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Friday, November 28, 2014

2014 International Premier Tennis League Nov 28 to Dec 13,2014

 
The International Premier Tennis League(IPTL) officially the Coca-Cola International Premier Tennis League  is a Team Tennis League founded in 2013, that is set to launch in November 2014, and will have teams in four Asian Cities - Dubai,Manila,New Delhi and Singapore
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 Teams
  • UAE Royals
  • Manila Mavericks
  • Micromax Indian Aces and
  • DBS Singapore Slammers
 

 Team UAE Royals
  • Novak Djokovic(Serbia)
  • Caroline Wozniacki
  • Nenad Zimonzic
  • Marin Cilic
  • Goran Ivansevic
  • Malek Zaziri
  • Krisina Mladenovic
Team Manila Mavericks
  • Andy Murray
  • Jo Wilfried Tsonga
  • Daniel Nestor
  • Carlos Moya
  • Treat Huey
  • Maria Sharapova
  • Kirsten Flipkens

 Team Micromax Indian Aces

  • Roger Federer
  • Pete Sampras
  • Gael Monfils
  • Ana Ivanovic
  • Sania Mirza
  • Rohan Bopanna
  • Fabrice Santoro
 Team DBS Singapore
Serena Williams
Daniela Hantuchova
Andre Agasi
Bruno Soares
Patrick Rafter
Tomas Berdych
Lleyton Hewitt

From  Nov 28 to  Dece 13, 2014, the teams will play a total of 24 matches in a round robin format to determine the inaugural IPTL League Champion


Mahesh Bhupathi announced the founding of the International Premier Tennis League on May 25,2013, in Paris,France stating that IPTL ould be modeled after the IPL ,a Cricket League in India

On January  21,2014, IPTL announced the locations of the 6 charter franchises for the league's inaugural season

IPTL Format
All IPTL matches conform to the rules of  Tennis and code of conduct laid down by the International Tennis Federation
A match comprises five sets each of a different category as follows:
  • Men's singles
  • Women's singles
  • Men's doubles
  • Mixed doubles
  • Past champions' singles

The team with the most points throughout the season is declared the IPTL champion. In the event that two or more teams share the highest points on the final tally, the criteria to decide the champion is
  1. Head-to-head results
  2. Number of games won
  3. Number of games lost
  4. Biggest games margin in any single match win
  5. Coin toss
The IPTL champions will receive the IPTL Challenge Trophy along with a grand prize of US$1,000,000

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