Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic became the first doubles team to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals on Wednesday. The season finale will be played at Inalpi Arena in Turin from 10-17 November.
The Salvadoran and Croatian are enjoying a standout year in their first season as a team. They clinched their qualification when they advanced to the second round of the US Open.
Arevalo and Pavic have won four titles this year, highlighted by their run to the Roland Garros trophy. They also triumphed in Hong Kong, Geneva and Cincinnati.
[ATP APP]They have proven a force on all surfaces, earning two of their crowns on hard court, two on clay and reaching the quarter-finals on grass at Wimbledon.
Arevalo and Pavic also advanced to the final at Rome, one of their two ATP Masters 1000 finals of 2024 (Cincinnati title).
Arevalo qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals for the first time in 2022 with Jean-Julien Rojer. Pavic is a five-time qualifier with four different partners (Oliver Marach, Bruno Soares, Nikola Mektic and Arevalo). He also competed with Marach as an alternate in 2017.
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