| Tennis Masters Cup | ||
|---|---|---|
 |
||
| ATP Tour | ||
| Location | Shanghai China (2005-2008) |
|
| Venue | Qi Zhong Stadium | |
| Category | Masters Cup | |
| Surface | Hard / Indoors | |
| Draw | 8M / 4D | |
| Prize Money | US$4,450,000 | |
| Website | masters-cup.com | |
The Tennis Masters Cup is a tennis tournament played annually at the end of each year, involving the top eight players in the men's tennis world rankings. Unlike all the other events on the men's tour, the Tennis Masters Cup is not a straightforward knock-out tournament. The 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 semi-finals, with the semi-final winners meeting in the final to determine the champion. The event is actually the third evolution of a championship which began in 1970. It was originally known simply as The Masters tournament, and was organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). 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 and the ATP Tour World Championships, the Tennis Masters Cup is 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 can be included in the Tennis Masters Cup instead of the eight-ranked player. If two players outside the top eight win Grand Slam events, the higher placed player in the world rankings will take the final spot in the Tennis Masters Cup. In 2009 the Masters will be renamed the ATP World Tour Finals and it will be staged at The O2 in London from 2009 to 2012.[1] 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. Former World No.1s Pete Sampras and Ivan Lendl hold the record for the most titles, each with 5.
Contents |
Singles finals
Doubles Champions
Singles Titles Matrix
| Player | Country | # | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Sampras |  United States |
5
|
1999, 1997, 1996, 1994, 1991 |
| Ivan Lendl |  Czechoslovakia |
5
|
1987, 1986, 1985, 1982, 1981 |
| Roger Federer |  Switzerland |
4
|
2007, 2006, 2004, 2003 |
| Ilie Năstase |  Romania |
4
|
1975, 1973, 1972, 1971 |
| Boris Becker |  Germany |
3
|
1995, 1992, 1988 |
| John McEnroe | United States |
3
|
1984, 1983, 1978 |
| Lleyton Hewitt |  Australia |
2
|
2002, 2001 |
| Björn Borg |  Sweden |
2
|
1980, 1979 |
| David Nalbandian |  Argentina |
1
|
2005 |
| Gustavo Kuerten |  Brazil |
1
|
2000 |
| Àlex Corretja |  Spain |
1
|
1998 |
| Michael Stich | Germany |
1
|
1993 |
| Andre Agassi | United States |
1
|
1990 |
| Stefan Edberg | Sweden |
1
|
1989 |
| Jimmy Connors | United States |
1
|
1977 |
| Manuel Orantes | Spain |
1
|
1976 |
| Guillermo Vilas | Argentina |
1
|
1974 |
| Stan Smith | United States |
1
|
1970 |
Honor Roll
Tennis Masters Cup (since 2000 - present):
| Player | Years participated. |
Matches | W-L | W Rate | Years Comp |
Best Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Agassi |
5 | 16 | 8-8 | .500 | 2000-01-02-03-05 | F (2000,2003) |
| James Blake |
1 | 5 | 3-2 | .600 | 2006 | F (2006) |
| Guillermo Coria |
3 | 8 | 1-7 | .125 | 2003-04-05 | RR (2003,2005) |
| Àlex Corretja |
1 | 3 | 1-2 | .333 | 2000 | RR (2000) |
| Albert Costa |
1 | 3 | 1-2 | .333 | 2002 | RR (2002) |
 Nikolay Davydenko |
3 | 10 | 5-5 | .500 | 2005-06-07 | SF (2005) |
 Novak Đoković |
1 | 3 | 0-3 | .000 | 2007 | RR (2007) |
| Roger Federer |
6 | 29 | 26-3 | .896 | 2002-03-04-05-06-07 | W (2003,2004,2006,2007) |
| David Ferrer |
1 | 5 | 4-1 | .800 | 2007 | F (2007) |
| Juan Carlos Ferrero |
3 | 12 | 6-6 | .500 | 2001-02-03 | F (2002) |
 Richard Gasquet |
1 | 3 | 1-2 | .400 | 2007 | RR (2007) |
| Gastón Gaudio |
2 | 7 | 2-5 | .286 | 2004-05 | SF (2005) |
 Fernando González |
2 | 5 | 2-3 | .400 | 2005 (alt.)-07 | RR (2005,2007) |
| Sébastien Grosjean |
1 | 5 | 3-2 | .600 | 2001 | F (2001) |
 Tim Henman |
1 | 3 | 1-2 | .333 | 2004 | RR (2004) |
| Lleyton Hewitt |
4 | 18 | 13-5 | .722 | 2000-01-02-04 | W (2001,2002) |
 Goran Ivanišević |
1 | 3 | 1-2 | .333 | 2001 | RR (2001) |
| Thomas Johansson |
1 | 1 | 0-1 | .000 | 2002 (alt.) | RR (2002) |
| Yevgeny Kafelnikov |
2 | 7 | 4-3 | .571 | 2000-01 | SF (2001) |
| Gustavo Kuerten |
2 | 8 | 4-4 | .500 | 2000-01 | W (2000) |
| Ivan Ljubičić |
2 | 6 | 2-4 | .333 | 2005-06 | RR (2005) |
| Carlos Moyà |
3 | 10 | 5-5 | .500 | 2002-03-04 | SF (2002) |
| Rafael Nadal |
2 | 8 | 4-4 | .500 | 2006-07 | SF (2006,2007) |
| David Nalbandian |
3 | 13 | 6-7 | .462 | 2003-05-06 | W (2005) |
| Magnus Norman |
1 | 3 | 0-3 | .000 | 2000 | RR (2000) |
 Jiří Novák |
1 | 3 | 1-2 | .333 | 2002 | RR (2002) |
| Mariano Puerta |
1 | 3 | 0-3 | .000 | 2005 | RR (2005) |
| Patrick Rafter |
1 | 3 | 0-3 | .000 | 2001 | RR (2001) |
| Tommy Robredo |
1 | 3 | 1-2 | .333 | 2006 | RR (2006) |
| Andy Roddick |
4 | 15 | 8-7 | .533 | 2003-04-06-07 | SF (2003,2004,2007) |
| Marat Safin |
3 | 11 | 4-7 | .363 | 2000-02-04 | SF (2000,2004) |
| Pete Sampras |
1 | 4 | 2-2 | .500 | 2000 | SF (2000) |
| Rainer Schüttler |
1 | 4 | 2-2 | .500 | 2003 | SF (2003) |
Timeline
<timeline> Preset = TimeVertical_OneBar_UnitYear ImageSize = width:300 height:800 PlotArea = bottom:250 left:50 Period = from:1970 till:2008 ScaleMajor = start:1970 increment:5 ScaleMinor = start:1970 increment:1 Colors =
id:canvas value:gray(0.9) id:US value:rgb(1,1,0) legend:United_States_(11) id:Czech value:rgb(0.9,0,0) legend:Czech_(5) id:Germany value:rgb(0,0.6,0) legend:Germany_(4) id:Romania value:rgb(0.7,0.3,0) legend:Romania_(4) id:Switzerland value:rgb(0,0,0.6) legend:Switzerland_(4) id:Sweden value:rgb(0.3,0,0) legend:Sweden_(3) id:Argentina value:rgb(0.6,0.6,0) legend:Argentina_(2) id:Australia value:rgb(1,0,1) legend:Australia_(2) id:Spain value:rgb(0.5,0.5,1) legend:Spain_(2) id:Brazil value:rgb(1,1,1) legend:Brazil_(1) id:linemark value:gray(0.8) id:linemark2 value:gray(0.9)
BackgroundColors = canvas:canvas Legend = orientation:vertical columns:1 top:200 left: 45 PlotData =
shift:(20,2) mark:(line,linemark) anchor:from from:1970 till:1971 text:"Stan Smith " color:US from:1971 till:1972 text:"Ilie Năstase " color:Romania from:1972 till:1973 text:"Ilie Năstase 2" color:Romania from:1973 till:1974 text:"Ilie Năstase 3" color:Romania from:1974 till:1975 text:"Guillermo Vilas " color:Argentina from:1975 till:1976 text:"Ilie Năstase 4" color:Romania from:1976 till:1977 text:"Manuel Orantes " color:Spain from:1977 till:1978 text:"Jimmy Connors " color:US from:1978 till:1979 text:"John McEnroe " color:US from:1979 till:1980 text:"Björn Borg " color:Sweden from:1980 till:1981 text:"Björn Borg 2" color:Sweden from:1981 till:1982 text:"Ivan Lendl " color:Czech from:1982 till:1983 text:"Ivan Lendl 2" color:Czech from:1983 till:1984 text:"John McEnroe 2" color:US from:1984 till:1985 text:"John McEnroe 3" color:US from:1985 till:1986 text:"Ivan Lendl 3" color:Czech from:1986 till:1987 text:"Ivan Lendl 4" color:Czech from:1987 till:1988 text:"Ivan Lendl 5" color:Czech from:1988 till:1989 text:"Boris Becker " color:Germany from:1989 till:1990 text:"Stefan Edberg " color:Sweden from:1990 till:1991 text:"Andre Agassi " color:US from:1991 till:1992 text:"Pete Sampras " color:US from:1992 till:1993 text:"Boris Becker 2" color:Germany from:1993 till:1994 text:"Michael Stich " color:Germany from:1994 till:1995 text:"Pete Sampras 2" color:US from:1995 till:1996 text:"Boris Becker 3" color:Germany from:1996 till:1997 text:"Pete Sampras 3" color:US from:1997 till:1998 text:"Pete Sampras 4" color:US from:1998 till:1999 text:"Alex Corretja " color:Spain from:1999 till:2000 text:"Pete Sampras 5" color:US from:2000 till:2001 text:"Gustavo Kuerten" color:Brazil from:2001 till:2002 text:"Lleyton Hewitt " color:Australia from:2002 till:2003 text:"Lleyton Hewitt 2 " color:Australia from:2003 till:2004 text:"Roger Federer " color:Switzerland from:2004 till:2005 text:"Roger Federer 2" color:Switzerland from:2005 till:2006 text:"David Nalbandian " color:Argentina from:2006 till:2007 text:"Roger Federer 3" color:Switzerland from:2007 till:2008 text:"Roger Federer 4" color:Switzerland
</timeline>
Facts
- Players who won the tournament undefeated (since 1990):
- Michael Stich, Germany, 1993
- Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 2001
- Roger Federer, Switzerland, 2003, 2004, 2006
- Players who won back-to-back titles:
- Ilie Năstase, Romania, 1971-1973
- Björn Borg, Sweden, 1979-80
- Ivan Lendl (2), Czechoslovakia, 1981-1982; 1985-1987
- John McEnroe, United States, 1983-1984
- Pete Sampras, United States, 1996-1997
- Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 2001-2002
- Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, 2003-2004; 2006-2007
- Most consecutive titles:
- 1. Ivan Lendl, 3
- 1. Ilie Nastase, 3
- Most consecutive finals:
- 1. Ivan Lendl, Czechoslovakia, 9 (1980-1988)
- 2. Ilie Năstase, Romania, 5 (1971-1975)
- 2. Roger Federer, Switzerland, 5 (2003-2007)
- 4. Stan Smith, United States, 3 (1970-1972)
- 4. Boris Becker, Germany, 3 (1994-1996)
See also
External links
- Official Site
- atptennis.com tournament profile
- Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai 2007 - LIVE Online
- tenniscorner.net page on the Tennis Masters Cup
References
| (ATP) Masters tournaments |
|---|
| The Masters 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 ATP Tour World Championships 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 Tennis Masters Cup 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
