1988, ISBN: 9781156464236

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Aami Classic, World Teamtennis, Eurocard Open, Billie Jean King Cup, Masters France, Tennis Exhibitions in 1988, Ecc Antwerp, Capitala World Tennis Championship, Hong Kong Tennis Classic, River Oaks International Tennis Tournament, Challenge of Champions, Battle of Surfaces, Tradition-Icap Liverpool Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Aami Classic, World Teamtennis, Eurocard Open, Billie Jean King Cup, Masters France, Tennis Exhibitions in 1988, Ecc Antwerp, Capitala World Tennis Championship, Hong Kong Tennis Classic, River Oaks International Tennis Tournament, Challenge of Champions, Battle of Surfaces, Tradition-Icap Liverpool International, the Venetian Macao Tennis Showdown, Turbo Tennis, Copa Peugeot Argentina de Tenis, Boodles Challenge. Excerpt: The AAMI Classic is a professional tennis exhibition singles-only tournament, played on outdoor hard courts. It is held annually in January, right before the Australian Open, at the Kooyong Stadium in Kooyong, Melbourne, Australia. Eight invited players participate in the tournament in a promotion/relegation format, playing three matches each over four days to determine the standings from the first place (won all three matches) to the eighth (lost all three matches). Exhibition matches also take place during the tournament, aside of the competition. Competition format The AAMI Classic draw inlcudes eight invited Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) players, seeded according to the ATP rankings of the week preceding the tournament. Four first round matches are played, after which the four winners advance to the semifinals, while the four losers are relegated to a play-off draw. The two semifinals of the main draw and of the play-off draw are then played, setting four new matches the main draw final, to decide of the champion and of the runner-up, the main draw consolation match, to decide of the third and fourth places, the play-off draw final, to decide of the fifth and sixth places, and the play-off draw consolation match, to decide of the seventh and eighth places. The tournament takes place over four days, with the four first round Books, , Exhibition-Tennis-Tournaments~~Books-Llc, 999999999, Exhibition Tennis Tournaments, Books Llc, 1156464234, General Books LLC, , , , , General Books LLC<