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The Tennis Masters Cup was created on December 9, 1999. On
that day, the Grand Slam Committee, the ITF and the ATP Tour announced that
the ATP Tour World Championship and the men's Grand Slam Cup would be discontinued
and a new jointly owned, end of year men's tournament to be known as the
Tennis Masters Cup was created. At the end of the tennis year, the top eight
players in the world compete for the Masters Cup.
Past Champions
Tennis Masters Cup:
* 2004 Roger
Federer (Switzerland)
* 2003 Roger Federer
(Switzerland)
* 2002 Lleyton Hewitt
(Australia)
* 2001 Lleyton Hewitt
(Australia)
* 2000 Gustavo Kuerten
(Brazil)
ATP Tour World Championships:
* 1999 Pete
Sampras (United States)
* 1998 Alex Corretja
(Spain)
* 1997 Pete Sampras (United
States)
* 1996 Pete Sampras (United
States)
* 1995 Boris Becker (Germany)
* 1994 Pete Sampras (United
States)
* 1993 Michael Stich
(Germany)
* 1992 Boris Becker (Germany)
* 1991 Pete Sampras (United
States)
* 1990 Andre Agassi (United
States)
Masters
* 1989 Stefan
Edberg (Sweden)
* 1988 Boris Becker (Germany)
* 1987 Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia/United
States)
* 1986 Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia/United
States)
* 1985 Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia/United
States)
* 1984 John McEnroe (United
States)
* 1983 John McEnroe (United
States)
* 1982 Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia/United
States)
* 1981 Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia/United
States)
* 1980 Bj rn Borg (Sweden)
* 1979 Bj rn Borg (Sweden)
* 1978 John McEnroe (United
States)
* 1977 Jimmy Connors
(United States)
* 1976 Manuel Orantes
(Spain)
* 1975 Ilie Nastase (Romania)
* 1974 Guillermo Vilas
(Argentina)
* 1973 Ilie Nastase (Romania)
* 1972 Ilie Nastase (Romania)
* 1971 Ilie Nastase (Romania)
* 1970 Stan Smith (United
States)
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