round robin atp tennis

elincinerador

starting 2007 there will be a new format for 13 tornaments, which is kind of inspired on the tenis master cup. it will have a first round round robin of 3 players each, and the winner will advance to the next round. there will be 3 tipes of draws: 24 players, which will consist of 8 groups of 3, the winners advancing to quarterfinals; 48 players, 16 groups of three the winners advancing to the rnd of 16; and finnaly most of the torunaments will be of 32 players, having a pre-round 1 knock out between the 16 lowest ranked players.
the tornaments are these:

· Next Generation Adelaide International; Adelaide, Australia; 32-player round robin; hard court outdoors
· Movistar Open; Viña del Mar, Chile; 24-player round robin; clay court outdoors
· Delray Beach International Tennis Championships; Delray Beach, Florida; 32-player round robin; hard court outdoors
· Copa Telmex; Buenos Aires, Argentina; 32-player round robin; clay court outdoors
· Tennis Channel Open; Las Vegas, Nevada; 32-player round robin; hard court outdoors
· Estoril Open; Estoril, Portugal; 32-player round robin; clay court outdoors
· The Stella Artois Championships; London, United Kingdom; 48-player round robin; grass court outdoors
· Catella Swedish Open; Båstad, Sweden; 32-player round robin; clay court outdoors
· Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships; Newport, Rhode Island; 24-player round robin; grass court outdoors
· RCA Championships; Indianapolis, Indiana; 32-player round robin; hard court outdoors
· ATP Studena Croatia Open, Umag, Croatia; 32-player round robin; clay court outdoors
· Legg Mason Tennis Classic; Washington, D.C.; 48-player round robin; hard court outdoors
· If Stockholm Open; Stockholm, Sweden; 32-player round robin; hard court indoors

for more information go to

http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/newsandscores/news/news5.asp[/b]

skynet

Well it's a interesting decision, I don't know if it will be good for the tennis and for the competition, but With the time we will see if it helped or not.

pelin

i believe its going to be interesting,and it will give players that loose first match chance to go in the next round by winning other matches,funny Very Happy

legion

interesting idea ... i saw this "round robin" thing at the Royal London Watches Grand Prix (snooker tournament) and it has some advantages

varon

thanks for the info. this looks awesome, you get to see more of the players at round robin tournaments. i just hope they pick the best ones.

does this apply for the grand slams as well?