ATP Champions Tour
The ATP Champions Tour is a men's tennis tour intended for former tennis professionals, who have since retired from mainstream professional tennis touring. The Tour brings together many of the greatest tennis players in history for nostalgic, competitive and entertaining tournaments in cities around the world.
For a player to be eligible for play on this tour, he must be in the year of his 35th birthday or have been retired from the ATP World Tour for two years or more. Each player must have been either a world #1, a Grand Slam finalist, or a singles player in a winning Davis Cup team. Each event can also invite two players of its choice to take wild cards.
The Tour usually consists of around 10 events around the world, with a year-ending "My World Champions Tennis" event held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Events are typically played over four days with eight-man fields competing against each other in a round-robin format, ensuring that all players feature in at least three matches. The players are split into two groups of four. The top player from each group contests the final, while the two players who finish second in each group play off for third and fourth places respectively.
Matches are contested over the best of three sets, with the deciding set taking the form of a Champions tie-break. The Champions tie-break is an expanded version of the conventional professional tennis tie-break, whereby the winner is the first player to reach 10 points and lead by a margin of 2.
Rankings points on the Tour are distributed as follows: Winner: 400 / Runner-up: 300 / 3rd place: 200 / 4th place: 150 / No. 5-6: 80 / No. 7-8: 60 points.
Notable participants, in past and present, are: John McEnroe, Björn Borg, Mats Wilander, Henri Leconte, Pete Sampras, Mansour Bahrami, Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker, Jim Courier, Thomas Muster, Marcelo Ríos, Goran Ivanišević, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Patrick Rafter, Ivan Lendl, Carlos Moyá, Jimmy Connors, Tim Henman and Andy Roddick.
Participants
The following is a list of past participants on the ATP Champions Tour- Mansour Bahrami
- Jeremy Bates
- Boris Becker
- James Blake
- Björn Borg
- Sergi Bruguera
- Omar Camporese
- Pat Cash
- Michael Chang
- José Luis Clerc
- Jimmy Connors
- Albert Costa
- Jim Courier
- Marcos Daniel
- Stefan Edberg
- Younes El Aynaoui
- Thomas Enqvist
- Wayne Ferreira
- Guy Forget
- Renzo Furlan
- Brad Gilbert
- Justin Gimelstob
- Andrés Gómez
- Fernando Gonzalez
- Magnus Gustafsson
- Paul Haarhuis
- Tim Henman
- Goran Ivanišević
- Anders Järryd
- Yevgeny Kafelnikov
- Petr Korda
- Richard Krajicek
- Aaron Krickstein
- Magnus Larsson
- Henri Leconte
- Ivan Lendl
- Todd Martin
- Xavier Malisse
- John McEnroe
- Fernando Meligeni
- Carlos Moyá
- Thomas Muster
- Yannick Noah
- Mikael Pernfors
- Mark Philippoussis
- Cédric Pioline
- Patrick Rafter
- Guillaume Raoux
- Marcelo Ríos
- Andy Roddick
- Greg Rusedski
- Marat Safin
- Pete Sampras
- Fabrice Santoro
- Flávio Saretta
- Carl-Uwe Steeb
- Michael Stich
- Guillermo Vilas
- Mats Wilander
- Mariano Zabaleta
Year-end number 1
Year | Player |
1998 | John McEnroe |
1999 | John McEnroe |
2000 | John McEnroe |
2001 | John McEnroe |
2002 | Petr Korda |
2003 | John McEnroe |
2004 | Jim Courier |
2005 | Goran Ivanišević |
2006 | Marcelo Ríos |
2007 | Sergi Bruguera |
2008 | Goran Ivanišević |
2009 | Thomas Enqvist |
2010 | Thomas Enqvist |
2011 | Carlos Moyá |
2012 | Carlos Moyá |
2013 | John McEnroe |
2014 | Goran Ivanisevic |
2015 | Fernando González |
2016 | John McEnroe |
Past finals
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
- Only 4 participants
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
- Only 4 participants.
2015
Tournament | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Third place |
Delray Beach | Team International Goran Ivanišević Mark Philippoussis Mikael Pernfors | Team USA James Blake Brad Gilbert Justin Gimelstob | 6–3 | - |
Knokke-Heist | Xavier Malisse | Pete Sampras | 6–7, 7–5, | Thomas Enqvist |
Majorca | Àlex Corretja | Thomas Enqvist | 3–6, 6–4, | Tim Henman |
Seoul | Fernando González | Michael Chang | 7–6, 6–2 | Marat Safin |
Monterrey | Pete Sampras | John McEnroe | 6–3, 7–6 | Thomas Enqvist |
Verona / Modena | John McEnroe | Sergi Bruguera | 6–4, 6–3 | Mats Wilander |
London | Fernando González | Tim Henman | 1–6, 7–6, | - |
2016
Tournament | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Third place |
Delray Beach | Team USA James Blake Mardy Fish Aaron Krickstein | Team International Wayne Ferreira Sébastien Grosjean Emilio Sánchez | 6–3 | - |
Stockholm | John McEnroe | Thomas Muster | 6–2, 6–2 | Mats Wilander |
Majorca | Carlos Moyá | Tim Henman | 6–4, 7–5 | Àlex Corretja |
Monterrey | James Blake | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 3–6, 6–3, | Carlos Moyá |
Mexico City | Juan Carlos Ferrero | Andy Roddick | 7–5, 6–1 | - |
Seoul | Marat Safin | John McEnroe | 7–5, 7–5 | Pete Sampras |
Bari | Thomas Enqvist | John McEnroe | 6–2, 7–6 | Henri Leconte |
London | Fabrice Santoro | Xavier Malisse | 6–4, 2–6, | - |
2017
Tournament | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Third place |
Delray Beach | Team USA James Blake Mardy Fish Vince Spadea | Team International Mikael Pernfors Sébastien Grosjean Fernando González | 5–2 | - |
Stockholm | Juan Carlos Ferrero | Jonas Björkman | 6–2, 6–4 | Fabrice Santoro |
Auchterarder | Greg Rusedski | Thomas Enqvist | 6–3, 6–4 | - |
Majorca | Carlos Moyá | Àlex Corretja | 6–3, 6–3 | Fernando González |
Monterrey | Fabrice Santoro | Goran Ivanišević | 7–5, 6–3 | Greg Rusedski |
London | Juan Carlos Ferrero | Marat Safin | 6–3, 6–4 | Fabrice Santoro |