Originally set up in 1970 The Masters Grand Prix was organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) as an end of season showpiece event featuring the best players on the men’s tour, but without any world ranking points at stake.
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, with the introduction of world ranking points.
However the ITF introduced a rival year end competition at this time involving the top 16 players on the men’s circuit and known as the Grand Slam Cup. In 1999 ATP and ITF scrapped their rival tournaments and introduced a jointly owned event called the Tennis Masters Cup.
From 2009 the tournament will be known as the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals and will be held at London’s O2 Arena for the next three years.
The UK event gives fans the chance to see the world’s top eight players on the men’s circuit, as well as the worlds eight best doubles partnerships battle it out for the respective titles in London.
The event starts on Sunday November 22nd with the finals a week later on November 29th, tickets for the Barclays ATP World Final Tour are currently available for all dates.
Britain’s Andy Murray qualified for the tournament in August this year, the third qualifier behind Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin Del Potro were added in September with Andy Roddick following in October.
The final two men’s singles places were filled following the recent French Open, with Nikolay Davydenko and Fernando Verdasco taking the remaining places.
Qualifying as the world’s best double teams are:
Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić, Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles, Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes, Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach, František Čermák and Michal Mertiňák, Max Mirnyi and Andy Ram and Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.
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