Masters (tennis)

This article covers the previous year-end tournament in men's tennis; to the (abbreviated with the same name) tournaments of the tournament series ATP World Tour Masters 1000

The Masters was 1970-1989 in addition to the Grand Slam tournaments , the most important tennis -Veranstaltung of Lords. It was also the last major tournament of the year.

In 1990 the Masters was replaced by the ATP World Championship and then by the Tennis Masters Cup . Since 2009 the tournament has been held under the name ATP World Tour Finals .

After the Masters had changed venue several times at the beginning, the tournament has been held in New York's Madison Square Garden since 1977 .

The eight best players in the tennis world rankings were eligible to participate . After a round robin round (with two groups of four players each), the knockout system was in effect from 1972 onwards from the semi-finals .

The tournament's record winner was Ivan Lendl , who triumphed five times and made it into the final four more times. Ilie Năstase achieved four titles, John McEnroe was successful three times. In addition to his victory in 1988, Boris Becker made it to the final three times. If you count the ATP World Championship, Becker reached the finals eight times and celebrated three victories.

Winner of the Masters

The Masters
year	venue	winner	Final opponent	Result
1989	new York	Stefan Edberg	Boris Becker	4: 6, 7: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
1988		Boris Becker	Ivan Lendl	5: 7, 7: 6, 3: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6
1987		Ivan Lendl	Mats Wilander	6: 2, 6: 2, 6: 3
1986		Ivan Lendl	Boris Becker	6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 4
1985		Ivan Lendl	Boris Becker	6: 2, 7: 6, 6: 3
1984		John McEnroe	Ivan Lendl	7: 5, 6: 0, 6: 4
1983		John McEnroe	Ivan Lendl	6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 4
1982		Ivan Lendl	John McEnroe	6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 2
1981		Ivan Lendl	Vitas gerulaitis	6: 7, 2: 6, 7: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
1980		Bjorn Borg	Ivan Lendl	6: 4, 6: 2, 6: 2
1979		Bjorn Borg	Vitas gerulaitis	6: 2, 6: 2
1978		John McEnroe	Arthur Ashe	6: 7, 6: 3, 7: 5
1977		Jimmy Connors	Bjorn Borg	6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 4
1976	Houston	Manuel Orantes	Wojciech Fibak	5: 7, 6: 2, 0: 6, 7: 6, 6: 1
1975	Stockholm	Ilie Năstase	Bjorn Borg	6: 2, 6: 2, 6: 1
1974	Melbourne	Guillermo Vilas	Ilie Năstase	7: 6, 6: 2, 3: 6, 3: 6, 6: 4
1973	Boston	Ilie Năstase	Tom Okker	6: 3, 7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 3
1972	Barcelona	Ilie Năstase	Stan Smith	6: 3, 6: 2, 3: 6, 2: 6, 6: 3
1971	Paris	Ilie Năstase	(no final)	6: 0 (Round Robin)
1970	Tokyo	Stan Smith	(no final)	4: 1 (Round Robin)

See also

The corresponding tournament for women is the WTA Tour Championships

source

• Masters (1970–1989) Singles Results on barclaysatpworldtourfinals.com