London strikes deal to host ATP World Tour Finals until 2020

The ATP World Tour Finals will be hosted in London until 2020, ATP executive chairman and president Chris Kermode has announced.

The week-long season finale for men’s tennis has been staged at the O2 Arena in Greenwich since 2009 and the partnership was due to expire in 2018. however, despite interest from a number of high profile cities, the ATP has now committed to London for an additional two years.

The event will also take on a new four-year title sponsorship with Japanese innovation company the Nitto Denko Corporation, and be known as the Nitto ATP Finals.

At an announcement at the Shard in London, Kermode said: “We’re pleased to announce we are going to stay here in London through to 2020. We had huge amounts of interest globally. We looked at various regions around the world, weighed up the pros and cons, and decided to stay in London.”

The atp finals brings together the eight top-ranked men’s singles players and doubles teams, and since 2009 has attracted more than 250,000 fans on site every year.

Andy Murray beat Novak Djokovic last November to clinch the title for the first time after Djokovic had previously won the tournament every year since 2012. It also meant Murray finished 2016 ahead of Djokovic as world No 1.

The ATP Finals were first held in Tokyo in 1970 and have been staged in locations such as Shanghai, Houston and New York. Djokovic has previously led calls for the host city to be rotated.

This year’s tournament will be held from 12 to 19 November.