Barclays ATP World Tour Finals

This prestigious tournament has been contested in major cities around the world dating back to the birth of The Masters in 1970 in Tokyo. The Masters, which was anchored at New York's Madison Square Garden from 1977 to 1989, evolved into the ATP Tour World Championships in 1990. Frankfurt and Hannover shared the event through 1999 and in 2000 the event was rebranded Tennis Masters Cup.

The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals is a tennis tournament played at the end of each year, involving the top eight players in the men's tennis world rankings. Unlike most of the other events on the men's tour, the ATP World Tour Finals is not a straightforward knock-out tournament.

The eight players are divided into two groups of four, and play three round-robin matches each against the other three players in their group. From there, the two players with the best records in each group progress to the semifinals, with the winners meeting in the final to determine the champion. Winners are awarded up to 1500 rankings points.

In a dramatic beginning to the Tennis Masters Cup in 2000 in Lisbon, Gustavo Kuerten became the first South American to rank year-end No. 1 after stunning Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi in the semi-finals and final. Lleyton Hewitt won on home soil in Sydney in 2001 and in Shanghai the following year. Roger Federer then clinched back-to-back titles in Houston (2003-04) before the finale returned to Shanghai for a four-year period.

David Nalbandian upset Federer 7-6 in the fifth set to take the 2005 title before Federer again won consecutive crowns in 2006-07. Shanghai hosted its fourth consecutive and final Tennis Masters Cup in 2008 with Novak Djokovic lifting the trophy, before the event was reborn in 2009 as the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals to be held in the heart of London at the O2 arena from 2009 to 2012.

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