The ATP Finals begin in Turin on 15 November with a major change to the tournament’s frame: Jannik Sinner, the two-time defending champion, is absent. That does not identify a replacement favourite, but it removes the clearest point of reference from the past two editions and makes the contest for 2026’s final title more open.
Eight of the season’s best players are in Turin through 22 November, Le Figaro reports. In a year-end event where the defending champion would normally be the immediate benchmark, Sinner’s absence shifts the focus to a field without that title continuity. It cannot settle the winner in advance: the supplied reporting does not give the groups, schedule or reason for the Italian’s absence.
For French readers, Arthur Fils’s place is the other defining development. At 22, he is the first French player in ten years to compete at the Turin ATP Finals, according to Le Figaro. It is a concrete milestone for French men’s tennis, putting a French player back into the season-ending event for the leading performers.
That milestone is not a forecast. The available sources do not set out Fils’s opening opponent, qualification route or stated target for the week. Turin therefore starts with two distinct facts: a season finale without its two-time champion, and a French return to the final eight after a decade.
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- Le Figaro Actualités · Source date: 2026-11-15
- Le Figaro Actualités · Source date: 2026-11-15
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