2001 Success Magazine Senior Men's Tennis Tour Master's Event
	DATE: POSTPONED LOCATION: Wollman Rink, Central Park The Success Magazine Masters Tennis Event, the premier event of the Worldwide Senior Tennis Circuit, made its New York City debut at Central Park's Wollman Rink last summer, and is back again this summer. This tournament allows tennis fans the opportunity to watch many of their heroes including New Yorker John McEnroe, Mikael Pernfors, Mats Wilander, Bjorn Borg, Henri Leconte, and the flamboyant Mansour Bahrami. The top eight players in the tour's Point Standings will qaulify for the championship event. Singles players will be split into two groups of four and a round robin format will produce four semifinalists for the weekend. Doubles will also be contested. There will be ten sessions of tennis over six days, with the championship match set for Sunday afternoon. Spectators will enjoy six days of exciting, world-class tennis in a unique 3000 seat stadium, constructed solely for the Masters Event.
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Pernfors Wins Senior Tennis 2000 Season Championship

Mikael Pernfors wins 2000 Masters Event in Wollman Rink
NEW YORK –Mikeal Pernfors won the 1999-2000 SUCCESS Magazine Tour’s season-ending championship today at the LastMinuteTravel.com Masters in Central Park’s Wollman Rink. In the doubles final, Jose-Luis Clerc and Tim Wilkison defeated John Lloyd and Gene Mayer 6-4, 4-6, 10-7.

In this afternoon’s final, Pernfors dominated the two nearly identical sets to take his first senior tennis season-end championship and his second tournament title in the 1999-2000 season. Pernfors’ only other title this season was the 1999 Citibank Champions last June in New York where he defeated Mel Purcell, 6-2, 6-4. Leconte, who was defeated in the 1998-99 season-end tournament by Bjorn Borg, won the first game of both sets before Pernfors won five straight to go up 5-1. Leconte rebounded to cut the lead to 5-2, but could not stop Pernfors as he won both sets, 6-2.

“I have changed my views on this city after my US Open experiences and now I really like New York,” said Pernfors, while accepting his championship trophy. “When I woke up this morning I knew I was going to play well today and I definitely can’t play any better than that. It was a perfect day for me.”

“It was a very difficult match and I should have played better,” said Leconte, who lost in his second consecutive season-ending championship. “I was happy to be in the final after the tough matches I had this week, but I think I was also tired from those matches today.”

The LastMinuteTravel.com Masters was the 24th and final event in the 1999-2000 SUCCESS Magazine Tour season. The tournament featured the top eight players in the senior tour’s LastMinuteTravel.com Masters Point Standings.

New York – FINAL results from the LastMinuteTravel.com Masters in Central Park, NYC:

Singles Final: Mikael Pernfors (Sweden) def. Henri Leconte (France) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles Final:Jose-Luis Clerc/Tim Wilkison def. John Lloyd/Gene Mayer 6-4, 4-6, 10-7

For more information about the Senior Men's Tennis Circuit, please visit www.seniortenniscircuit.com.

For further information on the BNP Paribas Master's Event, please visit BNP Paribas.

Last Updated On: Tuesday, September 25, 2001



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