ATP World Tour Finals

Barclays ATP World Tour Finals
2012 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$4,450,000
Website	www.atpworldtour.com/Finals

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The ATP World Tour Finals (also known as the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for sponsorship reasons) is a professional 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 ( 2012) are Novak Djokovic in singles, and Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez in doubles. The 2012 edition started off on 5 November and ended on 12 November 2012.

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. Winners are awarded up to 1500 rankings points.

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. In 2012 the organisers extended the contract by two years up to 2015. 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 titles, with six.

Points and prize money

The ATP World Tour Finals currently rewards the following points and prize money:

Stage	Singles	Doubles1	Points
Undefeated Champion	$1,630,000	$287,500	1,500
Final win	$770,000	$125,000	500
Semifinal win	$380,000	$30,000	400
Round Robin win per match	$120,000	$22,500	200
Participation fee	$120,0002	$65,0003	–
Alternates	$70,000	$25,000	–

• 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.

Venues

Location	Years	Surface	Stadium	Capacity
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	17,500

Past finals

Singles

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
ATP World Tour Finals
London	2012	Novak Djokovic (2/2)	Roger Federer	7–6(8–6), 7–5
	2011	Roger Federer (6/6)	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6–3, 6–7(6–8), 6–3
	2010	Roger Federer (5/6)	Rafael Nadal	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
	2009	Nikolay Davydenko	Juan Martín del Potro	6–3, 6–4
Tennis Masters Cup
Shanghai	2008	Novak Djokovic (1/2)	Nikolay Davydenko	6–1, 7–5
	2007	Roger Federer (4/6)	David Ferrer	6–2, 6–3, 6–2
	2006	Roger Federer (3/6)	James Blake	6–0, 6–3, 6–4
	2005	David Nalbandian	Roger Federer	6–7(4–7), 6–7(11–13), 6–2, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Houston	2004	Roger Federer (2/6)	Lleyton Hewitt	6–3, 6–2
	2003	Roger Federer (1/6)	Andre Agassi	6–3, 6–0, 6–4
Shanghai	2002	Lleyton Hewitt (2/2)	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7–5, 7–5, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4
Sydney	2001	Lleyton Hewitt (1/2)	Sébastien Grosjean	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
Lisbon	2000	Gustavo Kuerten	Andre Agassi	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
ATP Tour World Championships
Hanover	1999	Pete Sampras (5/5)	Andre Agassi	6–1, 7–5, 6–4
	1998	Àlex Corretja	Carlos Moyá	3–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 7–5
	1997	Pete Sampras (4/5)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
	1996	Pete Sampras (3/5)	Boris Becker	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4), 6–7(11–13), 6–4
Frankfurt	1995	Boris Becker (3/3)	Michael Chang	7–6(7–3), 6–0, 7–6(7–5)
	1994	Pete Sampras (2/5)	Boris Becker	4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
	1993	Michael Stich	Pete Sampras	7–6(7–3), 2–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–2
	1992	Boris Becker (2/3)	Jim Courier	6–4, 6–3, 7–5
	1991	Pete Sampras (1/5)	Jim Courier	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3, 6–4
	1990	Andre Agassi	Stefan Edberg	5–7, 7–6(7–5), 7–5, 6–2
Masters Grand Prix
New York City	1989	Stefan Edberg	Boris Becker	4–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–3, 6–1
	1988	Boris Becker (1/3)	Ivan Lendl	5–7, 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
	1987	Ivan Lendl (5/5)	Mats Wilander	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
	1986	Ivan Lendl (4/5)	Boris Becker	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
	1985	Ivan Lendl (3/5)	Boris Becker	6–2, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
	1984	John McEnroe (3/3)	Ivan Lendl	7–5, 6–0, 6–4
	1983	John McEnroe (2/3)	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
	1982	Ivan Lendl (2/5)	John McEnroe	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
	1981	Ivan Lendl (1/5)	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–7(5–7), 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–2, 6–4
	1980	Björn Borg (2/2)	Ivan Lendl	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
	1979	Björn Borg (1/2)	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–2, 6–2
	1978	John McEnroe (1/3)	Arthur Ashe	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–5
	1977	Jimmy Connors	Björn Borg	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Houston	1976	Manuel Orantes	Wojtek Fibak	5–7, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–1
Stockholm	1975	Ilie Năstase (4/4)	Björn Borg	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
Melbourne	1974	Guillermo Vilas	Ilie Năstase	7–6(8–6), 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4
Boston	1973	Ilie Năstase (3/4)	Tom Okker	6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Barcelona	1972	Ilie Năstase (2/4)	Stan Smith	6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3
Paris	1971	Ilie Năstase (1/4)	Round Robin
Tokyo	1970	Stan Smith	Round Robin

Doubles

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
ATP World Tour Finals
London	2012	Marcel Granollers Marc López	Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna	7–5, 3-6, [10–3]
	2011	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	7–5, 6–3
	2010	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	7–6(8–6), 6–4
	2009	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Max Mirnyi Andy Ram	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Tennis Masters Cup
Shanghai	2008	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(7–3), 6–2
	2007	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle	6–2, 6–3
	2006	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–2, 6–4
	2005	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	Leander Paes Nenad Zimonjić	6–7(6–8), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Houston	2004	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–2
	2003	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	6–7(6–8), 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
	2002	Not Held
ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup
Bangalore	2001	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–4
ATP Tour World Championships
Bangalore	2000	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	7–6(10–8), 6–3, 6–4
Hartford	1999	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
	1998	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 6–2, 7–5
	1997	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
	1996	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Eindhoven	1995	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6(8–6), 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 7–6(7–2)
Jakarta	1994	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)
Johannesburg	1993	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5), 6–4
	1992	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–2, 7–6(7–4), 5–7, 3–6, 6–3
	1991	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Sanctuary Cove	1990	Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–4, 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–4
Masters Grand Prix
London	1989	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	7–5, 7–6(7–4), 5–7, 6–3
	1988	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 6–0
	1987	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
	1986	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	6–3, 7–6(7–2), 6–3
New York City	1985	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	Joakim Nystrom Mats Wilander	6–1, 7–6(7–5)
	1984	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	6–3, 6–1
	1983	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	6–2, 6–2
	1982	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	7–5, 6–3
	1981	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	6–3, 6–3
	1980	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	6–4, 6–3
	1979	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	6–3, 7–6, 6–1
	1978	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	6–4, 6–2, 6–4
	1977	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	7–5, 7–6, 6–3
Houston	1976	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–4, 5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Stockholm	1975	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	Round Robin
	1974 – 1971	Not Held
Tokyo	1970	Stan Smith Arthur Ashe	Round Robin

Singles finals matrix

Titles	Player	Years Won	Runners-up
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
2	Björn Borg	1979, 1980	1975, 1977
	Lleyton Hewitt	2001, 2002	2004
	Novak Djokovic	2008, 2012
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
	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
	Rafael Nadal		2010
	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga		2011

Doubles finals matrix

Titles	Player	Years Won	Runners-up
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
	Mike Bryan	2003, 2004, 2009	2008
	Rick Leach	1988, 1997, 2001

Honour Roll (singles)

Last ten tournaments:

Player	Years	Matches	W-L	W %	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	Best result
Andre Agassi	2	6	3–3	.500	F		RR								F (2003)
Tomáš Berdych	3	10	4–6	.400								RR	SF	RR	SF (2011)
James Blake	1	5	3–2	.600				F							F (2006)
Guillermo Coria	3	8	1–7	.125	RR	RR	RR								RR (2003, 2004, 2005)
Nikolay Davydenko	5	20	12–8	.600			SF	RR	RR	F	W				W (2009)
Juan Martín del Potro	3	12	6–6	.500						RR	F			SF	F (2009)
Novak Djokovic	6	23	14–9	.609					RR	W	RR	SF	RR	W	W (2008, 2012)
Roger Federer	10	47	39–8	.830	W	W	F	W	W	RR	SF	W	W	F	W (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011)
David Ferrer	4	15	8–7	.533					F			RR	SF	RR	F (2007)
Juan Carlos Ferrero	1	3	0–3	.000	RR										RR (2003)
Mardy Fish	1	3	0–3	.000									RR		RR (2011)
Richard Gasquet	1	3	1–2	.333					RR						RR (2007)
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									F (2004)
Ivan Ljubičić	2	6	2–4	.333			RR	RR							RR (2005, 2006)
Carlos Moyà	2	6	2–4	.333	RR	RR									RR (2003, 2004)
Andy Murray	5	16	9–7	.562						SF	RR	SF	RR	SF	SF (2008, 2010, 2012)
Rafael Nadal	5	19	9–10	.474				SF	SF		RR	F	RR		F (2010)
David Nalbandian	3	12	6–6	.500	RR		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	6	19	8–11	.421	SF	SF		RR	SF	RR		RR			SF (2003, 2004, 2007)
Marat Safin	1	4	2–2	.500		SF									SF (2004)
Rainer Schüttler	1	4	2–2	.500	SF										SF (2003)
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)

Stage	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Champion	R Federer	R Federer	D Nalbandian	R Federer	R Federer	N Djokovic	N Davydenko	R Federer	R Federer	N Djokovic
Final	A Agassi	L Hewitt	R Federer	J Blake	D Ferrer	N Davydenko	JM del Potro	R Nadal	J-W Tsonga	R Federer
Semifinal	A Roddick R Schüttler	A Roddick M Safin	N Davydenko G Gaudio	R Nadal D Nalbandian	R Nadal A Roddick	A Murray G Simon	R Federer R Söderling	N Djokovic A Murray	T Berdych D Ferrer	JM del Potro A Murray
Round Robin	G Coria JC Ferrero C Moyá D Nalbandian	G Coria G Gaudio T Henman C Moyá	A Agassi G Coria F González (A) I Ljubičić M Puerta	N Davydenko I Ljubičić T Robredo A Roddick	N Davydenko N Djokovic R Gasquet F González	JM del Potro R Federer A Roddick R Štěpánek (A) J-W Tsonga	N Djokovic A Murray R Nadal F Verdasco	T Berdych D Ferrer A Roddick R Söderling	N Djokovic M Fish A Murray R Nadal J Tipsarević (A)	T Berdych D Ferrer J Tipsarević J-W Tsonga

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:

1. Ilie Năstase, 3

1. Ivan Lendl, 3

3. Roger Federer, 2 (three-times)

• 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. 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
• Players who won back-to-back titles:
  • Ilie Năstase, 1971–1973 (3 titles)
  • Björn Borg, 1979–80
  • Ivan Lendl (1), 1981–1982
  • John McEnroe, 1983–1984
  • Ivan Lendl (2), 1985–1987 (3 titles)
  • Pete Sampras, 1996–1997
  • Lleyton Hewitt, 2001–2002
  • Roger Federer (1), 2003–2004
  • Roger Federer (2), 2006–2007
  • Roger Federer (3), 2010–2011