At around 6:30 p.m. Beijing time yesterday, in the second match of the MEN's singles of the ATP Cup final held in Sydney, Canada's Aliassim defeated Spain's Agut 2-0 to seal the victory for Canada, and Canada won this year's ATP Cup.
In 2020, ATP and Tennis Australia jointly launched a new tennis team event, the ATP Cup. The winner of the inaugural ATP Cup was Serbia and last year's winner was Russia.
This year's ATP Cup will be held from January 1 to 9. Many fans are familiar with both tour and Grand Slam events, but not much is known about this brand new event. Today, we will introduce the format, prize money and points of this event.
1. Introduction to the format
The ATP Cup is a country-based team competition, this year's ATP Cup, which is played by 16 countries, is divided into four ABCD groups, each with 4 national teams, each with 5 members, generally composed of the country's top players in the world. The five players are Singles No. 1, Singles No. 2 and Group 1 Doubles.
The first stage of the tournament is a group round robin, each national team plays a total of 3 games, 2 singles and 1 doubles, according to the winner and loser, the group ranking, the first ranked team qualified, to advance to the second stage of the knockout round.
There were 4 teams in the knockout round in the second stage, and after the semi-finals, 2 teams finally reached the final.
This year's ATP Cup is grouped: Group A includes Serbia, Norway, Chile and Spain, Group B includes Russia, Italy, Austria and Australia, Group C includes Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, and Group D includes Greece, Poland, Argentina and Georgia.
In previous years, group stages have typically been held in Brisbane, Perth and Sydney, but this year Australia has restricted movement between states due to the pandemic, and the competition was held in Sydney.
2. Contest prize money
The total prize money for the inaugural ATP Cup in 2020 was $15 million, which dropped to $7.5 million last year and recovered to $10 million this year.
The ATP Cup prize money is divided into three parts, namely: the player's appearance fee, the individual match bonus and the team bonus.
The appearance fee for each player depends mainly on his role in the team and his world ranking. Each team's first singles appearance fee is: if his world ranking is 1-3, then his appearance fee is $220,000; the 4-6 place appearance fee is $190,000, the 7-12 place appearance fee is $160,000, and the 13-16 place appearance fee is $135,000.
For example, Medvedev is currently ranked No. 2 in the world, and if he had been the first singles player for Russia, his singles appearance would have cost $220,000.
The second singles appearance fee is: $160,000 for ranking 1-10, $135,000 for 11-20, $60,000 for 21-30, $45,000 for 31-50, $30,000 for 51-100, $20,000 for 101-250, and $15,000 after 251.
For example, Shapovalov is currently ranked No. 14 in the world, and if he had been canada's second singles player, his singles appearance would have been $135,000.
The appearance fee for the 3-5 singles is: $20,000 for ranking 1-20, $15,000 for 21-50, $10,000 for 51-100, $7,500 for 101-250, and $5,000 for subsequent appearances.
The doubles appearance fee is: the appearance fee for ranking 1-20 is $20,000 per person, the appearance fee for 21-50 is $15,000 per person, the appearance fee for 51-100 is $10,000 per person, the appearance fee for 101-150 is $7,500 per person, and the appearance fee after 151 is $5,000 per person.
In addition to the appearance fee, the second part of the player's bonus is the match bonus.
For the team that wins the championship, the No. 1 singles prize is $250,000, the No. 2 singles prize is $160,000, and the doubles prize is $42,000 per person.
For runners-up teams, the No. 1 singles prize money is $150,000, the No. 2 singles prize money is $105,000, and the doubles prize money is $30,000 each.
For teams qualifying from the group, the No. 1 singles prize money is $44,500, the No. 2 singles prize money is $30,000, and the doubles bonus is $8,500 per person.
The third part of the player's bonus is the team bonus. The champion team receives $50,000 per player, the runner-up team receives $30,000 per player, and the team that qualifies from the group receives $10,000 per player.
After winning the championship this year, Canada's Aliasim's total prize money is $787,500 and Shapovalov's total prize money is $555,000.
3. Points Rules
The Davis Cup at the end of last year had neither prize money nor points, and the ATP Cup, although it was also a team game, had both prize money and points, so it could attract more players to participate. For example, Zverev withdrew from the Davis Cup for two consecutive years, but this year he is the No. 1 single of the ATP Cup Germany team.
In addition to appearance fees and bonuses, players participating in the ATP Cup can also earn ATP singles and doubles points, the winner's points are mainly determined by the opponent's ranking, and the higher the opponent's ranking, the higher the winner's points. For example, the champion team's No. 1 singles will receive 280 points if their opponent ranks 1-10; 220 points if the opponent ranks 11-20; 160 points if the opponent ranks 21-30; and 120 points if the opponent ranks 31-50.
The biggest singles score in the ATP Cup this year was Spanish player Busta (415 points), followed by Aliassim (390 points) and Medvedev (295 points).
The points rules for doubles are similar to those for singles and will not be repeated. Overall, a player can earn up to 500 singles points and 250 doubles points. (Source: Tennis House Author: Yun Cirrus Yunshu)