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As Asia’s only ATP Masters 1000, the Rolex Shanghai Masters is the largest men’s professional tennis tournament on the continent. It transforms Qizhong Stadium into a busy city for one week a year with a veritable army of personnel to look after the players, tournament operations, and media coverage.
We present the 2019 Rolex Shanghai Masters by the numbers:
1 – new singles champion
2 – sessions (day and night) for the first time
12 – minutes, the record for fastest racquet stringing including cutting, stenciling and bagging for a player on court (average is 20 minutes)
12 – state-of-the-art Ogawa massage chairs in the players’ area
23 – massage beds used by physios
25 – nationalities in the singles main draw (most players: France with 6)
36 – lbs, the lowest tension racquet strung this week (highest: 64.5 lbs)
62 – photographers covering the action
69 – imported Tomahawk steaks eaten in the Players’ Restaurant
73 – line umpires (in addition to 13 chair umpires)
80 – ball kids
150 – specialty pizzas ordered per day in the Players’ Restaurant, including Roger Federer’s Figelicious and Novak Djokovic’s Gluten-free Quattro Formaggi
246 – credentialed Chinese media
280 – Members of the Roger Federer Fan Club who buy blocks of seats every year to support the Swiss
290 – airport pick-ups and drop-offs
380 – volunteers
400 – pieces of shrimp dim sum served per day in the Players’ Restaurant (to go with 30 whole chickens and 50 kgs of carving ribeye)
611 – racquets strung prior to semifinals day
700 – meals served on a busy day at the Players’ Restaurant, including 580 a la carte orders
3,240 – balls used
4,500 – towels supplied
6,500 – cases of water
408,840 – USD to the winning doubles team
1,374,995 – USD to the singles winner
Let’s do it all again in 2020, even bigger and better!
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