ATP World Tour Finals may be staged in London even after 2015

Due to the overwhelming success of the ATP World Tour Finals year-after-year in London, Great Britain, there is a big possibility that London will continue to stage the elite competition beyond 2015.

“The tournament is a very important part of the business of the ATP. More important than exposing everyone around the world to it is making sure it’s healthy and not an experiment. I know a lot of people talked about Rio and New York. It’s obviously great to be wanted. At the same time you need to be sure it makes sense — and right now London makes a lot of sense,” said Tournament Director Andre Silva in an interview with CNN.

Contract-wise, the ATP World Tour Finals will be staged in London until 2015 but with the overwhelming crowd support, it does make sense to continue staging the event at the British capital.

“I must agree with Andre in many ways because I think it’s important that this event is played in a place that knows tennis. I think it’s good sometimes to play Shanghai, or maybe Lisbon or Sydney for a year, but I think it’s not long enough in one place to put its roots down. It’s like a circus. You come, the tent is there but it’s temporary and you move it away again. So here the roots are down, it’s successful and that’s why if the business makes sense, if the numbers make sense, if the excitement of everybody involved makes sense, I think we should keep it here. Other options would have to be considered but it would have to be a great other option,” Roger Federer was quoted as saying.