ATP Year-End Championships

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 42. Chapters: 2008 Tennis Masters Cup, 2010 ATP World Tour Finals, 2009 ATP World Tour Finals, 2011 ATP World Tour Finals, ATP World Tour Finals appearances, Day-by-day summaries of the 2009 ATP World Tour Finals, 1996 ATP Tour World Championships - Doubles, 2003 Tennis Masters Cup - Doubles, 2001 Touchtel ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup - Doubles, 1996 ATP Tour World Championships - Singles, 2009 ATP World Tour Finals - Doubles, 2010 ATP World Tour Finals - Doubles, 2002 Tennis Masters Cup - Singles, 2009 ATP World Tour Finals - Singles, 2003 Tennis Masters Cup - Singles, 2001 Tennis Masters Cup - Singles, 2010 ATP World Tour Finals - Singles, 1998 ATP Tour World Championships, 1999 ATP Tour World Championships, 1997 ATP Tour World Championships, 1995 ATP Tour World Championships, 2005 Tennis Masters Cup, 1993 ATP Tour World Championships, 2004 Tennis Masters Cup, 2000 Tennis Masters Cup, 1990 ATP Tour World Championships, 2007 Tennis Masters Cup, 1994 ATP Tour World Championships, 2006 Tennis Masters Cup, 1991 ATP Tour World Championships, 1992 ATP Tour World Championships. Excerpt: The 2008 Tennis Masters Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 39th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 34th edition of the year-end doubles championships, and part of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China, from November 9 through November 16, 2008. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) No. 3 Novak Djokovic of Serbia won his first year-end championships title in the singles event, defeating ATP No. 5 Nikolay Davydenko of Russia in the final 6-1, 7-5. Four-time winner, two-time defending champion Roger Federer was defeated in the round robin stage of the event for the first time in seven consecutive appearances. Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia won the doubles event 7-6(3), 6-2 over Americans Bob and Mike Bryan in the final for their first year-end championships doubles title together. With the win, they clinched the year-end No. 1 spot for the first time together. Nestor successfully defended his 2007 Tennis Masters Cup title with his new partner Zimonjic, while the other defending champion, Mark Knowles, lost in the round robin, with Mahesh Bhupathi. It was the last time that the singles and doubles year-end championships took place in Shanghai as the Tennis Masters Cup. Starting in 2009, the season-ending event will be moved to London, United Kingdom, at the O2 arena, under the new name of ATP World Tour Finals. Shanghai will instead hold a new event in the 2009 season, the Shanghai Masters, which will take place earlier in the year. Rafael Nadal was the first Spaniard to become year-end No. 1Spots are awarded to the top seven players and the top seven doubles teams in the 2008 ATP Race, with one spot reserved for Grand Slam champions who finish within the Top 20 players or teams of the ATP Race rankings. Two more players and teams also go to Shanghai as alternates in case of withdrawals. On July 9 - after the 2008 Wimbledon Championships - th