The 2015 Champions Tennis League was the second edition of the Champions Tennis League.
Format The 2015 edition of CTL was announced by Vijay Amritraj on 23 September 2015, at a press conference in Mumbai. The press conference also saw the draft of the players into each team. In 2015, CTL featured six city based teams across India and saw 13 matches played over a 2-week period between 23 November and 6 December. The winners' prize money was Rs. 1 crore, while the runner-up prize was Rs. 50 lakhs.
Each tie will consist of 5 sets with each set being considered as a match. Unlike the 2014 edition, the winner of a match was the player/doubles team that wins 5 games, not 6. The winner of the tie was the team that wins the highest number of games across all 5 sets.
Teams
CTL 2015 teams TeamLocationStadium Mumbai Tennis Masters Mumbai, Maharashtra MSLTA Stadium Hyderabad Aces Hyderabad, Telangana Fateh Maidan V Chennai Warriors Chennai, Tamil Nadu SDAT Tennis Stadium Nagpur Orangers Nagpur, Maharashtra Nagpur District Hard Court Tennis Association Raipur Rangers Raipur, Chhattisgarh Balbir Singh Juneja Indoor Stadium Punjab Marshalls Chandigarh CLTA Tennis Stadium
Players
Zone A
Mumbai Tennis Masters
Player Richard Krajicek Santiago Giraldo Flavia Pennetta Sriram Balaji
Zone B Nagpur Orangers
Player Àlex Corretja Feliciano López Jelena Janković Divij Sharan
Raipur Rangers
Player Thomas Muster Roberto Bautista Agut Alizé Cornet Ramkumar Ramanathan
Hyderabad Aces
Player Thomas Johansson Ivo Karlović Martina Hingis Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Punjab Marshalls
Player Greg Rusedski Marcos Baghdatis Elina Svitolina Saketh Myneni
V Chennai Warriors
Player Rainer Schüttler Fernando Verdasco Heather Watson Vishnu Vardhan
Group round
Matches Date Zone Fixture Score Venue 23 November A Mumbai Tennis Masters v Punjab Marshalls 19–21 MSLTA Stadium, Mumbai, Maharashtra 24 November A Mumbai Tennis Masters v Raipur Rangers 14–23 MSLTA Stadium, Mumbai, Maharashtra 25 November B V Chennai Warriors v Hyderabad Aces 16–25 SDAT Tennis Stadium, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 26 November B V Chennai Warriors v Nagpur Orangers 23–24 SDAT Tennis Stadium, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 27 November A Punjab Marshalls v Raipur Rangers 23–15 CLTA Tennis Stadium, Chandigarh 28 November A Punjab Marshalls v Mumbai Tennis Masters 24–13 CLTA Tennis Stadium, Chandigarh 29 November B Hyderabad Aces v Nagpur Orangers 20–22 Fateh Maidan, Hyderabad, Telangana 30 November B Hyderabad Aces v V Chennai Warriors 25–19 Fateh Maidan, Hyderabad, Telangana 1 December A Raipur Rangers v Mumbai Tennis Masters 25–16 Balbir Singh Juneja Indoor Stadium, Raipur 2 December A Raipur Rangers v Punjab Marshalls 18–20 Balbir Singh Juneja Indoor Stadium, Raipur 3 December B Nagpur Orangers v V Chennai Warriors 18–22 Nagpur District Hard Court Tennis Association, Nagpur 4 December B Nagpur Orangers v Hyderabad Aces 21–23 Nagpur District Hard Court Tennis Association, Nagpur
Standings
Zone A Team 1 Punjab Marshalls 4 4 0 13 6 88 65 8 2 Raipur Rangers 4 2 2 13 7 81 72 4 3 Mumbai Tennis Masters 4 0 4 4 16 61 93 0
Zone B Team 1 Hyderabad Aces 4 3 1 14 6 93 78 6 2 Nagpur Orangers 4 2 2 11 9 85 88 4 3 V Chennai Warriors 4 1 3 5 15 80 92 2
Final Date Fixture Score Venue 6 December Punjab Marshalls v Hyderabad Aces 22–21 Fateh Maidan, Hyderabad, Telangana
Broadcasting rights In India, all Champions Tennis League matches broadcast live on Sony SIX HD and Sony SIX who has the exclusive broadcasting rights for the event in the Indian subcontinent.
References
External links Champions Tennis League official website