The ATP has revelead the names of the winners of the top awards for 2015. Players will receive their awards in on-court ceremonies at the O2 Arena during the ATP World Finals week.
Novak Djokovic receives the ATP World Number 1 Award for the second consecutive year and the fourth time overall following an unbroken stint at Number 1 in the ATP Rankings since 7th July 2014. Djokovic has become the sixth player to clinch the year-end Number 1 Ranking on four or more occasions, following in the footsteps of Pete Sampras (si years), Jimmy Connors and Roger Federer (five years), Ivan Lendl and John McEnroe (four years). Djokovic won 10 titles, including three Grand Slams (Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open) and a record six Masters 1000 titles (Indian Wells, Miami, Monte-Carlo, Rome, Shanghai and Paris Bercy) plus the ATP 500 in Beijing and reached 14 finals during a sensational 2015 season.
Roger Federer has been voted by his peers as winner of the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award for the 11th time and for the fifth year in a row and by fans as the ATP World Tour.com Fans Favourite for the 13th time straight year.
US twin brothers Mike and Bob Bryan will receive the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award for their off-court philantropy with their charitable foundation. They will also the ATP World Tour.com Favourite for a record 11th time and remain in contention for the ATP World Tour Number 1 Doubles Team Award. Their Foundation is to support charities and causes that help at-risk youth survive and thrive. Tennis is at the core of what the brothers’ foundation does, as it promotes the ideals of sport and tennis in particular, to emphasize the values of hard work, dedication and perseverance.
Alexander Zverev will receive the ATP Star of Tomorrow Award for being the youngest player ranked in the top 100. Zverev, who started the season ranked number 136, reached the top 100 for the first time on 18th May and his career-high as Number 74 on 29th June. He reached the semifinal in Bastad and the quarter finals in Washington and won the Challenger in Heilbron.
Hyeon Chung has been voted as the Most Improved Player of the Year. The South Korean player, junior finalist at Wimbledon in 2013, has climbed more than 120 places from world number 173 after winning four ATP Challengers titles and reaching the Shenzhen quarter finals.
Benoit Paire will receive the Comeback Player of the Year Award. The French player was sidelined by a serious knee injury in 2014. After dropping out of the top 150 Paire won his first ATP title in Bastad last July and beat Kei Nishikori twice in the first round of the US Open and in the semifinals of the Tokyo Rakuten Open ATP 500, where he finished runner-up to Stan Wawrinka. His wins over Nishikori were the first of his career against a top 5 player. Paire has moved up to his career-high Number 20. Paire produced an unplayable drop-volley hot shot during his match against Gilles Simon last week in Paris Bercy
