The draw for the 2026 ATP Finals was made in Turin on Thursday, with Carlos Alcaraz drawn alongside Daniil Medvedev and top seed Alexander Zverev placed in a group with Ben Shelton.

The season-ending tournament begins at the Inalpi Arena on Sunday, 15 November, with the eight-man field split into two groups of four for the round-robin stage. The semi-finals take place on Saturday, 21 November, and the final on Sunday, 22 November.

Zverev heads the McEnroe Group

World number one Zverev, a two-time former champion at the event, heads the John McEnroe Group alongside third seed Shelton, Arthur Fils and Rafael Jodar. The German will begin his bid for a third title with a rematch of the US Open final against Shelton, having won all six of their previous meetings.

Zverev also holds winning records against the other two members of his group, leading Fils 5-2 and Jodar 1-0, which makes him the clear favourite to top the group. Fils and Jodar are both making their debuts at the Finals, and Jodar's qualification is a notable achievement in his first season on the main professional tour.

Shelton, meanwhile, will be looking to improve a poor record against the top seed and to show that his run to the US Open final was no one-off.

Alcaraz leads the Lendl Group

Second seed Alcaraz heads the Ivan Lendl Group with former champion Medvedev, home favourite Flavio Cobolli and Frances Tiafoe. Alcaraz leads Medvedev 7-3 in their head-to-head meetings and also holds winning records against Tiafoe and Cobolli.

Alcaraz arrives in Turin as the form player after winning the Paris Masters, where he beat Shelton in the final, and he is chasing a first ATP Finals title. There was a note of caution on his arrival, with precautionary taping spotted on his right knee, although he completed a practice session without obvious discomfort.

Cobolli will be the only Italian in the singles draw, with two-time defending champion Jannik Sinner absent through a knee injury that ended his season in October. Novak Djokovic also failed to qualify for the eight-man field, leaving the tournament without two of its biggest names.

A new champion is guaranteed

With Sinner out, a new champion will be crowned in Turin. The top two players from each group advance to the semi-finals, and the draw has set up the prospect of a meeting between the two leading seeds only in the later stages.

The tournament carries a record prize pool of 15.75 million dollars, with an unbeaten singles champion earning 5.171 million dollars, underlining its status as one of the richest events in the sport.

Alcaraz is chasing a first ATP Finals title, while Zverev is aiming to add to the crowns he won in 2018 and 2021. The doubles draw was also made on Thursday, with defending champions Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten leading the Todd Woodbridge Group. Shelton, Medvedev, Cobolli, Fils, Tiafoe and Jodar complete a singles field that mixes established champions with four debutants.