## I V. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 

6) Any player who withdraws from any round robin match after the first round shall not be eligible for the single elimination competition. 

## E. Single Elimination Competition 

1) The winner of each group shall be placed in separate semi-final brackets. The runner-up of each group shall be placed in the semi-final bracket with the winner of the opposite group. 

2) The event shall be completed with a single elimination competition for the semi-fi - nals and final. 

3) There shall be no playoff for the third and fourth place positions. 

## F. Prize Money and Points 

Final standings at the end of the tournament shall determine the prize money and FedEx ATP Rankings points earned. 

## 4.02 Nitto ATP Finals - Doubles 

## A.Competition Format 

The tournament shall be a doubles round robin format with eight (8) teams. There shall be two (2) groups of four (4) teams each with eight (8) seeds to be determined by the 2021 FedEx ATP Doubles Team Rankings on the Monday after the last ATP Tour tournament of the calendar year. All matches shall be two (2) tie-break sets with a deciding Match Tie-break (10 point) at one (1) set all. The round robin shall deter - mine the four (4) teams for the semi-finals with the format thereafter being a single elimination competition. 

## B.Entries 

1) Selection List.  The selection list for the event shall be: 

a) The top 7 teams in the 2021 FedEx ATP Doubles Team Rankings as of the Monday after the last ATP Tour tournament of the calendar year; followed by 

b) Up to two (2) Grand Slam winners of that year, in order of their positions, positioned between eight (8) and twenty (20) in the 2021 FedEx ATP Doubles Team Rankings as of that Monday; followed by 

c) Teams positioned eight (8) and below in the 2021 FedEx ATP Doubles Team Rankings as of that Monday. 

2) Direct Acceptances.  The top eight (8) teams in the selection list shall qualify for the event as direct acceptances. Participation is mandatory, and all qualified teams shall be entered. All direct acceptances must be at the tournament site to attend the official pre-tournament media conference and must be available for play through the completion of the round robin competition and the knock-out competition if eligible. 

3) Withdrawal.  All eligible teams shall be entered by ATP; however, teams may withdraw through the Monday following the last ATP Tour tournament of the year. Any withdrawal, before the official pre-tournament media conference starts, shall be replaced by the next highest positioned team on the selection list, who shall be qualified as a direct acceptance. 

## I V. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 

4) Alternate(s). 

a) On the Monday following the last ATP Tour tournament of the year, the next highest positioned team shall be asked to confirm its status as the alternate team. Alternate team(s) may be selected by ATP to fill the draw upon terms satisfactory to ATP. Any withdrawal after the official pre-tournament media conference through the start of the last scheduled round robin match shall be filled with the alternate team(s). The alternate team must appear at the official pre-tournament media conference and remain available through the start of the last scheduled round robin match. 

b) Additional alternate teams may be selected by ATP to fill the draw, based on the selection list, upon terms satisfactory to ATP. Participation of such addi - tional alternate teams is not mandatory. 

c) The alternate team(s) is eligible to play in the single elimination competition and to receive points and prize money if they qualify. 

d) If the alternate team(s) does not play in the draw, then a fee shall be paid to the alternate team(s). If the alternate team(s) is inserted for the second or third round robin match, then they shall receive the alternate fee plus any prize money and points won. If the alternate team(s) replaces a team that does not compete in their first round robin match, the alternate team(s) be - comes a direct acceptance and does not receive the alternate fee. 

## C.Order of Play 

## Round Robin 

1) The field shall be divided into two (2) groups of four (4) teams each. The top-seeded team shall be placed in Group “A” and the second-seeded team shall be placed in Group “B”. Teams seeded three and four, five and six, and seven and eight, shall then be drawn in pairs with the first drawn placed into Group “A”. 

2) Each team shall play every other team in their group to determine the top two (2) teams in each group. 

3) The final standings of each group shall be determined by the first of the following methods that apply: 

a) Greatest number of wins. 

b) Greatest number of matches played. Comment : 2-1 won-loss record beats a 2-0 won-loss record; a 1-2 record beats a 1-0 record. 

c) Head-to-head results if only two (2) teams are tied. 

i) If three (3) teams each have one (1) win, a team having played less than all three (3) matches is automatically eliminated and the team advancing to the single elimination competition is the winner of the match-up of the two (2) teams tied with 1-2 records; or 

 ii) Highest percentage of sets won; (Winning the MTB counts as one (1) set won); or 

iii) Highest percentage of games won. (Winning the MTB counts as one (1) game won); a team completing less than all three (3) matches is automat - ically eliminated and the team advancing to the single elimination com petition is the winner of the match-up of the two (2) remaining teams; or 

iv) The team positions on the 2021 FedEx ATP Doubles Team Rankings as of the Monday after the last ATP Tour tournament of the calendar year. 

