Champions Tennis League








































Champions Tennis League
Sport Team tennis
Inaugural season 2014
Ceased 2015
Director Vijay Amritraj
Motto Bigger, Better, Stronger!
No. of teams 6 teams from 6 cities
Country
 India
Official website Champions Tennis League

The Champions Tennis League (CTL) was a team tennis tournament in India held two times only in November 2014 and in late 2015, across six Indian cities. The first edition of Champions Tennis League was held from 17 to 26 November 2014, across Mumbai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Pune, Bangalore, and Chandigarh. The second edition was held from 23 November to 6 December 2015.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Background


  • 2 Format


    • 2.1 2014 format


    • 2.2 2015 format




  • 3 Editions


    • 3.1 2014 Champions Tennis League


    • 3.2 2015 Champions Tennis League




  • 4 Broadcast


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Background


The Champions Tennis League is a professional tennis league held in India where the team captains are Grand Slam veterans and the players are among the best in the world. It is a privately owned tennis league, owned and operated by Vijay Amritraj's sports management company Second Serve Pvt. Ltd., which operates other integrated sports and entertainment formats in India and overseas.



Format


The player draft for each season of CTL is conducted without an auction with each team picking four players from a pool of 24. The pool consists of six legends, six international ATP players, six international WTA players, and six Indian players. Each CTL team features an ATP and WTA player, an international legend as their playing captain, a noted Indian male tennis player, plus a top ranked junior Indian girl and boy.


The league consists of six teams, split into 2 zones. Each zone has three teams, with each team playing the other two teams on a home and away basis to decide the zonal standings. Two teams competing against each other is called a tie. The teams with the highest number of games (not sets) won in their respective zones will advance to the final, where they play each other for the Champions Tennis League trophy.


Apart from the Champions Tennis League Cup, two individual awards are given out: the Robert Amritraj award and the Margaret Amritraj award. The Robert Amritraj award is given to the Most Valuable Player (MVP) who has won the most games throughout the tournament, while the Margaret Amritraj award is given to the best Indian player in the tournament, who has won the most number of games among the Indian players.



2014 format


In 2014, the CTL saw 13 matches played over a 10-day period between 17 and 26 November.[2] Each tie consisted of 5 sets, with each considered as a match. The winner of a match was the player / doubles team that won 6 games. The winner of the tie was the team that won the highest number of games across all 5 sets. The winners' prize money was Rs. 1 crore, while the runner-up prize was Rs. 50 lakhs.



2015 format


The 2015 edition of CTL was announced by Vijay Amritraj on September 23, 2015, at a press conference in Mumbai.[3] 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 November 23 and December 6. 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.



Editions



2014 Champions Tennis League


Main article: 2014 Champions Tennis League

The first edition of Champions Tennis League was held for 10-day period between 17 and 26 November 2014. The tournament started in Mumbai, progressed through Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune, Delhi, Chandigarh, before closing out with the finals in Delhi.


Final














Date Fixture Score Venue
26 November 2014
Pune Marathas v Delhi Dreams
 27–23
R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex, Delhi


2015 Champions Tennis League


Main article: 2015 Champions Tennis League

The second edition of Champions Tennis League was held for two weeks between 23 November to 6 December 2015. The tournament started in Mumbai, progressed through Chennai, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Raipur, Nagpur, before closing out with the finals in Hyderabad.


Final














Date Fixture Score Venue
6 December 2015
Punjab Marshalls v Hyderabad Aces
 22–21
Fateh Maidan, Hyderabad, Telangana


Broadcast


In India, all Champions Tennis League matches broadcast live on Sony SIX HD and Sony KIX, who have the exclusive broadcasting rights for the event in the Indian subcontinent.[4] The Tennis Channel, shall broadcast Champions Tennis League across the USA.[5]



See also




  • International Premier Tennis League

  • World TeamTennis



References





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  2. ^ [1], Times Of India , 1 Oct 2014


  3. ^ [2], APN News , 23 Sep 2015


  4. ^ "Amritraj Announces Champions Tennis League Season 2". 25 September 2015.


  5. ^ "USA broadcast". 15 October 2014.




External links


  • Official website








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