London:
Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Bob and Mike Bryan have been honoured in the 2015 ATP World Tour Awards. The winners of the 2015 ATP World Tour Awards, presented by Moët & Chandon were announced earlier this week.
While the ATP World Tour No. 1 Doubles Team presented by Emirates Award is still to be decided between four teams, all the other award winners were announced last Wednesday. Djokovic receives the ATP World Tour No. 1 award presented by Emirates for a second straight year and fourth time overall, following an unbroken stint at No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings since July 7, 2014.
Federer has been selected by his peers as winner of the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award for the eleventh time and by fans as the ATPWorldTour.com Fans’ Favourite presented by Moët & Chandon for a 13th straight year. Since 2003, Federer has won a record 31 ATP World Tour Awards.
The players will receive their awards in on-court ceremonies at The O2 through the tournament week.
The awards:
ATP World Tour No. 1 presented by Emirates (determined by Emirates ATP Rankings): Novak Djokovic
The 28-year-old Serbian has become the sixth player to clinch the year-end No. 1 Emirates ATP Rankings on four or more occasions, following in the footsteps of Pete Sampras (six years), Jimmy Connors and Roger Federer (five years), Ivan Lendl and John McEnroe (four years).
ATP World Tour No. 1 Doubles Team presented by Emirates (determined by Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings): The battle is still open with Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau, Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo, and Jamie Murray and John Peers all in the fray to finish as the No. 1 duo at the O2. The Bryans have won the award ten times overall (2003, 2005 to 2007 and then from 2009 to 2014).
ATP Star of Tomorrow Award presented by Emirates (determined by Emirates ATP Rankings): Alexander Zverev, who began the season ranked No. 136, broke into the Top 100 on May 18 and reached a career-high No. 74 on June 29.
Most Improved Player of the Year (voted by ATP players): Hyeon Chung, 19 of South Korea, after he climbed more than 120 places from No. 173 in the Emirates ATP Rankings at the start of the year, winning four titles on the ATP Challenger Tour in 2015.
Comeback Player of the Year (voted by ATP players): Benoit Paire
Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship (voted by ATP players): Roger Federer: Fellow players voted the Swiss as the winner of the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award for the eleventh time and fifth year in-a-row.
Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year (awarded by ATP): Bob and Mike Bryan for their charitable foundation, Bryan Bros, raising money for dozens of beneficiaries. The foundation’s mission is to “support and grow the dreams of children”.
ATPWorldTour.com Fans’ Favourite presented by Moët & Chandon (Singles) (voted by fans): Roger Federer for a record 13th straight year, receiving 65 per cent of all votes cast, and was followed by Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Kei Nishikori.
ATPWorldTour.com Fans’ Favourite presented by Moët & Chandon (Doubles) (voted by fans): Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan
Ron Bookman Media Excellence (awarded by ATP): Linda Pearce
The Tournaments of the Year award will be awarded in three categories, including ATP World Tour Masters 1000; ATP World Tour 500 and ATP World Tour 250.
The Tournament awards will be announced in 2016.
