ATP Champions Tour

This article is about senior tennis tour. For the senior golf tour, see Champions Tour.

The "ATP Champions Tour" is 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.

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 World Tour for two years or more. Each player must have been either a world #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 "AEGON Masters Tennis" event held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. 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, are: John McEnroe, Björn Borg, Mats Wilander, Henri Leconte, Pete Sampras, Mansour Bahrami, and Tim Henman.

Björn Borg, John McEnroe, Mats Wilander, Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker, Jim Courier, Pete Sampras, Thomas Muster, Marcelo Ríos, Goran Ivanišević, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Patrick Rafter, Ivan Lendl, Carlos Moyá, Jimmy Connors and most recently Andy Roddick have all participated.

Participants

The following is a list of participants on the ATP Champions Tour

Year-end number 1

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 Ivanisevic (3)

2000

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
Aland	Björn Borg	Anders Järryd	6–3, 5–7, [11–9]	Veli Paloheimo
Chicago,IL	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

2001

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

2002

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

2003

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

2004

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

2005

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

2006

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Third Place
Doha	Marcelo Ríos	Cédric Pioline	6–2, 6–2	Richard Krajicek
Hong Kong	Marcelo Ríos	Thomas Muster	6–3, 6–3	Cédric Pioline
Barcelona	Sergi Bruguera	Carlos Costa	6–1, 6–4	Richard Krajicek
Rome	Renzo Furlan	Sergi Bruguera	6–4, 4–6, [13–11]	Cédric Pioline
Algarve	Marcelo Ríos	John McEnroe	6–2, 6–4	Carl-Uwe Steeb
Graz-Seiersberg	Marcelo Ríos	Thomas Muster	7–6(1), 7–6(5)	Goran Ivanišević
Paris	Marcelo Ríos	Goran Ivanišević	7–5, 6–3	Cédric Pioline
Eindhoven	Marcelo Ríos	Wayne Ferreira	6–3,6–1	Richard Krajicek
Frankfurt	Goran Ivanišević	John McEnroe	7–6(12), 7–6(1)	Paul Haarhuis
London	Paul Haarhuis	Goran Ivanišević	7–6(4), 5–7, [10–7]	None

2007

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

2008

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Third Place
Belfast	Anders Järryd	Mikael Pernfors	6–3, 7–6	None
Barcelona	Marcelo Ríos	Michael Stich	6–3, 6–3	Cédric Pioline
Rome *	Thomas Muster	Henri Leconte	6–3, 6–3	None
Hamburg	Michael Stich	Marc-Kevin Goellner	6–2, 7–6(4)	Pat Cash
São Paulo	Pete Sampras	Marcelo Ríos	6–2, 7–6(5)	Jaime Oncins
Istanbul	Goran Ivanišević	Fernando Meligeni	6–4, 6–4	Cédric Pioline
Graz	Patrick Rafter	Michael Stich	6–3, 7–6(4)	Henri Leconte
Algarve	Marcelo Ríos	Goran Ivanišević	6–4 ret.	Sergi Bruguera
Paris	Stefan Edberg	Sergi Bruguera	3–6, 7–5, [10–5]	Cédric Pioline
Luxembourg	John McEnroe	Henri Leconte	6–1, 6–4	Johnny Goudenbour
Eindhoven	Richard Krajicek	Goran Ivanišević	7–6(5), 6–4	Sergi Bruguera
Budapest	Goran Ivanišević	Henri Leconte	7–6(0), 6–3	John McEnroe
London	Cédric Pioline	Greg Rusedski	6–7(4), 7–6(3), [11–9]	None

Only 4 participants

2009

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

2010

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

2011

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Third Place
Delray Beach	Mark Philippoussis	Aaron Krickstein	6–3, 6–2	None
Zurich	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

2012

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
Zurich	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

2013

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Third Place
Delray Beach	Carlos Moyá	John McEnroe	6–4, 6–2	Aaron Krickstein
Stockholm	Stefan Edberg	John McEnroe	6–4, 6–3	Magnus Larsson
Edinburgh	Thomas Enqvist	Mark Philippoussis	4–6, 7–5, [10–8]	None
Knokke-Heist	Goran Ivanisevic	Guy Forget	6–3, 3–6, [10–4]	None
London	Patrick Rafter	Tim Henman	6–3, 6–1	None

2014

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Third Place
Delray Beach	Andy Roddick	Goran Ivanisevic	6–4, 6–3	None
Stockholm	Thomas Enqvist	Stefan Edberg	6–2, 6–3	Carlos Moya
Knokke-Heist	Xavier Malisse	Fabrice Santoro	6–2, 6–3	None
Genoa / Milan *	Goran Ivanisevic	Ivan Lendl	6–4, 6–4	John McEnroe
London	Fernando González	Andy Roddick	6–4, 2–6, [10–4]	None

Only 4 participants.

2015

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

2016

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	Henri Leconte
London

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