2005 ATP Backspin Awards

==PLAYERS OF THE YEAR==
1.Roger Federer
2.Rafael Nadal
3.Andy Roddick
4.Ivan Ljubicic
5.Andre Agassi
6.Lleyton Hewitt
7.Marat Safin
8.Bob & Mike Bryan
9.David Nalbandian
10.Nikolay Davydenko
HM-Gaston Gaudio

==RISERS OF THE YEAR==
1.Rafael Nadal
2.Tomas Berdych
3.Ivan Ljubicic
4.David Nalbandian
5.Nikolay Davydenko
6.James Blake
7.Igor Andreev
8.Robby Ginepri
9.David Ferrer
10.Fernando Gonzalez
HM-Radek Stepanek

==NEW FACES OF THE YEAR==
1.Gael Monfils
2.Richard Gasquet
3.Andy Murray
4.Marcos Baghdatis
5.Novak Djokovic
HM-Gilles Miller

COMEBACK PLAYER: James Blake
VETERAN PLAYER: Andre Agassi
MOST IMPROVED: Robby Ginepri
SURPRISE: Mariano Puerta
DOWN: Tim Henman

MOST UNNOTICED SEASON: David Nalbandian
MOST "SAFINY" SEASON: Marat Safin (huge start, nonexistent finish)

MOST TALENTED: Roger Federer (of course)
MOST ONE-DIMENSIONAL: Ivo Karlovic
MOST TALENTED, BUT INCONSISTENT (and not named Marat): Tomas Berdych

MOST UNKNOWN (but top-ranked) RUSSIAN: Nikolay Davydenko
MOST TALKATIVE (and not top-ranked) AMERICAN: Justin Gimelstob
MOST UNKNOWN BUT TALENTED RUSSIAN LIVING IN AMERICA: Dmitry Tursunov

**BEST BROTHERS**
1.Bob & Mike Bryan
2.Olivier & Christophe Rochus
3.James & Thomas Blake

BEST PLAYER WITH TWO FIRST NAMES: (tie) Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
BEST PLAYER WITH TWO LAST NAMES: Novak Djokovic

MOST LIKELY FIRST-TIME SLAM FINALIST IN 2006: Richard Gasquet
LEAST LIKELY REPEAT SLAM FINALIST IN 2006: Mariano Puerta

ON THE WAY OUT: "Henman Hill"
ON THE WAY IN: "Mt.Murray"

IN: Nadal's long pants
OUT: Guillermo Canas

MOST ENTERTAINING PLAYER: Fabrice Santoro
MOST ENTERTAINING SLAM MATCH THAT DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING: U.S. Open 3rd Rd. - Davide Sanguinetti def. Paradorn Srichaphan

HARDCOURT PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Roger Federer
CLAYCOURT PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Rafael Nadal
GRASSCOURT PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Roger Federer
INDOOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR: David Nalbandian
DAVIS CUP PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Ivan Ljubicic


**MATCHES OF THE YEAR**
1.U.S. Open QF - Andre Agassi def. James Blake
2.Miami Final - Roger Federer def. Rafael Nadal
3.Masters Cup Final - David Nalbandian def. Roger Federer
HM--Australian Open SF - Marat Safin def. Roger Federer

MOST TIME-WARPING RESULT OF THE YEAR: WTT Singles--John McEnroe def. Mark Philippoussis
MOST GENDER-BENDING RESULT OF THE YEAR: WTT Singles--Brian Vahaly def. Meghann Shaughnessy

BIGGEST ONE-HIT SLAM WONDER: U.S. Open 1st Rd. - Gilles Muller def. Andy Roddick
HITTING DOWN THE BIGGEST ONE AT A SLAM: Wimbledon 1st Rd. - Daniele Bracciali def. Ivo Karlovic

LEAST LIKELY (NON-SARCASTIC) 2006 HEADLINE: "Everybody Loves Lleyton"
MOST LIKELY (LAUDATORY) 2006 HEADLINE: "Long Live Federer"


All for now.

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ATP 4th Quarter Awards (Wk.37-45)

==PLAYERS OF THE 4Q==
1.Roger Federer
2.Rafael Nadal
3.David Nalbandian
4.Ivan Ljubicic
5.Tomas Berdych
HM-Igor Andreev

==4Q RISERS==
1.Rafael Nadal
2.David Nalbandian
3.Ivan Ljubicic
4.Tomas Berdych
5.Igor Andreev
6.Nikolay Davydenko
7.James Blake
8.Ivo Karlovic
9.Fernando Gonzalez
10.Radek Stepanek
HM-Robby Ginepri

==4Q NEW FACES==
1.Andy Murray
2.Gael Monfils
3.Marcos Baghdatis
4.Dmitry Tursunov
5.Gilles Muller
HM-Bjorn Phau

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Oct/Nov Players-of-the-Months

1.David Nalbandian
2.Rafael Nadal
3.Ivan Ljubicic
4.Roger Federer
5.Tomas Berdych
6.Fernando Gonzalez
7.James Blake
8.Andy Roddick
9.Igor Andreev
10.Thomas Johansson

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