Tie Break Tens

Tie Break Tens[1] is an exhibition tennis format in which only tie-break matches are played. There are no games or sets, only tie-break matches and the winner is the first player to reach 10 points and lead by a margin of two. Most other traditional rules of tennis are the same. The winner-take-all charity prize money is US$250,000 for each tournament. It is a short-format version of tennis, similar to other alternative forms of traditional sports, such as T20 Cricket and rugby sevens.[2]

The inaugural Tie Break Tens tournament took place at the Royal Albert Hall on 5 December 2015. It was won by Kyle Edmund who beat Andy Murray in the finals.[3]

Since then, tournaments have been played in Vienna, Madrid, Melbourne, New York, Indian Wells and Dubai with the world's current top tennis professionals competing for the grand prize.

Rules

Tie Break Tens is played using traditional tie-break rules. Players win by reaching 10 points (provided that they have a clear margin of two points). Rock-paper-scissors determines who serves first, and from which end of the court they play. The player who wins the toss, serves first. The other player then serves twice, and with the rest of the match continues with the players alternating serves every two points. Players change ends after every six points. Players are allowed an unlimited number of line-call challenges using review technology during each match, until an incorrect challenge is made. After this, no more challenges are allowed until the next match.

Format

A knock-out format is used, with quarterfinals, semifinals and final.

2015: London

The inaugural Tie Break Tens[4] tournament took place on 5 December 2015 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. A round-robin format was used, with six players divided into two groups of three. It was staged in partnership with Champions Tennis and promoted by  IMG  with a winner-take-all prize of $250,000. Andy Murray, John McEnroe, Tim Henman, David Ferrer, Kyle Edmund and Champions Tennis qualifier  Xavier Malisse  participated in the competition. In the final, Edmund defeated Andy Murray 10-7 and took away the $250,000 prize, more than doubling his earnings for 2015.

Men's singles
Group 1 United Kingdom Henman United States McEnroe Belgium Malisse Match W–L Point W–L Differential Standings
United Kingdom Tim Henman 10–7 5–10 1–1 15–17 -2 2
United States John McEnroe 7–10 7–10 0–2 14–20 -6 3
Q Belgium Xavier Malisse 10–5 10–7 2–0 20–12 +8 1
Group 2 United Kingdom Murray Spain Ferrer United Kingdom Edmund Match W–L Point W–L Differential Standings
United Kingdom Andy Murray 10–4 10–7 2–0 20–11 +9 1
Spain David Ferrer 4–10 3–10 0–2 7–20 -13 3
United Kingdom Kyle Edmund 7–10 10–3 1–1 17–13 +4 2
Semifinals Final
      
Q Belgium Xavier Malisse 4
  United Kingdom Kyle Edmund 10
  United Kingdom Kyle Edmund 10
  United Kingdom Andy Murray 7
  United Kingdom Andy Murray 10
  United Kingdom Tim Henman 1

Source: Tie Break Tens[5][6]

2016: Vienna

Tie Break Tens took place on 23 October 2016, the opening weekend of the Erste Bank Open 500 in Vienna.[7] Andy Murray, Jo Wilfried Tsonga, Dominic Thiem, Tommy Haas, Goran Ivanišević and Marcus Willis competed.[8] It also was competed as a round-robin. Dominic Thiem won, defeating Andy Murray 10–5 in the Final.[9]

Men's singles
Group A Austria Thiem France Tsonga Germany Haas Match W–L Point W–L Differential Standings
Austria Dominic Thiem 10–4 10–3 2–0 20–7 +13 1
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4–10 10–6 1–1 14–16 -2 2
Germany Tommy Haas 3–10 6–10 0–2 9–20 -11 3
Group B United Kingdom Murray United Kingdom Willis Croatia Ivanišević Match W–L Point W–L Differential Standings
United Kingdom Andy Murray 10–3 10–7 2–0 20–10 +10 1
United Kingdom Marcus Willis 3–10 8–10 0–2 11–20 -9 3
Croatia Goran Ivanišević 7–10 10–8 1–1 17–18 -1 2
Semifinals Final
    
Austria Dominic Thiem 10
Croatia Goran Ivanišević 5
Austria Dominic Thiem 10
United Kingdom Andy Murray 5
United Kingdom Andy Murray 10
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7 Third place match
Croatia Goran Ivanišević 8
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 10

Source: Tie Break Tens[10][11]

2017: Madrid

Tie Break Tens Tens took place at the Caja Mágica in Madrid on 4 May 2017.[12] It featured both men's and women's tournaments for the first time. Grigor Dimitrov won the men's title with Simona Halep taking the women's title.[13] The knock-out format debuted here and has been used ever since.

Men's singles

Stan Wawrinka, Grigor Dimitrov, Lucas Pouille, Feliciano López, Dan Evans, Tomáš Berdych, Jack Sock and Fernando Verdasco competed in the men's tournament. Dimitrov defeated Lopez in the final.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov 14
United Kingdom Dan Evans 12
Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov 10
Spain Fernando Verdasco 8
France Lucas Pouille 6
Spain Fernando Verdasco 10
Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov 10
Spain Feliciano López 7
Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 12
United States Jack Sock 10
Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 8
Spain Feliciano López 10
Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 1
Spain Feliciano López 10

Source: Tie Break Tens[14]

Women's singles

Maria Sharapova, Garbiñe Muguruza, Agnieszka Radwańska, Johanna Konta, Simona Halep, Madison Keys, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Monica Puig played in the women's competition with Halep defeating Kuznetsova in the final.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
United States Madison Keys 10
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 12
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 10
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 6
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 10
Spain Garbiñe Muguruza 5
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 6
Romania Simona Halep 10
United Kingdom Johanna Konta 2
Romania Simona Halep 10
Romania Simona Halep 10
Puerto Rico Monica Puig 5
Puerto Rico Monica Puig 10
Russia Maria Sharapova 6

Source: Tie Break Tens[15]

2018: Melbourne

The first Tie Break Tens competition of 2018 was played on 10 January at the Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne, Australia.[16] It featured an 8-player men's singles tournament.

Men's singles

Initially, 5 of the 8 players were confirmed: Novak Djokovic, Nick Kyrgios, Rafael Nadal, Stan Wawrinka (withdrew, replaced by Milos Raonic) and former tennis player Lleyton Hewitt.[17] Later, Dominic Thiem, Tomáš Berdych and Lucas Pouille also announced their participation, thus completing the field. Tomáš Berdych won the $250,000 prize defeating Nadal in the final 10–5.[18]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Australia Lleyton Hewitt 10
Serbia Novak Djokovic 6
Australia Lleyton Hewitt 11
Spain Rafael Nadal 13
France Lucas Pouille 1
Spain Rafael Nadal 10
Spain Rafael Nadal 5
Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 10
Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 10
Australia Nick Kyrgios 8
Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 11
Canada Milos Raonic 9
Canada Milos Raonic 10
Austria Dominic Thiem 7

Source: Tie Break Tens[19]

2018: New York

The women's only tournament was played on 5 March 2018 in New York City at Madison Square Garden. This was the first time the competition had been staged in the United States.

Women's singles

It featured an 8-player woman's singles tournament including Serena Williams, Venus Williams, CoCo Vandeweghe, Daniela Hantuchová, Elina Svitolina, Marion Bartoli, Shuai Zhang and Sorana Cîrstea.[20]

It marked the return of Serena Williams playing her first singles competition since giving birth to her daughter.[21]

Svitolina from Ukraine won the $250 000 winner-takes-all prize defeating Zhang in the final 10–3.[22]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
United States CoCo Vandeweghe 10
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová 7
United States CoCo Vandeweghe 0
Ukraine Elina Svitolina 10
United States Venus Williams 3
Ukraine Elina Svitolina 10
Ukraine Elina Svitolina 10
China Zhang Shuai 3
France Marion Bartoli 5
United States Serena Williams 10
United States Serena Williams 11
China Zhang Shuai 13
Romania Sorana Cîrstea 4
China Zhang Shuai 10

2019: Indian Wells

The men's singles tournament was played on 5 March 2019 at Indian Wells Tennis Garden. This was their first competition at Indian Wells.

Men's singles

It was an 8-player men's singles tournament including Dominic Thiem, Stan Wawrinka, Gaël Monfils, Milos Raonic, Taylor Fritz, Rafael Nadal, Marin Čilić and David Goffin. The tournament was played in Stadium 2 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, in front of 8,000 people.

Raonic won the $150,000 prize by defeating Wawrinka 10–6 in the final.[23]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Croatia Marin Čilić 11
Belgium David Goffin 9
Croatia Marin Čilić 3
Canada Milos Raonic 10
Canada Milos Raonic 10
France Gaël Monfils 7
Canada Milos Raonic 10
Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 6
Austria Dominic Thiem 5
Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 10
Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 13
Spain Rafael Nadal 11
United States Taylor Fritz 8
Spain Rafael Nadal 10

2021: Dubai

Men's singles

A men's singles tournament was played in Dubai on 22 October 2021 with AED 500,000 winner take all prize money at the Coca-Cola Arena.[24] The 8 players were Gaël Monfils, Dan Evans, Taylor Fritz, Ramkumar Ramanathan, Zizou Bergs, Dustin Brown, Simon Roberts and Benjamin Hassan.[25]

The winner of the tournament was Zizou Bergs from Belgium, who overcame Taylor Fitz after saving a championship point, 11–9.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
France Gaël Monfils 11
Germany Benjamin Hassan 9
France Gaël Monfils 9
Belgium Zizou Bergs 11
Belgium Zizou Bergs 10
Germany Dustin Brown 6
Belgium Zizou Bergs 11
United States Taylor Fritz 9
United States Taylor Fritz 10
United Kingdom Simon Roberts 3
United States Taylor Fritz 10
United Kingdom Dan Evans 7
India Ramkumar Ramanathan 7
United Kingdom Dan Evans 10

2022: Indian Wells

Women's singles

The 2022 tournament was organized as a women's singles event and was played on 8 March 2022 in honor of International Women's Day. The event was held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden for the second time, ahead of the 2022 Indian Wells Masters. The eight-player field originally included Paula Badosa, Leylah Fernandez, Simona Halep, Ons Jabeur, Barbora Krejčíková, Naomi Osaka, Aryna Sabalenka, and Maria Sakkari. Amanda Anisimova later replaced Krejčíková after she withdrew following an elbow injury.[26][27][28] Anisimova won the event and claimed US$150,000 in prize money.[29]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Romania Simona Halep 7
Aryna Sabalenka 10
Aryna Sabalenka 5
Greece Maria Sakkari 10
Tunisia Ons Jabeur 6
Greece Maria Sakkari 10
Greece Maria Sakkari 7
United States Amanda Anisimova 10
Canada Leylah Fernandez 3
Spain Paula Badosa 10
Spain Paula Badosa 6
United States Amanda Anisimova 10
United States Amanda Anisimova 10
Japan Naomi Osaka 3

2023: Indian Wells

The event was marketed as the Eisenhower Cup.[30]

Mixed doubles

The 2023 tournament was organized as the event's first mixed doubles tournament and was played on 7 March 2023. It was held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, ahead of the 2023 Indian Wells Open. Emma Raducanu was scheduled to play with Cameron Norrie but withdrew before the tournament.[31] The eight-team field includes:[32][33]

  1. Aryna Sabalenka / United States Taylor Fritz (champions)
  2. Poland Iga Świątek / Poland Hubert Hurkacz (final)
  3. Spain Paula Badosa / United Kingdom Cameron Norrie (quarterfinals)
  4. Canada Leylah Fernandez / Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime (quarterfinals)
  5. Tunisia Ons Jabeur / Norway Casper Ruud (semifinals)
  6. United States Jessica Pegula / United States Tommy Paul (quarterfinals)
  7. Greece Maria Sakkari / Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas (semifinals)
  8. Switzerland Belinda Bencic / Switzerland Stan Wawrinka (quarterfinals)
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Greece Maria Sakkari
Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas 		12
Spain Paula Badosa
United Kingdom Cameron Norrie 		10
Greece Maria Sakkari
Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas 		7
Poland Iga Świątek
Poland Hubert Hurkacz 		10
Canada Leylah Fernandez
Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime 		6
Poland Iga Świątek
Poland Hubert Hurkacz 		10
Poland Iga Świątek
Poland Hubert Hurkacz 		8
Aryna Sabalenka
United States Taylor Fritz 		10
Tunisia Ons Jabeur
Norway Casper Ruud 		10
United States Jessica Pegula
United States Tommy Paul 		5
Tunisia Ons Jabeur
Norway Casper Ruud 		8
Aryna Sabalenka
United States Taylor Fritz 		10
Aryna Sabalenka
United States Taylor Fritz 		10
Switzerland Belinda Bencic
Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 		4

Media coverage

Each Tie Break Tens tournament is broadcast live around the world. Some of the broadcast partners have included: Sky Sports,[34] Dubai Sports, Canal+, DAZN, Facebook Live, CNN Open Court,[35] presented by Pat Cash, SuperSport, Teledeporte TVE, BeIN Sports, Dave[36] ESPN 2 and ESPN 3,[37] and Tennis Channel.[38]

Sponsors

Past and current sponsors of the tournament include Voss Water,[39] Betway,[40] Tennis.com,[41] Mutua, Rolex, Mercedes, Estrella, Wilson,[42] TransferMate,[43] FILA[44] and Masimo,[45] SlingerBag

See also

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