2015 International Premier Tennis League season

December 2015 2015 International Premier Tennis League International Premier Tennis League Team tennis 2–20 December 2015 5 PHI Sports5UAE Abu Dhabi MediaUSA Integrated Sports MediaCAN TSN-RDSJPN WOWOWSIN SingTelIND STAR Sports25px ESPN Latin AmericaBRA ESPN Brasil Singapore Slammers Indian Aces IPTL 2014 International Premier Tennis League season 2014 2016 International Premier Tennis League season 2016 The 2015 International Premier Tennis League season (2015 IPTL season, officially the 2015 Coca-Cola International Premier Tennis League Presented by Qatar Airways season pursuant to sponsorship agreements with The Coca-Cola Company and Qatar Airways) is the second season of the professional team tennis league contested by five teams in Asia. Format The teams compete in a customized round robin format of matches in each host country. The top two teams at the end of the round robin stage qualify for the final. The winner of the final is declared the champion.http://www.iptlworld.com/format IPTL format 2015-12-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20151208105024/http://www.iptlworld.com/format 2015-12-08 dead In the 2015 season, the league has terminated the "last set importance" which gave the trailing team an opportunity to continue playing if they win the fifth set as played out in the 2014 season. In the 2015 season, the fifth set continues in the conventional way, where the first team to score 6 games wins the set, with a 13-point tie-breaker to decide the winner, if the two teams are tied at 5–5. If the two teams are tied (in terms of games won) at the end of the five Sets, a super shoot-out is played in a men's singles format to determine the winner of the match. It is played as a 19-point super tiebreaker. The first team to win 10 points, 9–9 final point wins the Super Shoot-Out and hence the Match. A 2-point difference is not required, and it is not time bound (unlike the 2014 season). The match-winner is the team that wins the most games and hence points, at the end of the five sets. The league standings are determined on the basis of the win–loss percentage of overall games won versus lost therefore making every game played count. The two teams with the best percentage ratios qualify for the finals. In the event that two teams are tied for the second place, the following criteria determines which team qualifies for the finals: head-to-head results largest winning margin, by games, in any single match coin toss Teams Five teams will compete in the 2015 IPTL season. Japan Warriors is set to become the fifth team to participate at the IPTL.November 2015 India Indian Aces Philippines Philippine Mavericks Singapore Singapore Slammers United Arab Emirates UAE Royals Japan Japan Warriors Draft results Novak Djokovic pulled out of the tournament and was replaced by Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka by Singapore Slammers. Dustin Brown replaced Thanasi Kokkinakis. Milos Raonic replaced Borna Ćorić. Édouard Roger-Vasselin replaced Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Philipp Kohlschreiber replaced Vasek Pospisil. Pierre-Hugues Herbert replaced Lucas Pouille. Mirjana Lučić-Baroni replaced Daniela Hantuchová. Alja Tomljanović replaced Sabine Lisicki. Category Philippine Mavericks UAE Royals Indian Aces Singapore Slammers Japan Warriors Men Icon players SUI Roger Federer ESP Rafael Nadal GBR Andy Murray Category A CAN Milos Raonic CZE Tomáš Berdych AUS Bernard Tomic SUI Stan Wawrinka JPN Kei Nishikori Category B FRA Richard Gasquet CRO Marin Čilić FRA Gaël Monfils Category C CRO Ivo Karlović AUS Nick Kyrgios GER Philipp Kohlschreiber Category D FRA Edouard Roger-Vasselin CRO Ivan Dodig Legends AUS Mark Philippoussis USA James Blake CRO Goran Ivanišević FRA Fabrice Santoro ESP Carlos Moyá RUS Marat Safin SWE Thomas Enqvist Doubles players PHI Treat Huey CAN Daniel Nestor IND Rohan Bopanna BRA Marcelo Melo IND Leander Paes Uncategorized IND Somdev Devvarman GER Dustin Brown FRA Pierre-Hugues Herbert Women Icon players USA Serena Williams RUS Maria Sharapova Category A SRB Ana Ivanovic POL Agnieszka Radwańska Category B AUS Samantha Stosur SUI Belinda Bencic CRO Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Category C AUS Ajla Tomljanović FRA Kristina Mladenovic RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova CZE Karolína Plíšková Category D AUS Jarmila Gajdošová IND Sania Mirza BEL Kirsten Flipkens Uncategorized JPN Kurumi Nara Calendar Round Date Location Stadium Capacity 1 December 2–4 JPN Kobe Kobe World Hall 8,000 2 December 6–8 PHI Manila Mall of Asia Arena 20,000 3 December 10–12 IND New Delhi Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium 14,348 4 December 14–16 UAE Dubai Aviation Club Tennis Centre 8,000 5 December 18–20 SIN Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium 12,000 Results Round Location Date Team 1 Score Team 2 1 JPN Kobe 2 December UAE Royals 26–20 Singapore Slammers 2 December Japan Warriors 24–25 Indian Aces 3 December Philippine Mavericks 24–26 Singapore Slammers 3 December Japan Warriors 15–30 UAE Royals 4 December Singapore Slammers 22–27 Indian Aces 4 December Japan Warriors 24–28 Philippine Mavericks 2 PHI Manila 6 December Japan Warriors 20–29 Singapore Slammers 6 December UAE Royals 18–29 Philippine Mavericks 7 December Indian Aces 30–18 UAE Royals 7 December Japan Warriors 21–25 Philippine Mavericks 8 December Singapore Slammers 23–26 UAE Royals 8 December Indian Aces 24–25 Philippine Mavericks 3 IND New Delhi 10 December Japan Warriors 24–21 UAE Royals 10 December Philippine Mavericks 12–30 Indian Aces 11 December Singapore Slammers 30–23 Philippine Mavericks 11 December Japan Warriors 21–26 Indian Aces 12 December Japan Warriors 22–24 Singapore Slammers 12 December UAE Royals 19–30 Indian Aces 4 UAE Dubai 14 December Indian Aces 25–18 Japan Warriors 14 December UAE Royals 24–26 Philippine Mavericks 15 December Indian Aces 24–23 Philippine Mavericks 15 December Singapore Slammers 27–24 UAE Royals 16 December Indian Aces 16–27 Singapore Slammers 16 December Japan Warriors 22–26 UAE Royals 5 SIN Singapore 18 December Japan Warriors 29–15 Philippine Mavericks 18 December UAE Royals 27–23 Singapore Slammers 19 December UAE Royals 23–24Philippine Mavericks 19 December Indian Aces 21–27Singapore Slammers 20 December FinalSingapore Slammers 26–21 Indian Aces Results table Abbreviation and Color Key:Indian Aces (IND) • Philippine Mavericks (PHI) • Singapore Slammers (SIN) • UAE Royals (UAE) • Japan Warriors (JAP) Win   Loss   Home   Away   NeutralTeamMatch123456789101112131415Dec 2Dec 3Dec 4Dec 6Dec 7Dec 8Dec 10Dec 11Dec 12Dec 14Dec 15Dec 16Dec 18Dec 19Dec 20IND Indian Aces (2015 season) JAP freeday SIN freeday UAE PHI PHI JAP UAE JAP PHI SIN freeday SIN SIN25–2427–2230–1824–2530–1226–2130–1925–1824–2316–2721–2721–26PHI Philippine Mavericks (2015 season)freeday SIN JAP UAE JAP IND IND SIN freeday UAE IND freeday JAP UAE 4th24–2628–2429–1825–2125–2412–3022–3026–2423–2415–2924–23SIN Singapore Slammers (2015 season)UAE PHI IND JAP freeday UAE freeday PHI JAP freeday UAE IND UAE IND IND20–2626–2422–2729–2023–2630–2224–2227–2427–1623–2727–2126–21UAE UAE Royals (2015 season)SIN JAP freeday PHIStandings 1 1 IND SIN JAP freeday IND PHI SIN JAP SIN PHI 3rd26–2030–1518–2918–3026–2321–2419–3024–2624–2726–2227–2323–24JPN Japan Warriors (2015 season)IND UAE PHI SIN PHI freeday UAE IND SIN IND freeday UAE PHI freeday 5th24–2515–3024–2820–2921–2524–2121–2622–24 18–2522–2629–15 Notes Standings 1 1 Due to the odd number of teams through this Season, one team plays an extra match. That team will be allowed to drop their score on any one match through the Season provided they inform this intent soon after the match is completed. This Season, the team that plays the extra match is the Obi UAE Royals. The Obi UAE Royals have chosen to drop their score on the match played against the Philippine Mavericks on December 6, 2015 in Manila. The score for the Philippine Mavericks however does count towards their Win Percentage. Standings Standings are determined by percentage of games won. Top two teams qualify for final. P Position Team MP Matches played W Matches won (4 pts) L Total matches lost GW Games won GL Games lost G% Games percentage 1 IND Indian Aces 11 8 3 278 236 278 236 2 SIN Singapore Slammers 11 7 4 278 255 278 255 3 UAE UAE Royals 11 5 6 264 264 264 264 4 PHI Philippine Mavericks 11 6 5 253 273 253 273 5 JPN Japan Warriors 11 2 9 240 274 240 274 Position summary The following table shows the day-by-day position of each team in the league standings. Team D1 Match Day 1 D2 Match Day 2 D3 Match Day 3 D4 Match Day 4 D5 Match Day 5 D6 Match Day 6 D7 Match Day 7 D8 Match Day 8 D9 Match Day 9 D10 Match Day 10 D11 Match Day 11 D12 Match Day 12 D13 Match Day 13 D14 Match Day 14 D15/Final Match Day 15 PHI Philippine MavericksX4312124443444X UAE UAE Royals11123333334333X IND Indian Aces222312111111112 JPN Japan Warriors35555555555555X SIN Singapore Slammers434444422222221 Teams head-to-head 2015 International Premier Tennis League season #TeamInd. AcesMavericksSlammersRoyalsWarriors2015 seasonAll seasons 1 IND Indian Aces 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 8–3 16–7 2 PHI Philippine Mavericks 1–2 0–2 3–0 2–1 6–5 12–11 3 SIN Singapore Slammers 2–1 2–0 1–3 2–0 7–4 10–13 4 UAE UAE Royals 0–2 0–2 3–1 2–1 5–6 12–11 5 JPN Japan Warriors 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–9 First season Final The final was held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on 20 December In Singapore. After an 18-day 5-nation tour the Indian Aces, with 8 eight wins out of 11 this season, and the Singapore Slammers, last on the league table in first edition, but finishing a strong second this season, played the final of a prize money of USD 1 million (USD 500,000 for the runners-up), which was won by the Slammers 26-21. The Most Valuable Player (MVP) (Male) for IPTL 2015 was Ivan Dodig (Aces) whilst Belinda Bencic (Slammers) was adjudged the MVP (Female) for their performances through the season. FinalAll Matches Event Singapore Slammers Indian Aces Score Score after setLegends' SinglesESP Carlos Moyá FRA Fabrice Santoro6–46–4Women's SinglesSUI Belinda BencicRUS Svetlana Kuznetsova6–5(7–3)12–9Mixed DoublesGER Dustin Brown CZE Karolína PlíškováIND Sania Mirza IND Rohan Bopanna2–614–15Men's SinglesSUI Stanislas WawrinkaAUS Bernard Tomic6–320–18Men's DoublesBRA Marcelo Melo SUI Stanislas WawrinkaIND Rohan Bopanna CRO Ivan Dodig6–326–21Final score Total score Singapore Slammers Indian Aces 26–21 References External links International Premier Tennis League official website International Premier Tennis League season Category:International Premier Tennis League seasons Category:2015 in Asian sport