| Main Performers | Henri Leconte,
Pat Cash,
John McEnroe,
Jeremy Bates,
Andrew Castle,
Peter McNamara,
Mansour Bahrami,
Ivan Lendl - tennis players |
| Set List | Leconte v Cash; 6-3, 6-2,
McEnroe v Bates; 6-4, 6-1,
Castle, McNamara v Bahrami, Lendl; 7-6 (9-7) |
| Performance Notes | This end-of-year tournament is the season finale to the Tour of Champions, a year-long Tour that makes its way across Europe and the world and pits past tennis champions against each other in order to earn ranking points.
The Masters Tennis is now firmly established as the UK's most popular indoor tournament - drawing crowds of more than 30,000 over the course of the event.
Ivan Lendl was forced to withdraw from the Statoil Masters Tennis event, because of injuries to his knee and hip. He was replaced in Group A of the Legends tournament by Guy Forget of France. 'I am very disappointed that I will not be fit enough to play in the Statoil Masters Tennis in London' said Lendl, 'I have been looking forward to playing in the tournament all year having heard so much about it. For now I will concentrate on fixing and rehabilitating my knee and hip but I hope to be able to play at the Royal Albert Hall in the future.' Lendl's withdrawal means that Forget will now face John McEnroe on Friday night and Jeremy Bates on Saturday afternoon. On the ATP Champions Tour, some of the matches between Forget and McEnroe have been electric affairs.
Order of play: 'Singles matches will consist of two short sets with a tie break at 6-6. AChampions Tie Break will be played to decide the winner if the score is level at one set all. The format of the doubles matches will be decided on a match by match basis and will be announced by the umpire at the start of the match'.
Performances were filmed and broadcast by ITV4. |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/2012/182),
Handbill (RAHE/6/2012/80),
Setlist,
Poster (RAHE/2/2012/39) |