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PIF unveils rules and innovations for 2025 Next Generation ATP Finals
Rules include free movement for fans and reduced breaks between points
December 3, 2025
Colleen Dubreuil/ATP Tour
Jakub Mensik finished first at the PIF ATP Live event in Jeddah 2025.
Written by ATP Staff
The eighth edition of the Next Generation ATP Finals, presented by PIF, will take place in Jeddah later this month, with the world’s best 20-and-under players on the ATP Tour competing for the end-of-season crown in Saudi Arabia.
Following the PIF ATP Live event in Jeddah, where the venue has been confirmed, the ATP on Wednesday announced the rules and cutting-edge innovations for the 2025 event, which will take place from December 17 to 21.
Read everything PIF has to say about the 2025 Next Generation ATP Finals rules and innovations below.
Scoring
– Win four games first, best of five sets: Each match shall be a best of five sets in the tie-break. Each set adopts the first win of four games, with a difference of two games in each game, and a tie-break (first win of seven points, a difference of two games), with a score of 3-3. Each match shall feature an ad-free scoring format with server selection of tee boxes.
Convert
– After the first game, the game ending will not change.
– After the first three games, players will switch sides and sit down for 90 seconds, sit down again if the set score reaches 3:2 (i.e. after two more games in the set), and then sit down again at the end of the set (regardless of the final set score).
– Players will switch sides after every six points in the tie-break.
– Players will sit for 90 seconds at the end of the match, reduced from 120 seconds.
rules initiative
– Warm-up: Players warm up on the court for 3 minutes.
– Ball change: after every 7 games.
– Serve time: A maximum of 8 seconds is allowed between the first and second serve. The shot clock will show the time elapsed between the first serve and the second serve.
– Time between two points: If a point has less than three strokes (for example, 2 strokes = 15 seconds; 3 strokes = 25 seconds), the time between two points will be reduced from 25 seconds to 15 seconds.
– Free movement of fans: Free movement in the stadium will be allowed for the first three games of the tournament. After the first free game, fans will be allowed to move freely, except for a limited area behind the baseline in direct view of the players. Spectator activity within designated free movement areas shall not constitute a legal timeout of the shot clock.
– Referee chairs: Lower referee chairs will continue to be used to reduce visual obstruction for fans in the stadium.
innovative initiatives
On-field analytics: Fans, players and coaches will have access to more game statistics and analysis than ever before. The following data will be displayed in the arena:
– Traditional tennis statistics, including service points, serve percentage, break point performance
– Player performance based on rally length
– Player stroke quality is broken down by serve, return, forehand, backhand and movement.
– Game Insights data details which player “offenses” the most, who wins more points on offense (“conversion points”) and who wins the most points on defense (“steal points”)
The data will also be made available to player coaches on the sidelines via the ATP’s performance analytics platform (ATP Tennis IQ powered by PIF), with video footage tagged with available match data post-match.
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