It was the tour finals for the doubles season of the WCT Tour.

In Sunday's thrilling conclusion, Gaultier, twice a winner of the tour finals in 2008 and 2009, had only himself to blame for falling short of a third success after several tête-à-têtes with the referee, which cost him crucial points.

She appeared in 32 professional tour finals, winning 15 titles.

The women's tour finals will also be staged for the first time alongside the men's event.

At the end of the year they released two more DVDs which showed their tour finals in Sapporo.

She reached five tour finals, winning two of them (Gold Coast and Cincinnati, both Tier 3 events).

In December at the year-end tour finals, Năstase took revenge against Smith, winning his second consecutive Masters Grand Prix title.

Then in Canada F3 in Sherbrooke, Raonic reached his first tour finals in singles, winning four three-set matches to do so.

Basketball fans had a smattering of college games to keep them occupied, tennis fans had their eyes on the tour finals in London, and hockey fans, as always, were in their own world.

They have met in eight tour finals, including three at Grand Slam tournaments, with the tie split at 4-4.