NOVAK DJOKOVIC NAMED “PLAYER OF THE YEAR” BY USA TODAY SPORTS AND TENNIS CHANNEL

Written by: on 12th December 2014
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NOVAK DJOKOVIC NAMED "PLAYER OF THE YEAR" BY USA TODAY SPORTS AND TENNIS CHANNEL

epa04525021 Novak Djokovic of Musafir.com UAE Royals in action againt Manila Mavericks player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during their match of the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) at Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 11 December 2014. EPA/ALI HAIDER  |

USA TODAY SPORTS AND TENNIS CHANNEL NAME NOVAK DJOKOVIC “PLAYER OF THE YEAR”

 

Wimbledon Final between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer Named “Match of the Year”

 

Judging Panel Consists of Tennis Channel Analysts and Hall of Famers Martina Navratilova and Jim Courier, as well as USA TODAY Sports Tennis Reporter Doug Robson

 

 

USA TODAY Sports and Tennis Channel partnered to determine the best player and match of the 2014 men’s and women’s seasons. Novak Djokovic was voted “Player of the Year” and his Wimbledon five-set final battle against Roger Federer earned the title “Match of the Year.”

 

A panel of experts from USA TODAY Sports and Tennis Channel formed the committee that decided the winning player and match. The judges on the determining board were Hall of Famers and Tennis Channel analysts Martina Navratilova and Jim Courier, and USA TODAY Sports’ tennis writer Doug Robson. Judges were asked to consider their top three players and matches of 2014 before determining the year’s winners.

 

“Novak gets the nod for player of the year by winning Wimbledon and then finishing the year No. 1 buoyed by a dominant performance in the fall season,” said Courier, former World No. 1. “He was incredibly consistent, posting a 61-8 record on the year and winning seven titles.”

 

The Wimbledon final, which was unanimously approved by the judges for “Match of the Year,” was “played at a sky-high level from start to finish,” said Robson. “It saved Djokovic’s season. Had Federer won the final set, he likely would have finished the year at No. 1 instead of the Serb.”

Roger Federer of Switzerland returns to Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the men’s singles final of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 06 July 2014. EPA/ANDY RAIN

Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns to Roger Federer of Switzerland in the men’s singles final of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 06 July 2014. EPA/ANDY RAIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other players and matches in close contention for the top spot were World No. 1 Serena Williams for “Player of the Year” as well as her battles against World No. 3 Simona Halep in the women’s WTA Finals for “Match of the Year.” “What a turnaround!” said Navratilova, one of the most winningest players in tennis history, in reaction to Williams’ comeback triumph against Halep in the championship match of the WTA Finals.

 

In honor of the year’s best performances, Tennis Channel is rewinding the triumphs of Djokovic’s season, including his climb to the top at Wimbledon. Tune in to Tennis Channel’s “Serving up the Holidays” programming Dec. 10-12 from 7 a.m.-11 a.m. ET to see the network review the highlights from Wimbledon and 7 a.m. ET on Dec. 25 to take a look back at Djokovic’s championship-earning season. The network has same-day encore presentations of these “Serving up the Holidays” specials beginning at 1 p.m. ET. For more information on Tennis Channel’s Dec. programming, visit www.tennischannel.com/schedule.

 

Tennis Channel (www.tennischannel.com) is the only 24-hour, television-based multimedia destination dedicated to both the professional sport and tennis lifestyle. A hybrid of comprehensive sports, health, fitness, pop culture, entertainment, lifestyle and travel programming, the network is home to every aspect of the wide-ranging, worldwide tennis community. It also has the most concentrated single-sport coverage in television, with telecast rights to the US Open, Wimbledon, Roland Garros (French Open), Australian Open, Emirates Airline US Open Series, ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events, top-tier WTA competitions, Davis Cup and Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Tennis Channel is carried by nine of the top 10 video providers.

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