London: The 2013 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals provided yet another thrilling final chapter to a historic ATP World Tour season as sell-out crowds and record audiences online and on television tuned in to watch the world\u2019s greatest players battling it out for the last title of the season at The O2.<\/p>\n
A capacity crowd of 17,800 on Monday evening witnessed defending champion Novak Djokovic defeat World No.1 Rafael Nadal for the title and a record $1.92m in prize money, bringing the overall attendance across the eight days of the tournament to 261,247. It is the second consecutive year that the event has welcomed more than 260,000 fans. Since moving to London in 2009, the eight-day tournament has welcomed a remarkable 1.28m fans to The O2 arena.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s event was televised by 54 broadcasters in 193 territories and received more than 13 million visitors to its digital platforms via the new responsive-designed tournament website, an increase of 9% on 2012.<\/p>\n
The tournament\u2019s mobile traffic grew more than 100%, whilst more than half a million people watched Holding Court Live presented by Barclays, the live 90-minute video show, streamed twice-daily from the Fan Zone at The O2. Live match streaming on TennisTV.com, the ATP\u2019s official live streaming site, received more than 4.5 million total streams, an increase of 20%.\n<\/p>\n
Andre Silva, Tournament Director of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, said: \u201cThe Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at The O2 have been another terrific success. We\u2019re always looking for ways to grow the event and to give fans greater opportunities to engage with our tournament on-site, online and on television. We\u2019re thrilled with the response that we\u2019ve had and we\u2019re very grateful for the support that the tournament has had from fans all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals has a rich history dating back to the birth of The Masters in 1970. The tournament will be held at The O2 in London through 2015.<\/p>\n
London: The 2013 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals provided yet another thrilling final chapter to a historic ATP World Tour season as sell-out crowds and record audiences online and on television tuned in to watch the world\u2019s greatest players battling it out for the last title of the season at The O2.<\/p>\n A capacity crowd of 17,800 on Monday evening witnessed defending champion Novak Djokovic defeat World No.1 Rafael Nadal for the title and a record $1.92m in prize money, bringing the overall attendance across the eight days of the tournament to 261,247. It is the second consecutive year that the event has welcomed more than 260,000 fans. Since moving to London in 2009, the eight-day tournament has welcomed a remarkable 1.28m fans to The O2 arena.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s event was televised by 54 broadcasters in 193 territories and received more than 13 million visitors to its digital platforms via the new responsive-designed tournament website, an increase of 9% on 2012.<\/p>\n The tournament\u2019s mobile traffic grew more than 100%, whilst more than half a million people watched Holding Court Live presented by Barclays, the live 90-minute video show, streamed twice-daily from the Fan Zone at The O2. Live match streaming on TennisTV.com, the ATP\u2019s official live streaming site, received more than 4.5 million total streams, an increase of 20%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-out-of-box"],"yoast_head":"\n
BY THE NUMBERS
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\u2022 13,000,000 \u2013 number of visitors to ATP digital platforms throughout the tournament
\u2022 6,000,000 \u2013 amount of prize money ($) on offer at this year\u2019s event
\u2022 1,923,000 \u2013 amount of prize money ($) won by 2013 champion Novak Djokovic.
\u2022 1,284,685 \u2013 number of fans to have come to the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at The O2 arena since 2009.
\u2022 410,000 \u2013 amount of money raised (\u00a3) at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Gala, supported by Mo\u00ebt & Chandon, in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children\u2019s Charity. More than \u00a31.2m has been raised in the last three years.
\u2022 403,974 \u2013 number of people to pass through The O2 site in 2013, including the non-ticketed Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Fan Zone, practice courts, restaurants and bars, during the eight days of the tournament.
\u2022 261,247 \u2013 attendance for this year\u2019s tournament.
\u2022 42 \u2013 number of hours required to lay down the court following the end of the Jessie J concert prior to the tournament
\u2022 22 \u2013 number of consecutive matches Novak Djokovic has won since losing the US Open final in September
\u2022 9 \u2013 number of sold out sessions throughout the week (out of 15).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"