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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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