50 ATP Finals facts on the eve of the 50th edition of the season-ending tournament at London

#26 Most consecutive runner-up finishes

Ivan Lendl

No player at the ATP Finals has suffered more than 2 consecutive final defeats.

The first ATP Finals winner Stan Smith (1970) is also the first player to finish as the ATP Finals runner-up on 2 consecutive occasions, doing so between 1971 and 1972.

Since then, Ivan Lendl (1983-84), Boris Becker (1985-86), Jim Courier (1991-92), Andre Agassi (1999-2000), and Roger Federer (2014-15) have suffered consecutive final reverses.

#27 Most finals without winning the title

Vitas Gerulaitis, Jim Courier (1991-92) and Rafael Nadal (2011, 2013) are the only players in tournament history to have played and lost in the final on 2 occasions, without having won a title at the tournament.

David Goffin (2017) is the latest of 15 players to have played exactly one final and come up second-best.

#28 Best success % at the tournament

Grigor Dimitrov is the only player in ATP Finals history to have a 100% record at the ATP Finals. All the other 133 different players to have played the tournament have suffered at least one defeat.

Ilie Năstase (22-3, 88%), Rod Laver (4-1, 80%), Tom Okker (4-1, 80%), Ivan Lendl (39-10, 80%) are the only other players to have a success rate of 80% (and above) at the tournament.

#29 Worst success % by a player

A total of 27 different players to have played the ATP Finals have been winless at the tournament. John Isner (2018) is the latest player to do so.

#30 Unbeaten Champion

24 of the 49 winners at the ATP Finals have gone undefeated at the ATP Finals. Grigor Dimitrov (2017) is the last player to do so.

Grigor Dimitrov

#31 Most unbeaten title winning campaigns

Ivan Lendl and Roger Federer have the highest number of unbeaten title winning campaigns (5) at the ATP Finals.

Lendl did so in 1981-82, 1985-87 and Federer accomplished the same in 2003-04, 2006, 2010-11.

#32 Number of perfect group stage campaigns

Excluding 1970-71 which did not feature a semifinal and final, and 1982-85 which featured a knockout competition, in the 43 other editions of the ATP Finals, there have been 59 different instances of perfect group-stage campaigns (3/3 wins).

30 different players have won all three group matches at the ATP Finals, the most recent ones being Novak Djokovic (2018), Grigor Dimitrov (2017) and Roger Federer (2017).

#33 Most perfect group-stage campaigns by a player

Roger Federer (10) has had the most number of perfect group-stage campaigns (3/3) of any player in the history of the ATP Finals. On 2 such occasions he lost in the semis (2002, 2017).

#34 Number of perfect group-stage campaigns ending in the semis

In the 43 editions of the tournament featuring a 8-player round-robin followed by a semifinal and a final, there have been 23 (of 59) instances of perfect group-stage campaigns ending in the semis.

The 3 most recent happenings took place in 2017 (Roger Federer), Rafael Nadal (2015), and Andy Murray (2008).

#35 Number of perfect group-stage campaigns ending in the final

Of the 59 instances of 3/3 group stage campaigns at the ATP Finals, 18 of them ended in the title round.

The 3 most recent such instances occurred in 2018, 2016 (Novak Djokovic) and 2015 (Roger Federer).

Novak Djokovic (5) has the next highest number of perfect group-stage campaigns, the most recent ones being in 2018 and 2017 (both times lost in the final).

#36 Number of unbeaten title-winning campaigns

18 perfect group-stage campaigns ended up being title-winning ones, the 3 most recent instances being Grigor Dimitrov (2017), Andy Murray (2016) and Novak Djokovic (2015).

#37 Most unbeaten title-winning campaigns by a player

Roger Federer (5) holds the record of the highest number of unbeaten title-winning campaigns by any player in the history of the ATP Finals, doing so in 2003-04, 2006, 2010-11.

Novak Djokovic (3) has the next highest number of unbeaten title-winning campaigns, going unbeaten on 3 occasions (2012-14).

#38 Number of instances when players winning 2/3 group matches did not reach the semis

There have been 7 instances when a player won 2 group-stage matches but failed to reach the last four.

The 3 most recent such instances are: David Ferrer (2012). Novak Djokovic (2009) and Andy Murray (2009).

David Ferrer

#39 Number of instances when players winning 1 group match reached the semis

Only 2 players in the history of the tournament have reached the semifinals after enduring 2 group-stage defeats - Kei Nishikori (2016) and David Nalbandian (2006).

Both players lost in the semifinals.

#40 Number of instances of a player losing all 3 group-stage matches

There have been 58 different instances of a player losing all his 3 group-stage matches.

The last 4 such instances were John Isner (2018), Marin Čilić (2017), Tomáš Berdych (2016), and David Ferrer (2016).

#41 Most 0/3 group-stage campaigns

52 different players have recorded the 58 instances of 0/3 group-stage campaigns at the ATP Finals. It is a group which includes Novak Djokovic (2007), Rafael Nadal (2009) and Andre Agassi (1989).

David Ferrer with 3 such instances (2010, 2014, 2016) and Harold Solomon (1974, 1978, 1980) lead a group of 5 players to have endured multiple winless group-stage campaigns at the ATP Finals.

Marin Čilić (2014, 2017) is the only active player who has suffered multiple winless ATP Finals group-stage campaigns.

#42 Most semifinals

Roger Federer (15) has reached the highest number of semifinals at the ATP Finals. It is a stand-alone figure which is better than the second-best tally of appearances (14-Andre Agassi) at the tournament.

#43 Successful title defences

Of the 39 instances when the defending champion returned the following year to defend his title, there have been 15 successful title defences.

The 5 most recent successful title defences are Novak Djokovic (2015), Roger Federer (2011), Lleyton Hewitt (2001), Pete Sampras (1997), and Ivan Lendl (1988).

#44 Most successful title defences

Of the 8 different players to have had successful title defences at the ATP Finals, Roger Federer (2004, 2007, 2011), Novak Djokovic (2013, 2014, 2015), Ivan Lendl (1982, 1986, 1987) are the players with the highest number of successful title defences (3).

Ilie Năstase (1972, 1973) is the only other player to have had multiple successful title defences.

#45 Titles on more than one surface

Over the 49 previous editions of the tournament, the ATP Finals has been held on 3 different surfaces (carpet, hard, and grass).

Ilie Năstase (1971-carpet, 1972-hard), and Pete Sampras (1996-carpet, 1997-hard) are the only players to have won the ATP Finals on more than one surface.

#46 Lowest ranked champion

World no. 11 David Nalbandian became the lowest-ranked player to win the ATP Finals when the Argentinian player recovered from two sets down to beat two-time defending champion Roger Federer in the 2005 Shanghai final.

#47 Most editions hosted in a city

Among 14 cities to have hosted the previous 49 editions of the ATP Finals, New York City has hosted the tournament on the highest number of occasions (13), doing so from 1977 to 1989.

London would be hosting its 12th edition of the ATP Finals in 2019.

#48 Titles won in highest number of different cities

Ilie Năstase is the only player in the history of the ATP Finals to have won the tournament in 4 different cities.

The Romanian player won his titles in Paris (1971), Barcelona (1972), Boston (1973), and Stockholm (1975).

Among the 4 other 5 (or more time) tournament winners, Roger Federer has won the ATP Finals in 3 different cities (Houston - 2003-04, Shanghai - 2006-07, and London - 2010-11).

Ivan Lendl won all his 5 titles in New York City. Djokovic won his 5 titles in Shanghai (1) and London (4), and Sampras won his 5 titles in Frankfurt (2) and Hanover (3).

#49 Most titles at a single venue

Ivan Lendl (5) won all his 5 ATP Finals titles in New York City. It is the highest number of titles won by any player at one venue.

#50 Grand Slam - ATP Finals double in same season

The 49 previous editions of the ATP Finals have seen 27 instances of a player winning a Grand Slam title and the ATP Finals in the same season.

Ilie Năstase (1972-73) was the first player to do so, followed by Björn Borg (1979-80), John McEnroe (1983-84), Ivan Lendl (1985-87), Pete Sampras (1994, 1996-97, 1999), Gustavo Kuerten (2000), Lleyton Hewitt (2001-02), Roger Federer (2003-04, 2006-07, 2010), Novak Djokovic (2008, 2012-15) and Andy Murray (2016).

Federer and Djokovic are the players to have won a Grand Slam and the ATP Finals title on the most occasions (5 apiece).