboration with Gattinoni Travel Network, the Official Tour Operator of the event.

QUALIFICATION - The top eight players in the FedEx ATP Race To Turin qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals. The breakdown will include 19 events for all players starting in 2021. Top players who compete at all mandatory events will have the following breakdown: – Four (4) Grand Slams – Eight (8) mandatory Masters 1000s, – Seven (7) “Best Other” (Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo, ATP Cup, ATP 500, ATP 250, ATP Challenger). Same formula will be applied for the top eight double teams’ qualification.

HISTORY – First held in Tokyo in 1970, the Nitto ATP Finals is the prestigious season finale of the ATP Tour. The event was subsequently held in Paris, Barcelona, Boston, Melbourne, Stockholm, and Houston before the event started a 13-year association with Madison Square Garden in New York from 1977 to 1989. Frankfurt and Hannover shared the event through 1999, and from 2000, the event was held in Lisbon, Sydney, Houston and Shanghai. In 2009, the event moved to The O2 in London, the world's busiest entertainment arena and celebrated its 50-year anniversary in 2020. After a successful 12-year stay in London, the tournament will move to Turin from 2021.

Roger Federer currently holds the record of six titles at the event, ahead of Novak Djokovic, Pete Sampras and Ivan Lendl at five.

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Media Contacts: Simon Higson, ATP, [email protected]