The 2015 International Premier Tennis League season (2015 IPTL season, officially the 2015 Coca-Cola International Premier Tennis League Presented by Qatar Airways season pursuant to sponsorship agreements with The Coca-Cola Company and Qatar Airways) is the second season of the professional team tennis league contested by five teams in Asia.
Format The teams compete in a customized round robin format of matches in each host country. The top two teams at the end of the round robin stage qualify for the final. The winner of the final is declared the champion.
In the 2015 season, the league has terminated the "last set importance" which gave the trailing team an opportunity to continue playing if they win the fifth set as played out in the 2014 season. In the 2015 season, the fifth set continues in the conventional way, where the first team to score 6 games wins the set, with a 13-point tie-breaker to decide the winner, if the two teams are tied at 5–5.
If the two teams are tied (in terms of games won) at the end of the five Sets, a super shoot-out is played in a men's singles format to determine the winner of the match. It is played as a 19-point super tiebreaker. The first team to win 10 points, 9–9 final point wins the Super Shoot-Out and hence the Match. A 2-point difference is not required, and it is not time bound (unlike the 2014 season). The match-winner is the team that wins the most games and hence points, at the end of the five sets.
The league standings are determined on the basis of the win–loss percentage of overall games won versus lost therefore making every game played count. The two teams with the best percentage ratios qualify for the finals. In the event that two teams are tied for the second place, the following criteria determines which team qualifies for the finals: head-to-head results largest winning margin, by games, in any single match coin toss
Teams Five teams will compete in the 2015 IPTL season. Japan Warriors is set to become the fifth team to participate at the IPTL.
Indian Aces Philippine Mavericks Singapore Slammers UAE Royals Japan Warriors
Draft results Novak Djokovic pulled out of the tournament and was replaced by Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka by Singapore Slammers. Dustin Brown replaced Thanasi Kokkinakis. Milos Raonic replaced Borna Ćorić. Édouard Roger-Vasselin replaced Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Philipp Kohlschreiber replaced Vasek Pospisil. Pierre-Hugues Herbert replaced Lucas Pouille. Mirjana Lučić-Baroni replaced Daniela Hantuchová. Alja Tomljanović replaced Sabine Lisicki. Category Philippine Mavericks UAE Royals Indian Aces Singapore Slammers Japan Warriors Men Icon players Roger Federer Rafael Nadal Andy Murray Category A Milos Raonic Tomáš Berdych Bernard Tomic Stan Wawrinka Kei Nishikori Category B Richard Gasquet Marin Čilić Gaël Monfils Category C Ivo Karlović Nick Kyrgios Philipp Kohlschreiber Category D Edouard Roger-Vasselin Ivan Dodig Legends Mark Philippoussis James Blake Goran Ivanišević Fabrice Santoro Carlos Moyá Marat Safin
Thomas Enqvist Doubles players Treat Huey Daniel Nestor Rohan Bopanna Marcelo Melo Leander Paes Uncategorized Somdev Devvarman Dustin Brown Pierre-Hugues Herbert Women Icon players Serena Williams Maria Sharapova Category A Ana Ivanovic Agnieszka Radwańska Category B Samantha Stosur Belinda Bencic Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Category C Ajla Tomljanović Kristina Mladenovic Svetlana Kuznetsova Karolína Plíšková Category D Jarmila Gajdošová Sania Mirza Kirsten Flipkens Uncategorized Kurumi Nara
Calendar
Round Date Location Stadium Capacity 1 December 2–4 Kobe Kobe World Hall 8,000 2 December 6–8 Manila Mall of Asia Arena 20,000 3 December 10–12 New Delhi Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium 14,348 4 December 14–16 Dubai Aviation Club Tennis Centre 8,000 5 December 18–20 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium 12,000
Results
Round Location Date Team 1 Score Team 2 1 Kobe 2 December UAE Royals 26–20 Singapore Slammers 2 December Japan Warriors 24–25 Indian Aces 3 December Philippine Mavericks 24–26 Singapore Slammers 3 December Japan Warriors 15–30 UAE Royals 4 December Singapore Slammers 22–27 Indian Aces 4 December Japan Warriors 24–28 Philippine Mavericks 2 Manila 6 December Japan Warriors 20–29 Singapore Slammers 6 December UAE Royals 18–29 Philippine Mavericks 7 December Indian Aces 30–18 UAE Royals 7 December Japan Warriors 21–25 Philippine Mavericks 8 December Singapore Slammers 23–26 UAE Royals 8 December Indian Aces 24–25 Philippine Mavericks 3 New Delhi 10 December Japan Warriors 24–21 UAE Royals 10 December Philippine Mavericks 12–30 Indian Aces 11 December Singapore Slammers 30–23 Philippine Mavericks 11 December Japan Warriors 21–26 Indian Aces 12 December Japan Warriors 22–24 Singapore Slammers 12 December UAE Royals 19–30 Indian Aces 4 Dubai 14 December Indian Aces 25–18 Japan Warriors 14 December UAE Royals 24–26 Philippine Mavericks 15 December Indian Aces 24–23 Philippine Mavericks 15 December Singapore Slammers 27–24 UAE Royals 16 December Indian Aces 16–27 Singapore Slammers 16 December Japan Warriors 22–26 UAE Royals 5 Singapore 18 December Japan Warriors 29–15 Philippine Mavericks 18 December UAE Royals 27–23 Singapore Slammers 19 December UAE Royals 23–24Philippine Mavericks 19 December Indian Aces 21–27Singapore Slammers 20 December FinalSingapore Slammers 26–21 Indian Aces
Results table
Abbreviation and Color Key:Indian Aces (IND) • Philippine Mavericks (PHI) • Singapore Slammers (SIN) • UAE Royals (UAE) • Japan Warriors (JAP) Win Loss Home Away NeutralTeamMatch123456789101112131415Dec 2Dec 3Dec 4Dec 6Dec 7Dec 8Dec 10Dec 11Dec 12Dec 14Dec 15Dec 16Dec 18Dec 19Dec 20 Indian Aces (2015 season) JAP freeday SIN freeday UAE PHI PHI JAP UAE JAP PHI SIN freeday SIN SIN25–2427–2230–1824–2530–1226–2130–1925–1824–2316–2721–2721–26 (2015 season)freeday SIN JAP UAE JAP IND IND SIN freeday UAE IND freeday JAP UAE 4th24–2628–2429–1825–2125–2412–3022–3026–2423–2415–2924–23 (2015 season)UAE PHI IND JAP freeday UAE freeday PHI JAP freeday UAE IND UAE IND IND20–2626–2422–2729–2023–2630–2224–2227–2427–1623–2727–2126–21 UAE Royals (2015 season)SIN JAP freeday PHI IND SIN JAP freeday IND PHI SIN JAP SIN PHI 3rd26–2030–1518–2918–3026–2321–2419–3024–2624–2726–2227–2323–24 Japan Warriors (2015 season)IND UAE PHI SIN PHI freeday UAE IND SIN IND freeday UAE PHI freeday 5th24–2515–3024–2820–2921–2524–2121–2622–24 18–2522–2629–15
Notes
Due to the odd number of teams through this Season, one team plays an extra match. That team will be allowed to drop their score on any one match through the Season provided they inform this intent soon after the match is completed. This Season, the team that plays the extra match is the Obi UAE Royals. The Obi UAE Royals have chosen to drop their score on the match played against the Philippine Mavericks on December 6, 2015 in Manila. The score for the Philippine Mavericks however does count towards their Win Percentage.
Standings Standings are determined by percentage of games won. Top two teams qualify for final.
Team 1 Indian Aces 11 8 3 278 236 2 Singapore Slammers 11 7 4 278 255 3 UAE Royals 11 5 6 264 264 4 Philippine Mavericks 11 6 5 253 273 5 Japan Warriors 11 2 9 240 274
Position summary The following table shows the day-by-day position of each team in the league standings. Team Philippine MavericksX4312124443444X UAE Royals11123333334333X Indian Aces222312111111112 Japan Warriors35555555555555X 434444422222221
Teams head-to-head
2015 International Premier Tennis League season #TeamInd. AcesMavericksSlammersRoyalsWarriors2015 seasonAll seasons 1 Indian Aces 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 8–3 16–7 2 Philippine Mavericks 1–2 0–2 3–0 2–1 6–5 12–11 3 Singapore Slammers 2–1 2–0 1–3 2–0 7–4 10–13 4 UAE Royals 0–2 0–2 3–1 2–1 5–6 12–11 5 Japan Warriors 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–9 First season
Final
The final was held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on 20 December In Singapore.
After an 18-day 5-nation tour the Indian Aces, with 8 eight wins out of 11 this season, and the Singapore Slammers, last on the league table in first edition, but finishing a strong second this season, played the final of a prize money of USD 1 million (USD 500,000 for the runners-up), which was won by the Slammers 26-21.
The Most Valuable Player (MVP) (Male) for IPTL 2015 was Ivan Dodig (Aces) whilst Belinda Bencic (Slammers) was adjudged the MVP (Female) for their performances through the season.
FinalAll Matches Event Singapore Slammers Indian Aces Score Score after setLegends' Singles Carlos Moyá Fabrice Santoro6–46–4Women's Singles Belinda Bencic Svetlana Kuznetsova6–5(7–3)12–9Mixed Doubles Dustin Brown Karolína Plíšková Sania Mirza Rohan Bopanna2–614–15Men's Singles Stanislas Wawrinka Bernard Tomic6–320–18Men's Doubles Marcelo Melo Stanislas Wawrinka Rohan Bopanna Ivan Dodig6–326–21Final score Total score Singapore Slammers Indian Aces 26–21
References
External links International Premier Tennis League official website