* Tentative Schedule Shared
* Total Spends on Player Field - $23,975,000 ($24 million)
* Current World #1 Rafael Nadal & Serena Williams headline the 2014 IPTL Season
* 21 Grand Slam Champions (including Junior Championships)
* 14 Current or Former #1 Ranked Players
Amidst brewing excitement, the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) held their first player draft with the four confirmed Team Owners for 2014 IPTL - at the Oberoi Hotel in Dubai.
A collaborative meeting, had the top management of the League take the team owners through the planned operations for the first season slated to be held from Nov 28th to Dec 14th, 2014 - in the four Asian cities of Singapore, Bangkok, Mumbai & Dubai.
The IPTL announced today the competition format for the founding four teams. The 2014 IPTL Season will feature 24 matches across the four host cities in the Middle East and Asia. This unique format will have all four teams competing in a round-robin format in each of the four cities.
Former #1 and Grand Slam Champion Carlos Moya attended the draft, which will see him play in Bangkok, had this to say, "I'm very excited to be part of this competition, and look forward to playing for Bangkok. I have fond memories from the days I've played there."
Current list of players:
Singapore
November 28, 29, 30
Tomas Berdych
Andre Agassi
Lleyton Hewitt
Serena Williams
Bruno Soares
Patrick Rafter
Daniela Hantuchova
Nick Krygios
Bangkok
December 2, 3, 4
Andy Murray
Jo Wilfred Tsonga
Victoria Azarenka
Daniel Nestor
Carlos Moya
Kirsten Flipkens
Mumbai
December 7, 8, 9
Rafael Nadal
Gael Monfils
Pete Sampras
Rohan Bopanna
Ana Ivanovic
Sania Mirza
Fabrice Santoro
Dubai
December 11, 12, 13
Novak Djokovic
Caroline Wozniacki
Goran Ivanisevic
Janko Tipsarevic
Nenad Zimonic
Malek Jaziri
Martina Hingis
Owners are allowed to add and have up to 10 players on their roster.Team owners are due to make their own announcements in their relative cities over the next few weeks.
