What were the major accomplishments in 2010 for the qualifying players?
The field for the 2010 ATP World Tour Finals has been determined. Here are the top 8 players from the past season who have all qualified for the world championships along with their notable accomplishments from this season:
Rafael Nadal
- Won Monte Carlo, Rome, Madrid, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open
- Failed to win a set at the 2009 ATP World Tour Finals
- Also won ATP Tokyo as part of the 500 series
Roger Federer
- Won the Australian Open and the Cincinnati Masters
- Also made the semifinals of the US Open and made the finals of 3 other Masters events
- Has won the ATP World Tour Finals multiple times
- Won ATP Stockholm and ATP Basel
Novak Djokovic
- US Open finalist and Wimbledon semifinalist
- Won ATP Beijing and ATP Dubai outright
Robin Soderling
- French Open finalist
- Won the Paris Masters
- Made the semifinals of the ATP World Tour in 2009
Andy Murray
- Finalist from the Australian Open
- Won both the Toronto Masters and the Shanghai Masters outright
Tomas Berdych
- Wimbledon finalist and Miami Masters finalist
- The only player in this year's field that is making his world finals debut
- Also the only player in this year's field without either a Grand Slam title or ATP title in 2010
David Ferrer
- Ferrer won ATP Valencia two weeks ago (series 500) and won ATP Acapulco early in 2010
- Ferrer as made the final of the Rome Masters
Andy Roddick
- Roddick won ATP Miami in the spring
- Also made the final for ATP Indian Wells
The draw-sheet is not yet available but the format of the tournament is known and here's how it works.
The field of 8 is split into two groups of 4 and each group plays a round robin. The top two players from each group advance to the semifinals with the top player in each group playing the 2nd player from the other group.
From that point on it is just straight elimination with the winner crowned the world champion.
The reigning world champion is Nikolay Davydenko however this season the Russian has drifted on tour and he is now out at a ranking of 22nd. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are the favorites to win the title but certainly Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, and Robin Soderling are considered to be impact players as well.
The 2010 ATP World Tour Finals will start next week and they will take place from London, England.
