27. 09. 2010. ·
There are less than two months left until the end of 2010 tennis season.
Nole will face a big challenge during the next few weeks. He will defend three ATP titles, one semi-final and two Round Robin wins at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. That’s 2760 ATP points in total.
We present you a list of six tournaments where the world no.2 will participate till the end of the calendar year:
04.10. – 10.10.2010. China Open (Beijing, China)
Category: ATP World Tour 500
Prize Money: $ 2,100,000
Surface: Hard
Nole in Beijing 2009: title (defeated Marin Cilic 6-2, 7-6 (4))
Points to defend: 500
10.10. – 17.10.2010. Shanghai Rolex Masters (Shanghai, China)
Category: ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Prize Money: $ 3,240,000
Surface: Hard
Nole in Shanghai 2009: semi-finals (lost to Nikolay Davydenko)
Points to defend: 360
01.11. – 07.11.2010. Swiss Indoors Basel (Basel, Switzerland)
Category: ATP World Tour 500
Prize Money: € 1,225,000
Surface: Indoor Hard
Nole in Basel 2009: title (defeated Roger Federer 6-4, 4-6, 6-2)
Points to defend: 500
07.11. – 14.11.2010. BNP Paribas Masters (Paris, France)
Category: ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Prize Money: € 2,227,500
Surface: Indoor Hard
Nole in Paris 2009: title (defeated Gael Monfils 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (3))
Points to defend: 1000
21.11. – 28.11.2010. Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (London, United Kingdom)
Category: ATP World Tour Finals – 1500
Prize Money: £ 2,227,500
Surface: Indoor Hard
Nole in London 2009: two wins in Round Robin phase
Points to defend: 400
03.12. – 05.12.2010. Davis Cup World Group Final (Belgrade, Serbia)
Category: Davis Cup
Serbia’s opponent: France
Surface: still unknown