The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals is a tennis tournament played at the end of each year, involving the top eight players in the men's tennis world rankings.

Unlike most of the other events on the men's tour, the ATP World Tour Finals 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 semifinals, with the winners meeting in the final to determine the champion. Winners are awarded up to 1500 rankings points.

Short history

The event is actually the third evolution of a championship which began in 1970. It was originally known simply as The Masters Grand Prix 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 may be included in the Tennis Masters Cup instead of the eighth-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 have been renamed the ATP World Tour Finals and it will be staged at The O₂ in London from 2009 to 2012.

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.

Past finals

Singles

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
ATP World Tour Finals
London	2009	Nikolay Davydenko	Juan Martín del Potro	6–3, 6–4
Tennis Masters Cup
Shanghai	2008	Novak Djokovic	Nikolay Davydenko	6–1, 7–5
	2007	Roger Federer (4)	David Ferrer	6–2, 6–3, 6–2
	2006	Roger Federer (3)	James Blake	6–0, 6–3, 6–4
	2005	David Nalbandian	Roger Federer	6–7(4), 6–7(11), 6–2, 6–1, 7–6(3)
Houston	2004	Roger Federer (2)	Lleyton Hewitt	6–3, 6–2
	2003	Roger Federer	Andre Agassi	6–3, 6–0, 6–4
Shanghai	2002	Lleyton Hewitt (2)	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7–5, 7–5, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4
Sydney	2001	Lleyton Hewitt	Sebastien 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)	Andre Agassi	6–1, 7–5, 6–4
	1998	Alex Corretja	Carlos Moya	3–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 7–5
	1997	Pete Sampras (4)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
	1996	Pete Sampras (3)	Boris Becker	3–6, 7–6(5), 7–6(4), 6–7(11), 6–4
Frankfurt	1995	Boris Becker (3)	Michael Chang	7–6(3), 6–0, 7–6(5)
	1994	Pete Sampras (2)	Boris Becker	4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
	1993	Michael Stich	Pete Sampras	7–6(3), 2–6, 7–6(7), 6–2
	1992	Boris Becker (2)	Jim Courier	6–4, 6–3, 7–5
	1991	Pete Sampras	Jim Courier	3–6, 7–6(5), 6–3, 6–4
	1990	Andre Agassi	Stefan Edberg	5–7, 7–6(5), 7–5, 6–2
Masters Grand Prix
New York City	1989	Stefan Edberg	Boris Becker	4–6, 7–6(6), 6–3, 6–1
	1988	Boris Becker	Ivan Lendl	5–7, 7–6(5), 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(5)
	1987	Ivan Lendl (5)	Mats Wilander	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
	1986	Ivan Lendl (4)	Boris Becker	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
	1985	Ivan Lendl (3)	Boris Becker	6–2, 7–6(4), 6–3
	1984	John McEnroe (3)	Ivan Lendl	7–5, 6–0, 6–4
	1983	John McEnroe (2)	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
	1982	Ivan Lendl (2)	John McEnroe	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
	1981	Ivan Lendl	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–7(5), 2–6, 7–6(6), 6–2, 6–4
	1980	Björn Borg (2)	Ivan Lendl	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
	1979	Björn Borg	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–2, 6–2
	1978	John McEnroe	Arthur Ashe	6–7, 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(1), 6–1
Stockholm	1975	Ilie Nastase (4)	Björn Borg	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
Melbourne	1974	Guillermo Vilas	Ilie Nastase	7–6, 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4
Boston	1973	Ilie Nastase (3)	Tom Okker	6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Barcelona	1972	Ilie Nastase (2)	Stan Smith	6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3
Paris	1971	Ilie Nastase	Round Robin
Tokyo	1970	Stan Smith	Round Robin

Doubles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
ATP World Tour Finals
London	2009	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Max Mirnyi Andy Ram	7–6(5), 6–3
Tennis Masters Cup
Shanghai	2008	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjic	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(3), 6–2
	2007	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle	6–2, 6–3
	2006	Jonas Bjorkman Max Mirnyi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–2, 6–4
	2005	Michael Llodra Fabrice Santoro	Leander Paes Nenad Zimonjic	6–7(6), 6–3, 7–6(4)
Houston	2004	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–2
	2003	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Michael Llodra Fabrice Santoro	6–7(6), 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(3), 6–4
	2002	Not Held
ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup
Bangalore	2001	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	Petr Pala Pavel Vizner	6–7(6), 7–6(2), 6–4, 6–4
ATP Tour World Championships
Bangalore	2000	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	7–6(8), 6–3, 6–4
Hartford	1999	Sebastien 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(3)
	1996	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	Sebastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(3)
Eindhoven	1995	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6(6), 7–6(6), 3–6, 7–6(2)
Jakarta	1994	Jan Apell Jonas Bjorkman	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6(5), 7–6(6)
Johannesburg	1993	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–6(4), 7–6(5), 6–4
	1992	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–2, 7–6(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 Sanchez	6–4, 7–6(5), 5–7, 6–4
Masters Grand Prix
London	1989	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	7–5, 7–6(4), 5–7, 6–3
	1988	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	Sergio Casal Emilio Sanchez	6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 6–0
	1987	Miloslav Mecir Tomas Smid	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 7–5, 6–7(5), 6–3
	1986	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	6–3, 7–6, 6–3
New York City	1985	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	Joakim Nystrom Mats Wilander	6–1, 7–6
	1984	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	6–3, 6–1
	1983	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	Pavel Slozil Tomas Smid	6–2, 6–2
	1982	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	6–2, 6–2
	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 Raul Ramirez	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 Titles Matrix

Titles won	Player	Years Won	Runners-up
5	Ivan Lendl	1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987 (5)	1980, 1983, 1984, 1988 (4)
	Pete Sampras	1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999 (5)	1993 (1)
4	Roger Federer	2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 (4)	2005 (1)
	Ilie Năstase	1971, 1972, 1973, 1975 (4)	1974 (1)
3	Boris Becker	1988, 1992, 1995 (3)	1985, 1986, 1989, 1994, 1996 (5)
	John McEnroe	1978, 1983, 1984 (3)	1982 (1)
2	Björn Borg	1979, 1980 (2)	1975, 1977 (2)
	Lleyton Hewitt	2001, 2002 (2)	2004 (1)
1	Andre Agassi	1990 (1)	1999, 2000, 2003 (3)
	Jimmy Connors	1977 (1)
	Àlex Corretja	1998 (1)
	Nikolay Davydenko	2009 (1)	2008 (1)
	Novak Djokovic	2008 (1)
	Stefan Edberg	1989 (1)	1990 (1)
	Gustavo Kuerten	2000 (1)
	David Nalbandian	2005 (1)
	Manuel Orantes	1976 (1)
	Stan Smith	1970 (1)	1972 (1)
	Michael Stich	1993 (1)
	Guillermo Vilas	1974 (1)
0	Arthur Ashe		1979 (1)
	James Blake		2006 (1)
	Michael Chang		1995 (1)
	Jim Courier		1991, 1992 (2)
	David Ferrer		2007 (1)
	Wojciech Fibak		1976 (1)
	Juan Carlos Ferrero		2002 (1)
	Vitas Gerulaitis		1979, 1981 (2)
	Sébastien Grosjean		2001 (1)
	Yevgeny Kafelnikov		1997 (1)
	Carlos Moya		1998 (1)
	Tom Okker		1973 (1)
	Mats Wilander		1987 (1)
	Juan Martin Del Potro		2009 (1)

Honor Roll (singles)

ATP Tour Championships

Stage	1996	1997	1998	1999
Champion	P Sampras	P Sampras	A Corretja	P Sampras
Final	B Becker	Y Kafelnikov	C Moyá	A Agassi
Semifinal	G Ivanisevic R Krajicek	J Björkman C Moyá	T Henman P Sampras	Y Kafelnikov N Kiefer
Round Robin	A Agassi M Chang T Enqvist Y Kafelnikov T Muster	S Bruguera M Chang T Henman T Muster P Rafter G Rusedski	A Agassi A Costa Y Kafelnikov K Kucera M Ríos G Rusedski	T Enqvist G Kuerten N Lapentti T Martin

Tennis Masters Cup (since 2000–present):

Player	Years participated	Matches	W-L	W Rate	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	Best result
Andre Agassi	5	16	8-8	.500	F	RR	RR	F		RR					F (2000, 2003)
James Blake	1	5	3-2	.600							F				F (2006)
Guillermo Coria	3	8	1-7	.125				RR	RR	RR					RR (2003, 2004, 2005)
Àlex Corretja	1	3	1-2	.333	RR										RR (2000)
Albert Costa	1	3	1-2	.333			RR								RR (2002)
Nikolay Davydenko	5	20	12-8							SF	RR	RR	F	W	W (2009)
Juan Martín del Potro	2	8	4-4	.500									RR	F	F (2009)
Novak Đoković	3	11	5-6	.455								RR	W	RR	W (2008)
Roger Federer	8	36	29-7	.806			SF	W	W	F	W	W	RR	SF	W (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007)
David Ferrer	1	5	4-1	.800								F			F (2007)
Juan Carlos Ferrero	3	12	6-6	.500		SF	F	RR							F (2002)
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)
Sébastien Grosjean	1	5	3-2	.600		F									F (2001)
Tim Henman	1	3	1-2	.333					RR						RR (2004)
Lleyton Hewitt	4	18	13-5	.722	RR	W	W		F						W (2001, 2002)
Goran Ivanišević	1	3	1-2	.333		RR									RR (2001)
Thomas Johansson	1	1	0-1	.000			RR (A)								RR (2002)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov	2	7	4-3	.571	RR	SF									SF (2001)
Gustavo Kuerten	2	8	4-4	.500	W	RR									W (2000)
Ivan Ljubičić	2	6	2-4	.333						RR	RR				RR (2005, 2006)
Carlos Moyà	3	10	5-5	.500			SF	RR	RR						SF (2002)
Andy Murray	2	7	5-2	.714									SF	RR	SF (2008)
Rafael Nadal	3	11	4-7	.364							SF	SF		RR	SF (2006, 2007)
David Nalbandian	3	13	6-7	.462				RR		W	SF				W (2005)
Magnus Norman	1	3	0-3	.000	RR										RR (2000)
Jiří Novák	1	3	1-2	.333			RR								RR (2002)
Mariano Puerta	1	3	0-3	.000						RR (A)					RR (2005)
Patrick Rafter	1	3	0-3	.000		RR									RR (2001)
Tommy Robredo	1	3	1-2	.333							RR				RR (2006)
Andy Roddick	5	16	8-8	.500				SF	SF		RR	SF	RR		SF (2003, 2004, 2007)
Marat Safin	3	11	4-7	.363	SF		RR		SF						SF (2000, 2004)
Pete Sampras	1	4	2-2	.500	SF										SF (2000)
Rainer Schüttler	1	4	2-2	.500				SF							SF (2003)
Gilles Simon	1	4	2-2	.500									SF		SF (2008)
Robin Söderling	1	4	2-2	.500										SF
Radek Štěpánek	1	2	0-2	.000									RR (A)		RR (2008)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	1	3	1-2	.333									RR		RR (2008)
Fernando Verdasco	1	3	0-3	.000										RR	RR (2009)

Stage	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Champion	G Kuerten	L Hewitt	L Hewitt	R Federer	R Federer	D Nalbandian	R Federer	R Federer	N Djoković	N Davydenko
Final	A Agassi	S Grosjean	JC Ferrero	A Agassi	L Hewitt	R Federer	J Blake	D Ferrer	N Davydenko	JM del Potro
Semifinal	M Safin P Sampras	JC Ferrero Y Kafelnikov	R Federer C Moyá	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
Round Robin	A Corretja L Hewitt M Norman Y Kafelnikov	A Agassi G Ivanisevic G Kuerten P Rafter	A Agassi A Costa T Johansson (A) J Novak M Safin	G Coria JC Ferrero C Moyá D Nalbandian	G Coria G Gaudio T Henman C Moyá	A Agassi G Coria F González (A) I Ljubicić M Puerta	N Davydenko I Ljubicić T Robredo Andy Roddick	N Davydenko N Djoković R Gasquet F González	JM del Potro R Federer A Roddick R Štěpánek (A) JW Tsonga	N Djoković A Murray R Nadal F Verdasco

Timeline

Facts

• Players who won the tournament undefeated (since 1990):
  1. Michael Stich, Germany, 1993
  2. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 2001
  3. Roger Federer, Switzerland, 2003, 2004, 2006
• Players who won back-to-back titles:
  1. Ilie Năstase, Romania, 1971-1973
  2. Björn Borg, Sweden, 1979-80
  3. Ivan Lendl (2), Czechoslovakia, 1981-1982; 1985-1987
  4. John McEnroe, United States, 1983-1984
  5. Pete Sampras, United States, 1996-1997
  6. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 2001-2002
  7. 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

• ATP World Tour Finals appearances
• WTA Tour Championships

References

1. London Awarded 2009 ATP World Tour Finals

External links

• Official website
• atpworldtour.com profile
• Official live streaming website