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2016 International Premier Tennis League season

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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

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.

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 India Indian Aces Japan Japan Warriors Singapore Singapore Slammers United Arab Emirates UAE Royals
Men
Player A Spain Feliciano López Japan Kei Nishikori Australia Nick Kyrgios Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
Player B Croatia Ivan Dodig Spain Fernando Verdasco Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis Uruguay Pablo Cuevas
Doubles India Rohan Bopanna Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer Brazil Marcelo Melo Canada Daniel Nestor
Legends A Australia Mark Philippoussis Russia Marat Safin Spain Carlos Moyá Croatia Goran Ivanišević
Legends B Sweden Thomas Enqvist Chile Fernando González Germany Rainer Schüttler Sweden Thomas Johansson
Player C India Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Women
Player A India Sania Mirza Serbia Jelena Janković Netherlands Kiki Bertens Serbia Ana Ivanovic
Player B Belgium Kirsten Flipkens Japan Kurumi Nara Switzerland 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 Japan 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
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 India 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
India 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 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 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
United Arab Emirates 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 India Indian Aces 8 5 3 189 183 18
2 Singapore Singapore Slammers 8 4 4 201 179 14
3 Japan Japan Warriors 8 4 4 174 196 14
4 United Arab Emirates 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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