2016 International Premier Tennis League season

The 2016 International Premier Tennis League season (2016 IPTL season, officially the 2016 Coca-Cola International Premier Tennis League) was the third and final season of the professional team tennis league contested by four teams in Asia.

2016 International Premier Tennis League
LeagueInternational Premier Tennis League
SportTeam tennis
Duration2–11 December 2016
Number of teams4
League championsSingapore Slammers
  Runners-upIndian Aces
IPTL seasons

Teams and players

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Four teams competed in the 2016 IPTL season.[1]

Although the IPTL had announced that the top stars Roger Federer and Serena Williams would take part in this year, both players withdrew due to financial causes shortly after the league had started.[2]

The Philippine Mavericks did not compete in this season, reportedly due to IPTL's failure to fulfill its obligations to the franchise in the 2015 season.[3][4]

Category   Indian Aces   Japan Warriors   Singapore Slammers   UAE Royals
Men
Player A   Feliciano López   Kei Nishikori   Nick Kyrgios   Tomáš Berdych
Player B   Ivan Dodig   Fernando Verdasco   Marcos Baghdatis   Pablo Cuevas
Doubles   Rohan Bopanna   Jean-Julien Rojer   Marcelo Melo   Daniel Nestor
Legends A   Mark Philippoussis   Marat Safin   Carlos Moyá   Goran Ivanišević
Legends B   Thomas Enqvist   Fernando González   Rainer Schüttler   Thomas Johansson
Player C   Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Women
Player A   Sania Mirza   Jelena Janković   Kiki Bertens   Ana Ivanovic
Player B   Kirsten Flipkens   Kurumi Nara   Martina Hingis

Schedule

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The 2016 IPTL will be played in three cities.[5]

Round Location Date Team 1 Score Team 2
1   Saitama
Saitama Super Arena
2 December UAE Royals 29–19 Singapore Slammers
Japan Warriors 17–30 Indian Aces
2 3 December Singapore Slammers 25–26 Indian Aces
Japan Warriors 23–20 UAE Royals
3 4 December UAE Royals 30-20 Indian Aces
Japan Warriors 23-27 Singapore Slammers
4   Singapore
Singapore Indoor Stadium
6 December Indian Aces 26-19 UAE Royals
Singapore Slammers 29-16 Japan Warriors
5 7 December Indian Aces 20-27 Japan Warriors
Singapore Slammers 30-18 UAE Royals
6 8 December UAE Royals 20-23 Japan Warriors
Singapore Slammers 22-23 Indian Aces
7   Hyderabad
Gachibowli Indoor Stadium
9 December UAE Royals 20-25 Japan Warriors
Indian Aces 24-19 Singapore Slammers
8 10 December Singapore Slammers 30-20 Japan Warriors
Indian Aces 20-24 UAE Royals
Final 11 December Singapore Slammers 30-14 Indian Aces

Results table

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Team Round
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Dec 2 Dec 3 Dec 4 Dec 6 Dec 7 Dec 8 Dec 9 Dec 10 Dec 11
  Indian Aces (IND) JPN SIN UAE UAE JPN SIN SIN UAE SIN
30–17 26–25 20–30 26–19 20–27 23–22 24–19 20–24 14–30
  Japan Warriors (JPN) IND UAE SIN SIN IND UAE UAE SIN 3rd
17–30 23–20 23–27 16–29 27–20 23–20 25–20 20–30
  Singapore Slammers (SIN) UAE IND JPN JPN UAE IND IND JPN IND
19–29 25–26 27–23 29–16 30–18 22–23 19–24 30–20 30–14
  UAE Royals (UAE) SIN JPN IND IND SIN JPN JPN IND 4th
29–19 20–23 30–20 19–26 18–30 20–23 20–25 24–20
Color Key: Win  •   Loss  •   Home  •   Away  •   Neutral

Standings

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Standings are determined by number of points. 3 points for match win, 1 point for loss with at least 20 games wins.
Top two teams qualify for final.

P Team MP W L GW GL Pts
1   Indian Aces 8 5 3 189 183 18
2   Singapore Slammers 8 4 4 201 179 14
3   Japan Warriors 8 4 4 174 196 14
4   UAE Royals 8 3 5 180 186 12

Final

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Date Fixture Score Venue
11 December Singapore Slammers vs. Indian Aces 30–14 Hyderabad, India

References

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  1. ^ "IPTL 2016 schedule announced". IPTL. 2016-11-24. Archived from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  2. ^ "Federer, Serena out of IPTL". Sporting Life. 2016-12-06. Archived from the original on 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  3. ^ "Philippine Mavericks out of IPTL Season 3". The Philippine Star. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  4. ^ Reyes, Marc (9 December 2016). "Lhuillier, Mavericks air side over missing IPTL season 3". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  5. ^ "IPTL Schedule 2016". IPTL. Archived from the original on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
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