2014 ATP World Tour Media Guide

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atp world tour timeline 2000: The ATP Tour changes its name to ATP for 2001, introduces a new logo and rebrands its nine premier tournaments the Tennis Masters Series. 2001: A newly launched web site, ATPtennis.com, highlights the new tournament structure. ATP Properties forms, instigating a more commercial focus and new marketing, licensing and broadcasting opportunities. 2002: ATP launches its own publication: DEUCE magazine. The ATP combines with the WTA Tour to create the “One Game” program, enacting initiatives to better serve professional tennis fans. 2005: Etienne de Villiers is named ATP Chairman in June. ATP stars unite behind ATP World No. 1 Roger Federer to raise funds for tsunami victims, donating prize money and organising the “ATP All-Star Rally for Relief”. At the exhibition, the ATP and UNICEF launch a global partnership called ACE, Assisting Children Everywhere. 2006: De Villiers expands his role to become ATP Executive Chairman and President. The ATP signs several major new sponsorship agreements, including the naming of South African Airways as Official Airline. Doubles stars gain greater support and exposure through a promotional “ATP Doubles Revolution” campaign and new match format. The player challenge, utilising video review for close line calls, debuts in Miami and is successfully implemented at 13 tournaments. 2007: The ATP introduces a number of changes to the Tour, including the elimination of best-of-5 set finals, as well as reduced draw sizes at five ATP Masters Series events to lessen the physical demands on top players and enhance TV scheduling. The ATP also increases prize money for the first time since 2000 and creates a new multi-million dollar marketing fund. 2008: The top three players, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, take a leadership role by becoming ATP Player Council members with Federer as President. It’s the first time in the organisation’s history the top three players have joined the council in the same two-year period. All worldwide tennis organisations (WTA, ITF, ATP & Grand Slams) form a Tennis Integrity Unit. A new agreement is struck with Barclays to become the title sponsor of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London. 2009: Adam Helfant takes over as ATP Executive Chairman and President in January. The organisation is rebranded as the ATP World Tour, the launch of which included a new logo. Three new tournament categories are introduced during the season with ATP World Tour Masters 1000, ATP World Tour 500 and ATP World Tour 250 level events. The ATP launches ATP World Tour Uncovered, a weekly lifestyle TV show broadcast in more than 150 countries worldwide. The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals are held in London for the first time, welcoming more than 250,000 fans across eight days. 2010: During the season two major sponsors are announced with the signing of Corona Extra as a premier partner and FedEx as a platinum partner, while the Tour’s partnership with Ricoh is expanded significantly. 2011: A multi-year prize money agreement is announced seeing levels on the Tour exceed $90 million (not including Grand Slams) for the first time by 2014. The ATP ACES For Charity grant programme is launched, with twelve $10,000 grants being awarded to charitable initiatives nominated by tournaments and players. 2012: Brad Drewett takes over as ATP Executive Chairman & President in January. The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals welcomes a record 263,229 fans in London and it is announced that the season-ending tournament will remain in London a further two years, through 2015. An ATP World Tour 500 tournament in Rio de Janeiro is approved from 2014. ATP forms a competition committee to evaluate and recommend changes at ATP World Tour and ATP Challenger Tour levels. 2013: The ATP announces new global partnerships with Emirates, Rolex and Tecnifibre. The ATP Heritage Programme is launched to celebrate the 40-year anniversary of the Emirates ATP Rankings and the history of the ATP, culminating with a No.1 celebration event at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. Brad Drewett, the then-current ATP Executive Chairman & President, passes away in May from Motor Neurone Disease. In the preceding 12 months, Drewett had led discussions resulting in significant prize money increases for all players across all Grand Slams. The ATP Board of Directors approves the re-categorisation of Queen’s and Halle as ATP World Tour 500 events from 2015, as well as a new ATP World Tour 250 event in Shenzhen, China, from 2014. The 2013 ATP World Tour season sets a new attendance record with 4.47 million fans on site. Chris Kermode is appointed as ATP Executive Chairman & President from 1 January 2014. 6
ATP Organisational structure Board of Directors Executive Chairman & President • Chris Kermode Player Representatives • Giorgio Di Palermo • David Egdes • Justin Gimelstob Tournament Representatives • Gavin Forbes • Charles Smith • Mark Webster Player Council 1-50 Singles Kevin Anderson Roger Federer Jarkko Nieminen Gilles Simon 51-100 Singles Robin Haase Sergiy Stakhovsky 1-100 Doubles Mahesh Bhupathi Eric Butorac At-Large James Cerretani Andre Sa Tournament Council 5 Europe Richard Krajicek, Herwig Straka, Gerard Tsobanian, Thomas Wallen, Mark Webster 4 International Group Allon Khakshouri, Graham Pearce, Charles Smith, Salah Tahlak 4 Americas Elaine Bruening, Gavin Forbes, Mark Stenning, Raul Zurutuza Alumni Coach Yves Allegro Claudio Pistolesi Player Members l Division I l Division II Alumni Members Coach Members Tournament Members l Full Members l Conditional Members Staff l London l Monte-Carlo l Ponte Vedra Beach l Sydney Carries out the day-to-day operation and administration of the ATP 7
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