Continuing our Season In Review series, ATPWorldTour.com looks at the headlines that shaped 2017 on the doubles circuit Year-Long Tussle For Top Team It came down to the final week of the season. The battle for year-end No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings was intense from start to finish in 2017, as two teams created plenty of drama on the doubles court. Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo edged Henri Kontinen and John Peers for the top honour during the Nitto ATP Finals, ending a year-long tussle for No. 1. Both teams began their respective reigns in the Top 2 on April 3 and neither would depart from their perches for the rest of the season. Kubot and...
They may not be finishing the season with the year-end No. 1 Emirates ATP Doubles Team Ranking, but Henri Kontinen and John Peers aren’t leaving the Nitto ATP Finals without hardware. After producing a serving masterclass, Kontinen and Peers defeated top-seeded Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo, 6-4, 6-2, in 70 minutes to retain their title at the season finale. A year after capturing the trophy in London in their team debut, Kontinen and Peers won four straight matches after dropping their round-robin opener against eighth-seeded Ryan Harrison and Michael Venus to clinch the triumph at The O2 without losing a set in the semi-finals or final. They are the first pair to win back-to-back titles at the season finale since...
It will be No. 1 vs. No. 2 in the doubles championship of the Nitto ATP Finals, when Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo duel with Henri Kontinen and John Peers. The hottest rivalry of the year on the ATP World Tour doubles circuit will have a fitting conclusion on Sunday at The O2 in London. Kubot and Melo secured the year-end No. 1 position in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings, but Kontinen and Peers enter as the defending champions at the season finale. Both teams will be keen to cap their campaigns with a trophy, as the curtain falls on 2017. While the top-seeded Polish-Brazilian duo celebrated a more successful season overall, they struggled to find any consistent gains...
There is little doubt as to who the two best doubles teams on the ATP World Tour have been this season. So it is only fitting that the top two seeds at the Nitto ATP Finals will battle for the title at the season finale. After a tight opening set, Henri Kontinen and John Peers used the momentum they gained from blitzing Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in a tie-break to steamroll into their second consecutive final at The O2, defeating the fourth seeds in the semi-finals, 7-6(2), 6-2, in 78 minutes. The defending champions will get a crack at winning the title at The O2 once again on Sunday against top-seeded Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo, who will finish...
Watch highlights of Saturday's semi-final between Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo versus Ryan Harrison and Michael Venus. Photo Credit: Thomas Lovelock/ATP World Tour. Watch live tennis at Tennis TV.com.
