The ATP Finals split eight singles players into two groups of four, with everyone playing one match each against the others in their group during the first six days of competition. The two top finishers in each group advance to the Saturday semifinals, which determine Sunday’s championship match. The round-robin format ensures at least three matches for each which, because only the eight players who have earned the most points during the season qualify for the event, generates a week of back-to-back matches between the greatest players of 2020.

The same format is used for the doubles tournament. The ATP Finals take place in London’s O2 Arena, the largest indoor tennis facility in the world.

The first seven days of the ATP Finals are divided into morning and evening sessions, with each featuring a singles and doubles match. Tennis Channel’s coverage generally follows the same schedule during this time: 7 a.m. ET for the morning start and 1 p.m. ET for the evening (a complete schedule is below). On Sunday, Nov. 22, the network will show the doubles championship at 10:30 a.m. ET and the singles final at 3 p.m. ET. At the conclusion of each day’s live play Tennis Channel will show all-night encores up to the following morning’s session.

The ATP Finals singles field is set. In addition to Australian Open-champion Djokovic and French Open-winner Nadal, US Open-titlist Dominic Thiem will compete, again providing the event with all of the season’s major champions. Rounding out the group are Danil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev, Andrey Rublev and Diego Schwartzman. Djokovic has won the ATP Finals championship five times, including four years in a row from 2012-2015. Tsitsipas won the event last year and Zverev in 2018.

Seven doubles teams have qualified for the ATP Finals. They include Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury, Mate Pavic/Bruno Soares, Kevin Krawietz/Andreas Mies, Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos, Wesley Koolhof/Nokola Mektic, John Peers/Michael Venus and Lukasz Kubot/Marcelo Melo. While Granollers and Peers have won the ATP Finals doubles crown before, it was with different partners than they compete with today.

Tennis Channel’s 2020 ATP Finals Schedule (all matches are live unless otherwise indicated with * for same-day delay).:

5 p.m.-7 p.m.*                                  Singles Round Robin

5 p.m.-7 p.m.*                                  Singles Round Robin

Sunday, Nov. 22           10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.; 3 p.m.-5 p.m.*     Double Final; Singles Final