Twice he ended as runner-up to Ivan Lendl, and twice more he fell to eventual champion Pete Sampras.
In 2008, Davydenko had reached the ATP championship finals where the Russian lost to Novak Djokovic 6-1, 7-5.īoris Becker remarkably appeared in eight finals, winning three times. Russian Nikolay Davydenko capped off an amazing year in 2009 by defeating Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 6-4 in the final after having dispatched Roger Federer in the semifinals. The tournament that year was played in Frankfurt, Germany. Making his way back into the finals in 1990, Edberg lost to American Andre Agassi 5-7, 7-6, 7-5, 6-2. The Swede Stefan Edberg won the year-end championship in 1989 by defeating German Boris Becker in the final 4-6, 7-6, 6-3, 6-1. In 1972, with the eight-man format in place, Smith faced the Romanian Ilie Nastase, losing 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3. Smith and Rod Laver each held a 4-1 record, but since Smith had defeated Laver, the American was awarded the championship. There were six selected to play, with the winner determined only from round-robin play. Stan Smith won the ATP Masters in 1970-the first year of the championship when the format was a little different. Each reached the finals twice, but won the event only once. So, in the 41 years the championships have been held, who are the multiple winners of this event? Who reigned as the best of the best at the end of the season? That ties Federer with Pete Sampras and Ivan Lendl at five championship titles at the ATP year-end tournament. Last year, Roger Federer faced Rafael Nadal in the final which Federer won 6-3, 3-6, 6-1- giving the Swiss his fifth title in this event. The winner of that match is accorded 1,500 ranking points as well as the honor and prestige of winning in a field of the best eight players in the world. The final is contested by the winners of the semifinal contests. In Group B we find Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Mardy Fish.įrom each group, the two players with the best results move onto the semifinals where the top-ranked player from each group plays the second-ranked player from the other group. This year in Group A are Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, David Ferrer and Tomas Berdych. The top eight men draw to create two teams with members of each four-man team competing with each other in three round-robin matches. The Masters year-end tournament, first played in 1970, features the top eight players on the men’s tour selected based on accumulated calendar year ATP ranking points.
Tennis world tour finals champions professional#
The World Tour Finals is the latest title for the ATP year-end tournament for men’s professional tennis to be held in London for the second consecutive year. It is the crowning event of the 2011 season where the top eight men do battle to determine the champion of the champions. The ATP, however, ends its year with the World Tour Finals which get underway on Sunday. For men’s tennis, the season is a long one-starting in January and ending in early December with the Davis Cup finals.
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