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IPTL 2016 Match Schedule Players INTERNATIONAL PREMIER TENNIS LEAGUE - 2016 MATCH SCHEDULE #BreakTheCode 2-11 December 2016 © 2016 International Premier Tennis League (Asia) DMCC TOKYO, JAPAN 2 December 2016 #BreakTheCode MATCH - 1 MATCH - 2 vs vs TOMAS BERDYCH NICK KYRGIOS FERNANDO VERDASCO FELICIANO LOPEZ PABLO CUEVAS MARCOS BAGHDATIS KURUMI NARA IVAN DODIG MARTINA HINGIS KIKI BERTENS JELENA JANKOVIC EUGENIE BOUCHARD GORAN IVANISEVIC CARLOS MOYA FERNANDO GONZALEZ THOMAS ENQVIST THOMAS JOHANSSON RAINER SCHUETTLER MARAT SAFIN MARK PHILIPPOUSSIS DANIEL NESTOR MARCELO MELO JEAN-JULIEN ROJER SANIA MIRZA ROHAN BOPANNA © 2016 International Premier Tennis League (Asia) DMCC TOKYO, JAPAN 3 December 2016 #BreakTheCode MATCH - 1 MATCH - 2 vs vs FELICIANO LOPEZ NICK KYRGIOS KEI NISHIKORI TOMAS BERDYCH IVAN DODIG MARCOS BAGHDATIS FERNANDO VERDASCO PABLO CUEVAS EUGENIE BOUCHARD KIKI BERTENS KURUMI NARA MARTINA HINGIS THOMAS ENQVIST CARLOS MOYA JELENA JANKOVIC GORAN IVANISEVIC MARK PHILIPPOUSSIS RAINER SCHUETTLER FERNANDO GONZALEZ THOMAS JOHANSSON SANIA MIRZA MARCELO MELO MARAT SAFIN DANIEL NESTOR ROHAN BOPANNA JEAN-JULIEN ROJER © 2016 International Premier Tennis League (Asia) DMCC TOKYO, JAPAN 4 December 2016 #BreakTheCode MATCH - 1 MATCH - 2 vs vs FELICIANO LOPEZ TOMAS BERDYCH KEI NISHIKORI NICK KYRGIOS IVAN DODIG PABLO CUEVAS FERNANDO VERDASCO MARCOS BAGHDATIS EUGENIE BOUCHARD MARTINA HINGIS KURUMI NARA KIKI BERTENS THOMAS ENQVIST GORAN IVANISEVIC JELENA JANKOVIC CARLOS MOYA MARK PHILIPPOUSSIS THOMAS JOHANSSON FERNANDO GONZALEZ RAINER SCHUETTLER SANIA MIRZA DANIEL NESTOR MARAT SAFIN MARCELO MELO ROHAN BOPANNA JEAN-JULIEN ROJER © 2016 International Premier Tennis League (Asia) DMCC SINGAPORE 6 December 2016 #BreakTheCode MATCH - 1 MATCH - 2 vs vs FELICIANO LOPEZ TOMAS BERDYCH SERENA WILLIAMS FERNANDO VERDASCO IVAN DODIG ANA IVANOVIC NICK KYRGIOS KURUMI NARA EUGENIE BOUCHARD PABLO CUEVAS MARCOS BAGHDATIS JELENA JANKOVIC THOMAS ENQVIST MARTINA HINGIS KIKI BERTENS FERNANDO GONZALEZ MARK PHILIPPOUSSIS GORAN IVANISEVIC CARLOS MOYA MARAT SAFIN SANIA MIRZA THOMAS JOHANSSON RAINER SCHUETTLER JEAN-JULIEN ROJER ROHAN BOPANNA DANIEL NESTOR MARCELO MELO © 2016 International Premier Tennis League (Asia) DMCC SINGAPORE 7 December 2016 #BreakTheCode MATCH - 1 MATCH - 2 vs vs TOMAS BERDYCH FELICIANO LOPEZ FERNANDO VERDASCO SERENA WILLIAMS ANA IVANOVIC IVAN DODIG KURUMI NARA NICK KYRGIOS PABLO CUEVAS EUGENIE BOUCHARD JELENA JANKOVIC MARCOS BAGHDATIS MARTINA HINGIS THOMAS ENQVIST FERNANDO GONZALEZ KIKI BERTENS GORAN IVANISEVIC MARK PHILIPPOUSSIS MARAT SAFIN CARLOS MOYA THOMAS JOHANSSON SANIA MIRZA JEAN-JULIEN ROJER RAINER SCHUETTLER DANIEL NESTOR ROHAN BOPANNA MARCELO MELO © 2016 International Premier Tennis League (Asia) DMCC SINGAPORE 8 December 2016 #BreakTheCode MATCH - 1 MATCH - 2 vs vs TOMAS BERDYCH FERNANDO VERDASCO NICK KYRGIOS FELICIANO LOPEZ ANA IVANOVIC KURUMI NARA MARCOS BAGHDATIS IVAN DODIG PABLO CUEVAS JELENA JANKOVIC KIKI BERTENS EUGENIE BOUCHARD MARTINA HINGIS FERNANDO GONZALEZ CARLOS MOYA THOMAS ENQVIST GORAN IVANISEVIC MARAT SAFIN RAINER SCHUETTLER MARK PHILIPPOUSSIS THOMAS JOHANSSON JEAN-JULIEN ROJER MARCELO MELO SANIA MIRZA DANIEL NESTOR ROHAN BOPANNA © 2016 International Premier Tennis League (Asia) DMCC HYDERABAD, INDIA 9 December 2016 #BreakTheCode MATCH - 1 MATCH - 2 vs vs TOMAS BERDYCH FERNANDO VERDASCO FELICIANO LOPEZ SERENA WILLIAMS ANA IVANOVIC KURUMI NARA IVAN DODIG NICK KYRGIOS PABLO CUEVAS JELENA JANKOVIC EUGENIE BOUCHARD MARCOS BAGHDATIS MARTINA HINGIS FERNANDO GONZALEZ THOMAS ENQVIST KIKI BERTENS GORAN IVANISEVIC MARAT SAFIN MARK PHILIPPOUSSIS CARLOS MOYA THOMAS JOHANSSON JEAN-JULIEN ROJER SANIA MIRZA RAINER SCHUETTLER DANIEL NESTOR ROHAN BOPANNA MARCELO MELO © 2016 International Premier Tennis League (Asia) DMCC HYDERABAD, INDIA 10 December 2016 #BreakTheCode MATCH - 1 MATCH - 2 vs vs TOMAS BERDYCH NICK KYRGIOS FERNANDO VERDASCO ROGER FEDERER ANA IVANOVIC MARCOS BAGHDATIS KURUMI NARA FELICIANO LOPEZ PABLO CUEVAS KIKI BERTENS JELENA JANKOVIC IVAN DODIG MARTINA HINGIS CARLOS MOYA FERNANDO GONZALEZ EUGENIE BOUCHARD GORAN IVANISEVIC RAINER SCHUETTLER MARAT SAFIN THOMAS ENQVIST THOMAS JOHANSSON MARCELO MELO JEAN-JULIEN ROJER MARK PHILIPPOUSSIS SANIA MIRZA DANIEL NESTOR ROHAN BOPANNA © 2016 International Premier Tennis League (Asia) DMCC HYDERABAD, INDIA 11 December 2016 #BreakTheCode FINAL © 2016 International Premier Tennis League (Asia) DMCC.
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