With his run into the Top 20 of the Emirates ATP Rankings this season, Lucas Pouille was chosen the Most Improved Player of the Year in the ATP World Tour Awards presented by Moët & Chandon. The Frenchman was voted by his peers to receive the honour after showing steady improvement in his fifth professional season, climbing from a No. 91 Emirates ATP Ranking in February to a career-high No. 15 by the end of 2016. Pouille, 22, received accepted the trophy during the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Official Launch event in London on Thursday night. "I'm very proud to receive the honour," said Pouille. "When I heard I was [one of] the four players [nominated], I was very...
American Taylor Fritz ended his 2016 season as the ATP Star of Tomorrow presented by Emirates. The honour was bestowed upon the teenager at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Official Launch in London on Thursday night. This category in its fourth year, replacing the player-voted Newcomer of the Year, is awarded to the youngest player in the Top 100 of Emirates ATP Rankings as of 7 November. "It means so much. I never thought last year or the year before that I’d be here,” said Fritz. “It means a lot to show all that I’ve worked for and all the hard work I’ve been doing… trying to be the best. It’s paying off. I’m moving in the right direction....
Magnus Norman, Stan Wawrinka’s coach, has been chosen by his peers as the winner of the first ATP Coach of the Year Award in the 2016 ATP World Tour Awards presented by Moët & Chandon, which honours the coach who helped guide his player to a higher level of performance during the season. “It’s an honour to receive this award because it’s voted [on] by my fellow coaches who are there on a day-to-day basis,” said Norman. “I was surprised, for sure.” Visit ATP World Tour Awards Section Wawrinka’s coach since 2013, the 40-year-old Swede won in this new category over fellow nominees Gunter Bresnik (Dominic Thiem), Ivan Lendl (Andy Murray), Emmanuel Planque (Lucas Pouille) and Mikael Tillstrom (Gael Monfils)....
Novak Djokovic is nearing unprecedented territory in London. Roger Federer hasn't done it. Rafael Nadal hasn't pulled it off. Neither did other season-ending titlists Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker or Pete Sampras. But if Djokovic wins the 2016 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, which starts Sunday, he will become the first player in finale history (since 1970) to win five consecutive season-ending titles. “The [Barclays ATP] World Tour Finals is the crown for all the achievements for all the best eight players in the world,” Djokovic said during his pre-tournament press conference. “I'm very happy that I'm one of them and have had an amazing last four years in The O2 arena, and I'm just hoping that I can carry on...
Roger Federer added to his record haul of ATP World Tour Awards presented by Moët & Chandon, adding two more trophies in 2016 to take his tally to 33 since 2003. The 35-year-old was selected by fans as the ATPWorldTour.com Fans’ Favourite presented by Moët & Chandon for a 14th straight year and by fellow players as winner of the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award for a 12th time. Visit ATP World Tour Awards Section Federer shared a special video message during the Awards ceremony at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Official Launch Party presented by Moët & Chandon, held Thursday evening at the Cutty Sark in London. “I just wanted to thank all the fans who have voted for...