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ATP announces 2007 ATP Award winners

Roger Federer and Bob and Mike Bryan are the big winners in the 2007 ATP Awards, which were announced today in Miami on the eve of the Sony Ericsson Open.

For the fourth consecutive year, Federer won both the Player of the Year Award and Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award Presented by Stanford. Additionally, fans gave Federer the ATPtennis.com Fans’ Favorite Award Presented by RICOH for the fifth consecutive year.

The Bryan brothers, who last year finished as the No. 1 doubles team for the fourth time in five years, won the Doubles Team of the Year Award Presented by Stanford for the third consecutive year. The Bryans also were voted ATPtennis.com Fans’ Favorite for the third consecutive year.

Other winners include defending Sony Ericsson Open champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia, the first player to clinch Most Improved Player of the Year honors in back-to-back years; Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, named Newcomer of the Year for his Ranking climb from No. 212 to a year-end finish of No. 43 with consistent results in ATP and Challenger level play; and Russian Igor Andreev, Comeback Player of the Year after returning from a left knee injury in 2006 to finish in the Top 50 for the third time in four years.

Ivan Ljubicic was named Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year in recognition of his support of individual, smaller charities in his native Croatia and his sponsorship of the Monaco Special Olympics, donating his entire Davis Cup prize money to those charities as well as playing exhibitions to raise money.

2007 ATP Awards Winners

Player of the Year - Roger Federer

Doubles Team of the Year Presented by Stanford - Mike and Bob Bryan

Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Presented by Stanford - Roger Federer

Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year - Ivan Ljubicic

ATPtennis.com Fans’ Favorite (Singles) Presented by RICOH - Roger Federer

ATPtennis.com Fans’ Favorite (Doubles) - Mike and Bob Bryan

Most Improved Player of the Year - Novak Djokovic

Newcomer of the Year - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Comeback Player of the Year - Igor Andreev

Ron Bookman Media Excellence - Bud Collins

ATP Masters Series Tournament of the Year - Masters Series Monte-Carlo

International Series Gold Tournament of the Year - Abierto Mexicano Telcel (Acapulco)

International Series Tournament of the Year - Catella Swedish Open (Bastad)