Turin to host ATP Finals between 2021-25, leaving London after 12 years
Back in 2009, the ATP Finals had switched from Shanghai (the last champion in Asia was Novak Djokovic) to London, finding the home at beautiful O2 Arena for the next 12 years. What was already the premium ATP event with the season-ending eight best players in the world, the ATP Finals have managed to grow both in terms of popularity and number of fans but also financially, with Alexander Zverev taking home $2,509,000 for four wins in London five months ago! The last year's edition was the tenth in the British capital and the organizers had revealed that more than 240,000 fans gathered to watch the action over eight days for the tenth consecutive year, with the total attendance since 2009 reaching the mind-blowing 2,561,084 spectators!
The ATP Finals will stay in London in 2020 and 2021 as well although the governing body of the men's Tour has been seeking some other options for the host town since 2021, with some major cities challenging London in the bid for one of the most significant annual sporting events in the world. Eventually, it became clear the ATP Finals will change the venue in two years and it was a race between Turin and Tokyo for the next host, with the Italian town making the better offer that brings the premium ATP event to Pala Alpitour (the largest indoor sporting arena in Italy) between 2021-25. The Italian Tennis Federation and local government will bring around 80 million Euros over half a decade and Turin will become the 15th different city to host this prestigious event that has been won by the most prominent names of our sport in the last 50 years.
Turin hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 2006 and it has been the home of one of the biggest football clubs in the world, with the local crowd and those from all over the globe get a chance to watch the finest singles and doubles tennis players since 2021. Italy also hosts the NextGen Masters in Milan and the Masters 1000 event in Rome, one of most important clay-court events outside Roland Garros.
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2ZsNlJP
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