Moya at Top of ATP Champions Tour

Written by: Staff on 15th November 2011

Moya at Top of ATP Champions Tour |

Carlos Moya completed a perfect debut year on the ATP Champions Tour by winning his fourth successive title and guaranteeing the year-end number one position in the South African Airways Champions Tour Rankings.

Moya, who squeezed past number two Mark Philippoussis on Saturday to give himself a chance of sealing the year-end top spot, beat Mariano Zabaleta 6-3 6-4 in the Royal Guard Champions final in Santiago, Chile.

“For the first year to finish at number one is all I could hope for, it’s great,” said Moya. “I think this was my best match of the week today. I only lost two matches (this year) and I feel very happy with the tennis I have played in most of the events. I am fit, I am happy to be on the Tour and hopefully I will be playing for many years.”

At each ATP Champions Tour tournament, players earn points based on their performances to determine their position in the South African Airways Champions Tour Rankings. The breakdown of points is as follows at each

ATP Champions Tour tournament:

1st place 400 points

2nd place 300

3rd place 200

4th place 150

5th place 80

6th pace 80

7th place 60

8th place 60

Current 2011 rankings after seven events:

1 – Carlos Moya 1900 points

2 – Mark Philippoussis 1480