Thomas Lyte renews ATP trophy partnership through 2028

The sweep of those handles, the gleaming curve of the bowl, the weight of twelve kilograms of sterling silver catching the light: the ATP Year End No. 1 Singles Trophy is the sort of object that demands to be held, turned, understood through the hands. It arrived in 2009 from the London workshops of Thomas Lyte as the first perpetual trophy for tennis’s most demanding honour, and it has only grown in presence since. Now, with the renewal of Thomas Lyte’s partnership with the ATP through 2028, we find ourselves drawn once more to what makes this particular trophy so visibly accomplished.

The design draws from the ancient Greek amphora, that two handled vessel that carried wine and oil through history. Thomas Lyte has translated that classical silhouette into something contemporary and precise. The handles curve upward in a sweeping arc, their movement echoing the trajectory of a serve in flight. The bowl sits substantial and proud, its polished surface reflecting whoever holds it. A spherical finial crowns the top. The base, turned and detailed with the restraint of skilled craft, grounds the whole composition in silver and confidence.

The design belongs to the amphora family: that two-handled vessel which carried wine and oil through classical antiquity. Thomas Lyte translated that silhouette into something contemporary and precise. The handles curve upward, their movement following the trajectory of a serve. The bowl sits substantial and proud, polished to mirror whoever holds it. A spherical finial crowns the top, and the base, turned and detailed with the restraint of skilled craft, grounds the whole composition in silver and confidence.

Sterling silver demands knowledge: how it takes the polish, how grain accepts the hammer, where a joint can be welded without weakness, how weight distributes through form. The craftsmen at Thomas Lyte understood that a perpetual award for tennis’s highest honour could not be merely decorative. It had to withstand the grasp of champions, the weight of their achievement, the moment of triumph when it is raised above a court.

The trophy sits within a family of four. The World No. 1 and Nitto ATP Finals trophies share design principles and visual language with the Year End No. 1, creating a coherent visual grammar across the sport’s most prestigious awards. The globe within the classically inspired stem represents the worldwide reach of the ATP Tour, transforming the trophy from portrait of personal victory into celebration of a global sport.

Thomas Lyte’s relationship with tennis spans decades. The London house has become synonymous with the silverware that marks the sport’s most significant moments, objects that carry the names of champions engraved into their surfaces and appear in photographs year after year. This renewal through 2028 signals confidence in that partnership, a recognition that the trophies themselves have become part of tennis’s narrative, part of how we see the sport and remember its greatest moments.

The trophy demonstrates the philosophy behind it: beauty in function, classical form renewed in sterling silver, the hand of the craftsman visible in every curve and join.