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the Final ATP 2018 was a success but not a record edition. The end of the year tournament was followed by 243,819 spectators9,823 fewer than last year when 253,642 people attended the event.
This year, there were only a few sets of three sets and many winning sets in singles, but the event still has an epic ending with Alexander Zverev defeating Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic back to back to win his biggest career title so far. .
In total, since 2009, when London hosted the ATP finals for the first time, 2,561,084 people from 150 countries attended the event. This year, 4.57 million fans attended the 64 scheduled tournaments in the annual ATP calendar, the second highest turnout in 2017.
The Executive President and President of ATP Chris Kermode feels satisfied with the results: "This year's Nitto ATP finals will be remembered for the moment Alexander Zverev really arrived and went on one of the biggest stages of tennis in the final game of the ATP World Tour season.
At just 21, he leads the charge and following his career in the coming years will fascinate tennis fans around the world. A big thank you also to Novak for his incredible comeback this season, which saw him finish at the end of the year.
1 in the ATP ranking for the fifth time. And, finally, on behalf of ATP, we would like to thank the fans who came out to support and continue to play such an important role in the success of our end-of-season event in London. ALSO READ: Rafael Nadal: Worst players David Ferrer won the Grand Slam title
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