Where The Top Men's Tennis Players Play The ATP Finals ...

The Inalpi Arena in Turin, Italy, the largest arena in the country, plays host to the ATP Finals.

When the world’s top men’s tennis players descend on Europe for the ATP Finals, they do so in Turin, Italy, taking over the Inalpi Arena for the end-of-the-year showcase.

Originally opened in 2005 in order host ice hockey events during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, the Inalpi Arena is now the largest arena in Italy, with a capacity of 15,000 seats for some events, concerts and shows. For the ATP Finals, the ATP says the venue holds up to 12,000 spectators.

Running through Nov. 17 this year, the ATP Finals have a contract to play in the arena through 2025, bringing the top-eight men’s singles players and top-eight men’s doubles teams over the course of the calendar year into the round robin style tournament that culminates in semifinals and championship matches.

The ATP Finals tennis tournament in Turin's Inalpi Arena. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo ... [+] by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

Designed by international architects Arata Isozaki and Pier Paolo Maggiora, the building was created for flexibility, in keeping with the theme of legacy beyond the Olympics use. Running 600 feet in length, 328 feet in width and with a height of 60 feet, the building includes four levels. It is entirely clad in stainless steel and glass, all resting on a glazed base, with part of the building dipping underground.

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The main entrance to the venue overlooks Piazzale Grande Torino, allowing fans to enter the venue from the main square and into a large foyer, which can also turn into exhibition space.

Throughout the year—and at the ATP Finals—Inalpi Arena boasts a plastic-free environment, instead substituting sustainable alternatives such as biodegradable, compostable or recycled materials for disposable plastics.

The ATP Finals has ventured across the world throughout its existence. In the first days of the event, players traveled to Tokyo in 1970, followed by Paris, Barcelona, Boston, Melbourne, Stockholm and Houston before taking on a 13-year run in Madison Square Garden in New York from 1977 to 1989.

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By 1990, the event turned into the ATP Tour World Championships and the site bounced between Frankfurt and Hannover. In 2000, the event was rebranded as the Tennis Masters Cup and was held first in Lisbon, then Sydney, Houston and Shanghai. By 2009 The O2 in London, the world’s busiest entertainment venue, took on the ATP Finals and hosted the event for 12 years, right through the 50-year anniversary of the event in 2020. In 2021, Turin became the host. Those duties run out after the 2025 season.

While there’s no official word on the 2026 ATP Finals location, Italian media report that a new venue being built in Milan, Italy, for the 2026 Olympics could become the next home of the ATP Finals. For now, though, Turin takes its turn in the ATP Finals limelight.