2018 ATP Finals

{{Use British English|date=March 2026}} {{TennisEventInfo|2018|ATP Finals| |date=11–18 November |edition=49th (singles) / 44th (doubles) |draw=8S/8D |category=[[ATP Finals]] |prize_money=$8,500,000 |surface=[[Hard (tennis)|Hard]] / indoor |venue = [[The O2 Arena|The O2 Arena]] |location= London, United Kingdom |champs={{flagicon|GER}} [[Alexander Zverev]] |champd={{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bryan]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Sock]] }}

The '''2018 ATP Finals''' (also known as the '''2018 Nitto ATP Finals''' for [[Nitto Denko|Nitto]] sponsorship) was a men's [[tennis]] [[ATP Finals|year-end tournament]] that took place at the [[The O2 Arena|O2 Arena]] in London, United Kingdom, from 11 to 18 November 2018. It was the season-ending event for the highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams on the [[2018 ATP World Tour]].

==Finals==

===Singles=== {{main|2018 ATP Finals – Singles}} {{flagicon|GER}} [[Alexander Zverev]] defeated {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novak Djokovic]], 6–4, 6–3 * It was Zverev's 4th title of the year and 10th of his career. It was his first win at the event.<ref name="singles title"/>

===Doubles=== {{main|2018 ATP Finals – Doubles}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bryan]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Sock]] defeated {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre-Hugues Herbert]] / {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nicolas Mahut]], 5–7, 6–1, [13–11]<ref name="doubles title"/>

==Tournament==

The 2018 ATP Finals took place from 11 to 18 November at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom. It was the 49th edition of the tournament (44th in doubles). The tournament was run by the [[Association of Tennis Professionals]] (ATP) and was part of the [[2018 ATP World Tour]]. The event took on indoor hard courts. It served as the season-ending championships for players on the ATP Tour. The eight players who qualified for the event were split into two groups of four. During this stage, players competed in a round-robin format (meaning players played against all the other players in their group). The two players with the best results in each group progressed to the semifinals, where the winners of a group faced the runners-up of the other group. This stage, however, was a knock-out stage. The doubles competition used the same format.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Finals/About/Rules.aspx |title=Home | Barclays ATP World Tour Finals |publisher=Atpworldtour.com |date=2013-10-27 |access-date=2013-10-31}}</ref>

==Points and prize money== {|class=wikitable style=text-align:center |- style="background:#d1e4fd;" !width=150|Stage !width=120|Singles !width=120|Doubles1 !width=120|Points |- !Champion |RR + $1,280,000||RR + $200,000||RR + 900 |- !Runner-up |RR + $620,000||RR + $103,000||RR + 400 |- !{{nowrap|Round robin win per match}} |$203,000||$38,000||200 |- !Participation fee |$203,000||$100,000||{{n/a}} |- !Alternates |$110,000||$38,000||{{n/a}} |} Ref:<ref>https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/event/points-and-prize-money POINTS AND PRIZE MONEY </ref> *RR is points or prize money won in the round robin stage. *1 Prize money for doubles is per team. *An undefeated champion would earn the maximum 1,500 points, and $2,712,000 in singles or $517,000 in doubles.<ref>{{cite web|title=Points and Prize Money|url=https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/event/points-and-prize-money|website=Nitto ATP Finals|access-date=12 November 2018}}</ref>

==Qualification==

===Singles=== Eight players compete at the tournament, with two named alternates. Players receive places in the following order of precedence:<ref name="Rulebook">{{cite web |publisher=ATP World Tour |title=2015 ATP World Tour Rulebook |url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Corporate/Rulebook.aspx}}</ref> # First, the top 7 players in the [[ATP Race|ATP Race to London]] on the Monday after the final tournament of the ATP World Tour, that is, after the 2018 Paris Masters. # Second, up to two 2018 [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam tournament]] winners ranked anywhere 8th-20th, in ranking order # Third, the eighth ranked player in the ATP rankings In the event of this totaling more than 8 players, those lower down in the selection order become the alternates. If further alternates are needed, these players are selected by the ATP.<ref name="Rulebook" />

Provisional rankings are published weekly as the ''ATP Race to London'', coinciding with the 52-week rolling ATP rankings on the date of selection. Points are accumulated in [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]], [[ATP World Tour]], [[ATP Challenger Tour]] and [[ITF Futures]] tournaments from the 52 weeks prior to the selection date, with points from the [[2017 ATP World Tour|previous years Tour Finals]] excluded. Players accrue points across 18 tournaments, usually made up of:

* The 4 Grand Slam tournaments * The 8 mandatory [[ATP Masters]] tournaments * The best results from any 6 other tournaments that carry ranking points

All players must include the ranking points for mandatory Masters tournaments for which they are on the original acceptance list and for all Grand Slams for which they would be eligible, even if they do not compete (in which case they receive zero points). Furthermore, players who finished 2016 in the world's top 30 are ''commitment players'' who must (if not injured) include points for the 8 mandatory Masters tournament regardless of whether they enter, and who must compete in at least 4 [[ATP 500]] tournaments (though the [[Monte Carlo Masters]] may count to this total), of which one must take place after the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]. Zero point scores may also be taken from withdrawals by non-injured players from [[ATP 500]] tournaments according to certain other conditions outlined by the ATP.<ref name="Rulebook" /> Beyond these rules, however, a player may substitute his next best tournament result for missed Masters and Grand Slam tournaments.

Players may have their ATP World Tour Masters 1000 commitment reduced by one tournament, by reaching each of the following milestones: # 600 tour level matches (as of January 1, 2018), including matches from Challengers and Futures played before year 2011; # 12 years of service; # 31 years of age (as of January 1, 2018). If a player satisfies all three of these conditions, their mandatory ATP World Tour Masters 1000 commitment is dropped entirely. Players must be in good standing as defined by the ATP as to avail of the reduced commitment.<ref name="Rulebook" />

===Doubles===

Eight teams compete at the tournament, with one named alternates. The eight competing teams receive places according to the same order of precedence as in Singles.<ref name="Rulebook" /> The named alternate will be offered first to any unaccepted teams in the selection order, then to the highest ranked unaccepted team, and then to a team selected by the ATP.<ref name="Rulebook" /> Points are accumulated in the same competitions as for the Singles tournament. However, for Doubles teams there are no commitment tournaments, so teams are ranked according to their 18 highest points scoring results from any tournaments.

==Qualified players==

===Singles=== {|class="sortable wikitable" align=right style=text-align:center;font-size:90%;text:justify |- !width=20|# !width=150|Players !width=50|Points !width=50|Tourn. !width=75|Date Qualified |-align=center bgcolor=#e5d1cb |1||align=left|{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novak Djokovic]]||8,045||14||{{nowrap|8 September<ref name="Djokovic Qual">{{cite web|title=Djokovic, Federer Clinch 2018 Nitto ATP Finals Spots|url=https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/djokovic-federer-nitto-atp-finals-2018-qualification|publisher=ATP|access-date=8 September 2018}}</ref>}} |- align=center bgcolor=#C2B280 |inj.||align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rafael Nadal]]||7,480||9||11 August<ref name="Nadal Qual">{{cite web|title=Nadal Qualifies For 2018 Nitto ATP Finals|url=https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/nadal-qualifies-for-nitto-atp-finals-2018|publisher=ATP|access-date=11 August 2018}}</ref> |- |2||align=left|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Roger Federer]]||6,020||10||8 September<ref name="Djokovic Qual"/> |- align=center bgcolor=#C2B280 |inj.||align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Juan Martín del Potro]]||5,300||19||3 October<ref name="Del Potro Qual">{{cite web|title=Del Potro Secures Return To Nitto ATP Finals|url=https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/del-potro-nitto-atp-finals-2018-qualification|access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref> |- align=center bgcolor=#e5d1cb |3||align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Alexander Zverev]]||5,085||18||12 October<ref name="Zverev Qual">{{cite web|title=Zverev Set For Return To Nitto ATP Finals|url=https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/zverev-nitto-atp-finals-2018-qualification|publisher=ATP |access-date=12 October 2018}}</ref> |- |4||align=left|{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]]||4,310||20||28 October<ref name="Anderson Qual">{{cite web|title=Anderson Creates History With First-Time Nitto ATP Finals Qualification|url=https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/anderson-qualifies-nitto-atp-finals-2018|publisher=ATP |access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref> |- align=center bgcolor=#e5d1cb |5||align=left|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Marin Čilić]]||4,050||18||2 November<ref name="CilicThiem Qual">{{cite web|title=ACilic, Thiem Qualify To Complete Singles Field For 2018 Nitto ATP Finals|url=https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/cilic-thiem-qualify-nitto-atp-finals-2018|publisher=ATP |access-date=2 November 2018}}</ref> |- |6||align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Dominic Thiem]]||3,895||23||2 November<ref name="CilicThiem Qual"/> |- align=center bgcolor=#e5d1cb |7||align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kei Nishikori]]||3,390||21||3 November<ref name="Nishikori Qual">{{cite web|title=Nishikori Replaces Del Potro At 2018 Nitto ATP Finals|url=https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/nishikori-nitto-atp-finals-2018-joins-field|publisher=ATP |access-date=3 November 2018}}</ref> |- align=center |8||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[John Isner]]||3,155||22||5 November<ref name="Isner Qual">{{cite web|title=Isner To Replace Nadal At 2018 Nitto ATP Finals|url=https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/isner-nitto-atp-finals-2018-joins-field|publisher=ATP |access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref> |}

[[File:Paris-FR-75-open de tennis-2-6--17-Roland Garros-Rafael Nadal-13.jpg|thumb|left|Nadal won his 17th slam at the French Open]] On August 11, [[Rafael Nadal]] became the first qualifier to the event. {{Main|2018 Rafael Nadal tennis season}} '''Rafael Nadal''' formally began his season at the [[2018 Australian Open|Australian Open]], Nadal faced [[Marin Čilić]] in the quarterfinal, but retired in the fifth set due to a hip injury. Nadal withdrew from the [[2018 Abierto Mexicano Telcel|Mexican Open]], [[2018 BNP Paribas Open|Indian Wells Masters]], and [[2018 Miami Open|Miami Open]] due to an injury. At the [[2018 Monte-Carlo Masters|Monte Carlo Masters]], Nadal successfully defended his title, won a record-breaking 31st Masters title and his 11th title in Monte Carlo, beating [[Kei Nishikori]] in the final. Nadal went on to win his 11th title in [[2018 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell|Barcelona Open]], defeating [[Stefanos Tsitsipas]] in straight sets in the final, becoming the first player in the open era to win 400 matches on both clay and hard. Fresh after achieving the 'Undecima' at Monte Carlo and Barcelona, Nadal failed to defend his title at the [[2018 Mutua Madrid Open|Mutua Madrid Open]], when he lost in straight sets to [[Dominic Thiem]] in the quarterfinals, ending his 21-match and record 50-set winning streaks on clay. At the [[2018 Italian Open (tennis)|Italian Open]], Nadal captured his 8th title in the event, defeating Alexander Zverev in three sets, thus overtaking John McEnroe in the fourth place on the list of most titles won in the Open Era. Then at the [[2018 French Open|French Open]], Nadal won his 17th Grand Slam title, beating [[Dominic Thiem]] in the final in three sets.

Going into [[2018 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon Championships]], Nadal reached the semifinals for the first time since 2011, where he faced long-time rival [[Novak Djokovic]], in a match that lasted 5 hours and 17 minutes, spread over two days, becoming the second-longest Wimbledon semifinal in history. Djokovic defeated Nadal in five sets with the fifth set being 10–8. At the [[2018 Rogers Cup|Rogers Cup]], Nadal defeated [[Stefanos Tsitsipas]] in the final to win a record-extending 33rd Masters 1000 title. Nadal was the top seed during his title defense at the [[2018 US Open (tennis)|US Open]]. However, he retired in his semi-final matchup against [[Juan Martín del Potro]] due to knee pain. He then skipped the Asian Swing due to the same injury and the [[2018 Rolex Paris Masters|Rolex Paris Masters]] due to an abdominal injury. On November 5, he confirmed his withdrawal from the ATP Finals due to an ankle injury.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2018/11/05/rafael-nadal-pulls-atp-finals-injury-brings-end-season/|title=Rafael Nadal pulls out of ATP Finals as injury brings an end to season|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref>

[[File:Novak Djokovic Queen's Club 2018.jpg|thumb|right|Djokovic won two slams in the season.]] On September 8, [[Novak Djokovic]] and [[Roger Federer]] qualified for the event. {{Main|2018 Novak Djokovic tennis season}}

'''Novak Djokovic''' started off with a fourth round loss at the Australian Open, losing to [[Chung Hyeon]] from South Korea in three close sets. He then underwent surgery on his elbow, a week later. However, he surprisingly played at the Masters events of the Indian Wells Masters and Miami Open and lost in his opening round matches to [[Taro Daniel]] and [[Benoît Paire]], respectively. He then competed at the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters and was able to reach the third round losing to [[Dominic Thiem]]. However, he suffered another early exit, this time in Barcelona Open to [[Martin Kližan]] in the second round. Djokovic struggle continued at the Mutua Madrid Open in a second round loss to [[Kyle Edmund]] in three sets. At the Italian Open, Djokovic was able to reach his first semifinal of the year, losing to eventual champion [[Rafael Nadal]] in straight sets. His resurgent form continued when he reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, but was upset by [[Marco Cecchinato]] in four sets.

He had a strong start to the grass court season at the [[2018 Queen's Club Championships|Queen's Club Championship]], reaching the final without dropping a set, but lost to top seed [[Marin Čilić]] despite having a championship point. Djokovic, then, entered the Wimbledon Championships and, after defeating Nadal 10–8 in fifth set in the semifinal, he was able to claim his first title in over a year by defeating [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]] in straight sets. After a triumphant grass season, Djokovic started his US Open Series with a third round showing at the Rogers Cup, losing against eventual runner-up [[Stefanos Tsitsipas]]. Afterwards, he returned to play the [[2018 Western & Southern Open|Western & Southern Open]] for the first time in three years. Here he faced [[Roger Federer]] in the final and defeated him to win his first Cincinnati Masters title convincingly in straight sets. With this victory, Djokovic became the first and only player in tennis history to complete the career Golden Masters—a feat achieved by winning all nine ATP Masters 1000 events at least once in one's career. At the US Open, he was able to reach the final facing #3 seed [[Juan Martín del Potro]]. He defeated del Potro in straight sets to win his third US Open title and second Grand Slam title of the year. Seeded second at the [[2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters|Shanghai Rolex Masters]], he claimed his fourth Shanghai title when he defeated [[Borna Ćorić]] in the final and did not drop a set all tournament. Finally at the Rolex Paris Masters he defeated João Sousa, Damir Džumhur, Marin Čilić, and Roger Federer en route to the final, where he lost in straight sets to Karen Khachanov.

[[File:Roger Federer (31125444138).jpg|thumb|left|Federer claimed his 20th slam title at the Australian Open.]] {{main|2018 Roger Federer tennis season}}

'''Roger Federer''' started his season winning the [[2018 Hopman Cup|Hopman Cup]] partnering with [[Belinda Bencic]]. At the Australian Open, Federer reached the final without dropping a set, and successfully defended his title beating Marin Čilić in a five-set final. This was Federer's sixth title at the [[Australian Open]], equaling the record held by [[Roy Emerson]] and [[Novak Djokovic]], as well as becoming the first man to win twenty [[List of Grand Slam men's singles champions|Grand Slam]] titles. Federer continued his good start when he won his third [[2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament|Rotterdam Open]] title to return to No. 1 in the ATP rankings, defeating [[Grigor Dimitrov]] in straight sets in the final. He then entered the Indian Wells Masters, where he reached the final and despite holding three championship points, Federer was defeated by [[Juan Martín del Potro]] in a close three-set final. At the Miami Open, Federer lost in his opening match to [[Thanasi Kokkinakis]], resulting to him losing the no. 1 ranking. He then skipped the European clay court season for the second consecutive season.

At the grass season, Federer claimed his third title of the year at the [[2018 MercedesCup|MercedesCup]] defeating [[Milos Raonic]] in the final in straight sets. As the defending champion at the [[2018 Gerry Weber Open|Gerry Weber Open]], he reached the final, but was upset by [[Borna Ćorić]] in three sets. At the Wimbledon Championships, where he was the defending champion, his run was ended by South African [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]] in the quarterfinals in five sets, despite winning the first two sets and having a match point in the third set. Federer next played in Western & Southern Open where he lost in the final to Djokovic in straight sets. The loss ended Federer's run of 100 consecutive service holds and 14 match winning streak in Cincinnati. Federer entered the US Open as the second seed but was upset by [[John Millman]] in the 4th round. Federer then played at the Shanghai Rolex Masters as the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Ćorić in straight sets. He came into the [[2018 Swiss Indoors|Swiss Indoors]] as the defending champion, he defeated qualifier [[Marius Copil]] in the final to claim his fourth title of the year. He then competed at the Rolex Paris Masters, where he fell in the semifinals to Djokovic despite not getting his serve broken.

[[File:Del Potro en Indian Wells 2018.jpg|thumb|right|Del Potro won his first Masters title.]] On October 3, [[Juan Martín del Potro]] became the fourth qualifier for the event.

{{Main|2018 Juan Martín del Potro tennis season}} '' '''Juan Martín del Potro''' '' started the season at the [[2018 ASB Classic|ASB Classic]] reaching the final, where he lost to [[Roberto Bautista Agut]] in three sets. In the Australian Open he lost in the third round against [[Tomáš Berdych]]. Despite this, he returned to the top ten ranked world no 9, the first time since August 2014. Del Potro then competed at the [[2018 Delray Beach Open|Delray Beach Open]]. However, he lost to eventual champion [[Frances Tiafoe]] in the second round. He then won the [[2018 Abierto Mexicano Telcel|Abierto Mexicano Telcel]], defeating [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]] in straight sets to obtain his 21st title. He then went to win his first Masters event title at the BNP Paribas Open defeating defending champion and world No.1 [[Roger Federer]] in the final. He continued his good run at the Miami Open, but was stopped by eventual champion [[John Isner]] in the semifinals. del Potro's French Open preparation was lackluster losing the third rounds of Mutua Madrid Open and Italian Open to [[Dušan Lajović]] and [[David Goffin]], respectively. Despite the poor preparation, he was able to reach the semifinals losing to eventual champion [[Rafael Nadal]] in straight sets.

At Wimbledon, Del Potro reached the quarterfinals, where he faced Nadal once again and lost in 5 sets. Del Potro then competed at the [[2018 Los Cabos Open|Los Cabos Open]], where he reached the final but lost to [[Fabio Fognini]]. At the Western & Southern Open he fell to [[David Goffin]] in the quarterfinals. Entering the [[2018 US Open (tennis)|US Open]] seeded third, del Potro faced Nadal in the semifinals for the third consecutive slam but this time he was victorious, when Nadal retired after Del Potro was leading two sets to love to reach his second slam final. In the final, he was defeated by two-time champion [[Novak Djokovic]]. Del Potro entered the [[2018 China Open (tennis)|China Open]], where he faced unseeded [[Nikoloz Basilashvili]] in the final, but ended up losing in straight sets. He then competed in the Shanghai Rolex Masters, where he was forced to retire against [[Borna Ćorić]] in the third round, due to a knee injury. It was then revealed that he had fractured his right patella, which made him pull out for the rest of the season. On November 3, he confirmed he would withdraw from the event.<ref>{{cite web|title=ATP Finals: Injured Juan Martin del Porto replaced by Kei Nishikori|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/46086497|publisher=BBC|access-date=3 November 2018}}</ref>

[[File:Alexander Zverev (30004409818).jpg|thumb|left|Zverev won the Madrid Open title.]] On October 12, [[Alexander Zverev]] became the fifth player to qualify.

'''Alexander Zverev''' played for Germany at the Hopman Cup alongside [[Angelique Kerber]] but lost in the final to Switzerland. At the Australian Open, he made it to the third round, before being beaten in five sets by world No. 59 [[Chung Hyeon]]. At the Rotterdam Open, Zverev was seeded third. However, he was upset in straight sets in the second round by [[Andreas Seppi]]. He returned to action at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, where he reached the semifinals, before losing to eventual champion [[Juan Martín del Potro]] in straight sets. He then had a disappointing loss at the first Masters event of the year at the [[Indian Wells Masters]] in the second round to [[João Sousa]], despite having break leads in the first and third sets. Zverev then bounced back at the Miami Open when he made his third Masters event final. He faced [[John Isner]] in the final, which he lost in three sets, marking his first Masters event final loss. At the beginning of the clay season, he reached the semifinals at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, where he lost to [[Kei Nishikori]] in three sets. He then followed it up by reaching the final of his next three events, winning the [[2018 BMW Open|BMW Open]] successfully defending his title against [[Philipp Kohlschreiber]], winning his third Masters event title at the Mutua Madrid Open defeating [[Dominic Thiem]] (without dropping a set all tournament) and losing in the final of the Italian Open to [[Rafael Nadal]] ending Zverev's 13-match winning streak. At the French Open, he was able to reach his first slam quarterfinal but lost to Thiem in straight sets.

At the grass season, he fell in the first round of the Gerry Weber Open to eventual champion [[Borna Ćorić]] and the third round of the Wimbledon Championships to [[Ernests Gulbis]] in five sets. Going into the hard court season, Zverev successfully defended his title in [[2018 Citi Open|Citi Open]]. He reached the final and defeated 19-year-old [[Alex de Minaur]] to claim his second consecutive Washington title. He failed to defend his title at the Rogers Cup losing in the quarterfinal to [[Stefanos Tsitsipas]], despite having two match points. He then followed it up with an upset loss to [[Robin Haase]] in his opening match at the Western & Southern Open. At the US Open, Zverev's slam woes continues as he lost in the third round to compatriot [[Philipp Kohlschreiber]] in four sets. Zverev then entered the China Open, he was upset by [[Malek Jaziri]] in three sets in the second round. He then competed at the Shanghai Rolex Masters, where he reached the semifinals, losing to [[Novak Djokovic]]. He also reached the semifinals of the Swiss Indoors falling to qualifier [[Marius Copil]]. At the Rolex Paris Masters, he fell in two quick sets to [[Karen Khachanov]] in the quarterfinals.

[[File:Paris-FR-75-open de tennis-2018-Roland Garros-stade Lenglen-4 juin-Kevin Anderson-01.jpg|thumb|right|Anderson reached the finals of Wimbledon.]] On October 28, after winning the [[2018 Erste Bank Open|Erste Bank Open]], [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]] qualified for the first time.

'''Kevin Anderson''' began the year at the [[2018 Maharashtra Open|Maharashtra Open]] where he lost to Frenchman [[Gilles Simon]]. His good start was halted at the Australian Open, when he lost to [[Kyle Edmund]] in the first round. He then bounced back at the [[2018 New York Open|New York Open]] claiming his fourth career title defeating local favourite [[Sam Querrey]]. He reached his third final of the year at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, but lost to Argentinian [[Juan Martín del Potro]]. He then made it to the quarterfinals of both the Indian Wells Masters and Miami Masters losing [[Borna Ćorić]] and [[Pablo Carreño Busta]], respectively. He did not start the clay season well, when lost in his first match at the [[2018 Estoril Open|Estoril Open]] losing to youngster [[Stefanos Tsitsipas]]. He claimed some form by reaching the semifinals of the Mutua Madrid Open falling to [[Dominic Thiem]]. At the Italian Open, he retired in the second round to [[Aljaž Bedene]] due to a leg injury. At the French Open, he suffered a disappointing loss to Argentinian [[Diego Schwartzman]] in the fourth round, when he failed to serve it out in the third set and eventual lost the match in five sets.

He began his grass season at the Queen's Club Championships, but lost in the first round to [[Leonardo Mayer]]. At the Wimbledon Championships, he reached his second career slam final after marathon wins over [[Roger Federer]] in the quarterfinals 13–11 in the fifth and the longest semifinal match in history when he defeated [[John Isner]] 26–24 in the fifth set. In the final he faced [[Novak Djokovic]] and lost in straight sets. He then competed at the Rogers Cup, where he reached the semifinals, but once again lost to Tsitsipas. At the Western & Southern Open, he lost in the third round to [[David Goffin]]. At the US Open, being the defending finalist, he faced [[Dominic Thiem]] in the fourth round and lost in straight sets. In the Asian swing, he reached back-to-back quarterfinals at the Japan Open and Shanghai Rolex Masters, losing to [[Richard Gasquet]] and Djokovic, respectively. He claimed his second title of the year and his biggest in his career so far at the [[2018 Erste Bank Open|Erste Bank Open]], defeating [[Kei Nishikori]] in the final. In the final Masters event of the year, Rolex Paris Masters, he had a rematch against Nishikori in the third round but this time he lost in straight sets.

On November 2, following the quarterfinal results in the Paris Masters, [[Marin Čilić]] and [[Dominic Thiem]] qualified for the event.

[[File:Cilic WM18 (62) (43932286881).jpg|thumb|left|Čilić reached the final of the Australian Open]] '''Marin Čilić''' began the year at the Maharashtra Open reaching the semifinals before losing to [[Gilles Simon]]. At the Australian Open, he defeated [[Rafael Nadal]] in the quarterfinals, his first win over Nadal since 2009 and his second win over a current world no. 1. He reached his third slam final, but lost to [[Roger Federer]] in five sets, despite this he reached a new career high ranking of number 3 in the world. However, he wasn't able to sustain this form, losing early in his next events in the second round of the [[2018 Rio Open|Rio Open]] to [[Gaël Monfils]], third round of Indian Wells Masters to [[Philipp Kohlschreiber]] and fourth round of the Miami Masters to [[John Isner]]. Čilić then reached the quarterfinals of the Monte-Carlo Masters losing to [[Kei Nishikori]] in three sets. Being the top seed at the [[2018 Istanbul Open|Istanbul Open]], he was upset by [[Malek Jaziri]] in the second round. He then competed at the Italian Open reaching the semifinal but fell to [[Alexander Zverev]] in two tight sets. At the French Open, Čilić reached the quarterfinals for the second year in a row losing to Argentinian [[Juan Martín del Potro]].

At the grass court season, he started perfectly when he claimed his first title of the year at the Queen's Club Championships defeating [[Novak Djokovic]] in the final, where he saved a match point in the second set. At Wimbledon, being the finalist from the year before, he suffered a surprising loss in the second round to [[Guido Pella]] despite winning the first two sets. Heading back to the American hardcourts, he did pretty well when he lost to eventual champions Nadal and Djokovic at the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup and semifinals of the Western & Southern Open, respectively. At the US Open, he had a rematch of the 2014 US Open final against [[Kei Nishikori]], but this time he lost in five sets. Čilić had a terrible Asian swing, losing in the first round of the Japan Open to [[Jan-Lennard Struff]] after failing to serve for the match in the third set and the first round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters to [[Nicolás Jarry]] after having two match points in the match. His struggle in form continued at the Swiss Indoors when he lost in the second round to [[Marius Copil]] in two tight sets despite having set points in the second set. At the Rolex Paris Masters, despite ending Djokovic's 30-set winning streak he fell to the Serbian in three sets in the quarterfinals.

[[File:Thiem RG18 (25) (42260263644).jpg|thumb|right|Thiem reached his first slam final at the French Open]] '''Dominic Thiem''' began the year at the [[2018 Qatar ExxonMobil Open|Qatar ExxonMobil Open]], where he reached the semifinals but had to withdraw prior to his match against [[Gaël Monfils]] due to an illness. At the Australian Open, he once again reached the fourth round but was upset by American [[Tennys Sandgren]] in five sets. He then claimed his first title at the [[2018 Argentina Open|Argentina Open]] defeating [[Aljaž Bedene]] in the final and without dropping a set all tournament long. He then competed at the Rio Open and the Abierto Mexicano Telcel but lost to [[Fernando Verdasco]] and [[Juan Martín del Potro]] respectively. He next competed at the Indian Wells Masters, retiring in the third set against [[Pablo Cuevas]] in the third round. At the clay season, he began with back-to-back finals at the Monte Carlo Masters and Barcelona Open losing to [[Rafael Nadal]] and [[Stefanos Tsitsipas]], respectively. At the Mutua Madrid Open, he upset Nadal in the quarterfinals and eventually reached the finals for the second year in a row but yet again lost, this time to [[Alexander Zverev]]. In the Italian Open, he was upset by [[Fabio Fognini]] in the second round. He claimed his second title of the year at the [[2018 Lyon Open|Lyon Open]] defeating home favorite [[Gilles Simon]] in the final. At the French Open, he was able to reach his first slam final and faced Nadal, but lost in straight sets.

At the grass season, Thiem suffered back-to-back loses in the second round of the Gerry Weber Open to [[Yūichi Sugita]] and the first round of Wimbledon against [[Marcos Baghdatis]] due to a back injury. He then went on a three match losing streak which began with a quarterfinal loss at the [[2018 German Open|German Open]] to [[Nicolás Jarry]] and first round loses at the [[2018 Generali Open Kitzbühel|Generali Open Kitzbühel]] to [[Martin Kližan]] and Rogers Cup to Tsitsipas. At the US Open, Thiem was able to reach the quarterfinals of non-clay slam for the first time but lost to Nadal in a fifth set tiebreak, despite winning the first set in a bagel. He then claimed his third title of the year at the [[2018 St. Petersburg Open|St. Petersburg Open]] defeating Kližan in the final in two quick sets. At the Shanghai Rolex Masters, he was upset by [[Matthew Ebden]] in the second round in a third set tiebreak. At the Erste Bank Open, he reached the quarterfinals losing to [[Kei Nishikori]]. At the Rolex Paris Masters, he reached his first semi-final at a Masters tournament on a hard court, but lost to [[Karen Khachanov]].

[[File:Kei Nishikori (7) (43079353934).jpg|thumb|left|Nishikori reached the semifinals of the US Open]] On November 3, following Del Potro's withdrawal from the event, [[Kei Nishikori]] was announced as his replacement.

'''Kei Nishikori''' returned after a 5-month injury layoff and started his 2018 season by playing at the American challenger tour events. At [[2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach|Oracle Challenger Series]] he lost in the first round against American qualifier [[Dennis Novikov]]. Nishikori went on to win his sixth ATP Challenger career titles at the [[2018 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas|RBC Tennis Championships]], by defeating [[Mackenzie McDonald]] in the final. Nishikori made his return to the ATP Tour competition (since August 2017 Montreal) at the inaugural ATP 250 Tournament in New York, where he reached the semifinals before losing to [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]]. He was unseeded at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel and lost against [[Denis Shapovalov]] in the first round. At the Miami Masters, he lost in the third round to [[Juan Martín del Potro]]. In the clay season, Nishikori entered the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, where he reached his 4th career Masters 1000 finals, before losing to [[Rafael Nadal]] in straight sets in the finals. He then suffered back-to-back opening round loses at the Barcelona Open and Mutua Madrid Open to [[Guillermo García López]] and [[Novak Djokovic]], respectively. At the Italian Open, he lost to Djokovic in the quarterfinals in three sets. At the French Open, Nishikori was seeded 19th and fell to seventh seed [[Dominic Thiem]] in the fourth round.

In the lead up to Wimbledon, Nishikori lost to [[Karen Khachanov]] in the 2nd round of the Gerry Weber Open. Entering Wimbledon with an arm injury, but was able to reach quarterfinals of the grass slam for the first time, where he lost to eventual champion Djokovic in four sets. His US Open lead up events, wasn't that successful, he began at the Citi Open but lost to [[Alexander Zverev]] in the quarterfinals. He then lost in the first round of the Rogers Cup to [[Robin Haase]] and in the second round of the Western & Southern Open to [[Stan Wawrinka]]. At the US Open, Nishikori revenges his [[2014 US Open – Men's singles|2014 US Open final]] loss when he defeated [[Marin Čilić]] in a close five-set victory. He advanced to the semifinals, losing to Djokovic in straight sets. Nishikori was the top seed at the [[2018 Moselle Open|Moselle Open]], where he is being upset by qualifier [[Matthias Bachinger]] in the semifinals in three sets. He then participated in the Japan Open seeded third and reached the final, he was upset by unseeded [[Daniil Medvedev]]. At the Shanghai Rolex Masters, Nishikori reaching the quarterfinals, he was defeated by top seed and defending champion [[Roger Federer]]. He then competed at the Erste Bank Open, reaching his third final of the year, he was defeated by second seed [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]]. At the final Masters event of the year, the Rolex Paris Masters, he was defeated by third seed Federer in the quarterfinals.

[[File:Isner US16 (21) (29862971805).jpg|thumb|right|upright|Isner won his first Masters in Miami]] On November 5, following Nadal's withdrawal from the event, [[John Isner]] became the final qualifier.

'''John Isner''' began the year losing in his first match in five of his six tournaments at the ASB Classic to [[Chung Hyeon]], the Australian Open to [[Matthew Ebden]], the New York Open to [[Radu Albot]], the Abierto Mexicano Telcel to [[Ryan Harrison]] and the Indian Wells Masters to [[Gaël Monfils]]. He only picked up two wins in [[2018 Davis Cup|Davis Cup]] against [[Dušan Lajović]] and [[2018 Delray Beach Open|Delray Beach Open]] against Albot before losing to [[Peter Gojowczyk]]. However, he rebounded at the Miami Masters, when claimed his first Masters title defeating [[Alexander Zverev]] in the final. He began his clay season with quarterfinal showings at the [[2018 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships|U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships]] losing to compatriot [[Steve Johnson (tennis)|Steve Johnson]] and the Mutua Madrid Open losing to Zverev. At the Italian Open, he was upset by [[Albert Ramos Viñolas]] in the second round. He then competed at the Lyon Open in a losing effort to [[Cameron Norrie]] in the quarterfinals. He then match his best result at the French Open, by reaching the fourth round falling to [[Juan Martín del Potro]].

At the Wimbledon Championships, he reached his first slam semifinal and faced [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]] where he recorded the second longest match while also holding the longest match against Mahut. However, this time Isner came out in the losing end, losing the final set 26–24. He then claimed his second title of the year at the [[2018 BB&T Atlanta Open|BB&T Atlanta Open]] defeating American Harrison in the final. However, he didn't do well in his next events losing to [[Noah Rubin (tennis)|Noah Rubin]] in the second round of Citi Open, to [[Karen Khachanov]] in the third round of Rogers Cup and to [[Sam Querrey]] in the first round of the Western & Southern Open. He rebounded at the US Open by reaching his second quarterfinals at the event but fell to del Potro in four sets. He then skipped the Asian swing due to the birth of his daughter. He came back at the [[2018 Stockholm Open|Stockholm Open]] losing in the semifinal to [[Ernests Gulbis]]. He then lost in last 16 of the Erste Bank Open to Monfils and the Paris Rolex Masters to Khachanov.

===Doubles=== {| class="sortable wikitable" style="float:right;margin-left:1em;text-align:center;font-size:85%;text:justify;" |- !width=20|# !width=150|Players !width=50|Points !width=50|Tours !width=60|Date Qualified |- align=center bgcolor=#e5d1cb |1||align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Oliver Marach]] {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Mate Pavić]]||7,430||22||27 July<ref name="MarachPavic">{{cite web|work=ATP World Tour|title=Marach/Pavic First To Qualify For Nitto ATP Finals 2018|url=https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/marach-pavic-first-to-qualify-for-nitto-atp-finals-2018|date=27 July 2018}}</ref> |- align=center |2||align=left|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Juan Sebastián Cabal]]}} {{flagicon|COL}} [[Robert Farah (tennis)|Robert Farah]]||5,830||20||{{nowrap|29 September}}<ref name="CabalFarah">{{cite web|work=ATP World Tour|title=Cabal/Farah Qualify For First Time To Nitto ATP Finals|url=https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/cabal-farah-nitto-atp-finals-2018-qualification|date=29 September 2018}}</ref> |- align=center bgcolor=#e5d1cb |3||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Łukasz Kubot]] {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo Melo]]||5,250||23||13 October<ref name="KubotMelo">{{cite web|work=ATP World Tour|title=Kubot/Melo Set To Return To Nitto ATP Finals|url=https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/kubot-melo-nitto-atp-finals-2018-qualification|date=13 October 2018}}</ref> |- align=center |4||align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jamie Murray]] {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruno Soares]]||4,940||20||11 October<ref name="MeloDodig">{{cite web|work=ATP World Tour|title=Murray/Soares Qualify For 2018 Nitto ATP Finals|url=https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/murray-soares-nitto-atp-finals-2018-qualification|date=11 October 2018}}</ref> |- align=center bgcolor=#cd7f32 | — ||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Bryan]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bryan]]||4,355||9||2 August<ref name="Bob Withdraws">{{cite web|work=ATP World Tour|title=Hip surgery for Bob Bryan ends his season|url=https://tennis.life/2018/08/02/hip-surgery-bob-bryan-ends-season-mike-jack-sock/|date=2 August 2018|access-date=23 October 2018|archive-date=23 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023120159/https://tennis.life/2018/08/02/hip-surgery-bob-bryan-ends-season-mike-jack-sock/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- align=center bgcolor=#e5d1cb |5||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bryan]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Sock]]||4,270||6||14 October<ref name="BryanSock">{{cite web|work=ATP World Tour|title=Mike Bryan/Sock & Herbert/Mahut Clinch Nitto ATP Finals Spots|url=https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/bryan-sock-herbert-mahut-nitto-atp-finals-2018-qualification|date=14 October 2018}}</ref> |- align=center |6||align=left|{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Raven Klaasen]] {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Michael Venus (tennis)|Michael Venus]]||4,165||23||23 October<ref name="KlaasenVenus">{{cite web|work=ATP World Tour|title=Klaasen/Venus & Mektic/Peya Secure Nitto ATP Finals Spots|url=https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/klaasen-venus-mektic-peya-nitto-atp-finals-2018-qualification|date=23 October 2018}}</ref> |- align=center bgcolor=#e5d1cb |7||align=left|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Nikola Mektić]] {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Alexander Peya]]||3,920||21||23 October<ref name="KlaasenVenus"/> |- align=center |8||align=left|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre-Hugues Herbert]]}} {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nicolas Mahut]]||3,310||10||14 October<ref name="BryanSock"/> |- align=center |}

On July 27, the team of [[Oliver Marach]] and [[Mate Pavić]] became the first qualifiers.

'''Oliver Marach & Mate Pavić''' began the year with a 17 match winning streak, winning their first three tournaments at the [[2018 Qatar ExxonMobil Open|Qatar ExxonMobil Open]] against [[Jamie Murray|Murray]]/[[Bruno Soares|Soares]], the [[2018 ASB Classic|ASB Classic]] against [[Max Mirnyi|Mirnyi]]/[[Philipp Oswald|Oswald]] and their first men's slam title at the Australian Open defeating [[Juan Sebastián Cabal|Cabal]]/[[Robert Farah (tennis)|Farah]]. Their streak ended when they lost in the final of the [[2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament|Rotterdam Open]] losing to [[Pierre-Hugues Herbert|Herbert]]/[[Nicolas Mahut|Mahut]]. Their clay season was quite successful reaching the final of the [[2018 Monte-Carlo Masters|Monte-Carlo Masters]] when they lost to American brothers [[Mike Bryan|M Bryan]]/[[Bob Bryan|B Bryan]] and winning the title at the [[2018 Geneva Open|Geneva Open]] defeating [[Ivan Dodig|Dodig]]/[[Rajeev Ram|Ram]]. They then reached their second slam final in a row, when they reached the final of the [[2018 French Open|French Open]] losing to the French duo of Herbert/Mahut. Their next final came at the [[2018 German Open|German Open]] but lost once again this time to the South American pairing of [[Julio Peralta|Peralta]]/[[Horacio Zeballos|Zeballos]]. At the Asian swing they fell in the final of the [[2018 China Open (tennis)|China Open]] to [[Łukasz Kubot|Kubot]]/[[Marcelo Melo|Melo]]. In the rest of their slam results after their reaching the finals of the first two slams was disappointing as they fell in the first rounds of the [[2018 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon Championships]] to [[Federico Delbonis|Delbonis]]/[[Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela|Reyes-Varela]] and the [[2018 US Open (tennis)|US Open]] to [[Leonardo Mayer|Mayer]]/[[João Sousa|Sousa]]. won the [[2018 Chengdu Open|Chengdu Open]] with [[Ivan Dodig]] defeating [[Austin Krajicek|Krajicek]]/[[Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan|Nedunchezhiyan]]

On August 2, [[Bob Bryan]] ended his season due to a hip injury, thus unable to qualify with brother [[Mike Bryan]].

'' '''Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan''' '' began the year with a semifinal showing at the Australian Open where they lost to Cabal/Farah. They then reach three finals in a row back in the Americas, losing in the final of the [[2018 Abierto Mexicano Telcel|Abierto Mexicano Telcel]] to Murray/Soares, losing in the final of the [[2018 BNP Paribas Open|BNP Paribas Open]] losing to compatriots [[John Isner|Isner]]/[[Jack Sock|Sock]]. Their third final came at the [[2018 Miami Open|Miami Open]], this time they won defeating Russians [[Karen Khachanov|Khachanov]]/[[Andrey Rublev|Rublev]] in the final. At the clay season they won the title at the Monte Carlo Masters defeating [[Oliver Marach|Marach]]/[[Mate Pavić|Pavić]]. They then faced [[Nikola Mektić|Mektić]]/[[Alexander Peya|Peya]] at the final of the [[2018 Mutua Madrid Open|Mutua Madrid Open]] but retired in the first set down a break due to Bob's hip injury, which ended his season.

[[File:Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah (19341710044).jpg|thumb|left|Cabal & Farah qualifies for the first time]] On September 29, the Colombian pairing of [[Juan Sebastián Cabal]] and [[Robert Farah (tennis)|Robert Farah]] became the second qualifiers

'''Juan Sebastián Cabal & Robert Farah''' had a solid 2018 when they reached their first slam final as a team at the Australian Open before losing to the team of [[Oliver Marach|Marach]]/[[Mate Pavić|Pavić]]. They followed it up with another final this time at the clay courts of the [[2018 Argentina Open|Argentina Open]] falling to the local team of [[Andrés Molteni|Molteni]]/[[Horacio Zeballos|Zeballos]]. Their European clay season was quite successful highlighted by their title at the [[2018 Italian Open (tennis)|Italian Open]] defeating [[Pablo Carreño Busta|Carreño Busta]]/[[João Sousa|Sousa]]. They followed it up by reaching the quarterfinals of the French Open but once again lost to Marach/Pavić. At Wimbledon they reached the third round and was upset by [[Frederik Nielsen|Nielsen]]/[[Joe Salisbury|Salisbury]]. They then reached their fourth final of the year at the [[2018 Western & Southern Open|Western & Southern Open]] but lost to [[Jamie Murray|Murray]]/[[Bruno Soares|Soares]] in a match tiebreak. At the US Open, they were able to reach the semifinals losing to eventual champions [[Mike Bryan|Bryan]]/[[Jack Sock|Sock]].

[[File:Bruno Soares, Jamie Murray (30007250408).jpg|thumb|right|Soares and Murray won Cincinnati]] On October 11, [[Jamie Murray]] and [[Bruno Soares]] qualified for the event.

'''Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares''' began the year by reaching the final of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open but lost to Marach/Pavić. They were unable to capitalize on this as they fell in the second round of the Australian Open to the Indian pairing of [[Leander Paes|Paes]]/[[Purav Raja|Raja]]. They won their first title of the year at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel defeating M Bryan/B Bryan in the final. They failed to win back-to-back matches except for a semifinal at the Italian Open in their next events after the title prior to the grass season including a second round loss at the French Open to [[Máximo González|González]]/[[Nicolás Jarry|Jarry]]. They bounced back at the grass courts of the [[2018 Queen's Club Championships|Queen's Club Championships]] by reaching the final but lost to [[Henri Kontinen|Kontinen]]/[[John Peers|Peers]]. At Wimbledon, they reached the quarterfinal before losing to eventual runner-ups [[Raven Klaasen|Klaasen]]/[[Michael Venus (tennis)|Venus]]. They claimed their second title at the [[2018 Citi Open|Citi Open]] when they defeated M Bryan/[[Édouard Roger-Vasselin|Roger-Vasselin]]. They followed it up by claiming their biggest title of the year at the Western & Southern Open a few weeks later, defeating Cabal/Farah in the final. At the US Open, they fell in the quarterfinals losing to [[Radu Albot|Albot]]/[[Malek Jaziri|Jaziri]]. At the [[2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters|Shanghai Rolex Masters]], they reached their second Masters final but lost to Kubot/Melo in straight sets.

[[File:2017 Citi Open Tennis 20170805-0807 (36353785526).jpg|thumb|upright|left|Kubot and Melo qualifies]] On October 13, defending finalists [[Łukasz Kubot]] and [[Marcelo Melo]] took one of the spots in the event.

'''Łukasz Kubot & Marcelo Melo''' began the year as the world no. 1's and started perfectly when they won [[2018 Sydney International|Sydney International]] defeating [[Jan-Lennard Struff|Struff]]/[[Viktor Troicki|Troicki]] in the final. At the Australian Open, they reached the quarterfinals and was upset by [[Ben McLachlan|McLachlan]]/[[Jan-Lennard Struff|Struff]] narrowly losing the third set tie-break. After this, they struggled to get decent results including a third round exit at the French Open losing to [[Rohan Bopanna|Bopanna]]/Roger-Vasselin. They were able to break the drought at the [[2018 Gerry Weber Open|Gerry Weber Open]] defeating German brothers [[Alexander Zverev|A Zverev]]/[[Mischa Zverev|M Zverev]]. However, being the defending champion at Wimbledon, they lost in the second round in four tight sets to [[Jonathan Erlich|Erlich]]/[[Marcin Matkowski|Matkowski]]. This followed by a string of bad results, only winning a match at the Western & Southern Open. However, despite this bad results, they rebounded by reaching the final of the US Open, losing to M Bryan/Sock in two quick sets. This results gave them confidence as they claimed back-to-back titles at the China Open and Shanghai Rolex Masters, defeating Marach/Pavić and Murray/Soares, respectively.

On October 14, slams champions teams of Americans [[Mike Bryan]] and [[Jack Sock]], and Frenchmen [[Pierre-Hugues Herbert]] and [[Nicolas Mahut]] gained the next two spots.

'''Mike Bryan & Jack Sock''' began their team-up at the Queen's Club Championships following [[Bob Bryan]]'s injury woes, where they fell in the quarterfinals to Kontinen/Peers. They didn't play a lot of tournaments a team but claimed the most important ones at the Wimbledon Championships defeating Klaasen/Venus and the US Open defeating Kubot/Melo. This made them the only team to win two slams in the year.

[[File:Partner talk (28155341075).jpg|thumb|right|Herbert and Mahut won the French Open]] '''Pierre-Hugues Herbert & Nicolas Mahut''' began the year with a second round loss at the Australian Open to [[Hans Podlipnik Castillo|Podlipnik Castillo]]/[[Andrei Vasilevski (tennis)|Vasilevski]] in third set tie-break. They won their first title of the year at the Rotterdam Open defeating Marach/Pavić in the final. They didn't play much together until the French Open, where they reached the final, meaning they have reached the final of each slam, where they faced Marach/Pavić and won. This is their 3rd slam title as a team and has won three of the four slam titles as a team. However, they suffered an upset loss at Wimbledon to Germans [[Philipp Petzschner|Petzschner]]/[[Tim Pütz|Puetz]]. At the US Open, they drew Kubot/Melo early in the third round and lost to the eventual runner-ups.

On October 23, the last two spots were occupied by the teams of [[Raven Klaasen]] & [[Michael Venus (tennis)|Michael Venus]] and [[Nikola Mektić]] & [[Alexander Peya]]

'''Raven Klaasen & Michael Venus''' result at the first slam of the year at the Australian Open was a disappointing first round exit to [[Scott Lipsky|Lipsky]]/[[David Marrero|Marrero]]. They won their first title of the year at the [[2018 Open 13|Open 13]], where they defeated [[Marcus Daniell|Daniell]]/[[Dominic Inglot|Inglot]]. Their next events were not so successful including a third round exit at the French Open to Mektić/Peya. They then reached the finals of the [[2018 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships|Rosmalen Grass Court Championships]] but lost to Inglot/[[Franko Škugor|Škugor]] in the final. They then reached their first slam final as a team at the Wimbledon Championships but lost to the newly formed American team of Bryan/Sock. They reached their fourth final of the year at the Rogers Cup where they lost to Kontinen/Peers. At the US Open, they were upset by Gonzalez/Jarry in the second. At the [[2018 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships|Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships]], they lost yet another final this time to the team of McLachlan/Struff.

'''Nikola Mektić & Alexander Peya''' did won a match until the Australian Open where they fell in the second round to eventual runner-ups Cabal/Farah. They reached their first final as a team at the [[2018 Diema Xtra Sofia Open|Diema Xtra Sofia Open]] but lost to the Dutch team of [[Robin Haase|Haase]]/[[Matwé Middelkoop|Middelkoop]]. They then reached another final at the [[2018 Rio Open|Rio Open]] but lost yet again to the Spanish duo of [[David Marrero|Marrero]]/[[Fernando Verdasco|Verdasco]]. They claimed their first title as a team at the [[2018 Grand Prix Hassan II|Grand Prix Hassan II]] defeating the French pairing of [[Benoît Paire|Paire]]/[[Édouard Roger-Vasselin|Roger-Vasselin]] in the final. They followed it up with their fourth final at the [[2018 BMW Open|BMW Open]] but lost yet again this time to [[Ivan Dodig|Dodig]]/[[Rajeev Ram|Ram]]. They won their biggest title of the year at the [[2018 Mutua Madrid Open|Mutua Madrid Open]] against Bryan/Bryan when Bob Bryan retired due to injury in the first set. They continued their clay success at the French Open, where they reached the semifinals losing to eventual champions Herbert/Mahut. They then lost in the third round of the Wimbledon Championships to Haase/[[Robert Lindstedt|Lindstedt]]. They then didn't play together from the US Open onwards due to Peya's elbow injury which forced them to withdraw from the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Open.

==Points breakdown==

===Singles=== *Players in gold (*) have qualified for the ATP Finals. *Players in brown (!) have withdrawn due to injury.

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- !rowspan=2| Seed !rowspan="2" | Player !colspan=4| Grand Slam !colspan=8| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 !colspan=6| Best Other !rowspan=2| Total points !rowspan=2| Tourn |- | style="background:#f3e6d7; width:30px;"| '''[[2018 Australian Open – Men's singles|AUS]]''' | style="background:#f3e6d7; width:30px;"| '''[[2018 French Open – Men's singles|FRA]]''' | style="background:#f3e6d7; width:30px;"| '''[[2018 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|WIM]]''' | style="background:#f3e6d7; width:30px;"| '''[[2018 US Open – Men's singles|USO]]''' | style="background:#e9e9e9; width:30px;"| '''[[2018 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles|IW]]''' | style="background:#e9e9e9; width:30px;"| '''[[2018 Miami Open – Men's singles|MI]]''' | style="background:#e9e9e9; width:30px;"| '''[[2018 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's singles|MA]]''' | style="background:#e9e9e9; width:30px;"| '''[[2018 Italian Open – Men's singles|IT]]''' | style="background:#e9e9e9; width:30px;"| '''[[2018 Rogers Cup – Men's singles|CA]]''' | style="background:#e9e9e9; width:30px;"| '''[[2018 Western & Southern Open – Men's singles|CI]]''' | style="background:#e9e9e9; width:30px;"| '''[[2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles|SH]]''' | style="background:#e9e9e9; width:30px;"| '''[[2018 Rolex Paris Masters – Singles|PA]]''' !width=30|1 !width=30|2 !width=30|3 !width=30|4 !width=30|5 !width=30|6 |- |bgcolor=gold|1* |align="left"| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novak Djokovic]] |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| QF 360 |bgcolor=lime|'''W''' '''2000''' |bgcolor=lime|'''W''' '''2000''' |bgcolor=#afeeee|R64 10 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R64 10 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 45 |bgcolor=yellow|SF 360 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 90 |bgcolor=lime|'''W''' '''1000''' |bgcolor=lime|'''W''' '''1000''' |bgcolor=thistle|F 600 |bgcolor=thistle|[[2018 Queen's Club Championships – Singles|F]] 300 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2018 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Singles|R16]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2018 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Singles|R32]] 0 | | | !8,045 !15 |- |bgcolor=#cd7f32|—! | align="left"| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rafael Nadal]] |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 360 |bgcolor=lime| '''W 2000''' |bgcolor=yellow|SF 720 |bgcolor=yellow|SF 720 |bgcolor=|A 0 |bgcolor=|A 0 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 180 |bgcolor=lime|'''W 1000''' |bgcolor=lime|'''W 1000''' |bgcolor=|A 0 |bgcolor=|A 0 |bgcolor=|A 0 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2018 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Singles|W]] 1000''' |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2018 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Singles|W]] 500''' |bgcolor=| |bgcolor=| |bgcolor=| |bgcolor=| !7,480 !9 |- |bgcolor=gold|2* |align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Roger Federer]] |bgcolor=lime|'''W 2000''' |bgcolor=| A 0 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 360 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 180 |bgcolor=thistle|F 600 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R64 10 |bgcolor=|A 0 |bgcolor=|A 0 |bgcolor=|A 0 |bgcolor=thistle|F 600 |bgcolor=yellow|SF 360 |bgcolor=yellow|SF 360 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Singles|W]] 500''' |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2018 Swiss Indoors – Singles|W]] 500''' |bgcolor=thistle|[[2018 Gerry Weber Open – Singles|F]] 300 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2018 MercedesCup – Singles|W]] 250''' |bgcolor=| |bgcolor=| !6,020 !12 |- |bgcolor=#cd7f32|—! |align="left"| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Juan Martín del Potro]] |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 90 |bgcolor=yellow| SF 720 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 360 |bgcolor=thistle|F 1200 |bgcolor=lime|'''W 1000''' |bgcolor=yellow|SF 360 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 90 |bgcolor=|A 0 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 180 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 90 |bgcolor=|''[[2018 Delray Beach Open – Singles|R16]] 20'' |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2018 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's singles|W]] 500''' |bgcolor=thistle|[[2018 China Open – Men's singles|F]] 300 |bgcolor=thistle|[[2018 ASB Classic – Men's singles|F]] 150 |bgcolor=thistle|[[2018 Los Cabos Open – Singles|F]] 150 |bgcolor=|A 0† |bgcolor=|A 0† !5,300 !15 |- |bgcolor=gold|3* |align="left"| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Alexander Zverev]] |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 90 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| QF 360 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R64 10 |bgcolor=thistle|F 600 |bgcolor=lime|'''W 1000''' |bgcolor=thistle|F 600 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 180 |bgcolor=afeeee|R32 10 |bgcolor=yellow|SF 360 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 180 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2018 Citi Open – Men's singles|W]] 500''' |bgcolor=yellow|[[2018 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Singles|SF]] 360 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2018 BMW Open – Singles|W]] 250''' |bgcolor=yellow|[[2018 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's singles|SF]] 180 |bgcolor=yellow|[[2018 Swiss Indoors – Singles|SF]] 180 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2018 China Open – Men's singles|R16]] 45 !5,085 !20 |- |bgcolor=gold|4* | align="left"| {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]] |bgcolor=#afeeee|R128 10 |bgcolor=#afeeee| R16 180 |bgcolor=thistle|F 1200 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 180 |bgcolor=yellow|SF 360 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 10 |bgcolor=yellow|SF 360 |bgcolor=afeeee|R16 90 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 180 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 90 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2018 Erste Bank Open – Singles|W]] 500''' |bgcolor=thistle|[[2018 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's singles|F]] 300 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2018 New York Open – Singles|W]] 250''' |bgcolor=thistle|[[2018 Maharashtra Open – Singles|F]] 150 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2018 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles|QF]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2018 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles|R16]] 0 !4,310 !21 |- |bgcolor=gold|5* |align="left"| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Marin Čilić]] |bgcolor=thistle|F 1200 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| QF 360 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R64 45 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 360 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 45 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 90 |bgcolor=|A 0 |bgcolor=yellow|SF 360 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 180 |bgcolor=yellow|SF 360 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 10 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 180 |bgcolor=lime|[[2018 Queen's Club Championships – Singles|'''W''']] '''500''' |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2018 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Singles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=yellow|[[2018 Maharashtra Open – Singles|SF]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2018 Rio Open – Singles|R16]] 45 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2018 Swiss Indoors – Singles|R16]] 45 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2018 Istanbul Open – Singles|R16]] 0 !4,050 !18 |- |bgcolor=gold|6* |align="left"| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Dominic Thiem]] |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 180 |bgcolor=thistle|F 1200 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R128 10 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 360 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 45 |bgcolor=|A 0 |bgcolor=thistle|F 600 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 10 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 10 |bgcolor=|A 0 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 10 |bgcolor=yellow|SF 360 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2018 Argentina Open – Singles|W]] 250''' |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2018 Lyon Open – Singles|W]] 250''' |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2018 St. Petersburg Open – Singles|W]] 250''' |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2018 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Singles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2018 Rio Open – Singles|QF]] 90 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2018 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's singles|QF]] 90 !3,895 !23 |- |bgcolor=gold|7* |align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kei Nishikori]] |A 0 |bgcolor=#afeeee| R16 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 360 |bgcolor=yellow|SF 720 |A 0 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 45 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R64 10 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 180 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R64 10 |bgcolor=afeeee|R32 45 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 180 |bgcolor=thistle|[[2018 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Singles|F]] 600 |bgcolor=thistle|[[2018 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles|F]] 300 |bgcolor=thistle|[[2018 Erste Bank Open – Singles|F]] 300 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2018 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas – Singles|W]] 100''' |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2018 Citi Open – Men's singles|QF]] 90 |bgcolor=yellow|[[2018 New York Open – Singles|SF]] 90 !3,390 !21 |- |bgcolor=gold|8* |align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Isner]] |bgcolor=#afeeee|R128 10 |bgcolor=#afeeee| R16 180 |bgcolor=yellow|SF 720 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 360 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R64 10 |bgcolor=lime|'''W 1000''' |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF 180 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 10 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 90 |bgcolor=afeeee|R64 10 |bgcolor=|''[[2018 Delray Beach Open – Singles|R16]] 20'' |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 90 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2018 BB&T Atlanta Open – Singles|W]] 250''' |bgcolor=yellow|[[2018 Stockholm Open – Singles|SF]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2018 Erste Bank Open – Singles|R16]] 45 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2018 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles|QF]] 45 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2018 Lyon Open – Singles|QF]] 45 |A 0† !3,155 !22 |- | colspan="22" |'''Alternates''' |- |9 |align="left"| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Karen Khachanov]] |bgcolor=#afeeee|R64 45 |bgcolor=#afeeee| R16 180 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 180 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R128 10 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 45 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R64 10 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R64 10 |bgcolor=yellow|SF 360 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 45 |bgcolor=lime|'''W''' '''1000''' |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2018 Open 13 – Singles|W]] 250''' |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2018 Kremlin Cup – Men's singles|W]] 250''' |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2018 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters – Singles|R16]] 90 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2018 Gerry Weber Open – Singles|QF]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2018 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Singles|R16]] 45 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2018 Erste Bank Open – Singles|R16]] 45 !2,835 !25 |- |10 |align="left"| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Borna Ćorić]] |bgcolor=#afeeee|R128 10 |bgcolor=#afeeee| R32 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R128 10 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 180 |bgcolor=yellow|SF 360 |bgcolor=ffebcd|QF 180 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R64 10 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R32 45 |bgcolor=afeeee|R32 45 |bgcolor=thistle|F 600 |bgcolor=#afeeee|R16 90 |bgcolor=lime|[[2018 Gerry Weber Open – Singles|'''W''']] '''500''' |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2018 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles|QF]] 90 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2018 Erste Bank Open – Singles|QF]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2018 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Singles|R32]] 45 |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2018 Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Singles|QF]] 45 |bgcolor=#afeeee|[[2018 Swiss Open Gstaad – Singles|R16]] 0 !2,480 !20 |- |colspan="22"|Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=Rankings – Race to London|url=https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/rankings/singles-race-to-london?rankDate=2018-11-05&rankRange=0-100|publisher=ATP|access-date=2018-11-12}}</ref> |}

* Ranking points in ''italics'' indicate that a player did not qualify for (or used an exemption to skip) a Grand Slam or Masters 1000 event and substituted his next best result in its place. † Mandatory zero-point penalty for Top 30 commitment player who did not play four [[ATP World Tour 500 series]] events during the year, or at least one such event after the US Open.

===Doubles===

*Teams in gold (*) have qualified for the ATP Finals. *Teams in dark brown have one player that qualified separately with another partner, making the team ineligible to qualify.

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- !rowspan=2| Rank !rowspan="2" | Player !colspan=18| Points !rowspan=2| Total points !rowspan=2| Tourn |- !width=30|1 !width=30|2 !width=30|3 !width=30|4 !width=30|5 !width=30|6 !width=30|7 !width=30|8 !width=30|9 !width=30|10 !width=30|11 !width=30|12 !width=30|13 !width=30|14 !width=30|15 !width=30|16 !width=30|17 !width=30|18 |- |bgcolor=gold|1* |align="left"| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Oliver Marach]] {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Mate Pavić]] |bgcolor=lime| '''[[2018 Australian Open – Men's doubles|W]] 2000''' |bgcolor=thistle| [[2018 French Open – Men's doubles|F]] 1200 |bgcolor=thistle| [[2018 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters – Doubles|F]] 600 |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 BNP Paribas Open – Men's doubles|SF]] 360 |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 Rogers Cup – Men's doubles|SF]] 360 |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles|SF]] 360 |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 Rolex Paris Masters – Doubles|SF]] 360 |bgcolor=thistle|[[2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles|F]] 300 |bgcolor=thistle| [[2018 China Open – Men's doubles|F]] 300 |bgcolor=thistle| [[2018 German Open – Doubles|F]] 300 |bgcolor=lime| '''[[2018 Geneva Open|W]] 250''' |bgcolor=lime| '''[[2018 Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doubles|W]] 250''' |bgcolor=lime| '''[[2018 ASB Classic – Men's doubles|W]] 250''' |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Miami Open – Men's doubles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Italian Open – Men's doubles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 Queen's Club Championships – Doubles|SF]] 180 |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 Erste Bank Open – Doubles|SF]] 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's doubles|QF]] 90 !7,700 !23 |- |bgcolor=gold|2* |align="left"| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Juan Sebastián Cabal]] {{flagicon|COL}} [[Robert Farah (tennis)|Robert Farah]] |bgcolor=thistle|[[2018 Australian Open – Men's doubles|F]] 1200 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2018 Italian Open – Men's doubles|W]] 1000''' |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 US Open – Men's doubles|SF]] 720 |bgcolor=thistle| [[2018 Western & Southern Open – Men's doubles|F]] 600 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 French Open – Men's doubles|QF]] 360 |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's doubles|SF]] 360 |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles|SF]] 360 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|R16]] 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters – Doubles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=ffebcd| [[2018 Miami Open – Men's doubles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Doubles|SF]] 180 |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 China Open – Men's doubles|SF]] 180 |bgcolor=thistle| [[2018 Argentina Open – Doubles|F]] 150 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Citi Open – Men's doubles|QF]] 90 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Sydney International – Men's doubles|QF]] 45 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Eastbourne International – Men's doubles|QF]] 45 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Rio Open – Doubles|R16]] 0 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 BNP Paribas Open – Men's doubles|R32]] 0 !5,830 !21 |- |bgcolor=gold|3* |align="left"| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Łukasz Kubot]] {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo Melo]] |bgcolor=thistle| [[2018 US Open – Men's doubles|F]] 1200 |bgcolor=lime| '''[[2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles|W]] 1000''' |bgcolor=lime| '''[[2018 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles|W]] 500''' |bgcolor=lime| '''[[2018 China Open – Men's doubles|W]] 500''' |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Australian Open – Men's doubles|QF]] 360 |bgcolor=lime| '''[[2018 Sydney International – Men's doubles|W]] 250''' |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 French Open – Men's doubles|R16]] 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's doubles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Italian Open – Men's doubles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Western & Southern Open – Men's doubles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Rolex Paris Masters – Doubles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 Erste Bank Open – Doubles|SF]] 180 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|R32]] 90 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Doubles|QF]] 90 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles|QF]] 90 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Rio Open – Doubles|QF]] 90 |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 BMW Open – Doubles|SF]] 90 |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships – Men's doubles|SF]] 90 !5,430 !24 |- |bgcolor=gold|4* |align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jamie Murray]] {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruno Soares]] |bgcolor=lime| '''[[2018 Western & Southern Open – Men's doubles|W]] 1000''' |bgcolor=thistle| [[2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles|F]] 600 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2018 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's doubles|W]] 500''' |bgcolor=lime| '''[[2018 Citi Open – Men's doubles|W]] 500''' |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|QF]] 360 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 US Open – Men's doubles|QF]] 360 |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 Italian Open – Men's doubles|SF]] 360 |bgcolor=thistle| [[2018 Queen's Club Championships – Doubles|F]] 300 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's doubles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 Rio Open – Doubles|SF]] 180 |bgcolor=thistle| [[2018 Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doubles|F]] 150 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Australian Open – Men's doubles|R32]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 French Open – Men's doubles|R32]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 BNP Paribas Open – Men's doubles|R16]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Miami Open – Men's doubles|R16]] 90 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles|QF]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters – Doubles|R16]] 0 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Doubles|R16]] 0 !4,940 !21 |- |bgcolor=gold|5* | align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bryan]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Sock]] |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2018 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|W]] 2000''' |bgcolor=lime| '''[[2018 US Open – Men's doubles|W]] 2000''' |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 Rolex Paris Masters – Doubles|SF]] 360 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Rogers Cup – Men's doubles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Queen's Club Championships – Doubles|QF]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Western & Southern Open – Men's doubles|R16]] 0 |  |  |  |bgcolor=|  |bgcolor=|  |bgcolor=|  |bgcolor=|  |bgcolor=|  |bgcolor=|  |bgcolor=|  |bgcolor=|  !4,810 !7 |- |bgcolor=sienna|— |align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Bryan]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bryan]] |bgcolor=lime| '''[[2018 Miami Open – Men's doubles|W]] 1000''' |bgcolor=lime| '''[[2018 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters – Doubles|W]] 1000''' |bgcolor=yellow|[[2018 Australian Open – Men's doubles|SF]] 720 |bgcolor=thistle| [[2018 BNP Paribas Open – Men's doubles|F]] 600 |bgcolor=thistle| [[2018 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's doubles|F]] 600 |bgcolor=thistle| [[2018 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's doubles|F]] 300 |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles|SF]] 90 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Delray Beach Open – Doubles|QF]] 45 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 New York Open – Doubles|R16]] 0 |bgcolor=|  |bgcolor=|  |bgcolor=|  |bgcolor=|  |bgcolor=|  |bgcolor=|  |bgcolor=|  |bgcolor=|  |bgcolor=|  !4,355 !9 |- |bgcolor=gold|6* |align="left"| {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Raven Klaasen]] {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Michael Venus (tennis)|Michael Venus]] |bgcolor=thistle| [[2018 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|F]] 1200 |bgcolor=thistle| [[2018 Rogers Cup – Men's doubles|F]] 600 |bgcolor=thistle| [[2018 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles|F]] 300 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2018 Open 13 – Doubles|W]] 250''' |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 French Open – Men's doubles|R16]] 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Miami Open – Men's doubles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters – Doubles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's doubles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Rolex Paris Masters – Doubles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 Citi Open – Men's doubles|SF]] 180 |bgcolor=thistle| [[2018 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships – Men's doubles|F]] 150 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 US Open – Men's doubles|R32]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Italian Open – Men's doubles|R16]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 BNP Paribas Open – Men's doubles|R16]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Western & Southern Open – Men's doubles|R16]] 90 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's doubles|QF]] 90 |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 ASB Classic – Men's doubles|SF]] 90 !4,300 !24 |- |bgcolor=gold|7* | align="left"| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Nikola Mektić]] {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Alexander Peya]] |bgcolor=lime| '''[[2018 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's doubles|W]] 1000''' |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 French Open – Men's doubles|SF]] 720 |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 Rogers Cup – Men's doubles|SF]] 360 |bgcolor=thistle|[[2018 Rio Open – Doubles|F]] 300 |bgcolor=lime| '''[[2018 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles|W]] 250''' |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|R16]] 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Miami Open – Men's doubles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Western & Southern Open – Men's doubles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's doubles|SF]] 180 |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles|SF]] 180 |bgcolor=thistle|[[2018 Diema Xtra Sofia Open – Doubles|F]] 150 |bgcolor=thistle| [[2018 BMW Open – Doubles|F]] 150 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Australian Open – Men's doubles|R32]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Sydney International – Men's doubles|R16]] 0 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Argentina Open – Doubles|R16]] 0 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 BNP Paribas Open – Men's doubles|R32]] 0 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Gazprom Hungarian Open – Doubles|R16]] 0 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Italian Open – Men's doubles|R32]] 0 !3,920 !21 |- |bgcolor=gold|8* | align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre-Hugues Herbert]] {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nicolas Mahut]] |bgcolor=lime| '''[[2018 French Open – Men's doubles|W]] 2000''' |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles|W]] 500''' |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's doubles|SF]] 360 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 US Open – Men's doubles|R16]] 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Rolex Paris Masters – Doubles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|R32]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Australian Open – Men's doubles|R32]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 BNP Paribas Open – Men's doubles|R16]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters – Doubles|R16]] 0 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Queen's Club Championships – Doubles|R16]] 0 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Rogers Cup – Men's doubles|R16]] 0 |bgcolor=|  |bgcolor=|  |bgcolor=|  |bgcolor=|  |bgcolor=|  |bgcolor=|  |bgcolor=|  !3,490 !11 |- | colspan="22" |'''Alternates''' |- |9 |align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Henri Kontinen]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Peers]] |bgcolor=lime| '''[[2018 Rogers Cup – Men's doubles|W]] 1000''' |bgcolor=lime| '''[[2018 Queen's Club Championships – Doubles|W]] 500''' |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 French Open – Men's doubles|QF]] 360 |bgcolor=lime| '''[[2018 Brisbane International – Men's doubles|W]] 250''' |bgcolor=#ffebcd|[[2018 Italian Open – Men's doubles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Western & Southern Open – Men's doubles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Australian Open – Men's doubles|R32]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 US Open – Men's doubles|R32]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Miami Open – Men's doubles|R16]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's doubles|R16]] 0 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 BNP Paribas Open – Men's doubles|R16]] 0 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters – Doubles|R16]] 0 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's doubles|R16]] 0 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Doubles|R16]] 0 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|R64]] 0 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Citi Open – Men's doubles|R16]] 0 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles|R16]] 0 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles|R16]] 0 !2,740 !20 |- |10 |align="left"| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Jean-Julien Rojer]] {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Horia Tecău]] |bgcolor=thistle| [[2018 Rolex Paris Masters – Doubles|F]] 600 |bgcolor=lime|'''[[2018 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's doubles|W]] 500''' |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 Western & Southern Open – Men's doubles|SF]] 360 |bgcolor=lime| '''[[2018 Winston-Salem Open – Doubles|W]] 250''' |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Rogers Cup – Men's doubles|QF]] 180 |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles|SF]] 180 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Australian Open – Men's doubles|R32]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 US Open – Men's doubles|R32]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 BNP Paribas Open – Men's doubles|R16]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Miami Open – Men's doubles|R16]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles|R16]] 90 |bgcolor=#ffebcd| [[2018 Swiss Indoors – Doubles|QF]] 90 |bgcolor=yellow| [[2018 Sydney International – Men's doubles|SF]] 90 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters – Doubles|R16]] 0 |bgcolor=#afeeee| [[2018 China Open – Men's doubles|R16]] 0 |bgcolor=|  |bgcolor=|  |bgcolor=|  !2,700 !15 |- |colspan="22"|Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=Rankings – Doubles Race to London|url=https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/rankings/doubles-race-to-london?rankDate=2018-11-05&rankRange=0-100|publisher=ATP|access-date=2018-11-12}}</ref> |}

==Head-to-head== Below are the head-to-head records as they approached the tournament.

===Singles===

'''Overall''' {{8TeamRR |standings-overall = '''Overall''' |YTD W-L='''YTD W–L''' |team-1-abbrev=[[Novak Djokovic|Djokovic]] |team-1={{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novak Djokovic]]| |team-2-abbrev=[[Roger Federer|Federer]] |team-2={{flagicon|SUI}} [[Roger Federer]] |team-3-abbrev=[[Alexander Zverev| Zverev ]] |team-3={{nowrap|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Alexander Zverev]]}} |team-4-abbrev=[[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Anderson]] |team-4={{flagicon|RSA}} [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]] |team-5-abbrev=[[Marin Čilić|  Čilić  ]] |team-5={{flagicon|CRO}} [[Marin Čilić]] |team-6-abbrev=[[Dominic Thiem| Thiem ]] |team-6={{flagicon|AUT}} [[Dominic Thiem]] |team-7-abbrev=[[Kei Nishikori|Nishikori]] |team-7={{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kei Nishikori]] |team-8-abbrev=[[John Isner|  Isner  ]] |team-8={{flagicon|USA}} [[John Isner]] |1v2=25–22 |1v3=1–1 |1v4=7–1 |1v5=16–2 |1v6=5–2 |1v7=15–2 |1v8=8–2 |standings-1=77–32 |YTD W-L-1=49–11 |2v1=22–25 |2v3=3–2 |2v4=4–1 |2v5=9–1 |2v6=1–2 |2v7=7–2 |2v8=5–2 |standings-2=51–35 |YTD W-L-2=46–8 |3v1=1–1 ||3v2=2–3 |3v4=4–0 |3v5=5–1 |3v6=2–5 |3v7=2–1 |3v8=4–1 |standings-3=20–12 |YTD W-L-3=54–18 |4v1=1–7 |4v2=1–4 |4v3=0–4 |4v5=1–6 |4v6=6–2 | 4v7=3–5 |4v8=4–8|standings-4=16–36 |YTD W-L-4=45–17 |5v1=2–16 |5v2=1–9 |5v3=1–5 |5v4=6–1 |5v6=0–1 | 5v7=6–9 |5v8=7–3 |standings-5=23–44 |YTD W-L-5=41–18 |6v1=2–5 |6v2=2–1 |6v3=5–2 |6v4=2–6 |6v5=1–0 | 6v7=1–3 |6v8=1–1|standings-6=14–18 |YTD W-L-6=53–18 |7v1=2–15 |7v2=2–7 |7v3=1–2 |7v4=5–3 |7v5=9–6 | 7v6=3–1 |7v8=2–1 |standings-7=24–35 |YTD W-L-7=42–19 |8v1=2–8 |8v2=2–5 |8v3=1–4 |8v4=8–4 |8v5=3–7 |8v6=1–1 |8v7=1–2 |standings-8=18–31 |YTD W-L-8=34–19 }}

'''Indoor hardcourt''' {{8TeamRR |standings-overall = '''Overall''' |YTD W-L='''YTD W–L''' |team-1-abbrev=[[Novak Djokovic|Djokovic]] |team-1={{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novak Djokovic]]| |team-2-abbrev=[[Roger Federer|Federer]] |team-2={{flagicon|SUI}} [[Roger Federer]] |team-3-abbrev=[[Alexander Zverev| Zverev ]] |team-3={{nowrap|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Alexander Zverev]]}} |team-4-abbrev=[[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Anderson]] |team-4={{flagicon|RSA}} [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]] |team-5-abbrev=[[Marin Čilić|  Čilić  ]] |team-5={{flagicon|CRO}} [[Marin Čilić]] |team-6-abbrev=[[Dominic Thiem| Thiem ]] |team-6={{flagicon|AUT}} [[Dominic Thiem]] |team-7-abbrev=[[Kei Nishikori|Nishikori]] |team-7={{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kei Nishikori]] |team-8-abbrev=[[John Isner|  Isner  ]] |team-8={{flagicon|USA}} [[John Isner]] |1v2=6–4 |1v3=0–0 |1v4=0–0 |1v5=3–1 |1v6=1–0 |1v7=4–1 |1v8=2–0 |standings-1=16–6 |YTD W-L-1=4–1 |2v1=4–6 |2v3=1–0 |2v4=1–0 |2v5=2–0 |2v6=0–0 |2v7=4–0 |2v8=0–1 |standings-2=12–7 |YTD W-L-2=12–1 |3v1=0–0 |3v2=0–1 |3v4=0–0 |3v5=2–0 |3v6=0–1 |3v7=0–0 |3v8=0–0 |standings-3=2–2 |YTD W-L-3=6–3 |4v1=0–0 |4v2=0–1 |4v3=0–0 |4v5=0–0 |4v6=1–0 |4v7=2–2 |4v8=0–0 |standings-4=3–3 |YTD W-L-4=11–2 |5v1=1–3 |5v2=0–2 |5v3=0–2 |5v4=0–0 |5v6=0–0 |5v7=2–1 |5v8=0–1 |standings-5=3–9 |YTD W-L-5=3–3 |6v1=0–1 |6v2=0–0 |6v3=1–0 |6v4=0–1 |6v5=0–0 |6v7=0–1 |6v8=0–0 |standings-6=1–3 |YTD W-L-6=7–2 |7v1=1–4 |7v2=0–4 |7v3=0–0 |7v4=2–2 |7v5=1–2 |7v6=1–0 |7v8=0–0 |standings-7=5–12 |YTD W-L-7=15–5 |8v1=0–2 |8v2=1–0 |8v3=0–0 |8v4=0–0 |8v5=1–0 |8v6=0–0 |8v7=0–0 |standings-8=2–2 |YTD W-L-8=5–4 }}

===Doubles=== {{8TeamRR |standings-overall = '''Overall''' |YTD W-L='''YTD W–L''' |team-1-abbrev=[[Oliver Marach|Marach]] [[Mate Pavić|Pavić]] |team-1={{nowrap|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Oliver Marach]] {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Mate Pavić]]}} |team-2-abbrev=[[Juan Sebastián Cabal|Cabal]] [[Robert Farah (tennis)|Farah]] |team-2={{nowrap|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Juan Sebastián Cabal]] {{flagicon|COL}} [[Robert Farah (tennis)|Robert Farah]]}} |team-3-abbrev= [[Łukasz Kubot|Kubot]] [[Marcelo Melo|Melo]] |team-3={{nowrap| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Łukasz Kubot]] {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo Melo]]}} |team-4-abbrev=[[Jamie Murray|Murray]] [[Bruno Soares|Soares]] |team-4={{nowrap|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jamie Murray]] {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruno Soares]]}} |team-5-abbrev= [[Mike Bryan|Bryan]] [[Jack Sock|Sock]] |team-5={{nowrap|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bryan]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Sock]]}} |team-6-abbrev=[[Raven Klaasen|Klaasen]] [[Michael Venus (tennis)|Venus]] |team-6={{nowrap|{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Raven Klaasen]] {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Michael Venus (tennis)|Michael Venus]]}} |team-7-abbrev=[[Nikola Mektić|Mektić]] [[Alexander Peya|Peya]] |team-7={{nowrap| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Nikola Mektić]] {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Alexander Peya]]}} |team-8-abbrev=[[Pierre-Hugues Herbert|Herbert]] [[Nicolas Mahut|Mahut]] |team-8={{nowrap|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre-Hugues Herbert]] {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nicolas Mahut]]}} |1v2=2–0 |1v3=0–3 |1v4=1–2 |1v5=0–0 |1v6=0–1 |1v7=0–2 | 1v8=0–3 |standings-1=3–11 |YTD W-L-1=51–17 |2v1=0–2 |2v3=4–2 |2v4=2–4 |2v5=0–1 |2v6=0–2 |2v7=1–2 | 2v8=1–3 |standings-2=8–16 |YTD W-L-2=37–21 |3v1=3–0 |3v2=2–4 |3v4=4–3 |3v5=0–1 |3v6=3–1 |3v7=0–1 | 3v8=1–0 |standings-3=13–10 |YTD W-L-3=39–20 |4v1=2–1 |4v2=4–2 |4v3=3–4 |4v5=0–0 |4v6=2–1 |4v7=1–1 | 4v8=2–2 |standings-4=14–11 |YTD W-L-4=37–18 |5v1=0–0 |5v2=1–0 |5v3=1–0 |5v4=0–0 |5v6=1–1 |5v7=0–0 | 5v8=1–0 |standings-5=4–1 |YTD W-L-5=16–5 |6v1=1–0 |6v2=2–0 |6v3=1–3 |6v4=1–2 |6v5=1–1 |6v7=0–2 | 6v8=0–0 |standings-6=6–8 |YTD W-L-6=38–23 |7v1=2–0 |7v2=2–1 |7v3=1–0 |7v4=1–1 |7v5=0–0 |7v6=2–0 | 7v8=0–1 |standings-7=8–3 |YTD W-L-7=36–18 |8v1=3–0 |8v2=3–1 |8v3=0–1 |8v4=2–2 |8v5=0–1 |8v6=0–0 | 8v7=1–0 |standings-8=9–5 |YTD W-L-8=20–9 }}

== Day-by-day summaries == {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Singles groups=== {| class="wikitable nowrap" !width=200|Group Guga Kuerten !! width=200|Group Lleyton Hewitt |- |{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novak Djokovic]] [1] || {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Roger Federer]] [2] |- |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Alexander Zverev]] [3] || {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]] [4] |- |{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Marin Čilić]] [5] || {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Dominic Thiem]] [6] |- |{{flagicon|USA}} [[John Isner]] [8] || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kei Nishikori]] [7] |} {{col-2}}

===Doubles groups=== {| class="wikitable nowrap" !width=250|Group Knowles/Nestor !! width=250|Group Llodra/Santoro |- |{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Oliver Marach]] / {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Mate Pavić]] [1] || {{flagicon|COL}} [[Juan Sebastián Cabal]] / {{flagicon|COL}} [[Robert Farah (tennis)|Robert Farah]] [2] |- |{{flagicon|POL}} [[Łukasz Kubot]] / {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo Melo]] [3] || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jamie Murray]] / {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruno Soares]] [4] |- |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bryan]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Sock]] [5] || {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Raven Klaasen]] / {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Michael Venus (tennis)|Michael Venus]] [6] |- |{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre-Hugues Herbert]] / {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nicolas Mahut]] [7] || {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Nikola Mektić]] / {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Alexander Peya]] [8] |- | ||{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Henri Kontinen]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Peers]] [9/ALT] |} {{col-end}}

{| class="wikitable nowrap" ! Session ! Group / round ! Winner ! Loser ! Score |- |- ! colspan=6| Day 1 (11 November) |- | rowspan=2 | Afternoon | [[2018 ATP Finals – Doubles#Group Llodra/Santoro|Doubles Group Llodra/Santoro]] | '''{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jamie Murray]] {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruno Soares]] [4]''' || {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Raven Klaasen]] {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Michael Venus (tennis)|Michael Venus]] [6] || 7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–5] |- | [[2018 ATP Finals – Singles#Group Lleyton Hewitt|Singles Group Lleyton Hewitt]] | '''{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]] [4]''' || {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Dominic Thiem]] [6] || 6–3, 7–6(12–10)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/46172208|title=Kevin Anderson beats Dominic Thiem in group opener|date=11 November 2018|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref> |- | rowspan=2 | Evening | [[2018 ATP Finals – Doubles#Group Llodra/Santoro|Doubles Group Llodra/Santoro]] | '''{{flagicon|COL}} [[Juan Sebastián Cabal]] {{flagicon|COL}} [[Robert Farah (tennis)|Robert Farah]] [2]''' || {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Nikola Mektić]] {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Alexander Peya]] [7] || 6–3, 6–4 |- | [[2018 ATP Finals – Singles#Group Lleyton Hewitt|Singles Group Lleyton Hewitt]] | '''{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kei Nishikori]] [7]''' || {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Roger Federer]] [2] || 7–6(7–4), 6–3<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/nov/11/roger-federer-kei-nishikori-atp-finals|title=Roger Federer slumps to straight-sets loss against Kei Nishikori at ATP Finals|date=11 November 2018|work=Guardian|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref> |- ! colspan=5 | Day 2 (12 November) |- | rowspan=2 | Afternoon | [[2018 ATP Finals – Doubles#Group Knowles/Nestor|Doubles Group Knowles/Nestor]] | '''{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Oliver Marach]] {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Mate Pavić]] [1]''' || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre-Hugues Herbert]] {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nicolas Mahut]] [8] || 6–4, 7–6(7–3) |- align=left | [[2018 ATP Finals – Singles#Group Guga Kuerten|Singles Group Guga Kuerten]] | '''{{flagicon|GER}} [[Alexander Zverev]] [3]''' || {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Marin Čilić]] [5] || 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–1)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/46184881|title=Alexander Zverev punishes Marin Čilić with straight-set win|date=12 November 2018|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref> |- | rowspan=2 | Evening | [[2018 ATP Finals – Doubles#Group Knowles/Nestor|Doubles Group Knowles/Nestor]] | '''{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bryan]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Sock]] [5]''' || {{flagicon|POL}} [[Łukasz Kubot]] {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo Melo]] [3] || 6–3, 7–6(7–5) |- align=left | [[2018 ATP Finals – Singles#Group Guga Kuerten|Singles Group Guga Kuerten]] | '''{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novak Djokovic]] [1]''' || {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Isner]] [8] || 6–4, 6–3<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/46187431|title=Novak Djokovic beats John Isner in group opener|date=12 November 2018|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref> |- ! colspan=5 | Day 3 (13 November) |- | rowspan=2 | Afternoon | [[2018 ATP Finals – Doubles#Group Llodra/Santoro|Doubles Group Llodra/Santoro]] | '''{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Raven Klaasen]] {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Michael Venus (tennis)|Michael Venus]] [6]''' || {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Nikola Mektić]] {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Alexander Peya]] [7] || 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5) |- | [[2018 ATP Finals – Singles#Group Lleyton Hewitt|Singles Group Lleyton Hewitt]] | '''{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]] [4]''' || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kei Nishikori]] [7] || 6–0, 6–1<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/46199026|title=Kevin Anderson thrashes Kei Nishikori for second win|date=13 November 2018|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref> |- | rowspan=2 | Evening | [[2018 ATP Finals – Doubles#Group Llodra/Santoro|Doubles Group Llodra/Santoro]] | '''{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jamie Murray]] {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruno Soares]] [4]''' || {{flagicon|COL}} [[Juan Sebastián Cabal]] {{flagicon|COL}} [[Robert Farah (tennis)|Robert Farah]] [2] || 6–4, 6–3 |- | [[2018 ATP Finals – Singles#Group Lleyton Hewitt|Singles Group Lleyton Hewitt]] | '''{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Roger Federer]] [2]''' || {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Dominic Thiem]] [6] || 6–2, 6–3<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/46200357|title=Roger Federer beats Dominic Thiem to keep alive ATP Finals hopes|date=13 November 2018|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref> |- ! colspan=5 | Day 4 (14 November) |- | rowspan=2 | Afternoon | [[2018 ATP Finals – Doubles#Group Knowles/Nestor|Doubles Group Knowles/Nestor]] | '''{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bryan]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Sock]] [5]''' || {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Oliver Marach]] {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Mate Pavić]] [1] || 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |- | [[2018 ATP Finals – Singles#Group Guga Kuerten|Singles Group Guga Kuerten]] | '''{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novak Djokovic]] [1]''' || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Alexander Zverev]] [3] || 6–4, 6–1<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/46211126|title=Novak Djokovic beats Alexander Zverev in group match|date=14 November 2018|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=14 November 2018}}</ref> |- | rowspan=2 | Evening | [[2018 ATP Finals – Doubles#Group Knowles/Nestor|Doubles Group Knowles/Nestor]] | '''{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre-Hugues Herbert]] {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nicolas Mahut]] [8]''' || {{flagicon|POL}} [[Łukasz Kubot]] {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo Melo]] [3] || 6–2, 6–4 |- | [[2018 ATP Finals – Singles#Group Guga Kuerten|Singles Group Guga Kuerten]] | '''{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Marin Čilić]] [5]''' || {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Isner]] [8] || 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–4<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/46214608|title=Marin Čilić fights back to beat John Isner in group match|date=14 November 2018|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=14 November 2018}}</ref> |- ! colspan=5 | Day 5 (15 November) |- | rowspan=2 | Afternoon | [[2018 ATP Finals – Doubles#Group Llodra/Santoro|Doubles Group Llodra/Santoro]] | '''{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jamie Murray]] {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruno Soares]] [4]''' || {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Henri Kontinen]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Peers]] [9/Alt] || 3–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–3] |- | [[2018 ATP Finals – Singles#Group Lleyton Hewitt|Singles Group Lleyton Hewitt]] | '''{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Dominic Thiem]] [6]''' || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kei Nishikori]] [7] || 6–1, 6–4<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/46226756|title=Dominic Thiem beats Kei Nishikori but is out after Roger Federer wins|date=15 November 2018|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref> |- | rowspan=2 | Evening | [[2018 ATP Finals – Doubles#Group Llodra/Santoro|Doubles Group Llodra/Santoro]] | '''{{flagicon|COL}} [[Juan Sebastián Cabal]] {{flagicon|COL}} [[Robert Farah (tennis)|Robert Farah]] [2]''' || {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Raven Klaasen]] {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Michael Venus (tennis)|Michael Venus]] [6] || 6–3, 7–6(7–5) |- | [[2018 ATP Finals – Singles#Group Lleyton Hewitt|Singles Group Lleyton Hewitt]] | '''{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Roger Federer]] [2]''' || {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]] [4] || 6–4, 6–3<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2018/11/15/roger-federer-flummoxes-kevin-anderson-sweep-semi-final/|title=Roger Federer flummoxes Kevin Anderson to sweep into semi-final |date=15 November 2018|work=The Telegraph|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref> |- ! colspan=5 | Day 6 (16 November) |- | rowspan=2 | Afternoon | [[2018 ATP Finals – Doubles#Group Knowles/Nestor|Doubles Group Knowles/Nestor]] | '''{{flagicon|POL}} [[Łukasz Kubot]] {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo Melo]] [3]''' || {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Oliver Marach]] {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Mate Pavić]] [1] || 7–6(7–4), 6–4 |- | [[2018 ATP Finals – Singles#Group Guga Kuerten|Singles Group Guga Kuerten]] | '''{{flagicon|GER}} [[Alexander Zverev]] [3]''' || {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Isner]] [8] || 7–6(7–5), 6–3<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/46240312|title=Alexander Zverev beats John Isner to set up Roger Federer semi-final|date=16 November 2018|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref> |- | rowspan=2 | Evening | [[2018 ATP Finals – Doubles#Group Knowles/Nestor|Doubles Group Knowles/Nestor]] | '''{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre-Hugues Herbert]] {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nicolas Mahut]] [8]''' || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bryan]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Sock]] [5] || 6–2, 6–2 |- | [[2018 ATP Finals – Singles#Group Guga Kuerten|Singles Group Guga Kuerten]] | '''{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novak Djokovic]] [1]''' || {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Marin Čilić]] [5] || 7–6(9–7), 6–2<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/tennis/atp-finals-2018-novak-djokovic-beats-marin-cilic-to-complete-of-group-wins-a3992701.html|title=Novak Djokovic beats Marin Cilic to complete clean sweep of group wins|date=16 November 2018|work=Evening Standard|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref> |- ! colspan=5 | Day 7 (17 November) |- | rowspan=2 | Afternoon | [[2018 ATP Finals – Doubles#Finals|Doubles Semifinals]] | '''{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bryan]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Sock]] [5]''' || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jamie Murray]] {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruno Soares]] [4] || 6–3, 4–6, [10–4] |- | [[2018 ATP Finals – Singles#Finals|Singles Semifinals]] | '''{{flagicon|GER}} [[Alexander Zverev]] [3]''' || {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Roger Federer]] [2] || 7–5, 7–6(7–5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/nov/17/alexander-zverev-beats-roger-federer-atp-finals-london|title=Alexander Zverev denies Roger Federer at ATP Finals with stamina and style|date=17 November 2018|work=Guardian|access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref> |- | rowspan=2 | Evening | [[2018 ATP Finals – Doubles#Finals|Doubles Semifinals]] | '''{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre-Hugues Herbert]] {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nicolas Mahut]] [8]''' || {{flagicon|COL}} [[Juan Sebastián Cabal]] {{flagicon|COL}} [[Robert Farah (tennis)|Robert Farah]] [2] || 6–3, 5–7, [10–5] |- | [[2018 ATP Finals – Singles#Finals|Singles Semifinals]] | '''{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novak Djokovic]] [1]''' || {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]] [4] || 6–2, 6–2<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/46250266|title=Novak Djokovic beats Kevin Anderson to reach final|date=17 November 2018|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=18 November 2018}}</ref> |- ! colspan=5 | Day 8 (18 November) |- | rowspan=2 | Afternoon | [[2018 ATP Finals – Doubles#Finals|Doubles Final]] | '''{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bryan]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Sock]] [5]''' || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre-Hugues Herbert]] {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nicolas Mahut]] [8] || 5–7, 6–1, [13–11]<ref name="doubles title">{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/tennis/atp-finals-2018-mike-bryan-and-jack-sock-win-the-doubles-final-in-london-a3993166.html|title=Mike Bryan and Jack Sock win the doubles final in London|date=18 November 2018|work=Evening Standard|access-date=18 November 2018}}</ref> |- | [[2018 ATP Finals – Singles#Finals|Singles Final]] | '''{{flagicon|GER}} [[Alexander Zverev]] [3]''' || {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novak Djokovic]] [1] || 6–4, 6–3<ref name="singles title">{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/tennis/novak-djokovic-stunned-as-brilliant-alexander-zverev-wins-first-atp-finals-title-a3993201.html|title=Novak Djokovic stunned as brilliant Alexander Zverev wins first ATP Finals title |date=18 November 2018|work=Evening Standard|access-date=18 November 2018}}</ref> |}

==See also== *[[ATP rankings]] *[[2018 WTA Finals]] *[[2018 WTA Elite Trophy]] *[[2018 Next Generation ATP Finals]]

==References== {{reflist}}

== External links == * [https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en ATP tournament profile] * {{official website|http://www.barclaysatpworldtourfinals.com}} {{in lang|en|es|ja}}

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