Rafael Nadal has become the first player to book his place at the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals in London in November after the Spaniard won a record 10th French Open title in Paris on Sunday June 11,2017
Nadal has claimed four titles on the tour this year, winning 46 matches and losing just six in a stellar 2017.
"I`ve had a great season so far and I am happy to have already qualified for London," the Spaniard told the ATP website. "I could not play last year because of injury so I look forward to returning in November."
The ATP World Tour Finals, which features the world's top eight singles players and top eight doubles pairs, will be held at London's O2 Arena from Nov. 12-19.
This year's Australian Open champion Roger Federer is next in line to qualify for the event. The Swiss will return to action in Stuttgart this week after sitting out the entire claycourt season to prepare for Wimbledon.
Young Austrian Dominic Thiem is third in the ATP race to London, followed by Stan Wawrinka, Alexander Zverev, Novak Djokovic, world number one Andy Murray, and Belgium's David Goffin.
2017 ATP World Tour Calendar
Note: Grand Slams are mentioned in red and bold text.| Starting Date | Tournament | Surface | Venue |
| 2 January 2017 | Brisbane International presented by Suncorp | Hard Court | Brisbane |
| Aircel Chennai Open | Hard Court | Chennai | |
| Qatar ExxonMobil Open | Hard Court | Doha | |
| 9 January 2017 | ASB Classic | Hard Court | Auckland |
| Apia International Sydney | Hard Court | Sydney | |
| 16 January 2017 | Australian Open | Hard Court | Melbourne |
| 6 February 2017 | Open Sud de France | Indoor Hard | Montpellier |
| Ecuador Open Quito | Clay Court | Quito | |
| Garanti Koza Sofia Open | Indoor Hard | Sofia | |
| 13 February 2017 | ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament | Indoor Hard | Rotterdam |
| Argentina Open | Clay Court | Buenos Aires | |
| Memphis Open | Indoor Hard | Memphis | |
| 20 February 2017 | Rio Open presented by Claro | Clay Court | Rio de Janeiro |
| Delray Beach Open | Hard Court | Delray Beach | |
| Open 13 Provence | Indoor Hard | Marseille | |
| 27 February 2017 | Abierto Mexicano Telcel | Hard Court | Acapulco |
| Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships | Hard Court | Dubai | |
| Brasil Open | Clay Court | Sao Paulo | |
| 6 March 2017 | BNP Paribas Open | Hard Court | Indian Wells |
| 20 March 2017 | Miami Open presented by Itau | Hard Court | Miami |
| 10 April 2017 | Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Menis Clay Court Championship | Clay Court | Houston |
| Grand Prix Hassan II | Clay Court | Marrakech | |
| 17 April 2017 | Monte Carlo Rolex Masters | Clay Court | Monte-Carlo |
| 24 April 2017 | Barcelona Open BancSabadell | Clay Court | Barcelona |
| Hungarian Open | Clay Court | Budapest | |
| 1 May 2017 | Millennium Estoril Open | Clay Court | Estoril |
| TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open | Clay Court | Istanbul | |
| BMW Open by FWU AG | Clay Court | Munich | |
| 8 May 2017 | Mutua Madrid Open | Clay Court | Madrid |
| 15 May 2017 | Internazionali BNL diItalia | Clay Court | Rome |
| 22 May 2017 | Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open | Clay Court | Geneva |
| Open de Nice Cute diAzur | Clay Court | Nice | |
| 29 May 2017 | Roland Garros (French Open) | Clay Court | Paris |
| 12 June 2017 | Ricoh Open | Grass Court | s-Hertogenbosch |
| Mercedes Cup | Grass Court | Stuttgart | |
| 19 June 2017 | Gerry Weber Open | Grass Court | Halle |
| Aegon Championships | Grass Court | London | |
| 26 June 2017 | Antalya Cup | Grass Court | Antalya |
| Aegon International | Grass Court | Eastbourne | |
| 3 July 2017 | Wimbledon Championship | Grass Court | London |
| 17 July 2017 | SkiStar Swedish Open | Clay Court | Bastad |
| Hall of Fame Tennis Championships | Grass Court | Newport | |
| Konzum Croatia Open Umag | Clay Court | Umag | |
| 24 July 2017 | German Tennis Championships | Clay Court | Hamburg |
| BB&T Atlanta Open | Hard Court | Atlanta | |
| J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Gstaad | Clay Court | Gstaad | |
| 31 July 2017 | Citi Open | Hard Court | Washington D.C. |
| Generali Open | Clay Court | Kitzbuhel | |
| Abierto Mexicano Los Cabos | Hard Court | Los Cabos | |
| 7 August 2017 | Coupe Rogers | Hard Court | Montreal |
| 14 August 2017 | Western & Southern Open | Hard Court | Cincinnati |
| 21 August 2017 | Winston-Salem Open | Hard Court | Winston-Salem |
| 28 August 2017 | US Open | Hard Court | New York |
| 18 September 2017 | Moselle Open | Indoor Hard | Metz |
| St. Petersburg Open | Indoor Hard | St. Petersburg | |
| 25 September 2017 | Shenzhen Open | Hard Court | Shenzhen |
| 2 October 2017 | China Open | Hard Court | Beijing |
| Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships | Hard Court | Tokyo | |
| 9 October 2017 | Shanghai Rolex Masters | Hard Court | Shanghai |
| 16 October 2017 | European Open | Indoor Hard | Antwerp |
| VTB Kremlin Cup | Indoor Hard | Moscow | |
| If Stockholm Open | Indoor Hard | Stockholm | |
| 23 October 2017 | Swiss Indoors Basel | Indoor Hard | Basel |
| Erste Bank Open 500 | Indoor Hard | Vienna | |
| 30 October 2017 | BNP Paribas Masters | Indoor Hard | Paris |
| 13 November 2017 | ATP World Tour Finals | Indoor Hard | London |
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