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Arevalo/Pavic third doubles team to qualify for Nitto ATP Finals

One year ago, Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic fell one victory short of winning the Nitto ATP Finals. Now, they will have another opportunity to earn the season-finale crown.

Arevalo and Pavic have qualified for the year-end championships and will make their second consecutive Nitto ATP Finals appearance.

Pavic has played in the Nitto ATP Finals with four different partners: Oliver Marach, Bruno Soares, Nikola Mektic and Arevalo. The Croatian has tallied a 13-8 record at the event, according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index, but is still pursuing his first title. In his past two appearances, in 2022 with Mektic and last year with Arevalo, the lefty made the championship match.

This is the first time Arevalo has qualified for the event twice with the same partner. In addition to the Salvadoran's run to the final last year with Pavic, he qualified in 2022 with Jean-Julien Rojer.

Arevalo and Pavic have proven a dominant force at ATP Masters 1000 events this season, lifting trophies at Indian Wells, Miami and Rome. The second-placed team in the PIF ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings became just the sixth team to sweep the 'Sunshine Double', and the first to accomplish the feat since Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut in 2016.

Three teams have qualified for this year's Nitto ATP Finals, with Arevalo and Pavic joining Wimbledon champions Julian Cash/Lloyd Glasspool and Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos, this year's Roland Garros and US Open titlists. The year-end championships will take place at Inalpi Arena from 9-16 November.