ATP World Tour Finals
2013 ATP World Tour Finals | ||
ATP World Tour | ||
Location | London United Kingdom (2009–2015) | |
Venue | The O2 Arena | |
Category | World Tour Finals | |
Surface | Hard / Indoors | |
Draw | 8S / 8D | |
Prize money | US$6,000,000 | |
Website | barclaysatpworldtourfinals.com | |
Notes | 2013 |
Tennis |
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The ATP World Tour Finals (also known as the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for sponsorship reasons) is a professional men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts and is held annually in November at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom. The ATP World Tour Finals are the season-ending championships of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour, featuring the top eight singles players and doubles teams of the ATP Rankings. The current champions (2013) are Novak Djokovic in singles and David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco in doubles. The 2013 edition started on 4 November and ended on 11 November 2013.[1]
Unlike most of the other events on the men's tour, the ATP World Tour Finals is not a straightforward knock-out tournament. Eight players are divided into two groups of four and play three round-robin matches each against the other three players in their group. From there, the two players with the best records in each group progress to the semifinals, with the winners meeting in the final to determine the champion. Though it is theoretically possible to advance to the semi-finals of the tournament with two round-robin losses, no-one in the history of the singles tournament has won the title after losing more than one round-robin match. Winners are awarded up to 1500 rankings points; with each round-robin loss, 200 points are deducted from that amount.
History
The event is the fourth evolution of a championship which began in 1970. It was originally known as the Masters Grand Prix and was part of the Grand Prix Tennis Circuit. It was organised by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) ITF. It ran alongside the competing WCT Finals the other season ending championships for the rival World Championship Tennis Tour. The Masters was a year-end showpiece event between the best players on the men's tour, but did not count for any world ranking points.
In 1990, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) took over the running of the men's tour and replaced the Masters with the ATP Tour World Championship. World ranking points were now at stake, with an undefeated champion earning the same number of points they would for winning one of the four Grand Slam events. The ITF, who continued to run the Grand Slam tournaments, created a rival year-end event known as the Grand Slam Cup, which was contested by the 16 players with the best records in Grand Slam competitions that year. In December 1999, the ATP and ITF agreed to discontinue the two separate events and create a new jointly-owned event called the Tennis Masters Cup. As with the Masters Grand Prix and the ATP Tour World Championships, the Tennis Masters Cup was contested by eight players. However, under the rules of the Tennis Masters Cup, the player who is ranked number eight in the ATP Champion's Race world rankings does not have a guaranteed spot. If a player who wins one of the year's Grand Slam events finishes the year ranked outside the top eight but still within the top 20, he would have been included in the Tennis Masters Cup instead of the eighth-ranked player. If two players outside the top eight won Grand Slam events, the higher placed player in the world rankings would take the final spot in the Tennis Masters Cup.
In 2009 the Masters was renamed to the ATP World Tour Finals and got scheduled to be held at The O2 in London from 2009 to 2013.[2] In 2012 the organisers extended the contract by two years up to 2015.[3][4] For many years, the doubles event was held as a separate tournament the week after the singles competition, but more recently they have been held together in the same week and venue. Like the singles competition, the doubles involves the eight most successful teams on the tour each year, and starts with a group phase with each team playing three round-robin matches.
Roger Federer holds the record for the most singles titles, with six.
Points and prize money
The ATP World Tour Finals currently rewards the following points and prize money:
Stage | Singles | Doubles1 | Points |
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Undefeated Champion | $1,923,000 | $362,500 | 1,500 |
Final win | $910,000 | $140,000 | 500 |
Semifinal win | $445,000 | $70,500 | 400 |
Round Robin win per match | $142,000 | $27,000 | 200 |
Participation fee | $142,0002 | $71,0003 | – |
Alternates | $80,000 | $27,000 | – |
- 1 Prize money for doubles is per team.
- 2 Pro-rated on a per-match basis: $70,000 = 1 match, $95,000 = 2 matches, $120,000 = 3 matches
- 3 Pro-rated on a per-match basis: $30,000 = 1 match, $50,000 = 2 matches, $65,000 = 3 matches
Sponsors
The tournament has traditionally been sponsored by the title sponsor of the tour; however, from 1990–2008 the competition was non-sponsored, even though the singles portion of the event as part of the ATP tour was sponsored by IBM. In 2009, the tournament gained Barclays PLC as title sponsor.[5]
Venues
Location | Years | Surface | Stadium | Capacity |
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Tokyo | 1970 | Carpet | Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium | 6,500 |
Paris | 1971 | Stade Pierre de Coubertin | 5,000 | |
Barcelona | 1972 | Palau Blaugrana | 5,700 | |
Boston | 1973 | Boston Garden | 14,900 | |
Melbourne | 1974 | Grass | Kooyong Stadium | 8,500 |
Stockholm | 1975 | Carpet | Kungliga tennishallen | 6,000 |
Houston | 1976 | The Summit | 16,300 | |
New York City | 1977–1989 | Madison Square Garden | 18,000 | |
Frankfurt | 1990–1995 | Festhalle Frankfurt | 12,000 | |
Hanover | 1996–1999 | Carpet (1996) Indoor Hard (1997–99) | Hanover fairground | 15,000 |
Lisbon | 2000 | Indoor Hard | Pavilhão Atlântico | 12,000 |
Sydney | 2001 | Acer Arena | 17,500 | |
Shanghai | 2002 | SNIEC | ||
Houston | 2003–2004 | Outdoor Hard | Westside Tennis Club | 5,240 |
Shanghai | 2005–2008 | Carpet (2005) Indoor Hard (2006–08) | Qizhong City Arena | 15,000 |
London | 2009–2015 | Indoor Hard | O2 Arena[6] | 17,500 |
Past finals
Singles
Doubles
Singles finals matrix
Titles | Player | Years Won | Runners-up |
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6 | Roger Federer | 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011 | 2005, 2012 |
5 | Ivan Lendl | 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987 | 1980, 1983, 1984, 1988 |
Pete Sampras | 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999 | 1993 | |
4 | Ilie Năstase | 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975 | 1974 |
3 | Boris Becker | 1988, 1992, 1995 | 1985, 1986, 1989, 1994, 1996 |
John McEnroe | 1978, 1983, 1984 | 1982 | |
Novak Djokovic | 2008, 2012, 2013 | ||
2 | Björn Borg | 1979, 1980 | 1975, 1977 |
Lleyton Hewitt | 2001, 2002 | 2004 | |
1 | Andre Agassi | 1990 | 1999, 2000, 2003 |
Stan Smith | 1970 | 1972 | |
Stefan Edberg | 1989 | 1990 | |
Nikolay Davydenko | 2009 | 2008 | |
Guillermo Vilas | 1974 | ||
Manuel Orantes | 1976 | ||
Jimmy Connors | 1977 | ||
Michael Stich | 1993 | ||
Àlex Corretja | 1998 | ||
Gustavo Kuerten | 2000 | ||
David Nalbandian | 2005 | ||
0 | Vitas Gerulaitis | 1979, 1981 | |
Jim Courier | 1991, 1992 | ||
Rafael Nadal | 2010, 2013 | ||
Tom Okker | 1973 | ||
Wojciech Fibak | 1976 | ||
Arthur Ashe | 1978 | ||
Mats Wilander | 1987 | ||
Michael Chang | 1995 | ||
Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 1997 | ||
Carlos Moyá | 1998 | ||
Sébastien Grosjean | 2001 | ||
Juan Carlos Ferrero | 2002 | ||
James Blake | 2006 | ||
David Ferrer | 2007 | ||
Juan Martín del Potro | 2009 | ||
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 2011 |
Doubles finals matrix
Titles | Player | Years Won | Runners-up |
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7 | Peter Fleming | 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 | |
John McEnroe | 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 | ||
4 | Daniel Nestor | 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 | 1998, 2006 |
3 | Anders Järryd | 1985, 1986, 1991 | 1989, 1992 |
Bob Bryan | 2003, 2004, 2009 | 2008, 2013 | |
Mike Bryan | 2003, 2004, 2009 | 2008, 2013 | |
Rick Leach | 1988, 1997, 2001 | ||
2 | Todd Woodbridge | 1992, 1996 | 1993, 1994 |
Mark Woodforde | 1992, 1996 | 1993, 1994 | |
Max Mirnyi | 2006, 2011 | 2009, 2010 | |
Jacco Eltingh | 1993, 1998 | 1995 | |
Paul Haarhuis | 1993, 1998 | 1995 | |
Nenad Zimonjić | 2008, 2010 | 2005 | |
Stefan Edberg | 1985, 1986 | ||
Jonas Björkman | 1994, 2006 | ||
1 | Sherwood Stewart | 1976 | 1982, 1984 |
John Fitzgerald | 1991 | 1989, 1992 | |
Mark Knowles | 2007 | 1998, 2006 | |
Stan Smith | 1970 | 1977 | |
Tomáš Šmíd | 1987 | 1983 | |
Guy Forget | 1990 | 1986 | |
Sébastien Lareau | 1999 | 1996 | |
Alex O'Brien | 1999 | 1996 | |
Michaël Llodra | 2005 | 2003 | |
Fabrice Santoro | 2005 | 2003 | |
Arthur Ashe | 1970 | ||
Juan Gisbert | 1975 | ||
Manuel Orantes | 1975 | ||
Fred McNair | 1976 | ||
Bob Hewitt | 1977 | ||
Frew McMillan | 1977 | ||
Miloslav Mečíř | 1987 | ||
Jim Pugh | 1988 | ||
Jim Grabb | 1989 | ||
Patrick McEnroe | 1989 | ||
Jakob Hlasek | 1990 | ||
Jan Apell | 1994 | ||
Grant Connell | 1995 | ||
Patrick Galbraith | 1995 | ||
Jonathan Stark | 1997 | ||
Donald Johnson | 2000 | ||
Piet Norval | 2000 | ||
Ellis Ferreira | 2001 | ||
Marcel Granollers | 2012 | ||
Marc López | 2012 | ||
David Marrero | 2013 | ||
Fernando Verdasco | 2013 |
Honour Roll (singles)
Last ten tournaments:
Player | Years | Matches | W-L | W % | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Best result |
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Andre Agassi | 1 | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | RR | W (1990) | |||||||||
Tomáš Berdych | 4 | 13 | 5–8 | .385 | RR | SF | RR | RR | SF (2011) | ||||||
James Blake | 1 | 5 | 3–2 | .600 | F | F (2006) | |||||||||
Guillermo Coria | 2 | 6 | 0–6 | .000 | RR | RR | RR (2003, 2004, 2005) | ||||||||
Nikolay Davydenko | 5 | 20 | 12–8 | .600 | SF | RR | RR | F | W | W (2009) | |||||
Juan Martín del Potro | 4 | 15 | 7–8 | .467 | RR | F | SF | RR | F (2009) | ||||||
Novak Djokovic | 7 | 28 | 19–9 | .679 | RR | W | RR | SF | RR | W | W | W (2008, 2012, 2013) | |||
Roger Federer | 10 | 46 | 36–10 | .783 | W | F | W | W | RR | SF | W | W | F | SF | W (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011) |
David Ferrer | 5 | 18 | 8–10 | .444 | F | RR | SF | RR | RR | F (2007) | |||||
Mardy Fish | 1 | 3 | 0–3 | .000 | RR | RR (2011) | |||||||||
Richard Gasquet | 2 | 6 | 1–5 | .167 | RR | RR | RR (2007, 2013) | ||||||||
Gastón Gaudio | 2 | 7 | 2–5 | .286 | RR | SF | SF (2005) | ||||||||
Fernando González | 2 | 5 | 2–3 | .400 | RR (A) | RR | RR (2005, 2007) | ||||||||
Tim Henman | 1 | 3 | 1–2 | .333 | RR | RR (2004) | |||||||||
Lleyton Hewitt | 1 | 5 | 3–2 | .600 | F | W (2001, 2002) | |||||||||
Ivan Ljubičić | 2 | 6 | 2–4 | .333 | RR | RR | RR (2005, 2006) | ||||||||
Carlos Moyà | 1 | 3 | 1–2 | .333 | RR | F (1998) | |||||||||
Andy Murray | 5 | 16 | 9–7 | .562 | SF | RR | SF | RR | SF | SF (2008, 2010, 2012) | |||||
Rafael Nadal | 6 | 24 | 13–11 | .542 | SF | SF | RR | F | RR | F | F (2010, 2013) | ||||
David Nalbandian | 2 | 9 | 5–4 | .556 | W | SF | W (2005) | ||||||||
Mariano Puerta | 1 | 3 | 0–3 | .000 | RR | RR (2005) | |||||||||
Tommy Robredo | 1 | 3 | 1–2 | .333 | RR | RR (2006) | |||||||||
Andy Roddick | 5 | 15 | 6–9 | .400 | SF | RR | SF | RR | RR | SF (2003, 2004, 2007) | |||||
Marat Safin | 1 | 4 | 2–2 | .500 | SF | SF (2000, 2004) | |||||||||
Gilles Simon | 1 | 4 | 2–2 | .500 | SF | SF (2008) | |||||||||
Robin Söderling | 2 | 7 | 3–5 | .375 | SF | RR | SF(2009) | ||||||||
Radek Štěpánek | 1 | 2 | 0–2 | .000 | RR (A) | RR (2008) | |||||||||
Janko Tipsarević | 2 | 5 | 1–4 | .200 | RR (A) | RR | RR (2011, 2012) | ||||||||
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 3 | 11 | 4–7 | .364 | RR | F | RR | F (2011) | |||||||
Fernando Verdasco | 1 | 3 | 0–3 | .000 | RR | RR (2009) | |||||||||
Stanislas Wawrinka | 1 | 4 | 2–2 | .500 | SF | SF (2013) |
Records
- Most titles:
- 1. Roger Federer, 6 (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011)
- 2. Ivan Lendl, 5 (1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987)
- 2. Pete Sampras, 5 (1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999)
- 4. Ilie Năstase, 4 (1971, 1972, 1973, 1975)
- Most consecutive titles: (tied)
- 1. Ilie Năstase, 3
- 1. Ivan Lendl, 3
- Most finals:
- 1. Ivan Lendl, 9 (1980–1988)
- 2. Boris Becker, 8 (1985–1986, 1987–1988, 1992, 1994–1996)
- 3. Roger Federer, 8 (2003–2007, 2010–2012)
- 4. Pete Sampras, 6 (1991, 1993–1994, 1996–1997, 1999)
- Most consecutive finals:
- 1. Ivan Lendl, 9 (1980–1988)
- 2. Ilie Năstase, 5 (1971–1975)
- 2. Roger Federer, 5 (2003–2007)
- 4. Roger Federer, 3 (2010–2012)
- 4. Stan Smith, 3 (1970–1972)
- 4. Boris Becker, 3 (1994–1996)
- Players who won the tournament undefeated (since 1990):
- Michael Stich, 1993
- Lleyton Hewitt, 2001
- Roger Federer, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011
- Novak Djokovic, 2012, 2013
See also
- ATP World Tour Finals appearances
- WCT Finals
- WCT World Doubles
- ATP Challenger Tour Finals
- WTA Tour Championships
References
- ↑ "atpworldtour.com ATP World Tour Finals tournament profile". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 10-07-2012.
- ↑ London Awarded 2009 ATP World Tour Finals
- ↑ "ATP finals to stay in London through 2015". Retrieved 07-11-2012.
- ↑ "ATP World Tour Finals to be showcased in London till 2015". Retrieved 09-11-2012.
- ↑ "ATP agree $35 million deal for showpiece tournament". Reuters. 2008-06-18.
- ↑ Newbery, Piers (2007-07-03). "London to host World Tour Final". BBC News.
- ↑ "ATP sets Double Challenge Cup for Jan. 29-Feb. 2 in Bangalore". Associated Press AP. 2002-01-16. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
External links
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