Arthur Fils and Flavio Cobolli have secured their places at the 2026 ATP Finals in Turin, with the two young stars qualifying as the Paris Masters delivered a dramatic shake-up in the Race to Turin. Fils becomes the first Frenchman to compete at the season-ending event since Gael Monfils in 2016, ending a 10-year absence for the country.
How they qualified
Cobolli qualified without playing, when Casper Ruud beat Rafael Jodar 6-3, 6-4 in the second round in Paris on Tuesday. The Italian, who withdrew from Paris with a back problem, will make his debut at the event in his home country after a breakthrough season that included a run to the top six of the Race. Fils’ qualification was confirmed on Wednesday, when Quentin Halys beat Frances Tiafoe 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (9), saving four match points along the way.
Six of eight confirmed
Fils and Cobolli join Alexander Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz, Ben Shelton and Daniil Medvedev among the confirmed qualifiers. With Jannik Sinner unavailable for the rest of the season due to injury, ninth place remains the effective qualification cutoff, and two places are still to be decided at the Paris Masters.
The race for the final two places will be decided on Thursday in Paris, with Halys facing Tommy Paul and Fils taking on Taylor Fritz in the night session. Tiafoe will qualify if Paul or Fritz loses, and Jodar qualifies if both of them do, according to the ATP. Sinner’s absence through injury has made ninth place the effective cutoff, and the tension in the French capital is palpable. The ATP Finals run from November 15 to 22 in Turin, and the field is nearly complete, with six of the eight places now confirmed.
The final fight
Frances Tiafoe will qualify if Tommy Paul or Taylor Fritz loses, and Rafael Jodar qualifies if both of them do, according to the ATP. Two French players will settle much of the race on Thursday, with Halys facing Paul and Fils taking on Fritz in the night session. The ATP Finals run from November 15 to 22 in Turin, and the final two places will be decided this week in Paris.
