Sock gets 2 in 1, a Paris title and London Berth

American Jack Sock was seeded 16th heading into Paris and nobody was talking about his chances to win the tournament. And someone would be lying if they ever thought that he still had a chance at qualifying for the World Tour Finals in London. But Sock proved everyone wrong. He stormed through the draw and made it into the finals of his first Masters Series tournament ever. He was about to play for the biggest title of his career, but there was also something much bigger on the line.

Jack Sock's name was never mentioned to have a chance at grabbing one of the final 2 spots for London. Entering the tournament he was 23rd in the points race. He needed to win Paris and hope that everyone in front of him would lose early in the tournament for him to have a chance. Well by quarterfinals time, Sock was starting to have dreams of London. After Juan Martin Del Potro lost in his quarterfinals match to John Isner, his chances of qualifying were done. The last spot came down between Sock and Isner. Jack would end up making the finals while Isner bowed out in the semi's. Sock beat Filip Krajinovic in three sets to claim the biggest title of his career and the final spot to the Masters Series Final. Sock's ranking also took a major jump as he is now in the top 10 in the world for the first time of his career. Sock had plans to go golfing in Augusta next week, but he still has one more week of tennis to play.



The other of the final two spots was claimed by Belgium's David Goffin. Goffin was 7th in the points race and just needed to win one match to qualify which he successfully did. This is Goffin's first ever time qualifying for the World Tour Finals.




So thats it, the race to the ATP World Tour Finals in London is over. The 8 players going are Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Alexander Zverev, Dominic Thiem, Marin Cilic, Grigor Dimitrov, David Goffin, and Jack Sock. The eyes of the tennis world await these stars at the O2 arena in London starting November 12th.