men’s singles

ATP World Tour Finals Results

by Editor 2 December 2009 Men's Major Tournaments

The final of the men’s singles in the 2009 ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in south-east London was between last years runner-up Nikolay Davydenko and this year’s US Open Singles Champion Juan Martin del Potro. Davydenko went up 3 wins to 1 in head-to-head battles with del Potro by winning the biggest title of his career. The shortest [...]

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ATP World Tour Finals Draw

by Editor 23 November 2009 Men's Major Tournaments

The 2009 ATP World Tour Finals in London are the pinnacle of the tennis calendar, with all events this year building to this showdown between the world’s best male players. The year-end men’s singles World No.1 ranking will be decided during this tournament. In no other tournament are you required to beat at least 4 if not 5 of the [...]

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ATP World Tour Finals in London

by Editor 21 November 2009 Men's Major Tournaments

The 2009 season ending tournament is called the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals and is being held at the O2 Arena in London, UK for the first time. This year is the 4oth year of this ATP Tour Finals category event and it is the pinnacle of the tennis calendar. The year end World No.1 ranking can and will be [...]

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LEARN from these Images #5

by Editor 7 November 2009 Tennis Tips

This is the 5th part of our visual learning series. The photographs chosen at OnCourt Advantage are carefully selected to ensure they have great value for you to learn from and improve your game. See the photo directory below; it lists a brief description of which player is in the photo and what they are demonstrating. To see part 1 click this link -> Learn [...]

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ATP Major Tournament: Paris Masters

by Editor 4 November 2009 Men's Major Tournaments

photo credit:Poliphilia The next major tournament on the Men’s Pro Tour is the BNP Paribas Masters, which is held in Palais Omnisports in Bercy, France. This is the final event this year before the end of year championships and there are still 2 spots remaining in that 8-player draw. Nikolay Davydenko, Fernando Verdasco, Robin Soderling, Fernando Gonzalez, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Radek Stepanek and [...]

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Shanghai Tennis Masters 1000 Results

by Editor 18 October 2009 Men's Major Tournaments

photo credit:matteo_dudek The Shanghai Masters 1000 tournament in China concluded on Sunday 18 October and was a great boost for tennis in Asia. On the ATP Tour this was the most prestigious event held in Asia for the whole year. The best result for a qualifier was making the round of 16, which was achieved by 33 year [...]

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ATP Major Tournament: Shanghai Masters

by Editor 10 October 2009 Men's Major Tournaments

photo credit: Edwin Martinez1 The next major tournament on the Men’s Pro Tour is the very first edition of the Shanghai Masters 1000 in China. Shanghai is the only Masters 1000 tournament outside of Europe and North America. The Qi Zhong Tennis Center in Shanghai has a centre court called the Qi Zhong Stadium which holds 15,000 spectators. [...]

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ATP Top 10 Rankings: Part 2

by Editor 20 September 2009 Eye On The Tour

photo credit:y.caradec In this 2nd post about the updated ATP men’s singles world rankings including the 2009 US Open results we continue to help you to learn more about the Top 10 men. There are 5 players in the Top 10 who are Grand Slam singles champions and 3 who have been ranked as the World No.1. These rankings [...]