ATP world championship

The ATP World Championship from 1990 to 1999, the most important men's tennis tournament in addition to the Grand Slam tournaments and the last major ATP tournament of the year. The predecessor was the New York Masters , which had been held since 1970. In 2000, the ATP World Cup and the competing Munich Grand Slam Cup were then replaced by the Tennis Masters Cup .

The indoor tournament was held in Germany , where the popularity of tennis was at its peak in the early 1990s thanks to the successes of Boris Becker , Michael Stich and Steffi Graf . From 1990 to 1995 the tournament was held in the Frankfurt Festhalle before moving to Hanover .

The eight best players in the ATP world rankings were eligible to participate . After a round robin round (with two groups of four, each against each other), the knockout system applied from the semi-finals . The ATP World Championship was dominated by Pete Sampras , who triumphed five times in ten events. Boris Becker reached the final four times in his "home games" and won the title twice.

The winners of the ATP World Championship

ATP Tour World Championships
year	venue	winner	Final opponent	Result
1999	Hanover	Pete Sampras	Andre Agassi	6: 1, 7: 5, 6: 4
1998		Alex Corretja	Carlos Moyá	3: 6, 3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3, 7: 5
1997		Pete Sampras	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6: 3, 6: 2, 6: 2
1996		Pete Sampras	Boris Becker	3: 6, 7: 6, 7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 4
1995	Frankfurt am Main	Boris Becker	Michael Chang	7: 6, 6: 0, 7: 6
1994		Pete Sampras	Boris Becker	4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5, 6: 4
1993		Michael Stich	Pete Sampras	7: 6, 2: 6, 7: 6, 6: 2
1992		Boris Becker	Jim Courier	6: 4, 6: 3, 7: 5
1991		Pete Sampras	Jim Courier	3: 6, 7: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
1990		Andre Agassi	Stefan Edberg	5: 7, 7: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2

See also

the corresponding tournament for women was the WTA Tour Championships