$1,865,000 at stake: UTS final promises a show to close the European season

The UTS grand final arrives in London with a major prize pool and a lineup of players ready to put on a show.

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Arthur Millot

le 27/11/2025 à 18h28

2 min to read

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1,865,000 dollars, that is the prize money announced for the grand final of the UTS, one of the last events of the season in Europe.

While the 2025 ATP season has ended, it's now time for the exhibition period… and their substantial paychecks.

Players ready to put on a show

Regarding the full lineup, the following eight players are expected: Jack Draper, Alex de Minaur, Casper Ruud, Andrey Rublev, Tomas Machac, Francisco Cerundolo, David Goffin, and Adrian Mannarino, all ready to battle it out.

UTS: Mouratoglou's crazy laboratory

Designed by Patrick Mouratoglou, the UTS (Ultimate Tennis Showdown) revolutionizes the rules:

- Four 8-minute quarters,

- A "sudden death" if players are tied at 2–2,

- One serve per point,

- Unlimited coaching,

- And above all, those famous bonus cards, capable of awarding up to three points at once.

A vision that the star coach fully embraces:

"Fans can love classic tennis and love UTS. What matters is competition: it pushes everyone to improve," he told Tennis365 earlier this year.

An atmosphere designed like a concert

Mouratoglou even recalls his first pitch to investors, marked by the idea of tennis designed as a modern, almost theatrical experience:

"I wanted incredible venues, arenas where the heart beats even before anything begins. We want to do different, modern things for the people."

This bold approach seems to be paying off: tickets for the three days, from December 5 to 7 at London's Copper Box, are almost all sold out.