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Nitto ATP Finals doubles stars aim to add ‘icing on cake’ to 2025 in Turin

The defending champions are Kravitz/Putz, while Cash/Glasspool compete as the top seeds.

November 8, 2025

There are plenty of storylines in the doubles lineup for the 2025 Nitto ATP Finals as former champions, first-time players, former finalists on the verge of redemption and two teams vying for PIF honors for the ATP Year-End Doubles No. 1 spot.

The eight best teams of the season gathered at the Inalpi Stadium in Turin on Saturday for a media day ahead of the prestigious season finale. That includes 2024 champions Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz, who will compete as the sixth seed this year.

“very nice [to be back]Of course,” Kravitz told ATPTour.com in Turin. “I have a lot of great memories coming here. Training here, seeing the players and finishing in the top eight, that was our goal at the beginning of the season. We’ve made it again, so let’s go play. ”

Added Puerts: “I think we’ve been pretty consistent this year in most games. If you’re here, it’s proof that you’ve had a great year. No matter where you come from or where you get your points, you’ve definitely got a lot of points. I’m very proud to be back.”

Krawietz and Puetz join debutant team Julian Cash/Lloyd Glasspool, 2024 finalists Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos and Peter Fleming Group home favorites Simone Bolelli/Andrea Vavassori.

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Cash and Glasspool will participate in the Nitto ATP finals for the first time as the top seeds, and the two are also about to win the ATP year-end doubles first place awarded by PIF. The British team is 1,305 points ahead of second-placed Harry Heliovara and Henry Patten in the PIF ATP Live Doubles Team Rankings.

However Heliovara says he and his partners are ready to deal with any mistakes from their opponents, especially after he and Patten claimed their first ATP Masters 1000 title at the Rolex Paris Masters last weekend, beating Cash and Glasspool in the final.

“It happened naturally, 1,000 wins. I don’t think we felt too much pressure about it,” the Finn said. “We’ve played some semi-finals in the past and last week it was our turn to win. [Nitto ATP Finals] It doesn’t come around very often, so I don’t know if there’s extra pressure to win it because the next opportunity may never come. We are confident and quite calm. We will take it one game at a time and do our best. ”

Heliovara and Patten join Marcelo Arevalo/Maite Pavic, Joe Salisbury/Neil Skupski and Christian Harrison/Evan King to form the John McEnroe group at the Inalpi Arena. Salisbury, who won back-to-back Turin titles with Rajeev Ram in 2022 and 2023, is excited at the prospect of competing for the title again.

“It’s good to be back,” said Salisbury’s former No. 1 in the PIF ATP Doubles Ranking. “It’s always exciting to come back to a tour final. Obviously, it means you’ve had a great year. You’re treated better than anywhere else and you’re one of only eight teams, so it’s really special.”

Arevalo and Pavich don’t need to look back on too much motivation this week in Turin. A year ago, the pair lost a tight title match against Kravitz and Putz that went to tie-breaks in both sets.

“It was always our goal to return to Turin,” Arevalo said. “Last year we were very close because we lost the final in two tie-breaks, so a few points can change the whole history. We’re delighted. We had a great season last year and we’ve had a great season so far this year, which is just the icing on the cake. Hopefully we can do well here again.”

Meanwhile, the American pair of Harrison and King are the only team neither of whom has experience participating in the Nitto ATP Finals. They are also one of five teams to have two players from the same country, the most at a single Nitto ATP Finals since 2004.

“I saw Stan Smith and Arthur Ashe win in 1970,” King said when asked about the United States’ storied history in doubles at the Nitto ATP Finals. “I think it’s sweet. Other than that, we’re just trying to be who we are. If we can do some good things here, that would be great. Maybe if we do well enough, we’ll be selected to play in the Davis Cup, which would be cool, but we’re just here to compete.”

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Evan King and Christian Harrison are in Turin on Saturday. Photo credit: Corinne Dubreuil/ATP Tour