2011 ATP Challenger Tour Finals

2011 ATP Challenger Tour Finals November 16–20, 2011 1st Hard Ginásio do Ibirapuera BRA São Paulo GER Cedrik-Marcel Stebe The 2011 ATP Challenger Tour Finals was a tennis tournament played at the Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil, between November 16 and November 20, 2011.http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2011/05/Features/ATP-Challenger-Tour-Finals.aspx Sao Paulo To Host ATP Challenger Tour Finals May 16, 2011 atpworldtour.com Association of Tennis Professionals Jacksonville, Florida, USA May 19, 2011 It was the first edition of the event. The tournament was run by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. The event took place on indoor hard courts. It served as the season ending championships for players on the ATP Challenger Tour. The seven best players of the season and a wild card awardee qualified for the event and were split into two groups of four. During this stage, players competed in a round robin format (meaning players played against all the other players in their group). The two players with the best results in each group progressed to the semifinals where the winners of a group faced the runners-up of the other group. This stage, however, was a knock out stage. Qualification 2011 ATP Year-To-Date Challenger Rankingsatpworldtour.com Association of Tennis Professionals ATP Year-To-Date Rankings (singles) http://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/YTD-Challenger-Rankings.aspx ATP ranking2 #1 Seed2 Player Points Tours 1 2 Rui Machado POR 511 14 73 2 Éric Prodon FRA 481 23 3 3 Martin Kližan SVK 415 17 90 4 Lukáš Rosol CZE 399 13 5 6 Andreas Beck GER 398 21 105 6 7 Matthias Bachinger GER 391 13 109 7 Denis Istomin UZB 385 4 8 Adrian Ungur ROU 385 20 9 4 Dudi Sela ISR 380 8 95 10 Stéphane Robert FRA 380 19 11 8 Bobby Reynolds USA 376 13 121 12 5 Cedrik-Marcel Stebe GER 361 13 103 WC 1 Thomaz Bellucci BRA 0 0 37 1 ATP Year-To-Date Challenger Rankings as of October 24, 2011. 2 Seedings were determined according to the ATP Singles Rankings as of November 14, 2011. KeyQualifiedWildcard Awardee Declined Participation The top seven players with the most points accumulated in ATP Challenger tournaments during the year plus one wild card entrant from the host country qualified for the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour Finals. However, points for qualification were only countable to a maximum of ten ATP Challenger tournaments. The tournament line-up was announced on 26 October 2011,ATP Challenger Tour Finals Line-up Revealed http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2011/10/Features/ATP-Challenger-Tour-Finals-Line-Up-Announced.aspx atpworldtour.com Association of Tennis Professionals 26 October 2011 based on the 2011 ATP Year-To-Date Challenger Rankings up to that date. Rui Machado, Martin Kližan, Andreas Beck and Matthias Bachinger qualified directly to the tournament, whereas Dudi Sela, Bobby Reynolds and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe were given their berths after Éric Prodon, Lukáš Rosol, Denis Istomin, Adrian Ungur and Stéphane Robert chose not to participate. Thomaz Bellucci, the Brazilian No. 1, was given the wildcard entry to the tournament. Rui Machado, qualified as the leader of the ATP Challenger Tour ranking. He won 4 ATP Challenger Tour titles in Marrakech, Rijeka, Poznań and Szczecin. He was also a semifinalist at Trani, Madrid, São Leopoldo and São José do Rio Preto. His ATP Challenger Tour results throughout the 2011 season have earned him a career-high ranking of World No. 59, the highest achieved by a Portuguese player up to that date. Martin Kližan has won a Challenger title in Genoa. He has also finished as runner-up in Rome and San Marino and reached the semifinals in Manerbio, Cordeons, Zagreb and Rabat. At the time of the tournament, he was the Slovakian No. 2. Andreas Beck, German No. 6 and former World No. 33, did not win any ATP Challenger tournament in the 2011 season. However, he was still able to qualify with runner-up appearances at Kazan, Bath, Como and Oberstaufen. He also reached the semi-finals in Monza, Rome, Eckental, Palermo, Naples and Orléans. Mathias Bachinger was another of the 3 German players who qualified for the ATP Challenger Tour Finals. During the 2011 season, he won the Athens title, was runner-up in Pingguo, Nottingham and Granby, and reached the semifinals at Courmayuer and Guangzhou. At the time of the tournament, he was the German No. 8. Dudi Sela, Israeli No. 1 and former World No. 29 was active in both the ATP World Tour and the ATP Challenger Tour. In the latter, he won titles in Fergana, Busan and Nottingham and reached the semifinals at Athens and Beijing. Bobby Reynolds has earned a place in the tournament following his 2 titles in Leon and Tulsa, runner-up showings in Rimouski and Winnetka, plus semi-final efforts in Tallahassee and Vancouver. He entered the tournament as the United States No. 11. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe completed the line-up of seven qualified players and appeared in the tournament shortly after attaining career-high ranks of World No. 99 and German No. 5. In the 2011 season, he has reached three finals, winning the titles an Bangkok and Shanghai and finishing runner-up in Kyoto. He also reached the semifinals in Guangzhou, Pingguo, Oberstaufen and Ningbo. Thomaz Bellucci did not compete in any events of ATP Challenger Tour throughout the 2011 season. Still, he was present at the ATP Challenger Tour Finals after being awarded the wildcard entry reserved to a player from the host country. Groupings The draw took place on November 14, 2011. The top seed was placed in the Green Group and the second seed was placed in the Yellow Group. Players seeded three and four, five and six, seven and eight, were then drawn in pairs and divided into the two groups. Green Group: Thomaz Bellucci [1], Martin Kližan [3], Andreas Beck [6], Bobby Reynolds [8]. Yellow Group: Rui Machado [2], Dudi Sela [4], Cedrik-Marcel Stebe [5], Matthias Bachinger [7]. Player head-to-heads These were the head-to-head records between the qualified players, immediately before the tournament. center   Overall Machado POR Rui Machado Kližan SVK Martin Kližan Beck GER Andreas Beck Bachinger GER Matthias Bachinger Sela ISR Dudi Sela Reynolds USA Bobby Reynolds Stebe GER Cedrik-Marcel Stebe Bellucci BRA Thomaz BellucciBellucci joga dias 16 e 17 às 21h http://www.challengerfinals.com.br/noticia_ver.asp?id=12 Official homepage 24 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111112161148/http://www.challengerfinals.com.br/noticia_ver.asp?id=12 2011-11-12 dead 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–4 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 5–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–3 0–0 0–0 2–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 Day-by-day summaries Day 1: November 16, 2011 MatchesGroupWinnerLoserScoreYellow GroupISR Dudi Sela [4]GER Cedrik-Marcel Stebe [5]6–4, 7–6(7–3) Yellow GroupPOR Rui Machado [2]GER Matthias Bachinger [7]3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4Green GroupGER Andreas Beck [6]SVK Martin Kližan [3]6–3, 6–1Green GroupBRA Thomaz Bellucci [1] USA Bobby Reynolds [8]6–3, 6–3 Day 2: November 17, 2011 MatchesGroupWinnerLoserScoreYellow GroupGER Cedrik-Marcel Stebe [5]GER Matthias Bachinger [7]6–4, 2–6, 6–4Yellow GroupPOR Rui Machado [2]ISR Dudi Sela [4]6–2, 6–2Green GroupUSA Bobby Reynolds [8]SVK Martin Kližan [3] 6–2, 3–6, 6–1Green GroupGER Andreas Beck [6]BRA Thomaz Bellucci [1]6–4, 4–6, 6–4 Day 3: November 18, 2011 MatchesGroupWinnerLoserScoreYellow GroupISR Dudi Sela [4] GER Matthias Bachinger [7]6–2, 6–2Yellow GroupGER Cedrik-Marcel Stebe [5]POR Rui Machado [2]7–5, 6–0Green GroupBRA Thomaz Bellucci [1]SVK Martin Kližan [3]3–6, 6–4, 7–6(9–7)Green GroupGER Andreas Beck [6] USA Bobby Reynolds [8]6–3, 7–5 Day 4: November 19, 2011 MatchesGroupWinnerLoserScoreSemifinalsISR Dudi Sela [4]BRA Thomaz Bellucci [1]6–4, 6–4SemifinalsGER Cedrik-Marcel Stebe [5]GER Andreas Beck [6]5–7, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4) Day 5: November 20, 2011 MatchesGroupWinnerLoserScoreFinalGER Cedrik-Marcel Stebe [5]ISR Dudi Sela [4]6–2, 6–4 Points and prize money The total prize money for the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour Finals was US$220,000. StagePrize MoneyPointsUndefeated Champion $91,200 125Final win $45,000 50Semifinal win $21,000 30Round robin win per match $6,300 15Participation $6,300 –Alternates $3,500 – Champion 2011 ATP Challenger Tour Finals – Singles GER Cedrik-Marcel Stebe def. ISR Dudi Sela, 6–2, 6–4 See also 2011 ATP World Tour Finals 2011 WTA Tour Championships References External links Official Website ATP Challenger Tour Finals 2011 Category:2011 in Brazilian tennis