Rafael Nadal wins Comeback Player of the Year while Roger Federer walks away with three
Roger Federer was voted the Fans’ Favourite for the 11th straight year
Spain’s Rafael Nadal won the Comeback Player of the Year award after his sensational return to the tennis courts while Roger Federer walked away with three awards himself at the year end ATP World Tour awards presented by Moe?t & Chandon.
Nadal picked up the Comeback Player of the Year award for his remarkable season which has seen him collect 10 titles including two Grand Slams in the French and US Opens. And in doing so, the Spaniard has achieved a rare feat of having won every award in the player-voted categories. Nadal won the Newcomer award in 2003, Most Improved in 2005 and Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship award in 2010. He also received the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian award in 2011.
This year that award went to Federer, in recognition of his foundation’s efforts in supporting children’s lives in Africa and his native Switzerland. In addition to that the Swiss was nominated by his peers for the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award for a ninth time and the fans also voted him the Fans’ Favourite for the 11th year running.
American doubles pair Bob and Mike Bryan completed a sweep of the doubles awards on display for the fifth consecutive year as they took home the awards for the top ranking as well as the Fan Favourite.
India’s Leander Paes and his partner Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic were the second most popular duo.
Here’s the full list of winners from the 2013 ATP WORLD TOUR AWARDS presented by Moët & Chandon
ATP World Tour No. 1 presented by Emirates (determined by Emirates ATP Rankings)
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will battle for the year-end No. 1 Emirates ATP Ranking at this week’s Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.
ATP World Tour No. 1 Doubles Team presented by Emirates (determined by Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings)
Bob and Mike Bryan: The Americans will finish as the No. 1 duo in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings for a fifth successive year and record ninth time overall (2003, ’05-07, ’09-13).
ATP Star of Tomorrow Award presented by Emirates (determined by Emirates ATP Rankings)
Jiri Vesely: began the season ranked outside the Top 250, broke into the Top 100 on 8 July – two days before his 20th birthday – and reached a career-high No. 78 by August. The Czech made his tour-level main draw debut as a qualifier at Roland Garros and also won three ATP Challenger Tour titles from five finals.
Most Improved Player of the Year (voted by ATP players)
Pablo Carreno Busta: climbed from a year-end No. 715 Emirates ATP Ranking last season to a career-high No. 66 in 2013
Comeback Player of the Year (voted by ATP players)
Rafael Nadal: Nine straight finals to start the season – reaching 13 total from 16 tournament appearances in 2013. Among his 10 titles, Nadal claimed his eighth Roland Garros crown, his second US Open championship, and a record-tying five ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophies in a single season.
Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award (voted by ATP players)
Roger Federer: Fellow players voted the Swiss as the winner of the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award for the ninth time and third year in a row. He also won the award six straight years from 2004-09. Juan Martin del Potro, David Ferrer and Rafael Nadal were also nominated in this category.
Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year (awarded by ATP)
Roger Federer: The 32 year old becomes just the third person to be named the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year for a second time, joining Andre Agassi and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi. Federer, for supporting children in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Malawi, South Africa and Ethiopia and his native Switzerland through the Roger Federer Foundation, established in 2003.
ATPWorldTour.com Fans’ presented by Moët & Chandon (Singles) (voted by fans)
Roger Federer. The Swiss has been voted ATPWorldTour.com Fans’ Favourite presented by Moët & Chandon for a record 11th straight year, receiving 56 per cent of all votes cast. Rafael Nadal finished second, followed by Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro.
ATPWorldTour.com Fans’ Favourite presented by Moët & Chandon (Doubles) (voted by fans)
Bob and Mike Bryan: The Bryan twins received 43 per cent of votes to be named the ATPWorldTour.com Fans’ Favourite presented by Moët & Chandon for a record ninth time. Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek came in as the second most popular duo, followed by Julien Benneteau and Nenad Zimonjic