Gilles Muller, on behalf of the players, presented Stephen Farrow, Tournament Director of the Aegon Championships, with the ATP World Tour 500 Tournament of the Year Award at The Queen’s Club on Wednesday afternoon. The honour is part of the 2016 ATP World Tour Awards presented by Moët & Chandon. "It’s a huge privilege and pleasure to receive this award on behalf of everyone involved in the Aegon Championships," said Farrow. "We pride ourselves on being a player-friendly tournament, and we are delighted to have been recognised in this way by the players of the ATP World Tour." The Aegon Championships has received a Tournament of the Year award for a fourth straight season. It won at the ATP World Tour...
The ATP has announced the 2016 ATP Challenger Tournaments of the Year, with three long-standing events voted by players as their most favoured ATP Challenger Tour events: the Sparkassen OPEN (Braunschweig, Germany), the Ethias Trophy (Mons, Belgium) and the Pekao Szczecin Open (Poland). Braunschweig and Mons were also 2015 winners in the inaugural year that players began voting for the awards. The ATP Challenger Tournament of the Year awards recognise the leading standards set across the 166 Challenger tournaments in 42 countries in 2016. ATP Challenger Tour Committee Co-Chairs, Alison Lee, ATP International Executive Vice President and Ross Hutchins, Chief Player Officer, said, “These Challengers in Braunschweig, Mons and Szczecin are all proud events which excel in providing the very...
The BNP Paribas Open was presented with the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Tournament of the Year award for the third consecutive season. The honour is part of the 2016 ATP World Tour Awards presented by Moët & Chandon. Linda Clark, ATP Vice President - Tournament Relations, Americas, presented tournament director Tommy Haas with the trophy on Saturday in an on-court ceremony following Fabio Fognini's victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. “As a player, I can understand why this event has been named ‘Tournament of the Year’ on the ATP World Tour for the third consecutive year,” said Haas. “Now as a member of the Indian Wells team, I have even more respect for the countless hours of planning and dedication that...
Bill Oakes, the Tournament Director of the Winston-Salem Open, was presented the 2016 ATP World Tour 250 Tournament of the Year award on Wednesday during Wake Forest University’s 63-59 basketball victory against Pittsburgh. “I am so humbled to accept the award on behalf of the community of Winston-Salem,” said Oakes. “The entire city deserves the credit, for they treat all of the players as their personal guests and have made this tournament a special week on the ATP World Tour.” Linda Clark, ATP Vice President - Tournament Relations, Americas, presented Oakes with the trophy in an on-court ceremony. The tournament shared the 2016 award with the If Stockholm Open in the 2016 ATP World Tour Awards presented by Moët &...
ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot showcases the four tournaments that received recognition in the 2016 ATP World Tour Awards presented by Moët & Chandon. Getty Images photo.
