Celebrating 12 years of ATP Finals action in London

This year is a big one for the ATP Finals: it marks the 50th anniversary of the year-end tournament and the last time it will be played in London. After 12 years at the O2 Arena, the eight-player showdown is going to Turin, Italy in 2021.

That's made a lot of fans and players nostalgic, and so let's take a deep dive into the first year the ATP Finals were held in London.

Here's what the traditional media day photoshoot looked like back then:

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They also went outside to pose next to a classic British double decker bus while holding umbrellas:

The trophy hasn't changed much at all:

But there used to be very intense headshots:

Remarkably some of the field is still the same. The 2009 group included Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Robin Soderling, Juan Martin del Potro, Fernando Verdasco and Nikolai Davydenko.

Davydenko won the 2009 title over Del Potro. He finished the week 4-1 and picked up a check for $1.5 million. The Russian ousted Federer in the semifinals while Del Potro topped Soderling.

Since then, London winners have included Federer (2010-11), Djokovic (2012-15), Murray (2016), Grigor Dimtrov (2017), Alexander Zverev (2018) and Stefanos Tsitsipas (2019).

Federer would have qualified this year alongside Nadal and Djokovic, but he's dealing with a knee injury. A lot has changed this particular year with social distancing so the photoshoot results aren't quite the same:

The field this year features Djokovic, Nadal, Dominic Thiem, Daniil Medvedev, Zverev, Tsitsipas, Andrey Rublev and Diego Schwartzman.

The final edition in London is underway with Thiem leading Group London 2020 and Djokovic and Medvedev both with one win each in Group Tokyo 1970.