ATP Finals 2025 Day One Recap

Day one of many 2025 Nitto ATP Finals went in keeping with seeding, with gamers ranked 1 and three advancing in straight units.

High seed Carlos Alcaraz started his marketing campaign with a assured straight-sets win over Alex de Minaur, whereas two-time champion Alexander Zverev had a harder time however confirmed his indoor pedigree, edging Ben Shelton in a second set tie break the place he erased three set factors.

Fast recap, match stats and highlights beneath.

Nitto ATP Finals 2025 Day 1 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Carlos Alcaraz (1)
Alex de Minaur (7)
7-6(5) 6-2

Alexander Zverev (3)
Ben Shelton (5)
6-3 7-6(6)

Carlos Alcaraz (1) def. Alex de Minaur (7) 7-6(5) 6-2

Carlos Alcaraz kicked off his 2025 ATP Finals marketing campaign with a powerful 7-6(5), 6-2 victory over Alex de Minaur in Turin on Sunday, marking his first-ever opening win on the season finale after earlier losses to Zverev (2023) and Ruud (2024).

Key Match Highlights:

First Set (7-6(5), 55 minutes): Alcaraz raced to a 4-1 lead in simply 25 minutes with flashy shotmaking and had three break factors for 5-1, however De Minaur fought again to power a tie-break. Alcaraz twice erased mini-breaks, then received 4 straight factors from 3-5 all the way down to seal it. He hit 21 winners however had 19 unforced errors.

Second Set (6-2, 45 minutes): The Spaniard dialled in his aggression, constructed one other lead, lower down on errors, and closed out comfortably. He improved to 5-0 of their ATP Head2Head

Submit-Match Quotes (Alcaraz):

Praised the event’s status and problem in opposition to the world’s finest. Famous improved end-of-year motivation after previous struggles.

This event is likely one of the finest tournaments we have now on Tour, certainly. We’re taking part in in opposition to one of the best gamers on this planet, which reveals how troublesome and essential it’s. I’ve been struggling lately to take care of motivation because the yr involves a detailed. This yr is a little bit bit totally different, which I’m proud about [as] I’m doing the fitting issues to provide myself a shot to try to win this event. It was a extremely troublesome match. On this floor, Alex makes the a lot of the velocity of the ball, he’s tremendous quick and actually troublesome on return. I’m simply actually pleased to get by this actually troublesome problem, and proud of how I’m taking part in [going into] the following matches. Alcraz on his win over de Minaur.

Broader Context:

Match Stats

 
Carlos Alcaraz
Alex de Minaur

Winners
20
7

Unforced Errors
9
3

Aces
5
4

Double Faults
3
0

1st Serve %
67% (48/72)
52% (30/58)

1st Serve Factors Gained
63% (30/48)
63% (19/30)

2nd Serve Factors Gained
58% (14/24)
43% (12/28)

Break Factors Saved
60% (3/5)
43% (3/7)

Service Video games
80% (8/10)
60% (6/10)

1st Return Factors Gained
37% (11/30)
38% (18/48)

2nd Return Factors Gained
57% (16/28)
42% (10/24)

Break Factors Gained
57% (4/7)
40% (2/5)

Return Video games
40% (4/10)
20% (2/10)

Strain Factors
58% (7/12)
42% (5/12)

Service Factors
61% (44/72)
53% (31/58)

Return Factors
47 % (27/58)
39% (28/72)

Web Factors
69 % (9/13)
67% (8/12)

Whole Factors
55% (71/130)
45% (59/130)

Match Factors Saved
0
1

Max Factors In A Row
8
5

Whole Video games
60% (12/20)
40% (8/20)

Max Video games In A Row
4
3

Highlights

Alexander Zverev (3) def. Ben Shelton (5) 6-3 7-6(6)

Alexander Zverev kicked off his 2025 Nitto ATP Finals marketing campaign with a composed 6-3, 7-6(6) victory over Ben Shelton on Sunday night time, incomes his first win within the Bjorn Borg Group and chasing a 3rd profession title on the season finale.

Key Match Highlights:

First Set (6-3, 38 minutes): Zverev dominated from the outset, by no means going through a break level. He pounced on Shelton’s second serve, profitable 89% (8/9) of these return factors, and broke twice to seal the opener effectively.

Second Set (7-6(6), 55 minutes): Shelton raised his stage, saving two break factors at 2-2 and pushing to a tie-break. The American surged to 4/0, then held three set factors at 6/3. However a netted forehand at 6/5 handed Zverev the momentum, and the German closed out clinically. He improved to 5-0 of their ATP Head-to-Head report, with 4 wins in 2025 (Munich ultimate, Stuttgart semifinals, Cincinnati quarterfinals, and now Turin).

Submit-Match Quotes and Context:

He’s an unbelievably aggressive participant. In all probability one of the aggressive on this planet. Within the tie-break, he began off wonderful. Sure, I missed perhaps one or two first serves and the passing shot he hit (at 5/4) was ridiculous. I felt like I needed to management the issues that I may management and I used to be doing them properly. On the finish of the day, when the purpose is on his serve it’s all the time in his management. Once I get the return again and within the rally, then I can do one thing. I did that properly on the finish of the tie-break and I’m tremendous proud of that win. Zverev on his win over Shelton.

Broader Context:

Match Stats

 
Alexander Zverev
Ben Shelton

Aces
5
7

Double Faults
0
2

1st Serve %
81% (44/54)
70% (50/71)

1st Serve Factors Gained
84% (37/44)
78% (39/50)

2nd Serve Factors Gained
70% (7/10)
24% (5/21)

Break Factors Saved
(0/0)
60% (3/5)

Service Video games
100% (10/10)
82% (9/11)

1st Return Factors Gained
22% (11/50)
16% (7/44)

2nd Return Factors Gained
76% (16/21)
30% (3/10)

Break Factors Gained
40 % (2/5)
(0/0)

Return Video games
18 % (2/11)
0% (0/10)

Strain Factors
40 % (2/5)
60% (3/5)

Service Factors
81% (44/54)
62% (44/71)

Return Factors
38% (27/71)
19% (10/54)

Whole Factors
57% (71/125)
43% (54/125)

Match Factors Saved
0
0

Max Factors In A Row
12
7

Whole Video games
57% (12/21)
43% (9/21)

Max Video games In A Row
3
1

Highlights

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