The ATP World Tour Finals (also known as the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for sponsorship reasons) is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts held annually in November at the O 2 Arena in London,U K.
The event is the fourth evolution of a championship which began in 1970. It was originally known as the Masters Grand Prix and was part of the Grand Prix Tennis Circuit organised by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF).
In 1990, the ATP took over the running of the men's tour and replaced the Masters with the ATP Tour World Championship.
In 2009 the Masters was renamed to the ATP World Tour Finals and got scheduled to be held at the O2 Arena in London from 2009 to 2012.
The ATP World Tour Finals are the season-ending championships of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour, featuring the top eight singles players and doubles teams of the ATP Rankings.
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.
2012 ATP World Tour Finals
Singles - Semifinals
Novak Djokovic(Serbia) defeats Juan Martin del Potro(Argentina) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Roger Federer(Swiss)defeats Andy Murray(GBR)7-6,6-2
Doubles -Semifinals
Mahesh Bhupathi & Rohan Bopanna
defeats
Leander Paes & Radek Stepanek(Czech) 4-6, 6-1, 12-10
Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez(Spain)
defeats
Jonathan Murray(GBR) and Frederik Nielsen(Denmark) 6–4, 6–3
Single's Finals
Novak Djokovic defeats Roger Federer 7-6 (8-6), 7-5
Doubles Finals
Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez defeats Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna(India) 7-5, 3-6, 10-3
Previous Year Winners
Year Winner Runner-Up Score
2011 Roger Federer(Swiss) Jo Wilfried Tsonga(France) 6-3.6-7 and 6-3
2010 Roger Federer(Swiss) Rafael Nadal(Spain) 6–3, 3–6 and 6–1
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