ATP World Tour Finals past winners

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The ATP World Tour Finals is an end of year tournament with the best players in the world, and started in 1970. Since then it has been in several different locations and has used two types of court - carpet and hard court. At first it was best of 5 sets, with a few changes along the way, but a few years a go they changed it to best of 3 sets. The latest tournaments are in London. Here is the table of past winners.

Past ATP World Tour Finals winners

Year	Winner	Runner-Up	Score
1970	Stan Smith	Only Group Stages
1971	Ilie Nastase	Only Group Stages
1972	Ilie Nastase	Stan Smith	6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3
1973	Ilie Nastase	Tom Okker	6-3, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
1974	Guillermo Vilas	Ilie Nastase	7-6, 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4
1975	Ilie Nastase	Bjorn Borg	6-2, 6-2, 6-1
1976	Manuel Orantes	Wojtek Fibak	5-7, 6-2, 0-6, 7-6(1), 6-1
1977	Jimmy Connors	Bjorn Borg	6-4, 1-6, 6-4
1978	John McEnroe	Arthur Ashe	6-7(5), 6-3, 7-5
1979	Bjorn Borg	Vitas Gerulaitis	6-2, 6-2
1980	Bjorn Borg	Ivan Lendl	6-4, 6-2, 6-2
1981	Ivan Lendl	Vitas Gerulaitis	6-7(5), 2-6, 7-6(6), 6-2, 6-4
1982	Ivan Lendl	John McEnroe	6-4, 6-4, 6-2
1983	John McEnroe	Ivan Lendl	6-3, 6-4, 6-4
1984	John McEnroe	Ivan Lendl	7-5, 6-0, 6-4
1985	Ivan Lendl	Boris Becker	6-2, 7-6(4), 6-3
1986	Ivan Lendl	Boris Becker	6-4, 6-4, 6-4
1987	Ivan Lendl	Mats Wilander	6-2, 6-2, 6-3
1988	Boris Becker	Ivan Lendl	5-7, 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-2, 7-6(5)
1989	Stefan Edberg	Boris Becker	4-6, 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-1
1990	Andre Agassi	Stefan Edberg	5-7, 7-6(5), 7-5, 6-2
1991	Pete Sampras	Jim Courier	3-6, 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-4
1992	Boris Becker	Jim Courier	6-4, 6-3, 7-5
1993	Michael Stich	Pete Sampras	7-6(3), 2-6, 7-6(7), 6-2
1994	Pete Sampras	Boris Becker	4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
1995	Boris Becker	Michael Chang	7-6(3), 6-0, 7-6(5)
1996	Pete Sampras	Boris Becker	3-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(4), 6-7(11), 6-4
1997	Pete Sampras	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-3, 6-2, 6-2
1998	Alex Corretja	Carlos Moya	3-6, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-5
1999	Pete Sampras	Andre Agassi	6-1, 7-5, 6-4
2000	Gustavo Kuerten	Andre Agassi	6-4, 6-4, 6-4
2001	Lleyton Hewiit	Sebastien Grosjean	6-3, 6-3, 6-4
2002	Lleyton Hewiit	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7-5, 7-5, 2-6, 2-6, 6-4
2003	Roger Federer	Andre Agassi	6-3, 6-0, 6-4
2004	Roger Federer	Lleyton Hewiit	6-3, 6-2
2005	David Nalbandian	Roger Federer	6-7(4), 6-7(11), 6-2, 6-1, 7-6(3)
2006	Roger Federer	James Blake	6-0, 6-3, 6-4
2007	Roger Federer	David Ferrer	6-2, 6-3, 6-2
2008	Novak Djokovic	Nikolay Davydenko	6-1, 7-5
2009	Nikolay Davydenko	Juan Martin Del Potro	6-3, 6-4
2010	?	?	?

ATP World Tour Finals Draw

Here is the draw for the final tournament of the season, The ATP World Tour Finals, in London.


ATP World Tour Finals Draw


THERE WILL ALSO BE A COMPETITION FOR THIS TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK, for rules look at the 'COMPETITION' page.

However, the score system for this tournament will be different then usual.

For each group stage match you get right you get 2 points, for each Semi-Finalist correctly guessed right you will get 4 points, for each finalist correctly guessed you get 8 points and if you guess the winner correctly then you get 32 more points.

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ATP World Tour Finals, Players

On this post I will be looking over the players who will play at the O2 next week, their record at end of year tournaments and their chance of victory this year.

The pictures shown are made by the players hitting tennis balls into the painting and are being auctioned on e-bay. The money will go to charity.

1.)Rafael Nadal

Best result:Semi-Finals(2006 and 2007)

2009 result:Group Stages(lost all three matches)

Win-Loss ratio:4-7

Win Percentage:36.36%

Summary:Rafael Nadal maybe world number 1 and has just finished his best year to date, however, he is not in good form, due to fatigue and injury, after a long season and has never been at his best form in the ATP World Tour Finals.

My Prediction:If he is not hampered by injury I think he will make the Semi-Finals.

2.)Roger Federer

Best result:Winner(2003, 2004, 2006, 2007)

2009 result:Semi-Finals

Win-Loss ratio:29-7

Win Percentage:80.56%

Summary:Roger Federer is in great form and is usually one of the few players who doesn't suffer fatigue at the end of the season, allowing him to have excellent results here. This is his 9th year in a row qualifying for the ATP World Tour Finals and has only exited at the Group Stages once.  

My Prediction:Runner-Up

3.)Novak Djokovic

Best result:Winner(2008)

2009 result:Group Stages

Win-Loss ratio:6-5

Win Percentage:54.55%

Summary:Novak Djokovic has qualified for the 4th year in a row exiting in the group stages 2 of those times. He showed good form in 2008 and will be looking to get past the group Stages this year

My Prediction:Group Stages

4.)Robin Soderling

Best result:Semi-Finals(2009)

2009 result:Semi-Finals

Win-Loss ratio:2-2

Win Percentage:50.00%

Summary:Soderling has only played once and made the Semi-Finals that time. He is currently in great form, coming into the tournament after his first ATP Masters 1000 win.

My Prediction:Winner

5.)Andy Murray

Best result:Semi-Finals(2008)

2009 result:Group Stages

Win-Loss ratio:5-2

Win Percentage:71.42%

Summary:He has not impressed at the end of year tournament but the British crowd will be expecting him to do well this year.

My Prediction:Group Stages

6.)Tomas Berdych

Best result:never played

2009 result:never played

Win-Loss ratio:0-0

Win Percentage:never played

Summary:Berdych has qualified for the first time in his career but has been in terrible form in the build up to this tournament.

My Prediction:Group Stages

7.)David Ferrer

Best result:Runner-Up(2007)

2009 result:Did not play

Win-Loss ratio:4-1

Win Percentage:80.00%

Summary:Ferrer has only qualified once, 3 years ago, and performed very well, he is also currently in good form.

My Prediction:Semi-Finals(maybe Finals if he has right draw)

8.)Andy Roddick


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Best result:Semi-Finals(2003, 2004, 2007)

2009 result:Retired due to injury

Win-Loss ratio:8-8

Win Percentage:50.00%

Summary:Andy Roddick has qualified for the 8th time in a row but has never shown good form here. He has gone out at the group Stages 3 times and retired due to injury 2 times.

My Prediction:Group Stages

BNP Paribas Masters Final LIVE SCORE

BNP Paribas Masters Final


The final is now over

Players	Set 1	Set 2	Points
Monfils	1	6(1)	0
Soderling	6	7	0

Soderling beat Monfils 6-1, 7-6(1). Soderling needs just 2 sets and a tie breaker to overcome Monfils in Paris, giving him his first ATP Masters 1000 win and setting up well for next week's ATP World Tour Finals.

BNP Paribas Masters LIVE SCORES

BNP Paribas Masters


For the first time ever here are the live scores of the matches going on, right now

Players	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Points
Federer	6(7)	7	6(4)	0
Monfils	7	6(1)	7	0

Monfils beat Federer 7-6(7), 6-7(1), 7-6(4). Monfils pleases the home crowd by defeating Federer in an all time epic 3 set match which had 3 tie breakers. The top seed had a 4-1 lead in the last set, but blew it and had 5 match points at 6-5 up but against all odds, Monfils takes the first of two match points in a last set tie breaker. Also preventing Federer from becoming the first man to have made the finals in every Masters 1000 tournament possible.

Players	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Points
Soderling	6(0)	7	7	0
Llodra	7	5	6(6)	0

Soderling beat Llodra 6-7(0), 7-5, 7-6(6). The fourth seed defeats the home favourite in an epic match to reach his first Masters Final. He saved 3 match points at 6-5 down in the final set in a ten deuce, 15 minute game, which he won to create a tie breaker in the last set and has one match point saved before going on to win in 2 hours and 49 minutes.

BNP Paribas Masters competition

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1. nodar - 33 points
2. ehar - 28 points
3. phil - 25 points

BNP Paribas Masters

BNP Paribas Masters


Llodra beat Davydenko 7-5, 6-1. Llodra shocks another major player, by beating the tenth seed in straight sets.

Soderling beat Roddick 7-5, 6-4. The fourth seed needs 2 sets to overcome the eighth seed.

Federer beat Melzer 6-1, 7-6(4). The top seed overcomes the 11th seed in straight sets, finishing on a tie breaker.

Monfils beat Murray 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. The third seed is beaten in 3 sets by Monfils.

BNP Paribas Masters

The final three places of the ATP World Tour Finals have been taken. The eight players at the ATP World Tour Finals, if there are no injuries, are: Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Robin Soderling, Thomas Berdych, David Ferrer and Andy Roddick.


BNP Paribas Masters


Llodra beat Djokovic 7-6(6), 6-2. The second seed is shocked in the third round by Llodra in straight sets, after a close first set tie breaker.

Davydenko beat Berdych 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-0. The tenth seed needs a close 3 set match to beat Berdych, taking the last set without dropping a game.

Soderling beat Wawrinka 7-6(3), 6-3. The fourth seed needs 2 sets and a tie breaker to beat Wawrinka.

Monfils beat Verdasco 6-7(4), 7-6(2), 7-5. Verdasco is beaten by Monfils in an epic 3 setter, including 2 tie breakers, ending his chances of qualifying for the ATP World Tour Finals.

Roddick beat Gulbis 6-3, 7-6(8). The eighth seed beats Gulbis in a close 2 set match, which included an extremely close tie breaker.

Melzer beat Ferrer 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-3. The 11th seed needs 3 sets and a tie breaker to beat the seventh seed.

Federer beat Stepanek 6-4, 6-3. The top seed eases past Stepanek in straight sets.

Murray beat Cilic 7-6(6), 3-6, 6-3. The third seed needs 3 sets and a close first set tie breaker to beat Cilic.

BNP Paribas Masters

BNP Paribas Masters


Wawrinka beat Ljubicic 6-4, 6-4. Wawrinka beats the seeded Ljubicic in 2 sets.

Roddick beat Nieminen 6-1, 6-4. The eighth seed beats the in form qualifier in straight sets.

Davydenko beat Bellucci 6-3, 6-0. The tenth seed eases past Bellucci, dropping just 3 games.

Llodra beat Isner 6-3, 6-4. The 16th seed is beaten in straight sets by Llodra.

Djokovic beat Monaco 6-4, 6-3. The second seed needs 2 sets to beat Monaco.

Melzer beat Giraldo 6-3, 7-6(6). Melzer needs 2 sets and a tie breaker to beat Giraldo.

Cilic beat Stakhovsky 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Cilic beats Stakhovsky in 3 sets.

Murray beat Nalbandian 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. The third seed comes back from a set down to beat Nalbandian.

Ferrer beat Fognini 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(4). The seventh seed defeats the qualifier in an epic 3 setter, finishing with a tie breaker.

Federer beat Gasquet 6-4, 6-4. The top seed needs just 2 sets to beat Gasquet and advance to the third round.

Soderling beat Simon 6-4, 6-0. Soderling eases past Simon in 2 sets, dropping just 4 games.

BNP Paribas Masters

BNP Paribas Masters


Simon beat Golubev 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Simon comes back from a set down to defeat Golubev in the first round.

Stepanek beat Almagro 7-6(3), 6-4. Stepanek works hard to beat Almagro in a close 2 set match, including a tie breaker.

Verdasco beat Clement 3-6, 6-3, 6-0. The sixth seed comes back from a set down to beat Clement, winning  12 of the last 15 games to advance to the third round.

Monaco beat Querrey 7-6(7), 6-2. Monaco needs a tie breaker and 2 sets to beat Querrey.

Stakhovsky beat Marchenko 6-2, 6-2. The qualifier is easily beaten by Stakhovsky.

Nalbandian beat Granollers 6-3, 6-1. Nalbandian eases past the man who made the final at Valencia last week, dropping just 4 games.

Gulbis beat Youzhny 6-4, 3-0 ret. Youzhny retires with a back injury for the second week in a row, ending his chances of reaching the ATP World Tour Finals.

Bellucci beat Kohlschreiber 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-3. Bellucci beats Kohlschreiber in an extremely close 3 set match, including a tie breaker.

Monfils beat Becker 7-6(4), 6-4. The 12th seed needs 2 sets and and a tie breaker to beat Becker.

Berdych beat Serra 6-3, 6-1. The fifth seed, who is chasing for one of the last 3 positions for the ATP World Tour Finals, eases past Serra, dropping 4 games.

BNP Paribas Masters

BNP Paribas Masters


Nieminen beat Malisse 6-4, 6-3. The top seed in qualifying eases past Malisse in 2 sets.

Clement beat Lopez 6-7(8), 7-6(7), 6-3. Clement battles through Lopez in an extremely close match, which included 2 epic tie breakers.

Becker beat Istomin 6-4, 6-4. The qualifier eases past Istomin in 2 sets.

Stepanek beat Russell 6-2, 6-0. Stepanek thrashes the lucky loser, dropping just 2 games on his way into the 2nd round.

Llodra beat Starace 6-4, 6-1. Llodra easily defeats Starace in straight sets.

Fognini beat Berrer 7-5, 3-6, 6-4. Berrer is defeated in a close 3 match set by the qualifier Fognini.

Giraldo beat De Bakker 6-7(3), 6-4, 7-5. The qualifier beats De Bakker in an epic match, including a tie breaker, after coming from a set down.

Gasquet beat Mahut 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(7). Gasquet battles past Mahut in an epic 3 setter, ending with an epic tie breaker in the last set.

Wawrinka beat Ouanna 6-3, 7-5. Wawrinka beats the qualifier in 2 sets.

ATP Valencia Open and ATP Basel 500

ATP Basel 500


Federer beat Djokovic 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. The top seed pleases the home crowd, by beating the second seed and defending champion in 3 sets.

ATP Valencia Open


Ferrer beat Granollers 7-5, 6-3. The fourth seed also pleases the home crowd as he wins his first indoor title, by beating the lucky loser in 2 sets, strengthening his chances of qualifying for the ATP World Tour Finals.

BNP Paribas Masters


Gulbis beat Chela 7-5, 2-2 ret. Gulbis comes back from an injury last week to beat Chela, after he retired.

Serra beat Montanes 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(3). An extremely close match between Serra and Montanes, ends with victory for Serra.

BNP Paribas

Here is the latest draw for this week's competition as is the last tournament before the ATP World Tour Finals. Just click on the link at the bottom of the post.


BNP Paribas Draw

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ATP Valencia Open and ATP Basel 500

ATP Basel 500


Djokovic beat Troicki 7-6(4), 6-4. Djokovic is tested by Troicki but in the end needs just 2 sets to advance to the finals.

Federer beat Roddick 6-2, 6-4. The top seed eases past Roddick in 2 sets, increasing his record against Roddick to 20-2. There will be a recreation of last year's final as Djokovic plays Federer next.

ATP Valencia


Ferrer beat Soderling 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. The fourth seed beats the second seed in 3 sets, to advance to the Finals and increase his chances of making the ATP World Tour Finals.

Granollers beat Simon 6-4, 6-4. The lucky loser does brilliant to make the final, making his the second in 2 weeks to make the final.