Men's Tennis Rankings: 2010 Final Top 100

The 2010 tennis season has come to an end and Rafael Nadal of Spain is at the top of men's tennis. The Spaniard won 3 Grand Slam titles this year including the US Open where he completed a career grand slam. 16-time major champion Roger Federer of Switzerland is at #2. The Swiss maestro started and finished the year strongly by earning his 16th Grand Slam trophy at the Australian Open in January, and winning the year ending ATP Tour World finals in London last week where he beat Nadal in the finals. Novak Djokovic of Serbia ends the year at #3, while Andy Murray of the United Kingdom and Robin Soderling of Sweden round out the top 5.

Spain is the country with the most players in the top 100 with 14, followed by France with 11, and Germany with 10. Argentina has 7 players in the top 100 while Croatia, Italy, Russia and the USA have 4 players each.

RANK PLAYER COUNTRY POINTS
1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 12450
2 Federer, Roger SUI 9145
3 Djokovic, Novak SRB 6035
4 Murray, Andy GBR 5760
5 Soderling, Robin SWE 5580
6 Berdych, Tomas CZE 3955
7 Ferrer, David ESP 3735
8 Roddick, Andy USA 3665
9 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 3240
10 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 2920
11 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 2785
12 Monfils, Gael FRA 2485
13 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 2345
14 Cilic, Marin CRO 2300
15 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 2160
16 Fish, Mardy USA 1991
17 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 1965
18 Querrey, Samuel USA 1860
19 Isner, John USA 1850
20 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 1785
21 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 1755
22 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 1655
23 Llodra, Michael FRA 1575
24 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 1505
25 Montanes, Albert ESP 1495
26 Monaco, Juan ARG 1480
27 Nalbandian, David ARG 1480
28 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 1415
29 Gasquet, Richard FRA 1385
30 Troicki, Viktor SRB 1360
31 Bellucci, Thomaz BRA 1355
32 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 1300
33 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 1275
34 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 1215
35 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 1141
36 Goloubev, Andrei KAZ 1135
37 Mayer, Florian GER 1128
38 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 1085
39 Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG 1070
40 Istomin, Denis UZB 1031
41 Granollers, Marcel ESP 1021
42 Simon, Gilles FRA 1005
43 de Bakker, Thiemo NED 975
44 Benneteau, Julien FRA 965
45 Chardy, Jeremy FRA 960
46 Stakhovsky, Sergey UKR 945
47 Starace, Potito ITA 945
48 Dolgopolov, Alexander UKR 940
49 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 935
50 Robredo, Tommy ESP 915
51 Hanescu, Victor ROU 915
52 Seppi, Andreas ITA 900
53 Becker, Benjamin GER 877
54 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 870
55 Berrer, Michael GER 870
56 Fognini, Fabio ITA 855
57 Petzschner, Philipp GER 854
58 Gimeno, Daniel ESP 844
59 Kukushkin, Mikhail KAZ 819
60 Malisse, Xavier BEL 816
61 Anderson, Kevin RSA 813
62 Stepanek, Radek CZE 795
63 Cuevas, Pablo URU 790
64 Giraldo, Santiago COL 785
65 Haase, Robin NED 778
66 Berlocq, Carlos ARG 725
67 Kamke, Tobias GER 724
68 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 720
69 Serra, Florent FRA 715
70 Kubot, Lukasz POL 695
71 Andujar, Pablo ESP 683
72 Riba, Pere ESP 672
73 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 670
74 Schwank, Eduardo ARG 655
75 Sela, Dudi ISR 643
76 Mello, Ricardo BRA 642
77 Ramirez-Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 638
78 Clement, Arnaud FRA 627
79 Andreev, Igor RUS 622
80 Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 615
81 Marchenko, Ilia UKR 613
82 Zverev, Michael GER 611
83 Mannarino, Adrian FRA 600
84 Schuettler, Rainer GER 597
85 Berankis, Richard LTU 596
86 Dabul, Brian ARG 594
87 Przysiezny, Michal POL 590
88 Dodig, Ivan CRO 586
89 Lacko, Lukas SVK 578
90 Beck, Karol SVK 578
91 Ilhan, Marsel TUR 574
92 Volandri, Filippo ITA 574
93 Brown, Dustin GER 573
94 Machado, Rui POR 573
95 Mayer, Leonardo ARG 572
96 Brands, Daniel GER 570
97 Hajek, Jan CZE 570
98 Daniel, Marcos BRA 564
99 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 562
100 Nishikori, Kei JPN 554

The Men's Tennis Rankings: 2010 Final Top 100 is release by the atpworldtour.com website.

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ATP Top 100 Career Prize Money Leaders - Active Players, Dec 2010

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World #2 Roger Federer of Switzerland pushed his career prize earnings to more than $60 million to top the list of ATP Tour's Top 100 Career Prize Money Leaders amongst active players. He has earned $6.68+ million dollars for this season alone. World #1 Rafael Nadal of Spain is ranked second with more than $35.8 million dollars. Current #3 ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia is in third place with $19.76 million while former #1 players Andy Roddick of the United States and Lleyton Hewitt of Australia round out the top five with $19.03 million and $18.84 million, respectively.

RANK NAME Country Career Prize Money
1 Federer, Roger SUI 60,060,358
2 Nadal, Rafael ESP 35,796,162
3 Djokovic, Novak SRB 19,762,956
4 Roddick, Andy USA 19,026,697
5 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 18,843,702
6 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 14,187,891
7 Murray, Andy GBR 13,467,298
8 Moya, Carlos ESP 13,443,970
9 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 13,320,292
10 Muster, Thomas AUT 12,240,574
11 Nalbandian, David ARG 10,391,107
12 Santoro, Fabrice FRA 10,021,132
13 Haas, Tommy USA 9,979,980
14 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 9,289,549
15 Ferrer, David ESP 9,250,842
16 Nestor, Daniel CAN 9,140,752
17 Mirnyi, Max BLR 8,894,949
18 Robredo, Tommy ESP 8,732,363
19 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 8,731,544
20 Soderling, Robin SWE 8,699,288
21 Grosjean, Sebastien FRA 8,131,803
22 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 7,889,433
23 Bryan, Bob USA 7,504,069
24 Kiefer, Nicolas GER 7,480,465
25 Berdych, Tomas CZE 7,317,211
26 Bryan, Mike USA 7,275,146
27 Schuettler, Rainer GER 7,193,528
28 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 7,090,545
29 Hrbaty, Dominik SVK 7,065,241
30 Blake, James USA 7,044,262
31 Knowles, Mark BAH 6,873,103
32 Clement, Arnaud FRA 6,790,290
33 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 6,775,148
34 Stepanek, Radek CZE 6,677,713
35 Lapentti, Nicolas ECU 6,313,898
36 Gaudio, Gaston ARG 6,064,696
37 Paes, Leander IND 5,986,439
38 Damm, Martin CZE 5,721,417
39 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 5,638,437
40 Llodra, Michael FRA 5,576,618
41 Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG 5,432,391
42 Bhupathi, Mahesh IND 5,388,860
43 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 5,366,816
44 Zimonjic, Nenad SRB 5,199,653
45 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 5,126,316
46 Spadea, Vincent USA 5,012,880
47 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 4,897,610
48 Gasquet, Richard FRA 4,894,159
49 Monfils, Gael FRA 4,842,989
50 Fish, Mardy USA 4,724,858

The list of Top 100 Career Prize Money Leaders - Active Players is taken from the atpworldtour.com website.

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Federer beats Nadal to win ATP World Tour Finals

Roger Federer ended his 2010 tennis season with a dominating third set performance to beat rival and world #1 Rafael Nadal 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in the finals of the Barclays 2010 ATP World Tour Finals. The win was the Swiss' fifth year-end championship title, while the Spaniard has still to win one. It also marked the 66th ATP title for Roger Federer.

Federer also won the title in 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2007. He was beaten by David Nalbandian in 2005. Federer won his 5th title for the year adding to the titles he won in the Australian Open, Cincinnati, Stockholm and Basel. He will remain at #2 in the world rankings behind Nadal who had a phenomenal year by winning the last three majors of the year. It was a fitting end to a season where Federer was beaten after having held match points in multiple occassions - including a semifinal loss to Novak Djokovic in the US Open.

Federer is the most dominant player in the ATP world tour finals in the past 10 years. Below is a list of players that have won the year-end championships in this decade.

ATP WORLD TOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS
LIST OF CHAMPIONS

2001 (Sydney): Lleyton Hewitt
2002 (Shanghai): Lleyton Hewitt
2003 (Houston): Roger Federer
2004 (Houston): Roger Federer
2005 (Shanghai): David Nalbandian
2006 (Shanghai): Roger Federer
2007 (Shanghai): Roger Federer
2008 (Shanghai): Novak Djokovic
2009 (London): Nikolay Davydenko
2010 (London): Roger Federer

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Barclays 2010 ATP World Tour Finals Results

World #2 Roger Federer of Switzerland beat world #1 Rafael Nadal of Spain in 3 sets to win the Barclays 2010 ATP World Tour Finals. It was the fifth ATP world tour finals title for Federer in six trips to the final. Nadal was playing in his first championship final. Despite the loss, Nadal still leads their head-to-head rivalry with 14 wins against 8 losses.

2010 ATP World Tour Finals Results
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Results

Sunday, 28 November, 2010

Championship Match Results:
[2] R Federer (SUI) d [1] R Nadal (ESP) 6-3 3-6 6-1

November 27 - UPDATES

In a fitting way to end the season, the top 2 ranked players in the world will be meeting to decide who will win the Barclays 2010 ATP World Tour Finals. World #1 Rafael Nadal edged hometown favorite and world #5 Andy Muray in three sets, while world #2 Roger Federer was dominant in eliminating world #3 Novak Djokovic. Nadal and Federer will be meeting for the 22nd time in their career, with Nadal holding a clear 14-7 advantage. Federer will be playing for his 5th year-end championships in his 6th trip to the final. Nadal hasn't won this event and will be playing in his first final.

2010 ATP World Tour Finals Results
SEMIFINALS Results

Saturday, 27 November, 2010

Singles – Semi-finals
[1] R Nadal (ESP) d [5] A Murray (GBR) 76(5) 36 76(6)
[2] R Federer (SUI) d [3] N Djokovic (SRB) 61 64

November 26 - UPDATES

World #2 Roger Federer of Switzerland and #5-ranked Andy Murray advanced to the semifinals of the Barclays 2010 ATP World Tour Finals in London. Federer eliminated world #4 Robin Soderling of Sweden, while Murray eliminated #7-ranked David Ferrer of Spain.

Top ranked Rafael Nadal of Spain advanced to the semifinals by eliminating #6-ranked Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic. He will be playing against Murray in the semifinal round. #3-ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia eliminated #8-ranked Andy Roddick of the USA. Djokovic will be facing Federer for a slot in the finals.

ROUND ROBIN STANDINGS - Completed

Group A [Seed] Player Name: Wins / Losses

[1] Rafael Nadal : 3/0
[3] Novak Djokovic : 2/1
[6] Tomas Berdych : 1/2
[8] Andy Roddick : 0/3

Group B [Seed] Player Name: Wins / Losses

[2] Roger Federer : 3/0
[5] Andy Murray : 2/1
[4] Robin Soderling : 1/2
[7] David Ferrer : 0/3

2010 ATP World Tour Finals Results
Round Robin Results

Friday, 26 November, 2010

Singles - Group A Round Robin
[1] R Nadal (ESP) d [6] T Berdych (CZE) 76(3) 61
[3] N Djokovic (SRB) d [8] A Roddick (USA) 62 63

Thursday, 25 November, 2010

Singles - Group B Round Robin
[2] R Federer (SUI) d [4] R Soderling (SWE) 76(5) 63
[5] A Murray (GBR) d [7] D Ferrer (ESP) 62 62

Wednesday, 24 November, 2010

Singles - Group A Round Robin
[1] R Nadal (ESP) d [3] N Djokovic (SRB) 75 62
[6] T Berdych (CZE) d [8] A Roddick (USA) 75 63

Tuesday, 23 November, 2010

Singles - Group B Round Robin
[2] R Federer (SUI) d [5] A Murray (GBR) 64 62
[4] R Soderling (SWE) d [7] D Ferrer (ESP) 75 75

Monday, 22 November, 2010

Singles - Group A Round Robin
[3] N Djokovic (SRB) d [6] T Berdych (CZE) 63 63
[1] R Nadal (ESP) d [8] A Rodick (USA) 36 76(5) 64

Sunday, 21 November, 2010

Singles - Group B Round Robin
[2] R Federer (SUI) d [7] D Ferrer (ESP) 61 64
[5] A Murray (GBR) d [4] R Soderling (SWE) 62 64

The 2010 ATP World Tour Finals Results is taken from http://www.barclaysatpworldtourfinals.com/.

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Barclays 2010 ATP World Tour Semifinals: Nadal vs Murray

World #1 Rafael Nadal will have his hands full if he wants to make it to the finals of the Barclays 2010 ATP World Tour finals in London. He will be going against the only player to have beaten him in the Grand Slams - world #5 Andy Murray. Murray also has the distinction as being the only player to have beaten Nadal twice this year. The Scot will certainly have the crowd backing him as well. Nadal still maintains an 8-4 advantage in their head-to-head match-up.

OVERALL HEAD-TO-HEAD, Nadal vs Murray
Nadal leads Murray: 8-4

2010 Nadal vs Murray Matches

2010 ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 CANADA (Toronto, Canada)
SEMIFINALS, Murray beat Nadal: 6-3, 6-4

2010 WIMBLEDON (Wimbledon, England)
SEMIFINALS, Nadal beat Murray: 6-4, 7-6(6), 6-4

2010 AUSTRALIAN OPEN (Melbourne, Australia)
QUARTERFINALS, Murray beat Nadal: 6-3, 7-6(2), 3-0 (RETIRED)

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Barclays 2010 ATP World Tour Semifinals: Federer vs Djokovic

World #2 Roger Federer will be going up against #3 Novak Djokovic for a place in the finals of the Barclays 2010 ATP World Tour finals in London. Federer currently leads the head-to-head rivalry 12-6, but Djokovic has scored the win in their latest Grand Slam encounter - a 5-set victory over the Swiss that prevented what many tennis fans have been hoping for this year - a Nadal-Federer match at a Grand Slam finals.

OVERALL HEAD-TO-HEAD, Federer vs Djokovic
Federer leads Djokovic: 12-6

2010 Federer vs Djokovic Matches

2010 BASEL (Basel, Switzerland)
FINALS, Federer beat Djokovic: 6-4, 3-6, 6-1

2010 ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 SHANGHAI (Shanghai, China)
SEMIFINALS, Federer beat Djokovic: 7-6, 6-4

2010 US OPEN (New York, USA)
SEMIFINALS, Djokovic beat Federer, 5-7, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, 7-5

2010 ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 CANADA (Toronto, Canada)
SEMIFINALS, Federer beat Djokovic, 6-1, 3-6, 7-5

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Serena Williams withdraws from 2011 Australian Open

Serena Williams, former world #1 tennis player and winner of 13 Grand Slam trophies, will not be defending her Australian Open title on January 2011. The American legend withdrew from the 2011 Australian Open due to a foot injury that also kept her from participating in any tournaments after she won her 13th Grand Slam title in Wimbledon last July.

Tournament director Craig Tiley released a statement Thursday saying Williams had withdrawn from the Hopman Cup international mixed teams competition in Perth and the Australian Open in January. The Australian Open website contains the following quote from Serena:

“As I continue to rehabilitate my foot after the second surgery last month, it is with the utmost regret that I am withdrawing from the Hopman Cup and the 2011 Australian Open Championships. As I recently learned, pushing myself back into my intense training too early only caused me further injury and damage. While I desperately want to be back on the court and competing in the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, it is imperative for my health that I continue to work with my doctors to ensure my foot heals properly. This decision, though heavy on my heart, is the right one. I am praying for a healthy recovery and I promise my Aussie fans and my fans around the world that I will be back better than ever as soon as I can be.”

Williams has won the Australian Open five times, including a win over rival Justine Henin in the 2010 final. She currently holds the most number of Grand Slam titles amongst active players, and she is currently #1 in career prize money not just in tennis but amongst all women athletes. She's currently ranked #4 in women's tennis despite playing just 6 tournaments in 2010.

Serena Williams - Australian Open Performance History
Match W/L record: 51-6

2010 Australian Open - WINNER
2009 Australian Open - WINNER
2008 Australian Open - QUARTERFINALS
2007 Australian Open - WINNER
2006 Australian Open - 3RD ROUND
2005 Australian Open - WINNER
2004 Australian Open - DID NOT PLAY
2003 Australian Open - WINNER
2002 Australian Open - DID NOT PLAY
2001 Australian Open - QUARTERFINALS
2000 Australian Open - 4TH ROUND
1999 Australian Open - 3RD ROUND
1998 Australian Open - 2ND ROUND

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Top 100 ATP Men's Tennis Career Prize Money Leaders - Nov 2010

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Roger Federer tops the current list of ATP Men's Tennis Career Prize Money Leaders. In the rankings released earlier this month, the 16-time Grand Slam champion from Switzerland is the top earner with almost $57.9 million. Retired American legend Pete Sampras is a far second with $43.3 million. Current world #1, Rafael Nadal of Spain is now at #3 with $34.9 million earned. Nadal dislodged Andre Agassi from the top 3 this year with the American slipping to #4. Agassi's career earnings is at $31.2 million, ahead of German champion Boris Becker who occupies the 5th slot with $25.1 million.

Six other active players are ranked in the top 20. The next highest active player on the list behind Federer and Nadal is current world #3 Novak Djokovic. The Serb just rose to #10 in this list with his latest tournament earnings pushing his total to $19.2 million. Former #1 players LLeyton Hewitt and Andy Roddick occupy the 12th and 13th places respectively - with earnings of $18.8 million and $18.7 million. Russian Nikolay Davydenko is at #17 with $14.1 million. Spaniards Carlos Moya and Juan Carlos Ferrero are at #19 and #20 with $13.4 million and $13.3 million, respectively. With just a few tournaments left in the year, another active player can reach the top 20 by performing well in his last events. World #4 Andy Murray currently sits at #21 with $12.9 million. See below for the top 100 list.

Top 100 ATP Men's Tennis Career Prize Money Leaders
November 2010; Source: atpworldtour.com
Active players are indicated

Rank Player Career Earnings
1 Federer, Roger $57,875,638 Active
2 Sampras, Pete $43,280,489
3 Nadal, Rafael $34,936,162 Active
4 Agassi, Andre $31,152,975
5 Becker, Boris $25,080,956
6 Kafelnikov, Yevgeny $23,883,797
7 Lendl, Ivan $21,262,417
8 Edberg, Stefan $20,630,941
9 Ivanisevic, Goran $19,876,579
10 Djokovic, Novak $19,175,572 Active
11 Chang, Michael $19,145,632
12 Hewitt, Lleyton $18,843,702 Active
13 Roddick, Andy $18,740,173 Active
14 Kuerten, Gustavo $14,807,000
15 Bjorkman, Jonas $14,600,323
16 Safin, Marat $14,373,291
17 Davydenko, Nikolay $14,063,687 Active
18 Courier, Jim $14,034,132
19 Moya, Carlos $13,443,970 Active
20 Ferrero, Juan Carlos $13,320,292 Active
21 Murray, Andy $12,939,701 Active
22 Stich, Michael $12,595,128
23 McEnroe, John $12,552,132
24 Muster, Thomas $12,239,759 Active
25 Henman, Tim $11,635,542
26 Bruguera, Sergi $11,632,199
27 Rafter, Patrick $11,127,058
28 Enqvist, Thomas $10,461,641
29 Korda, Petr $10,448,900
30 Corretja, Alex $10,411,354
31 Nalbandian, David $10,327,258 Active
32 Woodbridge, Todd $10,095,245
33 Krajicek, Richard $10,077,425
34 Santoro, Fabrice $10,021,132 Active
35 Haas, Tommy $9,979,980 Active
36 Ferreira, Wayne $9,969,617
37 Rios, Marcelo $9,713,771
38 Ljubicic, Ivan $9,262,234 Active
39 Nestor, Daniel $8,969,205 Active
40 Rusedski, Greg $8,944,841
41 Robredo, Tommy $8,732,363 Active
42 Gonzalez, Fernando $8,731,544 Active
43 Mirnyi, Max $8,700,859 Active
44 Connors, Jimmy $8,641,040
45 Ferrer, David $8,639,916 Active
46 Woodforde, Mark $8,571,605
47 Martin, Todd $8,254,455
48 Grosjean, Sebastien $8,131,803 Active
49 Wilander, Mats $7,976,256
50 Youzhny, Mikhail $7,792,117 Active
51 Haarhuis, Paul $7,749,011
52 Soderling, Robin $7,729,116 Active
53 Costa, Albert $7,685,228
54 Novak, Jiri $7,618,613
55 Kiefer, Nicolas $7,480,248 Active
56 Bryan, Bob $7,367,013 Active
57 Schuettler, Rainer $7,187,253 Active
58 Johansson, Thomas $7,168,029
59 Bryan, Mike $7,138,090 Active
60 Hrbaty, Dominik $7,059,223 Active
61 Blake, James $7,044,262 Active
62 Berdych, Tomas $7,024,963 Active
63 Philippoussis, Mark $6,985,202 Active
64 Verdasco, Fernando $6,952,415 Active
65 Pioline, Cedric $6,921,029
66 Knowles, Mark $6,828,991 Active
67 Rosset, Marc $6,812,693
68 Del Potro, Juan Martin $6,775,148 Active
69 Clement, Arnaud $6,749,993 Active
70 Medvedev, Andrei $6,721,560
71 Stepanek, Radek $6,588,360 Active
72 Lapentti, Nicolas $6,313,898 Active
73 Gaudio, Gaston $6,064,696 Active
74 Paes, Leander $5,942,522 Active
75 Coria, Guillermo $5,915,620
76 Hlasek, Jakob $5,895,293
77 Larsson, Magnus $5,839,451
78 Damm, Martin $5,721,417 Active
79 Forget, Guy $5,669,934
80 Melzer, Jurgen $5,517,544 Active
81 Gilbert, Brad $5,509,060
82 Llodra, Michael $5,410,935 Active
83 Chela, Juan Ignacio $5,390,180 Active
84 Jarryd, Anders $5,378,067
85 Sanchez, Emilio $5,339,395
86 Lopez, Feliciano $5,339,072 Active
87 Mantilla, Felix $5,332,214
88 Canas, Guillermo $5,285,575
89 Wheaton, David $5,238,401
90 Pavel, Andrei $5,225,028
91 Bhupathi, Mahesh $5,194,770 Active
92 Schalken, Sjeng $5,192,798
93 Black, Byron $5,159,775
94 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried $5,126,316 Active
95 Kucera, Karol $5,061,125
96 Zimonjic, Nenad $5,028,105 Active
97 Spadea, Vincent $5,012,880 Active
98 Eltingh, Jacco $4,926,864
99 Vilas, Guillermo $4,923,882
100 Nieminen, Jarkko $4,848,769

The Top 100 ATP Men's Tennis Career Prize Money Leaders is available at the ATP World Tour website.

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Tennis Record set by Roger Federer

Another tennis record was set by Swiss world #2 and 16-time grand slam champion Roger Federer. Federer became the first player in this millenium to win 65 ATP tour titles when he beat world #3, Novak Djokovic of Serbia 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 in the final of the Swiss Indoors in Basel, Switzerland. It was sweet revenge for Federer as he lost to the Serb in the 2009 final. Federer, who was born in Basel, won his fourth tournament of the year. He earlier won at the Australian Open, Cincinnati, and Stockholm. He is now one tournament ahead of Pete Sampras, and solo fourth overall in this particular tennis record. He trails Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, and John McEnroe in the most number of ATP titles won. All three players ahead of Federer have retired before the year 2000.

Tennis Record: Most Number of ATP Titles won
Rank - Player - Titles Won
1. Jimmy Connors 109
2. Ivan Lendl 94
3. John McEnroe 77
4. Roger Federer 65
5. Pete Sampras 64
6. Björn Borg 63
7. Guillermo Vilas 62
8. Andre Agassi 60
9. Boris Becker 49
10. Thomas Muster 44

Federer is the top seed and will be vying for title #66 at the on-going BNP Paribas Masters in Paris, France. This will be his second to the last tournament of the year, and he will play his last in the eight-man field at the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. The world tour finals will be led by world #1 Rafael Nadal and will be held at The O2 in London from 21-28 November. If Federer wins both tournaments, he will push his tennis record to 67 titles - 10 less than John McEnroe who is currently at #3 with 77 tournament wins.

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Top 100 WTA Women's Tennis Career Prize Money Leaders - Nov 2010

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Despite playing in just six tournaments, American tennis superstar Serena Williams ended the 2010 season at the top of the women's tennis career prize money leader list. She has now earned more than $32.7 million. Her earnings for the year top $4.2 million dollars - majority of which came after winning her 12th and 13th Grand Slam titles at the Australian Open and Wimbledon Championships respectively. Serena's sister, Venus Williams remains at #2 in the women's tennis career prize money leader list. She currently has earned almost $27.7 million , $2.6 million of which was earned this year. The rest of the top 5 career prize money leaders are all retired players - Lindsay Davenport at #3 with $22.2 million, Steffi Graf at #4 with $21.9 million, and Martina Navratilova at #5 with $21.6 million.

Kim Clijsters, the US Open champion is the third active player in the list at #6. Clijsters was the top earner this year with more than $5 million, after successfully defending her US Open title and winning the year-end WTA Tour Championships. She surpasses Justine Henin as the top Belgian earner, and is set to enter the top five list next year. Other active players in the top 20 include Justine Henin - #7 with $20.9 million, Svetlana Kuznetsova - #10 with $15.1 million, Maria Sharapova - #14 with $13.7 million, Jelena Jankovic - #15 with $11.6 million, Dinara Safina - #18 with $10.5 million, and Vera Zvonareva - #20 with $10.1 million. Current world #1, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark is at #30, with $7.7 million.


TOP Women's Tennis CAREER PRIZE MONEY LEADERS
As of: Nov 08, 2010

STANDING NAME NAT CAREER TOTAL
1 WILLIAMS, SERENA USA 32,773,004
2 WILLIAMS, VENUS USA 27,681,772
3 DAVENPORT, LINDSAY USA 22,166,338
4 GRAF, STEFFI GER 21,895,277
5 NAVRATILOVA, MARTINA USA 21,626,089
6 CLIJSTERS, KIM BEL 21,431,916
7 HENIN, JUSTINE BEL 20,863,335
8 HINGIS, MARTINA SUI 20,130,657
9 SANCHEZ-VICARIO, ARANTXA ESP 16,942,640
10 KUZNETSOVA, SVETLANA RUS 15,143,223
11 MAURESMO, AMELIE FRA 15,022,476
12 SELES, MONICA USA 14,891,762
13 DEMENTIEVA, ELENA RUS 14,867,437
14 SHARAPOVA, MARIA RUS 13,744,179
15 JANKOVIC, JELENA SRB 11,569,440
16 MARTINEZ, CONCHITA ESP 11,527,977
17 NOVOTNA, JANA CZE 11,249,284
18 SAFINA, DINARA RUS 10,465,419
19 CAPRIATI, JENNIFER USA 10,206,639
20 ZVONAREVA, VERA RUS 10,093,530
21 PIERCE, MARY FRA 9,793,119
22 PETROVA, NADIA RUS 8,996,412
23 EVERT, CHRIS USA 8,896,195
24 SABATINI, GABRIELA ARG 8,785,850
25 RAYMOND, LISA USA 8,321,701
26 SCHNYDER, PATTY SUI 8,318,383
27 SUGIYAMA, AI JPN 8,128,126
28 IVANOVIC, ANA SRB 7,973,547
29 ZVEREVA, NATASHA BLR 7,792,503
30 WOZNIACKI, CAROLINE DEN 7,696,846
31 HANTUCHOVA, DANIELA SVK 7,217,292
32 SCHIAVONE, FRANCESCA ITA 7,045,259
33 TAUZIAT, NATHALIE FRA 6,650,093
34 BLACK, CARA ZIM 6,457,520
35 STOSUR, SAMANTHA AUS 6,405,650
36 SUKOVA, HELENA CZE 6,391,245
37 LIKHOVTSEVA, ELENA RUS 6,237,556
38 RUANO PASCUAL, VIRGINIA ESP 6,076,081
39 MYSKINA, ANASTASIA RUS 5,606,725
40 COETZER, AMANDA RSA 5,594,821
41 SHRIVER, PAM USA 5,460,566
42 FERNANDEZ, MARY JOE USA 5,258,471
43 AZARENKA, VICTORIA BLR 5,162,325
44 SUAREZ, PAOLA ARG 5,134,870
45 STUBBS, RENNAE AUS 5,119,818
46 SREBOTNIK, KATARINA SLO 4,881,125
47 BARTOLI, MARION FRA 4,855,934
48 HUBER, ANKE GER 4,768,292
49 FERNANDEZ, GIGI USA 4,681,906
50 PENNETTA, FLAVIA ITA 4,659,735
51 HUBER, LIEZEL USA 4,605,912
52 GARRISON, ZINA USA 4,590,816
53 RADWANSKA, AGNIESZKA POL 4,493,567
54 RUBIN, CHANDA USA 4,470,180
55 MAJOLI, IVA CRO 4,405,867
56 MALEEVA, MAGDALENA BUL 4,398,582
57 DECHY, NATHALIE FRA 4,281,064
58 DOKIC, JELENA AUS 4,163,499
59 NEILAND, LARISA LAT 4,083,936
60 SHAUGHNESSY, MEGHANN USA 3,799,154
61 TESTUD, SANDRINE FRA 3,782,307
62 MEDINA GARRIGUES, ANABEL ESP 3,778,620
63 CHAKVETADZE, ANNA RUS 3,753,704
64 ZHENG, JIE CHN 3,714,755
65 FARINA ELIA, SILVIA ITA 3,688,252
66 PEER, SHAHAR ISR 3,668,705
67 KOURNIKOVA, ANNA RUS 3,584,662
68 FRAZIER, AMY USA 3,460,799
69 MCNEIL, LORI USA 3,441,604
70 MANDLIKOVA, HANA AUS 3,340,959
71 LI, NA CHN 3,326,919
72 DULKO, GISELA ARG 3,313,116
73 KIRILENKO, MARIA RUS 3,255,989
74 MALEEVA-FRAGNIERE, MANUELA SUI 3,244,811
75 MOLIK, ALICIA AUS 3,139,811
76 SCHETT, BARBARA AUT 3,109,510
77 HALARD-DECUGIS, JULIE FRA 3,096,734
78 TANASUGARN, TAMARINE THA 3,027,958
79 PESCHKE, KVETA CZE 3,022,693
80 TURNBULL, WENDY AUS 2,769,024
81 VAIDISOVA, NICOLE CZE 2,740,268
82 GARBIN, TATHIANA ITA 2,661,973
83 BONDARENKO, ALONA UKR 2,652,435
84 SPIRLEA, IRINA ROM 2,652,068
85 SCHULTZ-MCCARTHY, BRENDA NED 2,632,395
86 DATE KRUMM, KIMIKO JPN 2,487,243
87 REZAI, ARAVANE FRA 2,463,634
88 GROENEFELD, ANNA-LENA GER 2,419,165
89 PRATT, NICOLE AUS 2,404,547
90 RAZZANO, VIRGINIE FRA 2,364,485
91 MARTINEZ SANCHEZ, MARIA JOSE ESP 2,362,084
92 BENESOVA, IVETA CZE 2,305,828
93 DANIILIDOU, ELENI GRE 2,275,986
94 SMASHNOVA, ANNA ISR 2,274,431
95 KOHDE-KILSCH, CLAUDIA GER 2,227,116
96 MALEEVA, KATERINA BUL 2,220,371
97 CRAYBAS, JILL USA 2,191,321
98 PENG, SHUAI CHN 2,131,383
99 VESNINA, ELENA RUS 2,130,662
100 LOIT, EMILIE FRA 2,121,660

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2010 Women’s Tennis Player of the Year

Now that the last major tournament for the year just completed (sorry – Bali doesn’t really matter), it’s a good time to think about the best women’s tennis player for 2010. I’ve narrowed down my list to the players who, as a tennis fan, I consider to be the ones who achieved the most for this season.

There have been plenty of inspiring stories this year – Justine Henin’s un-retirement and her journey to the finals of the Australian Open in just her second tournament back. Kimiko Date-Krumm’s age-defying play giving notice that a top-notch player in her 40s can still challenge players nearly half her age. Then, there’s Sam Stosur who made a successful switch from doubles to singles last year, and re-affirmed that she belonged to the tennis elite by reaching the finals of her first grand Slam at Roland Garros. And, Venus Williams continue to excel at the ripe old age of 30 staying in the top 3 for most of the year and actually contending at a Slam not named Wimbledon. She’s also one in 2 players who have reached at least the fourth round in all Grand Slam tournaments this year.

Inspiring stories do not however, define the best overall performance in a year. For me, five players stood out from the rest of the pack. Ranking points be damned, these players were shortlisted based on the following criteria – Grand Slam play and over-all consistency. Some may not agree with tennis achievements based solely on Grand Slam play, but as an online poll indicates, majority of fans consider Grand Slam performance as the best barometer for a tennis career. Still, I have also used consistency as part of my criteria. After all, these rewards the players who, despite not performing well in the sport’s greatest stages, earned respect from tennis fans and players alike by performing consistently well through-out the year. Below are my top 5 women’s tennis players for 2010.

#5. Vera Zvonareva – the “crying” Russian becomes the top Russian player after reaching the finals of Wimbledon and the US Open. If memory serves me right, she’s the second Russian player to have reached consecutive Grand Slam finals after Maria Sharapova did this is 2006-2007. She ends the year as world #2, her highest ever ranking. She won her 10th singles title at Pattaya City, and finished runner-up at the above mentioned Slams, in Charleston and Beijing.

#4. Francesca Schiavone – the Italian won a Grand Slam – a career achievement not accomplished by more talented players (see Elena Dementieva). She did it at the age of 30 after never having gone beyond the quarterfinals in prior 38 Grand Slam main draws. Before her win, her best performance was a quarterfinals appearance in her first French Open in 2001, US Open in 2003, and Wimbledon in 2009. She won only her third tour singles title earlier this year in Barcelona. After falling in the first round at Wimbledon, she bounced back with a quarterfinal showing at the US Open.

#3. Caroline Wozniacki – the young Dane won the most titles this season, backed that up with the most number of wins in the tour this year and was rewarded with a rise to the top of the tennis rankings in October – only the 20th player to have ever achieved such. However, she failed to perform well in the sport’s greatest stages, though she was consistent in reaching the fourth round of all Grand Slams this year. Titles at Ponte Vedra Beach, Copenhagen, Montreal, New Haven, Tokyo, and Beijing should make her a toughened and more mature competitor; ready to take on Grand Slam challenges come 2011. That is, if she doesn’t fall into the same category as previous non-Grand Slam winners like Dinara Safina and Jelena Jankovic.

The top spot was a rather difficult choice to make. Using my criteria, one of these ladies can be WTA Tennis Player of the Year but as it is, there is only one winner.

RUNNER – UP. Kim Clijsters – successfully defended the US Open crown she won as a sentimental favorite in just her 3rd tournament back after retirement last year. She finished strong by winning the year end WTA Tour Championships at Doha, and secured the #3 ranking for the year. She added titles at Brisbane, Miami and Cincinnati to push her total number of WTA tour singles titles to 40. Her paycheck wasn’t bad either having earned more than $5 million dollars this year – the top in the league. Still, Clijster’s 1 title in 3 Slams is edged by the performance of the:

2010 Women’s TENNIS PLAYER of the Year - Serena Williams. In a year when her rivals un-retired from tennis and vocally made winning Wimbledon their ultimate goal, the American stamped her class by beating rival Justine Henin for Grand Slam #12 at the Australian Open, and then defending her 2009 Wimbledon title when all three expected rivals for the title (sister Venus, Henin and Clijsters) fell before the semifinals. Her Grand Slam haul of 13 pushed her above American legend Billie Jean King and cemented her position as the best player of her generation. Along the way, she also picked up 2 more Grand Slam titles in doubles at the Australian Open and French Open, and joined Navratilova as the only other player in history to have won all Grand Slam major titles in singles and doubles, and reached #1 in both ranking categories. She remains the richest woman athlete in history with a haul of almost $33 million dollars - $4 million + of which were from this year alone.

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