Main Performers | John McEnroe, Wayne Ferreira, Mansour Bahrami, Andrew Castle, Jeremy Bates, McNamara - tennis players |
Set List | McEnroe v Ferreira 7-6; 6-2, Bahrami and Castle v Bates and McNamara 8-5 |
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.
ATP Champions Tour Groups Group A: Tim Henman, Mark Philippoussis, Fabrice Santoro Group B: Goran Ivanisevic, Pat Rafter, Greg Rusedski
Legends Groups Group A: Sergi Bruguera, John McEnroe, Wayne Ferreira Group B: Jeremy Bates, Henri Leconte, Mats Wilander
Wayne Ferreira replaced Stefan Edberg in the Legends group, as the Swede was forced to withdraw from the event after undergoing knee surgery.
Freddie Flintoff, Jack Whitehall & Jamie Redknapp popped in for a visit to play some points against the legend John McEnroe in between some of the evening matches. Guests who attended the event included Alastair McGowan (impersonator), Judy Murray, Virginia Wade and Sir Steve Redgrave (rower). |
Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/2013/168), Handbill (RAHE/6/2013/74), Poster (RAHE/2/2013/62) |