Voting is underway for the annual ATP awards but world No.1 Novak Djokovic will not be in contention for the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award.
The award is given to players who conducts a high amount of professionalism throughout their season and promotes the game through off-court activities. Candidates for the award was voted by fellow players on the ATP Tour.
Shortlisted this year is Kevin Anderson, Roger Federer, David Ferrer and Rafael Nadal. Federer has dominated the category since 2004, winning the award ten out of eleven times. The only person besides Federer to win the award within the past ten years was Rafael Nadal in 2010. After receiving his tenth sportsmanship award in 2014, Federer spoke of how much the award means to him.
“This award means a lot to me. I try to play as fairly as I can. This is a classy sport and I try to represent it as well as I can,” Federer said.
Djokovic has won eight ATP awards during his career (four-time player of the year, two-time most improved player and two time humantian of the year) compared to Federer who currently has 24.
Full list of awards and nominated player
Voted By Players
Most Improved Player of the Year:
Hyeon Chung
Borna Coric
Dominic Thiem
Bernard Tomic
Comeback Player of the Year:
Aljaz Bedene
John Millman
Benoit Paire
Jack Sock
Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award:
Kevin Anderson
Roger Federer
David Ferrer
Rafael Nadal
Tournaments of the Year:
Categories:
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP World Tour 500
ATP World Tour 250
Note: Tournament awards will be announced in 2016
Awards determined by the end-of-year ATP rankings.
ATP World Tour No. 1 Presented by Emirates:
ATP World Tour No. 1 Doubles Team Presented by Emirates:
ATP Star Of Tomorrow Presented by Emirates (The youngest player in the Top 100 of the Emirates ATP Rankings as of 9 November 2015).
Awards decided by the ATP
Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award:
2014 winner -Andy Murray
Voting is opened until 11:59pm GMT on November 9th. To cast a vote, click here.
