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The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals is the season finale of the ATP World Tour. The prestigious event was contested at The 02 in London for the first time in November 2009, replacing the previously named Tennis Masters Cup. London will continue to play host until at least 2013.
The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals features the world’s top eight singles players and eight doubles teams competing to become the year-end champions.
Nikolay Davydenko enjoyed the best form of his career to win the title for first time. Bob and Mike Bryan, meanwhile, were crowned doubles champions for the third time, following victories in 2003 and 2004.
Previously, the Tennis Masters Cup was contested in Shanghai for four years, beginning in 2005. China's largest city also held the event in 2002 and, following its huge success, won the right to stage the season finale from 2005 to 2008.
Lleyton Hewitt won the first title in Shanghai, in 2002, and was followed by David Nalbandian in 2005, Roger Federer in 2006 and 2007, and Novak Djokovic in 2008.
In 2003 and 2004, the Tennis Masters Cup returned to USA when a two-year contract was signed with Jim McInvale to stage the event at the West Side Tennis Club in Houston, Texas. Both years proved successful for Federer, defeating Hewitt and Andre Agassi in the two finals.
In 2001, Hewitt won the first of his back-to-back titles when the event travelled Down Under to Sydney. The previous year, in 2000, Marat Safin was the champion in Lisbon, Portugal.
The first year-end championship, known simply as the Masters, was held in 1970. Tokyo staged the inaugural event and was followed by Paris, Barcelona, Boston, Melbourne, Stockholm and Houston.
The Masters finally settled at New York's Madison Square Garden between 1977 and 1989. Then, in 1990, it became known as the ATP World Tour Championship and was held in the German cities of Frankfurt and Hannover until 1999.
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