2017_ATP_World_Tour

2017 ATP World Tour

2017 ATP World Tour

Men's tennis circuit


The 2017 ATP World Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2017 tennis season. The 2017 ATP World Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP Finals, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series and the Davis Cup (organized by the ITF). Also included in the 2017 calendar are the Hopman Cup and the Next Gen ATP Finals, which do not distribute ranking points.

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Roger Federer won his fifth Australian Open title (defeating Rafael Nadal in the final) and record-breaking eighth Wimbledon title (defeating Marin Čilić in the final), not dropping a set en route to the latter title. They were his first major championships in over four years, and extended his all-time record of men's singles major titles to 19.
Rafael Nadal won his record-extending tenth French Open title (defeating Stan Wawrinka in the final) and third US Open title (defeating Kevin Anderson in the final), not dropping a set en route to the former title. They were his first major championships in three years, and increased his tally of major titles to 16.

Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2017 calendar.[1][2]

Key
Grand Slam
ATP Finals
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP World Tour 500
ATP World Tour 250
Team Events

January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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Statistical information

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2017 ATP World Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP Finals, the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, and the ATP World Tour 250 series. The players/nations are sorted by:

  1. Total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
  2. Cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Masters 1000 wins, one undefeated ATP Finals win equalling one-and-a-half Masters 1000 win, one Masters 1000 win equalling two 500 events wins, one 500 event win equalling two 250 events wins);
  3. A singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
  4. Alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Key
Grand Slam
ATP Finals
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP World Tour 500
ATP World Tour 250

Titles won by player

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Titles information

Grigor Dimitrov won the 2017 ATP Finals as undefeated champion, becoming the first debutant to win the season-ending championship since Àlex Corretja in 1998. Dimitrov ended the season at a career-high world No. 3 (only behind Nadal and Federer).
After becoming the first player born in the 1990s to win a Masters title (in Rome, def. Djokovic), Alexander Zverev entered the Top Ten at No. 10 on 22 May.[3]
34-year-old Gilles Müller won his first two titles in Sydney (def. Evans) and Rosmalen (def. Karlović) after 16 years on the circuit.

The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles or mixed doubles:

Singles
Doubles
Mixed doubles

The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles
Doubles

Top Ten entry

The following players entered the Top Ten for the first time in their careers:

Singles

ATP rankings

These are the ATP rankings and yearly ATP Race rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players and doubles teams at the end of the 2017 season.[4][5]

Singles

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No. 1 ranking

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Doubles

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Prize money leaders

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Best matches by ATPWorldTour.com

Best 5 Grand Slam matches

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Point distribution

CategoryWFSFQFR16R32R64R128QQ3Q2Q1
Grand Slam (128S)20001200720360180904510251680
Grand Slam (64D)200012007203601809002500
ATP Finals (8S/8D)1500 (max) 1100 (min)1000 (max) 600 (min)600 (max)
200 (min)
200 for each round robin match win,
+400 for a semi-final win, +500 for the final win.
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (96S)1000600360180904525101680
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (56S/48S)100060036018090451025160
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (32D/24D)1000600360180900
ATP World Tour 500 (48S)50030018090452001040
ATP World Tour 500 (32S)5003001809045020100
ATP World Tour 500 (16D)50030018090045250
ATP World Tour 250 (48S)250150904520100530
ATP World Tour 250 (32S/28S)25015090452001260
ATP World Tour 250 (16D)25015090450

Retirements

  • Argentina Martín Alund (born 26 December 1985, in Mendoza, Argentina) joined the professional tour in 2004, and reached his career-high singles ranking of no. 84 in 2013. Alund played mostly on the secondary ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Men's Circuit, retiring in January after a year of injury.[13]
  • India Somdev Devvarman (born 13 February 1985, in Agartala, India) joined the professional tour in 2008, and reached a career-high singles ranking of no. 62 in 2011. Studying in the United States, Devvarman won two consecutive NCAA Men's Tennis Championships (2007–08), collecting an unprecedented win–loss record of 44–1 in 2008. He made two ATP finals, but found his largest success outside the main tour, clinching gold medals at the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games in 2010. He announced his retirement in January after not playing for a year.[14]
  • United Kingdom Colin Fleming (born 13 August 1984, in Broxburn, United Kingdom) joined the professional tour in 2003 and reached a career-high doubles ranking of world no. 17, winning a Commonwealth Games gold medal in mixed doubles in 2010. He announced his retirement on 16 January 2017.[15]
  • Ecuador Giovanni Lapentti (born 25 January 1983, in Guayaquil, Ecuador) joined the professional tour in 2002 and reached a career-high singles ranking of no. 110 in 2005. He never won any singles and doubles titles in ATP tournaments, having played mostly on the ATP Challenger Tour. He announced that he would retire after the Ecuador Open.[16]
  • Argentina Juan Mónaco (born 29 March 1984, in Tandil, Argentina) joined the professional tour in 2002, won nine ATP titles, reaching his career-high singles ranking of no. 10 in 2012 as well as also becoming a Davis Cup Champion in 2016. He announced his retirement in May.[17]
  • Spain Albert Montañés (born 26 November 1980, in Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain) joined the professional tour in 1999, won six ATP 250 titles, and had a career-high singles ranking of 22, achieved in 2010. He announced that the Barcelona Open would be his final tournament.[18]
  • Slovenia Grega Žemlja (born 29 September 1986, in Kranj, Slovenia) joined the professional tour in 2009 and reached a career-high singles ranking of no. 43 in 2013. He was runner-up at the 2012 Erste Bank Open. He announced that the Tilia Slovenia Open would be his final tournament.[19]
  • Germany Benjamin Becker (born 16 June 1981, in Merzig, Germany) joined the professional tour in 2004, and reached his career-high singles ranking of no. 35 in 2014. Becker won one singles title in 2009 in Ordina Open in 's-Hertogenbosch and recorded six top 10 wins in his career. He is also known for being the last player to play and beat Andre Agassi in the latter's final US Open in 2006 in the third round. Becker announced his retirement and intent to return to studies at Baylor University in September 2017.[20]
  • Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg (born 8 July 1980, in Warsaw, Poland) joined the professional tour in 2001, won eighteen doubles titles and reached a career-high doubles ranking of world no. 6 in 2012. He was runner-up at the 2011 US Open and 2011 ATP World Tour Finals, alongside fellow Pole Marcin Matkowski. He announced his retirement after the finish of the Pekao Szczecin Open.[21]
  • Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli (born 10 September 1981, in Basel, Switzerland) joined the professional tour in 2000, and reached a career-high singles of no. 52. In 2009, he won the Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad doubles title with partner Michael Lammer and later became a Davis Cup Champion in 2014. He announced his retirement after the conclusion of Swiss Indoors where, also in 2009, he managed to reach the semi-finals in singles.[22]
  • France Paul-Henri Mathieu (born 12 January 1982, in Strasbourg, France) joined the professional tour in 1999 and reached a career-high singles ranking of no. 12. In 2002, Mathieu won his first two ATP Tour titles in back-to-back weeks. Mathieu won in Moscow, beating world no. 4 Marat Safin in the semi-finals en route, before he then headed to Lyon, where he beat Brazilian Gustavo Kuerten for the title. By the end of his career, he would have 4 career titles to his name. He announced his retirement after his singles qualifying match at the 2017 Rolex Paris Masters.[23]
  • Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (born 6 January 1978 in Alicante, Spain) joined the professional tour in 1998 and reached a career-high of no. 50 in singles. He retired from professional tennis after the end of the 2017 season.[24]
  • Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek (born 27 November 1978, in Karviná, Czechoslovakia) joined the professional tour in 1996 and reached a career-high singles ranking of no. 8 and a career-high doubles ranking of no. 4. He won 5 singles titles and 18 doubles titles, including the 2012 Australian Open and 2013 US Open doubles titles with Leander Paes. Along with Lucie Hradecká, he also won the bronze medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in the mixed doubles event as well, having previously won consecutive Davis Cups with the Czech Republic in 2012 and 2013. He announced his retirement due to an injury in November of this year.[25]
  • Russia Dmitry Tursunov (born 12 December 1982, in Moscow, Soviet Union) joined the professional tour in 2000 and reached a career-high singles ranking of no. 20. He won 7 singles titles.

Comebacks

Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the ATP rankings top 100 [singles] or top 50 [doubles] for at least one week) who returned from retirement, announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2017 season:

  • Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti (born 13 August 1976, in Guayaquil, Ecuador) joined the professional tour in 1995 and reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 6. Initially retiring in 2011, Lapentti returned for the final event of his brother Giovanni's career, partnering him in the doubles draw.[26]
  • Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero (born 12 February 1980, in Ontinyent, Spain) joined the professional tour in 1998 and reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 1 in 2003, also winning the French Open in that very same year. Initially retiring in 2012, Ferrero made a comeback at the Barcelona Open, partnering Pablo Carreño Busta in the doubles draw.[27]

See also


References

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