The draw for the 2026 ATP Finals takes place in Turin on Thursday, when the season-ending championship's eight-man field will be split into two groups of four ahead of play starting on Sunday 15 November.

The draw follows the pre-tournament press conference at around 12.45pm local time (11.45am UK time) at the Inalpi Arena, where the tournament runs until Sunday 22 November. The singles groups will be named the John McEnroe Group and the Ivan Lendl Group, with the top two in each group advancing to the semi-finals after the round-robin stage.

Zverev and Alcaraz kept apart

Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz will be separated as the top two seeds, with the remaining seeds drawn in pairs — three and four, five and six, and seven and eight — with the first player drawn in each pair going into Group A.

The full field is Zverev, Alcaraz, Ben Shelton, Daniil Medvedev, Flavio Cobolli, Arthur Fils, Frances Tiafoe and Rafael Jodar, with four debutants in the line-up. Alcaraz has never won the event, while Zverev has lifted the title twice, in 2018 and 2021, and Medvedev won it in 2020.

Sinner out as champion, Djokovic also missing

A new champion is guaranteed after two-time defending champion Jannik Sinner ended his season in October to have treatment on a knee injury. Sinner won the title in 2024 and 2025 without dropping a set and beat Alcaraz in last year's final, but has not played since winning Wimbledon in July.

His withdrawal opened the door for Jodar, who took the final place as ninth in the Race to Turin. Novak Djokovic will also be absent from the season finale.

The order of play for the opening days will be confirmed once the draw is made, with the first matches taking place on Sunday.