Tie Break Tens

Tie Break Tens[1] is an exhibition short tennis format in which only tie-break matches are played. There are no games or sets, only tie-break matches and the winner is the first player to reach 10 points and lead by a margin of two. Most other traditional rules of tennis are the same. The winner-take-all charity prize money is US$250,000 for each tournament. It is a short-format version of tennis, similar to other alternative forms of traditional sports, such as T20 Cricket and rugby sevens.[2]

The inaugural Tie Break Tens tournament took place at the Royal Albert Hall on 5 December 2015. It was won by Kyle Edmund who beat Andy Murray in the finals.[3]

Since then, tournaments have been played in Vienna, Madrid, Melbourne, New York, Indian Wells and Dubai with the world's current top tennis professionals competing for the grand prize.

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  2. ^ "Tie Break Tens: How to put together a successful tennis tournament | Tennis | The Sport Review". The Sport Review. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Andy Murray misses out on hefty prize losing to Dominic Thiem at exhibition event| Tennis | The Telegraph". The Telegraph. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.