ATP Champions Tour

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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.

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Year	Player
1998	John McEnroe
1999	John McEnroe (2)
2000	John McEnroe (3)
2001	John McEnroe (4)
2002	Petr Korda
2003	John McEnroe (5)
2004	Jim Courier
2005	Goran Ivanišević
2006	Marcelo Ríos
2007	Sergi Bruguera
2008	Goran Ivanišević (2)
2009	Thomas Enqvist
2010	Thomas Enqvist (2)
2011	Carlos Moyá
2012	Carlos Moyá (2)
2013	John McEnroe (6)
2014	Goran Ivanišević (3)
2015	Fernando González
2016	John McEnroe (7)

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
Dublin	John McEnroe	Guy Forget	7–6(7), 7–6(6)	Pat Cash
Naples, Florida	Andrés Gómez	John McEnroe	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]	None
Newport Beach, California	John McEnroe	Pat Cash	7–6(4), 5–7, [10–7]	None
London	Guy Forget	Petr Korda	7–5, 6–7(5), [10–7]	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
Brussel	John McEnroe	Guy Forget	6–2, 6–7(12), [10–6]	Filip Dewulf
Algarve	Michael Stich	John McEnroe	6–4, 6–0	Jeremy Bates
Graz	Boris Becker	Mats Wilander	7–5. 6–0	Thomas Muster
Paris	Guy Forget	Guillaume Raoux	6–1, 6–2	Yannick Noah
Eindhoven	John McEnroe	Petr Korda	2–6, 6–3, [10–8]	Jan Siemerink
Monte Carlo	John McEnroe	Petr Korda	6–2, 6–2	Thomas Muster
London	John McEnroe	Guy Forget	7–6, 6–2	None

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Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Third place
Rome	Thomas Muster	Mats Wilander	6–4, 6–4	Omar Camporese
Algarve	Jim Courier	Richard Krajicek	6–2, 6–7(6), [11–9]	Emilio Sánchez
Seiersberg	Boris Becker	Thomas Muster	6–2, 6–4	Sergi Bruguera
Paris	Sergi Bruguera	Jim Courier	6–2, 6–4	Michael Stich
Eindhoven	Goran Ivanišević	Jim Courier	7–6(4), 7–6(7)	Thomas Muster
Brussels	Jim Courier	Guy Forget	2–6, 7–6(3), [10–5]	Richard Krajicek
London	Jim Courier	Thomas Muster	7–6(4), 6–4	None

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
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
Barcelona	Félix Mantilla	Albert Costa	6–4, 6–1	Magnus Gustafsson
São Paulo	Thomas Enqvist	Fernando Meligeni	7–6(3), 6–3	Henri Leconte
Algarve	Greg Rusedski	Stefan Edberg	6–3, 6–4	Fernando Meligeni
Paris	Thomas Enqvist	Michael Chang	6–4, 7–6(5)	Stefan Edberg
Chengdu	Thomas Enqvist	Goran Ivanišević	7–5, 6–2	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
London	Patrick Rafter	Stefan Edberg	6–7(5), 6–4, [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	Mark Philippoussis	Aaron Krickstein	6–3, 6–2	None
Zürich	Mark Philippoussis	Tim Henman	6–3, 7–6(3)	Goran Ivanišević
Bogotá	Mark Philippoussis	Carlos Moyá	7–5, 6–7(3), [10–4]	Thomas Muster
São Paulo	Carlos Moyá	Thomas Enqvist	7–6(0), 6-3	Flávio Saretta
Knokke-Heist	Carlos Moyá	Richard Krajicek	6-3, 6-2	Guy Forget
Chengdu	Carlos Moyá	Younes El Aynaoui	6-2, 7-6(6)	Pete Sampras
Santiago	Carlos Moyá	Mariano Zabaleta	6–3, 6–4	Marcelo Ríos
London	Tim Henman	Thomas Enqvist	6–3, 7–6(2)	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]	Marcos Daniel

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Third place
Delray Beach	Team USA Jan-Michael Gambill Aaron Krickstein Andy Roddick	Team International Goran Ivanišević Mikael Pernfors Mats Wilander	8–1 (9 ties played)	None
Stockholm	Thomas Enqvist	Stefan Edberg	6–2, 6–3	Carlos Moyá
Knokke-Heist	Xavier Malisse	Fabrice Santoro	6–2, 6–3	None
Genoa / Milan *	Goran Ivanišević	Ivan Lendl	6–4, 6–4	John McEnroe
London	Fernando González	Andy Roddick	6–4, 2–6, [10–4]	None

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Third place
Delray Beach	Team International Goran Ivanišević Mark Philippoussis Mikael Pernfors	Team USA James Blake Brad Gilbert Justin Gimelstob	6–3 (9 ties played)	None
Knokke-Heist	Xavier Malisse	Pete Sampras	6–7^(5–7), 7–5, [13–11]	Thomas Enqvist
Majorca	Àlex Corretja	Thomas Enqvist	3–6, 6–4, [10–7]	Tim Henman
Seoul	Fernando González	Michael Chang	7–6^(7–4), 6–2	Marat Safin
Monterrey	Pete Sampras	John McEnroe	6–3, 7–6^(7–2)	Thomas Enqvist
Verona / Modena	John McEnroe	Sergi Bruguera	6–4, 6–3	Mats Wilander
London	Fernando González	Tim Henman	1–6, 7–6, [10–6]	None

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Third place
Delray Beach	Team USA James Blake Mardy Fish Aaron Krickstein	Team International Wayne Ferreira Sébastien Grosjean Emilio Sánchez	6–3 (9 ties played)	None
Stockholm	John McEnroe	Thomas Muster	6–2, 6–2	Mats Wilander
Majorca	Carlos Moyá	Tim Henman	6–4, 7–5	Àlex Corretja
Monterrey	James Blake	Juan Carlos Ferrero	3–6, 6–3, [10–2]	Carlos Moyá
Mexico City	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Andy Roddick	7–5, 6–1	None
Seoul	Marat Safin	John McEnroe	7–5, 7–5	Pete Sampras
Bari	Thomas Enqvist	John McEnroe	6–2, 7–6^(7–5)	Henri Leconte
London	Fabrice Santoro	Xavier Malisse	6–4, 2–6, [10–6]	None

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Third place
Delray Beach	Team USA James Blake Mardy Fish Vince Spadea	Team International Mikael Pernfors Sébastien Grosjean Fernando González	5–2 (7 ties played)	None
Stockholm	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Jonas Björkman	6–2, 6–4	Fabrice Santoro
Auchterarder	Greg Rusedski	Thomas Enqvist	6–3, 6–4	None
Majorca	Carlos Moyá	Àlex Corretja	6–3, 6–3	Fernando González
Monterrey	Fabrice Santoro	Goran Ivanišević	7–5, 6–3	Greg Rusedski
London	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Marat Safin	6–3, 6–4	Fabrice Santoro

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Third place
Delray Beach	Team International Guillermo Cañas Fernando González Jesse Levine Greg Rusedski	Team USA Jay Berger Mardy Fish Jan-Michael Gambill John McEnroe	6–2 (8 ties played)	None
Brussels	Xavier Malisse	Mark Philippoussis	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, [10–8]	None
Auchterarder	Mark Philippoussis	Tim Henman	7–6^(7–3), 6–3	None
Mallorca	Tommy Haas	Carlos Moyá	6–4, 6–2	Juan Carlos Ferrero
London	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Tommy Haas	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)	Mark Philippoussis

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Third place
Delray Beach	Team World Wayne Ferreira Tommy Haas Tim Henman Mikael Pernfors	Team Americas Jay Berger Jan-Michael Gambill Fernando González Jesse Levine	5–3 (8 ties played)	None
Auchterarder	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Tim Henman	6–3, 6–4	None
Skurup	Team Sweden Jonas Björkman Mats Wilander	Team USA John McEnroe Patrick McEnroe	2–0 (2 ties played)	Team France Henri Leconte Cédric Pioline
Mallorca	David Ferrer	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7–6^(7–4), 6–3	Mikhail Youzhny
London	Team Greg Greg Rusedski Tommy Haas Marcos Baghdatis	Team Goran Goran Ivanišević Xavier Malisse Juan Carlos Ferrero	3–1 (4 ties played)	Team Tim Tim Henman David Ferrer Mark Philippoussis