Total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
Cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Masters 1000 wins, one ATP World Tour Finals win equalling one-and-a-half Masters 1000 win, one Masters 1000 win equalling two 500 events wins, one 500 event win equalling two 250 events wins);
These are theATP rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players, and the top 10 doubles teams on the ATP Tour, at the current date of the 2014 season.[4][5][6] Players on a gold background have qualified for the Year-End Championships.[7]
The Davis Cup World Group and World Group Play-Off matches awardedATP Ranking points from 2009 to 2015.[13]
Glossary
Only live matches earn points;dead rubbers earn no points. If a player does not compete in the singles of one or more rounds he will receive points from the previous round when playing singles at the next tie. This last rule also applies for playing in doubles matches.[13]
1 A player who wins a singles rubber in the first day of the tie is awarded 5 points, whereas a singles rubber win in tie's last day grants 10 points for a total of 15 available points.[13]
2 For the first round only, any player who competes in a live rubber, without a win, receives 10 ranking points for participation.[13]
3 Team bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 7 live matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.[13]
4 Performance bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 8 live matches in a calendar year. In this case, no Team bonus is awarded.[13]
5 Team bonus awarded to an unchanged doubles team who wins 4 matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.[13]
Following is a list of notable players [winners of a main tour title, and/or part of theATP rankings top 100 (singles) or top 50 (doubles) for at least one week] who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2014 season:
Alex Bogomolov Jr.(born 23 April 1983 in Moscow, Russia) turned professional in 2002, and peaked at no. 33 in singles in 2011. He won 1 double title on the main tour. He retires at the age of 31.
Paul Capdeville(born 2 April 1983 inSantiago, Chile) turned professional in 2002, and peaked at no. 76 in singles in 2009. He won one doubles title. Capdeville was also part of theChile Davis Cup team for 19 ties between 2004 and 2014. He announced his retirement afterRoland Garros.[14]
Nikolay Davydenko(born 2 June 1981 inSeverodonetsk, Soviet Union) turned professional in 1999, and peaked at no. 3 in singles in 2006 and no. 31 in doubles in 2005. Davydenko won 21 singles titles on the main tour (including one ATP World Tour Finals and three Master 1000), as well as 2 doubles titles. At Grand Slams, Davydenko reached the semifinal four times (in 2005 and 2007 at theFrench Open and in 2006 and 2007 at theUS Open). His major achievement was winning the 2009ATP World Tour Finals tournament, beating in the finalJuan Martín del Potro. He was also active part of theRussian Davis Cup team for 17 ties between 2003 and 2012, winning the title in 2006 withMarat Safin,Dmitry Tursunov andMikhail Youzhny. On 16 October, he announced his retirement at the age of 33.[15]
Rik de Voest(born 5 June 1980 inMilan, Italy) turned professional in 1999, and peaked at no. 39 in doubles in 2009. He won two doubles titles. De Voest was also part of theSouth African Davis Cup team for 25 ties between 2002 and 2014. He retired after the Vancouver Open in July.[16]
Alessio di Mauro(born 9 August 1977 inSyracuse, Italy) turned professional in 1998, and peaked at no. 68 in singles in 2007. He reached one singles final in 2007, where he lost toJuan Mónaco. He was involved in a betting scandal that led to a 9-month ban from the tour.[17] Di Mauro also participated in one tie for theItalian Davis Cup team in 2004. He announced his retirement at the end of September.[18]
Marc Gicquel(born 30 March 1977 inTunis, Tunisia) turned professional in 1999, and peaked at no. 37 in singles in 2008 and no. 38 in doubles in 2009. He reached three singles finals on the main tour, as well as seven doubles finals (winning four of them). In Grand Slam he reached in singles the 4th round at 2006US Open and in doubles the quarterfinals at 2008Australian Open. He announced his retirement after losing in the quarterfinals againstNicolas Mahut at theRennes tournament.[19]
Paul Hanley(born 12 November 1977 inMelbourne, Australia, Australia) turned professional in 1997, and peaked at no. 5 in doubles in 2006. Hanley won 26 doubles titles. In Grand Slam doubles, he reached six semifinals – four withKevin Ullyett and two with fellow countrymanWayne Arthurs. He also was a finalist at2005 Wimbledon Championships in mixed doubles. He was part of theAustralia Davis Cup team for 10 ties between 2006 and 2010.[20]
Ross Hutchins(born 22 February 1985 inWimbledon, Great Britain) turned professional in 2002, and peaked at no. 26 in doubles in 2012. Hutchins won 5 doubles titles. In Grand Slam he reached the quarterfinals twice (in 2011 inWimbledon andUS Open) in pair with fellow countrymanColin Fleming. He also won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2010. He was part of theGreat Britain Davis Cup team for 7 ties between 2008 and 2012. After being diagnosed withHodgkin's lymphoma in early 2013, he decided to have a rest from the circuit and returned in mid-2014. He retired at the end of the 2014 ATP World Tour season.[21]
Evgeny Korolev(born 14 February 1988 in Moscow, Soviet Union) turned professional in 2005, and peaked at no. 46 in singles in 2010. He won 4 titles on theATP Challenger Tour and reached one singles final on the main tour. He was part of theKazakhstan Davis Cup team for 7 ties between 2011 and 2014. He played his final match in the2014 Bauer Watertechnology Cup qualifying event.[22]
Michaël Llodra(born 18 May 1980 in Paris, France) turned professional in 1999, and peaked at no. 21 in singles in 2011 and no. 3 in doubles in 2011. The Frenchman, appreciated on the tour for his volley strategy, won five singles titles on the main tour, as well as 25 doubles titles (including three Grand Slam titles). Llodra's Grand Slam titles included the2003 Australian Open and2004 Australian Open doubles with fellow FrenchmanFabrice Santoro and the2007 Wimbledon Championships doubles with fellow FrenchmanArnaud Clément. He won the silver medal at theOlympic Games withJo-Wilfried Tsonga, losing to the world no. 1 pair ofBob and Mike Bryan. He was part of theFrench Davis Cup team for 27 ties between 2002 and 2013, reaching 2 finals in 2002 and 2010. He announced that he will retire at the end of the 2014 ATP World Tour season.[23]
Björn Phau(born 4 October 1979 inDarmstadt, West Germany) turned professional in 1999, and peaked at no. 59 in singles in 2006. He won 7 titles on theATP Challenger Tour and reached one doubles final on the main tour. He played his final match at the2014 Košice Open.[24]
Andy Ram(born 10 April 1980 inMontevideo, Uruguay) turned professional in 1998, and peaked at no. 187 in singles in 2000 and no. 5 in doubles in 2008. He won 20 doubles titles (including one Grand Slam title). Ram's sole men's doubles Grand Slam title was won at the2008 Australian Open doubles with fellow IsraeliJonathan Erlich. He also won two mixed Grand Slam titles (making two other finals) at2006 Wimbledon Championships withVera Zvonareva and at2007 French Open withNathalie Dechy. He was part of theIsraeli Davis Cup team for 27 ties between 2000 and 2014. He announced his retirement after the Davis Cup playoff against Argentina.[25]
Bobby Reynolds(born July 17, 1982 inAuburn,Alabama, US) turned professional in 2003, and peaked at no. 63 in singles and no. 46 in doubles in 2009. He won one doubles title
Olivier Rochus(born 18 January 1981 inNamur, Belgium) turned professional in 1999, and peaked at no. 24 in singles in 2005 and no. 29 in doubles in 2004. He won two singles titles on the main tour, as well as two doubles titles (including one Grand Slam title). Rochus' Grand Slam doubles title was won at the2004 French Open with fellow BelgianXavier Malisse. He was part of theBelgian Davis Cup team for 28 ties between 2000 and 2013. He retired after competing at theMons tournament.[26]
Following are notable players who will come back after retirements during the 2014 ATP Tour season:
List of comebacks
Francisco Roig(born 1 April 1968, inBarcelona, Spain) joined the pro tour in 1987, reached the singles no. 60 spot in 1992, and the doubles no. 23 ranking in 1995. He won nine main circuit titles including one ATP Championship Series (ATP 500) title. He sometimes acts as the alternate coach of fellow SpaniardRafael Nadal. He decided to come back from inactivity at the2014 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, where he played doubles alongside Nadal.
Patrick Rafter (born 28 December 1972, inMount Isa, Australia) joined the pro tour in 1991, former no. 1 in 1998, and doubles no. 6 in 1999. He won 11 main circuit titles in singles (including two Grand Slam and two Masters Series events). He decided to come back from inactivity at the2014 Australian Open, playing alongsideLleyton Hewitt.
Viktor Troicki(born 10 February 1986, inBelgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia) joined the pro tour in 2003, reached the singles no. 12 in 2011, and the doubles no. 49 ranking in 2010. He won one main circuit title in singles and one in doubles. On 25 July 2013, Troicki was banned from playing tennis for 18 months, for failing to provide a blood sample at theMonte-Carlo Masters event. However, the suspension was reduced on appeal to one year, meaning he could play from 15 July 2014. He was allowed to come back from inactivity at the2014 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open, where he received a wildcard.
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Novak Djokovic (7)
Roger Federer (11)
Bob Bryan
Roberto Bautista Agut
Borna Ćorić
David Goffin
Alexandr Dolgopolov
Milos Raonic
Kevin Anderson
Ernests Gulbis
Julien Benneteau
Alexander Peya
Bruno Soares
Tomáš Berdych
Kei Nishikori
Andy Murray
Juan Sebastián Cabal
Italy 3–2
Germany
Kazakhstan
Netherlands (NED)
Romania (ROU)
Poland (POL)
Australia (AUS)
Argentina (ARG)
Sweden (SWE)
Bulgaria (BUL)
India (IND)
Uruguay (URU)
Slovakia (SVK)
Mexico (MEX)
Pakistan (PAK)
Denmark (DNK)
Finland (FIN)
New Zealand (NZL)
Philippines (PHI)
Russia (RUS)
Uzbekistan (UZB)
Paul Capdeville(born 2 April 1983 inSantiago, Chile) turned professional in 2002, and peaked at no. 76 in singles in 2009. He won one doubles title. Capdeville was also part of theChile Davis Cup team for 19 ties between 2004 and 2014. He announced his retirement afterRoland Garros.[14]
Andy Ram(born 10 April 1980 inMontevideo, Uruguay) turned professional in 1998, and peaked at no. 187 in singles in 2000 and no. 5 in doubles in 2008. He won 20 doubles titles (including one Grand Slam title). Ram's sole men's doubles Grand Slam title was won at the2008 Australian Open doubles with fellow IsraeliJonathan Erlich. He also won two mixed Grand Slam titles (making two other finals) at2006 Wimbledon Championships withVera Zvonareva and at2007 French Open withNathalie Dechy. He was part of theIsraeli Davis Cup team for 27 ties between 2000 and 2014. He announced his retirement after the Davis Cup playoff against Argentina.[25]
