Ranking the Top Candidates for 2014 ATP Player of the Year

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Published: October 5, 2014

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The curtain is preparing to drop on the 2014 ATP season. The encore is just around the corner in the shape of the ATP World Tour Finals from Nov. 9-16. This means there is still an opportunity to come to the fore, steal the show and in the process be crowned player of the year.

The tennis gods have been generous in their distribution of the game's most distinctive honours. All of the Grand Slams were won by different competitors, including two of the most surprising winners in recent memory.

Marin Cilic beat Kei Nishikori in the U.S. Open final to alert those who had become foolishly blinkered in the midst of the Big Four's dominance over the last six years. The Croatian was thus able to stake a meaningful, if slightly hopeful, case for inclusion in the player of the year category.

The warning signs were there to be heeded prior to Cilic's win in New York. Stan Wawrinka had issued them when he recorded an unexpected win over Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open.

That Grand Slam shocks should bookend the 2014 season seems as fitting a reason as any to declare this one of the most enthralling years on tour. Novak Djokovic has remained his dominant self, dispatching most with ease but occasionally coming unstuck.

The players in contention for the ATP crown won't shock or incite cross-examination from pundits. Nonetheless, they have merited their places in this list based primarily on their contribution to the tour over the past 10 months.

The list also gives acknowledgement to those players who would be in contention for the award were it not based on rankings.

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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