Professional tennis tour for retired players
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The ATP Champions Tour was a men's tennis tour intended for former tennis professionals, who have since retired from mainstream professional tennis touring (The ATP ). 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 Tour for two years or more. Each player must have been either a world No. 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.[ 1] 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, were: John McEnroe , Björn Borg , Mats Wilander , Henri Leconte , Pete Sampras , Mansour Bahrami , Stefan Edberg , Boris Becker , Jim Courier , Thomas Muster , Marcelo Ríos , Fernando González , Goran Ivanišević , Yevgeny Kafelnikov , Patrick Rafter , Ivan Lendl , Carlos Moyá , Jimmy Connors , Tim Henman and Andy Roddick .
The following is a list of past participants on the ATP Champions Tour
Tournament
Winner
Runner-up
Score
Third place
Dublin
John McEnroe
Henri Leconte
6–4, 6–3
Pat Cash
Naples, Florida
John McEnroe
Henri Leconte
6–0, 0–1 retired
None
Doha
Björn Borg
Mats Wilander
3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
John McEnroe
Majorca
Anders Järryd
Mats Wilander
6–1, 6–1
Pat Cash
Richmond, Virginia
John McEnroe
Andrés Gómez
6–1, 6–2
None
Raleigh, North Carolina
John McEnroe
Mats Wilander
6–1, 6–4
None
New York
Mikael Pernfors
Henri Leconte
6–2, 6–2
None
San Diego, California
Pat Cash
John McEnroe
6–3, 7–5
Andrés Gómez
Åland
Björn Borg
Anders Järryd
6–3, 5–7, [11–9]
Veli Paloheimo
Chicago
John McEnroe
Mats Wilander
6–2, 6–4
None
Paris
Guy Forget
Pat Cash
7–6, 6–2
John McEnroe
Palo Alto, California
John McEnroe
José Luis Clerc
6–2, 6–3
None
Geneva
John McEnroe
Guy Forget
7–6, 6–2
Yannick Noah
Singapore
John McEnroe
Mansour Bahrami
6–2, 6–2
None
Hong Kong
John McEnroe
Mats Wilander
6–1, 6–3
Mikael Pernfors
Frankfurt
John McEnroe
Henri Leconte
6–1, 6–3
Mikael Pernfors
London
Pat Cash
John McEnroe
6–7, 7–5, [14–12]
None
Tournament
Winner
Runner-up
Score
Third place
Majorca
Yannick Noah
Anders Järryd
7–5, 2–6, [10–6]
Henri Leconte
Algarve
John McEnroe
Andrés Gómez
6–2, 6–3
Carl-Uwe Steeb
Graz
Boris Becker
Petr Korda
6–4, 6–4
None
Paris
Jakob Hlasek
Yannick Noah
4–6, 6–2, [10–3]
None
Eindhoven
John McEnroe
Petr Korda
3–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Paul Haarhuis
Monte Carlo
Petr Korda
John McEnroe
6–4, 6–4
Yannick Noah
Frankfurt
Petr Korda
Michael Stich
6–3, 6–4
John McEnroe
London
Petr Korda
Michael Stich
6–1, 6–4
Henri Leconte
Tournament
Winner
Runner-up
Score
Third place
Frankfurt
John McEnroe
Cédric Pioline
6–2, 6–4
Goran Ivanišević
Doha
Sergi Bruguera
Pat Cash
6–3, 6–1
Cédric Pioline
Hong Kong
Goran Ivanišević
Pat Cash
6–2, 6–4
Thomas Muster
Rome
Thomas Muster
Jim Courier
6–7, 6–1, [10–4]
John McEnroe
Novi Vinodolski
Cédric Pioline
Goran Ivanišević
6–3, 7–6(4)
Thomas Muster
Algarve
John McEnroe
Pat Cash
6–1, 7–5
Paul Haarhuis
Seiersberg
Thomas Muster
Goran Ivanišević
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Alex Antonitsch
Paris
Jim Courier
Cédric Pioline
7–6(4), 6–4
Sergi Bruguera
Eindhoven
Goran Ivanišević
Richard Krajicek
7–6, 7–6
John McEnroe
Essen
Goran Ivanišević
John McEnroe
6–3, 6–4
Anders Järryd
London
Paul Haarhuis
Jim Courier
6–3, 7–6(2)
None
Tournament
Winner
Runner-up
Score
Third place
Doha
Marcelo Ríos
Cédric Pioline
6–2, 6–2
Richard Krajicek
Hong Kong
Marcelo Ríos
Thomas Muster
6–3, 6–3
Cédric Pioline
Barcelona
Sergi Bruguera
Carlos Costa
6–1, 6–4
Richard Krajicek
Rome
Renzo Furlan
Sergi Bruguera
6–4, 4–6, [13–11]
Cédric Pioline
Algarve
Marcelo Ríos
John McEnroe
6–2, 6–4
Carl-Uwe Steeb
Graz-Seiersberg
Marcelo Ríos
Thomas Muster
7–6(1), 7–6(5)
Goran Ivanišević
Paris
Marcelo Ríos
Goran Ivanišević
7–5, 6–3
Cédric Pioline
Eindhoven
Marcelo Ríos
Wayne Ferreira
6–3, 6–1
Richard Krajicek
Frankfurt
Goran Ivanišević
John McEnroe
7–6(12), 7–6(1)
Paul Haarhuis
London
Paul Haarhuis
Goran Ivanišević
7–6(4), 5–7, [10–7]
None
Tournament
Winner
Runner-up
Score
Third place
Belfast
Anders Järryd
Henri Leconte
6–4, 6–2
Barcelona
Sergi Bruguera
Jordi Arrese
4–6, 6–1, [10–2]
Cédric Pioline
Rome
Sergi Bruguera
Wayne Ferreira
6–3, 6–4
Henri Leconte
Hamburg
Sergi Bruguera
Thomas Muster
6–1, 6–4
Goran Ivanišević
Algarve
Sergi Bruguera
Fernando Meligeni
6–1, 6–4
Cédric Pioline
Graz
Michael Stich
Cédric Pioline
6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Thomas Muster
Paris
Sergi Bruguera
Guy Forget
6–4, 6–3
Cédric Pioline
Eindhoven
Sergi Bruguera
Paul Haarhuis
7–6(6), 6–3
John McEnroe
Liege
Magnus Gustafsson
Henri Leconte
6–4, 6–4
Paul Haarhuis
Frankfurt
Paul Haarhuis
Anders Järryd
7–6(6), 6–7(14), [10–8]
Michael Stich
São Paulo
Sergi Bruguera
Fernando Meligeni
7–6(3), 6–4
Mats Wilander
London
Paul Haarhuis
Guy Forget
6–1, 6–7, [10–4]
None
Tournament
Winner
Runner-up
Score
Third place
Belfast
Anders Järryd
Mikael Pernfors
6–3, 7–6
None
Barcelona
Marcelo Ríos
Michael Stich
6–3, 6–3
Cédric Pioline
Rome *
Thomas Muster
Henri Leconte
6–3, 6–3
None
Hamburg
Michael Stich
Marc-Kevin Goellner
6–2, 7–6(4)
Pat Cash
São Paulo
Pete Sampras
Marcelo Ríos
6–2, 7–6(5)
Jaime Oncins
Istanbul
Goran Ivanišević
Fernando Meligeni
6–4, 6–4
Cédric Pioline
Graz
Patrick Rafter
Michael Stich
6–3, 7–6(4)
Henri Leconte
Algarve
Marcelo Ríos
Goran Ivanišević
6–4 ret.
Sergi Bruguera
Paris
Stefan Edberg
Sergi Bruguera
3–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Cédric Pioline
Luxembourg
John McEnroe
Henri Leconte
6–1, 6–4
Johnny Goudenbour
Eindhoven
Richard Krajicek
Goran Ivanišević
7–6(5), 6–4
Sergi Bruguera
Budapest
Goran Ivanišević
Henri Leconte
7–6(0), 6–3
John McEnroe
London
Cédric Pioline
Greg Rusedski
6–7(4), 7–6(3), [11–9]
None
Tournament
Winner
Runner-up
Score
Third place
Delray Beach
Patrick Rafter
John McEnroe
7–6(4), 7–6(1)
Mats Wilander
Zürich
Stefan Edberg
Goran Ivanišević
3–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Richard Krajicek
Bogotá
Thomas Enqvist
Wayne Ferreira
7–6(4), 6–4
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Barcelona
Goran Ivanišević
Thomas Enqvist
6–4, 6–4
Juan Balcells
São Paulo
Thomas Enqvist
Guy Forget
3–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Algarve
Thomas Enqvist
Thomas Muster
6–4, 6–4
Goran Ivanišević
Knokke
Goran Ivanišević
Pat Cash
3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Guy Forget
Paris
John McEnroe
Guy Forget
7–5, 6–4
None
Chengdu
Greg Rusedski
Pete Sampras
6–4, 6–2
Thomas Enqvist
Sydney
Patrick Rafter
John McEnroe
6–2, 6–2
Thomas Enqvist
London
Goran Ivanišević
Todd Martin
6–2, 6–4
None
Tournament
Winner
Runner-up
Score
Third place
Delray Beach
Carlos Moyá
Ivan Lendl
6–4, 6–4
Michael Chang
Stockholm
John McEnroe
Magnus Larsson
6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Goran Ivanišević
Zürich
Carlos Moyá
Stefan Edberg
3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Mark Philippoussis
Medellín
Carlos Moyá
Greg Rusedski
6–4, 6–4
Fabrice Santoro
São Paulo
Fabrice Santoro
Mark Philippoussis
6–3, 6–4
Thomas Enqvist
Knokke-Heist
Goran Ivanišević
Thomas Enqvist
7–6(7–3) , 2–6, [10–6]
None
London
Fabrice Santoro
Tim Henman
7–5, 6–3
None
Rio de Janeiro
Thomas Enqvist
Fabrice Santoro
6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
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