Champions League 2023 starts on Sunday with two very interesting matches of the Green Group. In search of his seventh title (now tied with Roger Federer for 6 each), Novak Djokovic will face debutant Holger Rune at the Pala Alpitour in Turin.

Tournament of Champions 2023 schedule for Sunday, November 12

13:00 Ivan Dodig / Austin Krycek – Maximo Gonzalez / Andres Molteni

15:30 Yannick Sinner – Stefanos Tsitsipas

19:30 Santiago Gonzalez / Edouard Roger-Vasselin – Marcel Granollers / Horacio Ceballos

22:00 Novak Djokovic – Runa Holger.

• In Romania, the competition can be watched live on Eurosport.

How the groups of the Tournament of Champions 2023 look like

A simple table

• Green group

(1) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) – champion title

(4) Yannick Sinner (Italy)

(6) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)

(8) Holger Rune (Denmark)

• Red group

(2) Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)

(3) Daniil Medvedev (Russia)

(5) Andriy Rublev (Russia)

(7) Oleksandr Zverev (Germany).

Live match results

Djokovic: 2-2 vs. Alcaraz, 10-5 vs. Medvedev, 3-0 vs. Grishnyk, 5-1 vs. Rublev, 11-2 vs. Tsitsipas, 8-4 vs. Zverev, 2-2 vs. Run. In total: 41-16. Wins/Loses in 2023: 51 – 5.

Alcaraz: 2-2 vs. Djokovic, 2-2 vs. Medvedev, 3-4 vs. Grishnyk, 0-0 vs. Rublev, 5-0 vs. Tsitsipas, 3-3 vs. Zverev, 2-1 vs. Run. In total: 17-12. Wins/Loses in 2023: 63-10

Medvedev: 5-10 vs. Djokovic, 2-2 vs. Alcaraz, 6-2 vs. Grishnyk, 6-2 vs. Rublev, 9-4 vs. Tsitsipas, 10-7 vs. Zverev, 1-1 vs. Run. In total: 39-28. Wins/Loses in 2023: 64-16

sinner: 0-3 vs. Djokovic, 4-3 vs. Alcaraz, 2-6 vs. Medvedev, 4-2 vs. Rublev, 2-5 vs. Tsitsipas, 1-4 vs. Zverev, 0-2 vs. Rune. In total: 13-25. Wins/Loses in 2023: 57-14

Ruble: 1-5 vs. Djokovic, 0-0 vs. Alcaraz, 2-6 vs. Medvedev, 2-4 vs. Grishnyk, 5-6 vs. Tsitsipas, 3-5 vs. Zverev, 2-1 vs. Run. In total: 15-27. Wins/Loses in 2023: 56-23

Tsitsipas: 2-11 vs. Djokovic, 0-5 vs. Alcaraz, 4-9 vs. Medvedev, 5-2 vs. Grishnyk, 6-5 vs. Rublev, 9-4 vs. Zverev, 0-2 vs. Run. In total: 26-38. Wins/Loses in 2023: 51-22

Zverev: 4-8 vs. Djokovic, 3-3 vs. Alcaraz, 7-10 vs. Medvedev, 4-1 vs. Grishnyk, 5-3 vs. Rublev, 4-9 vs. Tsitsipas, 0-1 vs. Run. In total: 27-35. Wins/Loses in 2023: 53-26

Rune: 2-2 vs. Djokovic, 1-2 vs. Alcaraz, 1-1 vs. Medvedev, 2-0 vs. Grishnyk, 1-2 vs. Rublev, 2-0 vs. Tsitsipas, 1-0 vs. Zverev. In total: 10-7. Wins/Loses in 2023: 43-22.

Know:

• Four of the eight players who will compete on the Champions Tour in 2023 have won the event in the past: Novak Djokovic (six times), Alexander Zverev (twice), Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev (once each).

• The 2022 tournament (also played in Turin) was won by Novak Djokovic (defeated by Casper Ruud in the final, 7-5, 6-3).

Double table

• Green group

(1) Ivan Dodig / Austin Krajicek (Croatia / USA)

(4) Santiago Gonzalez / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Mexico / France)

(5) Marcel Granollers / Horacio Ceballos (Spain / Argentina)

(7) Maximo Gonzalez / Andres Molteni (Argentina)

• Red group

(2) Wesley Koolhof / Neal Skupski (Netherlands / Great Britain)

(3) Rohan Bopanna / Matthew Ebden (India / Australia)

(6) Rajiv Ram / Joe Salisbury (USA / Great Britain) – Champions title

(8) Rinky Hijikata / Jason Kubler (Australia).

Host cities

The first competition took place in Tokyo in 1970 and was won by the American Stan Smith (beating Rod Laver). The competition covered the whole world, with Tokyo followed by Paris, Barcelona, ​​Boston, Melbourne, Stockholm, Houston, New York, Frankfurt, Hanover, Lisbon, Sydney, Shanghai, London and Turin.

Playing surface

Subsequently, the Champions Tour was held on “Carpet”, in 1974 – on grass (Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne), “Outdoor Hard” in Houston (in 2003 and 2004) and “Indoor Hard” (in London – O2 Arena and Turin – Pala Alpitour).

Game system

There will be two groups of four players each. It will be played according to the “one-on-one” system, the first two places will meet in the semifinals (crossover: the first place with the second place from the other group).

Final rating of groups

• Most matches won

• Most matches played.

tie tie:

Connect two: Live score of the match

Three-way tie:

• The highest percentage of sets won

• The highest percentage of games won

• The best rating at the start of the competition.

The retired player loses the match 0-2 in sets and the opponent wins 2-0, regardless of the actual score at the time of retirement.

Money in Tournament of Champions 2023

The 54th edition of Tour of Champions history could make the big winner $4,801,500 richer.

There is only one condition: to win all matches in the group before lifting the trophy.

This year, the Italian organizers will offer record prizes, and if there is a tournament winner who wins all the games (three each in the group, the semi-finals and the final for a total of five games), he will go home with a check for $4,801,500.

The reserve player of the competition will receive $152,500 even if he does not play at all in Turin.

A player who plays all the group stage matches but does not triumph in any of them will not go home empty-handed: $325,500.

>> The tournament where you can win the biggest prize in the history of tennis

Who won the Tournament of Champions over time

Novak Djokovic 6 (2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022)

Roger Federer 6 (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011)

Ivan Lendl 5 (1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987)

Pete Sampras 5 (1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999)

Ilye Nastase 4 (1971, 1972, 1973, 1975)

Boris Becker 3 (1988, 1992, 1995)

John McEnroe (1978, 1983, 1984)

Bjorn Borg 2 (1979, 1980)

Leighton Hewitt 2 (2001, 2002)

Oleksandr Zverev 2 (2018, 2021)

Andy Murray (2016)

Grigor Dimitrov (2017)

Stefanos Tsitsipas (2019)

Daniil Medvedev (2021)

Andre Agassi (1990)

Stan Smith (1970)

Mykola Davydenko (2009)

Stefan Edberg (1989)

Jimmy Connors (1977)

Alex Corretha (1998)

Gustavo Kuerten (2000)

David Nalbandyan (2005)

Manuel Orantes (1976)

Michael Stitch (1993)

Guillermo Vilas (1974).

Tournament of Champions – Records

• Most titles (in singles): Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic (6)

• Most consecutive titles (in singles): Novak Djokovic (4)

• Oldest champion: Novak Djokovic, 35 years and 5 months, 2022

• Youngest champion: John McEnroe, 19 years and 10 months, 1978

• Highest-ranked champion: 1st: Ilie Nastase (1973), Jimmy Connors (1977), Bjorn Borg (1979-80), John McEnroe (1984), Ivan Lendl (1985-87), Pete Sampras (1994, 1996) -97) , Lleyton Hewitt (2002), Roger Federer (2004, 2006-07), Novak Djokovic (2012, 2014-15, 2022) and Andy Murray (2016).

• Champion with the lowest rating: 12th place: David Nalbandyan, 2005.

• Most qualifications: Roger Federer (17)

• Most wins: Roger Federer (59).

The 2023 Tournament of Champions takes place from November 12 to 19 on hard at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, Italy. It has a total prize pool of $9,000,000, the top eight players of the season, and the reigning champion is Novak Djokovic (doubles won by Rajiv Ram and Joe Salisbury).