International Tennis HOF To Host Gibson Guitar Champions Cup

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The 2007 Gibson Guitar Champions Cup will feature Hall of Famers and former World No. 1 champions Jim Courier, John McEnroe and Mats Wilander. These three tennis greats will be joined by five additional champions for this five-day, singles round robin competition. Tickets for the Gibson Guitar Champions Cup will go on sale to the general public on Friday, February 16 at 10:00am

Hall of Fame Members will be able to participate in a Member pre-sale of tickets beginning Tuesday, February 13. Hall of Fame Memberships start as low as $35 and can be obtained by calling 800-457-1144.

About the Gibson Guitar Champions Cup: As part of the Outback Champions Series, the Gibson Guitar Champions Cup is part of a series of tournaments played in select markets where legends of the sport compete in a highly competitive, fan friendly, round-robin format with a champion crowned on the last day of each event. The Series tournaments run over a minimum of 4 days featuring 8 Champion players in each event. The first 3 rounds of each tournament are played in round robin format with the eight Champions drawn into two groups of four and each player playing against the other 3 players in his group.  

The top players from each group advance to a Sunday final, while the second place finishers in each group play in Sunday's 3rd place match. Matches are played in the best of three set format, with the 3rd set consisting of a Champions tie-break. The Champions tie-break is defined as the 1st player to reach 10 points with a margin of 2 points. Eligible players competing on the Series have either held a top 5 singles ranking, been a Grand Slam singles finalist, or a singles player on a Championship Davis Cup team during their ATP Tour playing careers and are no longer active full-time on the ATP singles circuit.

The Series tournaments are allowed one wildcard player of their choice. All players must be over 30 years of age. This criteria assures fans that there will be a legend competing in every match of every session of every event.