2014 AFL Grand Final
The 2014 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Sydney Swans and the Hawthorn Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 27 September 2014. It was the 118th annual Grand Final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 2014 AFL season. The match, attended by 99,460 spectators, was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 63 points, marking the club's second consecutive premiership and twelfth VFL/AFL premiership victory overall. Hawthorn's Luke Hodge was awarded the Norm Smith Medal as the best player on the ground.


2014 AFL Grand Final, Background
Having finished the home and away season as minor premiers, Sydney advanced to the Grand Final with a hard-fought victory over Fremantle, followed by a 71-point victory over North Melbourne in their preliminary final. Defending premiers Hawthorn, which finished second behind Sydney on the ladder, advanced after defeating Geelong by 36 points in their qualifying final, followed by a three-point victory over Port Adelaide in the second preliminary final.


2014 AFL Grand Final, Background
The two teams met twice during the home-and-away season, with Sydney winning by 19 points at ANZ Stadium in Round 8 and Hawthorn winning by 10 points at the MCG in Round 18.


2014 AFL Grand Final, Background
It was the second time that Sydney and Hawthorn had met in a grand final, having faced each other two years earlier in the 2012 AFL Grand Final when Sydney won by 10 points. The match was Hawthorn's third grand final appearance in a row, having also appeared in the 2013 AFL Grand Final when it defeated Fremantle by 15 points.


2014 AFL Grand Final, Media coverage
The match was televised by the Seven Network. The coverage commentators included Brian Taylor, Matthew Richardson, Cameron Ling, Tom Harley, Luke Darcy and Leigh Matthews.


2014 AFL Grand Final, Media coverage
The match commentary was conducted by Bruce McAvaney and Dennis Cometti for the Seven Network, marking the duo's sixth grand final appearance together as commentators since 2008 and their tenth overall. Individually, it was Cometti's sixteenth grand final and McAvaney's fourteenth.


2014 AFL Grand Final, Media coverage
A total of 2,813,000 people watched the Grand Final on television, making the Grand Final the most viewed television broadcast of the day.


2014 AFL Grand Final, Pre-match entertainment
Welsh singer Sir Tom Jones and English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran both performed as pre-match entertainment at the 2014 AFL Grand Final. The two were the first international acts to perform at a grand final since American singer Meat Loaf's performance at the 2011 AFL Grand Final Both Sheeran and Jones were the first acts to be offered the sets by the AFL, with both acts accepting without hesitation.


2014 AFL Grand Final, Pre-match entertainment
Jones said about the offer to perform at the game, "I understand there will be over 100,000 people in the stadium for the grand final which makes this spectacular sporting event something I'm really looking forward to. I also know that Australian football has really passionate fans so it'll be great to be a part of the atmosphere and excitement on the day." Sheeran said that the decision to play was not a hard decision to make, saying that "Having spent some time in Australia recently I know just how popular the game is and how big an event this will be."


2014 AFL Grand Final, Pre-match entertainment
Sheeran performed "Sing" and "The A Team" and was then joined by Jones to sing "Kiss", followed by "Mama Told Me Not to Come", "Delilah" and "If I Only Knew". Mike Brady performed "Up There Cazaly", a grand final tradition. Olivia Newton-John performed the Australian National Anthem, Advance Australia Fair.


2014 AFL Grand Final, Pre-match entertainment
A post-match entertainment show featuring Sheeran and Jones was also held. There was no half-time musical entertainment. The traditional Grand Final sprint held at half-time was won by Jordan Murdoch of Geelong, breaking Patrick Dangerfield's streak of three consecutive victories from 2011 to 2013.


2014 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, First quarter
The first quarter began with the teams going goal for goal in the initial 15 mins. Josh Kennedy drew first blood with a long bomb, before Paul Puopolo answered with his own long-range shot. Former Hawk Lance Franklin then got onto the scoreboard but Luke Breust replied to make it 2 goals apiece. But from that moment onwards, it was all Hawthorn as Brad Hill, Jack Gunston and Will Langford piled on 3 goals to finish the quarter. At quarter time, Hawthorn had a healthy lead of 20 points.


2014 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Second quarter
In the second quarter, Ben McGlynn goaled within the first minute in a bid to give Sydney some spark. However, it proved to be the start of a Hawthorn onslaught, in which the brown and gold piled on 5 unanswered goals and surged to a match-winning 47-pt lead. Breust and Hale added goals before Langford stormed through the centre and unleashed a bomb from 50. Luke Hodge, who literally smothered Port Adelaide  out of the Preliminary Finals a week earlier, then added another two, including a simple intercept from a disastrous Gary Rohan kick-in. Adam Goodes and Franklin temporarily stemmed the tide with two successive goals for Sydney, but when the dynamic Cyril Rioli intercepted another errant Sydney passage of play to gift Jarryd Roughead a goal, the Hawks led by a massive 42 points.


2014 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter
After the main break, Hawthorn continued where it left off, as Roughead and Gunston added more misery to the Swans. Kieren Jack and Franklin tried hard to put some respectability on the scoreboard with two goals but the Hawks surged again. Matt Suckling put last's season disappointment behind him with a goal; Roughead then added his third, before Langford dribbled one through miraculously from the boundary. Kurt Tippett pegged one back for the Swans but it was too little too late. At 3 quarter time, the Hawks were ahead by 54 points, with Hodge sealing the kiss of death, literally, on ex-teammate Franklin.


2014 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Final quarter
When Hawthorn kicked away with the first two goals of the quarter through Breust and Roughead, the only question is how much will they win by. Goodes snapped his second and Franklin added a fourth but these only made a dint into the margin. Shaun Burgoyne put the icing on the cake with a daring 50m goal but Jack cancelled that out with a brilliant snap. However, the finish belonged to Hawthorn once more as Roughead marked strongly for his fifth before Shaun Burgoyne extended the margin by over 10 goals again. In the end, Hawthorn won by 63 points in a canter.


2014 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Overall report
Hawthorn dominated the match from start to finish, applying pressure on the Swans that at times was brutal. Jarryd Roughead was the top scorer for Hawthorn kicking 5.1 and Lance Franklin was the top goal kicker for Sydney, kicking 4.2.


2014 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Norm Smith Medal
Luke Hodge was named the Norm Smith medalist (best on ground) with 10 votes, for his 35 possessions and 2 goals. He edged fellow midfielders Jordan Lewis (37 possessions) and Sam Mitchell (33 possessions), both with 9 votes, for his second Norm Smith Medal, having also won it in 2008.


2014 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Norm Smith Medal
Chaired by Nathan Buckley, the voters and their choices were as follows:


2014 AFL Grand Final, Teams
Sydney did not change its team from the previous week's preliminary final, while Hawthorn omitted Jonathon Ceglar and Jonathan Simpkin in favour of Cyril Rioli and Ben McEvoy. Rioli was returning to the team after missing almost three months with a hamstring injury; he had appeared for Box Hill for limited playing time in the previous week's VFL Grand Final, which was his only match practice leading to his selection.


2014 AFL Grand Final, Teams
The umpiring panel, comprising three field umpires, four boundary umpires, two goal umpires and an emergency in each position is given below. Most notable among the umpiring appointments was goal umpire Chris Appleton's selection for his first grand final, who had repaired his career after serving a suspension in 2010 for breaking the AFL's anti-gambling rules by placing bets on an AFL game in which he was not umpiring.


2014 AFL Grand Final, Teams
Numbers in brackets represent the number of Grand Finals umpired, including 2014.


2014 AFL Mark of the Year
The Australian Football League celebrates the best mark of the season through the annual Mark of the Year competition. In 2014, this is officially known as the Lifebroker AFL Mark of the Year. Each round three marks are nominated and fans are able to vote online for their favourite.


2014 AFL Rising Star
The NAB AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a stand out young player in the Australian Football League. The 2014 winner was Lewis Taylor. Taylor polled one more vote than Marcus Bontempelli, making it the closest ever count.


2014 AFL Rising Star, Eligibility
Every round, an Australian Football League rising star nomination is given to a stand out young player. To be eligible for nomination, a player must be under 21 on 1 January of that year and have played 10 or fewer senior games before the start of the season; a player who is suspended may be nominated, but is not eligible to win the award. At the end of the year, one of the 23 nominees is the winner of award.


2014 AFL Under 18 Championships
The 2014 NAB AFL Under 18 Championships was the 19th edition of the AFL Under 18 Championships. Eight teams competed in the championships: Vic Metro, Vic Country, South Australia and Western Australia in Division 1, and New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory (NSW/ACT), Northern Territory, Queensland and Tasmania in Division 2. The competition was played over five rounds across two divisions. South Australia and New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory (NSW/ACT) were the Division 1 and Division 2 champions, respectively. The Larke Medal (for the best player in Division 1) was awarded to Vic Metro's Christian Petracca, and the Hunter Harrison Medal (for the best player in Division 2) was won by NSW/ACT midfielder Isaac Heeney.


2014 AFL Under 18 Championships, All-Australian team
The 2014 Under 18 All-Australian team was named on 4 July 2014:


2014 AFL draft
The 2014 AFL draft consists of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) can trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2014 AFL season. Additions to each club's playing list are not allowed at any other time during the year. This was the last year in which any team passed on a selection in the national draft.


2014 AFL draft
The key dates for the trading and drafting periods are:


2014 AFL draft
Final club lists for the 2015 AFL season were lodged to the AFL on 5 December 2014.


2014 AFL draft
The 2014 draft was the best draft from a NSW/ACT perspective in recent history, as there were as many as seven players recruited from the region. Isaac Heeney was taken at pick 18, followed by Jack Hiscox, Abe Davis, Jack Steele, Dougal Howard, Logan Austin and Jeremy Finlayson. This total of seven new recruits (Dan Robinson was a rookie upgrade) was just one player less than what was recruited from the traditional football state of Western Australia.


2014 AFL draft, Player movements, Free agency
The initial list of free agents, published in March 2014, consisted of 48 unrestricted free agents and nine restricted free agents. The mid-year revision in July listed 27 unrestricted free agents and only two restricted free agents, due to players re-signing with their existing clubs or announcing their retirement.


2014 AFL draft, Player movements, Free agency
The final free agents list issued on 29 September, the week before the trade period commenced, consisted of 13 unrestricted free agents and only Shaun Higgins on the restricted free agent list, reflecting that most of the original list had either re-signed with their current club or retired from the AFL. James Frawley, Jarrad Waite, Dustin Fletcher, Brad Sewell, Luke McPharlin, Adam Goodes and Nick Malceski were the highest profile players remaining on the list.


2014 AFL draft, Player movements, Trades
The AFL trade period will run from Monday 6 October until Thursday 16 October. The AFL announced that it was shortening the trade period by one day from the usual Friday deadline due to Etihad Stadium, which is used by the AFL clubs during the trade period, being booked on the Friday for the International Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses.


2014 AFL draft, Player movements, Trades
On 9 October it was revealed that the AFL had banned the Sydney Swans from recruiting players, either by trading or through free agency signing, for the next two trading periods (until the end of the 2016 season), unless the club was prepared to give up its cost of living allowance (COLA), the allowance above the base salary cap which the club is permitted to pay its players to reflect the higher cost of living in Sydney compared with Melbourne. Sydney opted to abide by the restrictions in order to retain its COLA, and recruited no players. The club was not restricted from receiving draft picks in exchange for players leaving the club.


2014 AFL draft, Player movements, Trades
Note: The numbering of the draft picks in this list may be different to the agreed draft picks at the time of the trade, due to adjustments from either the insertion of free agency compensation draft picks or clubs exiting the draft before later rounds.


2014 AFL draft, 2014 national draft
The 2014 AFL national draft was held on 27 November 2014 at the Gold Coast Convention Centre.


2014 AFL draft, 2014 national draft, Rookie elevations
Between 2009 and 2013, rookie listed players that were elevated to their club's senior list were listed in the national draft order at the end of the club's selections. In 2014 the AFL reverted to the system used in 2008 and earlier, where they are not included in the draft list. Club can retain a rookie for up to three years before they must be elevated to the senior list or delisted. The 22 players elevated in 2014 are provided below.


2014 AFL draft, 2015 pre-season draft
The 2015 AFL pre-season draft was held on 3 December 2014. Only five clubs could have taken part, with the other clubs completing their lists during the National Draft, however Carlton made the only selection, with all other clubs passing.


2014 AFL draft, 2015 rookie draft
The 2015 AFL rookie draft was held on 3 December 2014. The official rookie draft order was released on 2 December and each club, with the exception of Greater Western Sydney who are still operating with an expanded list, can have between 4 and 6 players on their rookie list, as long as they have a maximum of 44 players on their combined primary and rookie lists.


2014 AFL finals series
The 2014 Australian Football League finals series is the 118th annual edition of the VFL/AFL final series, the Australian rules football tournament staged to determine the winner of the 2014 AFL Premiership Season. The series ran over four weekends in September 2014, and culminated with the 2014 AFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 27 September 2014.


2014 AFL finals series
The top eight teams from the season qualified for the finals series. AFL final series have been played under the current format since 2000. Hawthorn won the premiership after defeating Sydney in the Grand Final. Port Adelaide and North Melbourne both reached the preliminary finals after finishing outside the top four, and top-four finishers Fremantle and Geelong were eliminated at the semi finals stage. Richmond and Essendon lost their respective elimination finals.


2014 AFL finals series, Qualification
Reigning premiers Hawthorn appeared in their fifth straight finals appearance, finishing second on the ladder. In the previous year's final series, Hawthorn defeated Fremantle in the Grand Final to claim their 11th premiership. Sydney also qualified for their fifth straight finals appearance after becoming minor premiers of the 2014 season. Geelong qualified third, appearing in their eighth straight finals series. Fremantle finished fourth, appearing in their third straight finals, after defeating Port Adelaide in the final round of the season. Port Adelaide were fifth on the ladder after being on top midway through the season.


2014 AFL finals series, Qualification
North Melbourne qualified as sixth for their first finals since 2012. Essendon finished seventh for their first finals appearance since 2011. Richmond qualified eighth for their second straight appearance at the finals; the club won its last nine matches of the season, recovering from a win-loss record of 3–10 to reach the finals, a feat never achieved before.


2014 AFL finals series, Qualification
At the end of the second-last round of the 2014 season, the top seven teams had secured their qualification into the finals series; only eighth place was undecided. Richmond held eighth place by percentage from Collingwood with 44 premiership points; West Coast (tenth) and Adelaide (eleventh) had 40 points, but a superior percentage to either Richmond or Collingwood. Richmond could secure its finals place with a win, and the other teams need to win and see all clubs above them lose to qualify. Despite wins by West Coast over Gold Coast and Adelaide over St Kilda, Richmond recorded an upset win over minor premiers Sydney, securing their spot within the final eight.


2014 AFL finals series, Venues
The matches of the 2014 AFL finals series were contested at four venues. The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), the home ground of Hawthorn, hosted five of the series' nine matches, including the Grand Final. ANZ Stadium hosted both the first qualifying final and the first preliminary final of the series, which were both hosted by Sydney, who are contracted to play at ANZ for their finals games instead of their usual home ground, the Sydney Cricket Ground, until 2016. Adelaide Oval hosted the first elimination final between Port Adelaude and Richmond, its first VFL/AFL finals match. Patersons Stadium held one match during the finals series, playing host to Fremantle's semi final game against Port Adelaide.


2014 AFL finals series, Matches
The system used for the 2014 AFL finals series is a final eight system. The top four teams in the eight receive the "double chance" when they play in week-one qualifying finals, such that if a top-four team loses in the first week it still remains in the finals, playing a semi-final the next week against the winner of an elimination final. The bottom four of the eight play knock-out games – only the winners survive and move on to the next week. Home-state advantage goes to the team with the higher ladder position in the first two weeks, to the qualifying final winners in the third week.


2014 AFL finals series, Matches
In the second week, the winners of the qualifying finals receive a bye to the third week. The losers of the qualifying final plays the elimination finals winners in a semi-final. In the third week, the winners of the semi-finals from week two play the winners of the qualifying finals in the first week. The winners of those matches move on to the Grand Final at the MCG in Melbourne.


2014 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), Second qualifying final (Hawthorn vs. Geelong)
The opening match of the 2014 finals series featured reigning premiers and second-placed Hawthorn and third-placed Geelong. Though both teams finished level on premiership points (68 apiece), Hawthorn had a far superior percentage, 140.8%, to Geelong's 113.8%. Hawthorn was heavily favoured to account for their modern-day rivals.


2014 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), Second qualifying final (Hawthorn vs. Geelong)
Geelong scored the first two goals of the game, before the Hawks controlled general possession and momentum for much of the remaining first half. A late recovery in the second quarter saw Geelong overcome a 14-point deficit, resulting in scores being tied at 41-41 at half time. Hawthorn outran the Cats in the third quarter, with midfielder Sam Mitchell and half-back sweeper Luke Hodge winning the contested ball and setting up the four goals Hawthorn kicked in that quarter. Geelong remained in touch, kicking two goals to close the deficit to 14 points at three-quarter-time. The Hawks ran away with a comfortable win in the last term, with goals to Roughead, Gunston and Lewis seeing Hawthorn progress to a home preliminary final and a 36-point win. Despite beating Geelong in the disposal count 387-331, Hawthorn had 22 more tackles than their opponents.


2014 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), First qualifying final (Sydney vs. Fremantle)
en The first qualifying final was fixtured for minor premiers the Sydney Swans. The match was only the second occasion that Fremantle and Sydney competed at ANZ Stadium, the previous meeting at the venue coming in the 2006 Preliminary Final.


2014 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), First qualifying final (Sydney vs. Fremantle)
The Swans welcomed back a host of premiership players from injury/rest prior to the match, with marquee players Josh Kennedy and Lance Franklin the most obvious of inclusions. Fremantle was forced to omit key defender Michael Johnson due to a back injury. Sydney maintained a slight advantage on the scoreboard for much of the afternoon, though the match was dominated by large patches of no major scores, the longest of which coming for over 20 minutes in the second quarter.


2014 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), First qualifying final (Sydney vs. Fremantle)
The Swans won the tackle count, disposal count, inside 50's and clearances in the third quarter, and kicked four goals to one to achieve a 22-point lead at the final break. Fremantle fought back in the final quarter, and Pavlich's fourth goal brought the deficit to less than ten points, but two goals from Sydney forward Lance Franklin from difficult angles and distances saw the Swans steady to record a 24-point win. Ben McGlynn finished the match with three goals for Sydney.


2014 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), First qualifying final (Sydney vs. Fremantle)
Aside from Franklin's efforts in the final quarter, the Swans were served ably by the midfield efficiency of Luke Parker (32 disposals) and Dan Hannebery (27 disposals), narrowly shading Fremantle's Nat Fyfe and Michael Barlow. Most of the key statistical indicators by the end of the game were relatively even.


2014 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), Second elimination final (North Melbourne vs. Essendon)
The second elimination final was contested between North Melbourne and Essendon. The match took place on the night of 6 September 2014, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.


2014 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), Second elimination final (North Melbourne vs. Essendon)
A ferocious contest for much of the night, North Melbourne trailed by 27 points at half-time before fighting back to bring the margin to 9 points at three-quarter time. In the final few minutes of the final quarter, North Melbourne trailed by one point, before goals the otherwise quiet key forward Drew Petrie and small forward Lindsay Thomas gave the team an eleven-point lead. From there, North Melbourne staved off repeated Essendon forward 50 entries in the last two minutes, to record a 12-point victory. North Melbourne's Ben Brown, in just his tenth AFL game, kicked four goals. The win was North Melbourne's first in a finals series since 2007, when the Kangaroos reached a preliminary final; it extended Essendon's losing streak in finals to thirteen years. The attendance of 78,559 was the highest at a North Melbourne game since the 1999 AFL Grand Final.


2014 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), First elimination final (Port Adelaide vs. Richmond)
The first elimination final of the 2014 AFL finals series was contested between Port Adelaide and Richmond. The match marked the first time an AFL finals match was held at Adelaide Oval. Both teams alternate guernseys for the match: Port Adelaide their traditional black and white 'prison bar guernsey', and Richmond their clash strip featuring extra yellow.


2014 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), First elimination final (Port Adelaide vs. Richmond)
Port Adelaide started the match with seven unanswered goals by Justin Westhoff, Jay Schulz, Travis Boak, Matthew White, Jared Polec, Wines and Jake Neade, within the first eighteen minutes of the game. The score was 43–0 before Reece Conca scored the Tigers' only goal of the first quarter in the 21st minute. Port Adelaide was never threatened from there, and led by 69 points at half-time, and by a game-high 81 points early in the third quarter. Richmond won the final quarter, and the final margin was 57 points. The loss was Richmond's second in an elimination final in two years.


2014 AFL finals series, Matches, Week two (semi-finals), Second semi-final (Geelong vs. North Melbourne)
The opening match of the semi finals stage of the finals series featured Geelong and North Melbourne. Geelong omitted Steve Johnson due to a chronic foot injury in the week. The Cats were regarded as slight favourites to progress to a seventh preliminary final in eight seasons.


2014 AFL finals series, Matches, Week two (semi-finals), Second semi-final (Geelong vs. North Melbourne)
Lindsay Thomas and Drew Petrie kicking four goals between them in the opening quarter as the Kangaroos' efficiency forward of centre caused concerns for the Cats. In the second quarter, Geelong failed to restrict North Melbourne's uncontested possession game-style, and key position forward Tom Hawkins was well held by his direct opponent. The Cats finished the second quarter goalless, and Nick Dal Santo led a dominant North Melbourne midfield to a 24-point lead at half time. Goals were traded for much of the third and fourth quarters, with Geelong's Joel Selwood and Josh Caddy the best of the Geelong midfield. The two teams entered the final break in an identical position to half time: a 24-point North Melbourne lead, and two early goals to Jack Ziebell stretched North Melbourne's lead to a game high 32 points at the 14 minute mark of the final quarter.


2014 AFL finals series, Matches, Week two (semi-finals), Second semi-final (Geelong vs. North Melbourne)
Geelong then adopted a quick game style and successfully isolated key forward Tom Hawkins forward of centre, and Hawkins kicked three goals in five minutes to narrow the margin to twelve points. With three minutes remaining, Jimmy Bartel snapped a goal from the forward pocket to reduce the margin to six points. From there, Geelong repeatedly attacked with long balls deep into their forward 50; the last such effort with 30 seconds remaining was interrupted by a game saving mark from North Melbourne ruckman Todd Goldstein, and North Melbourne held on to win by six points.


2014 AFL finals series, Matches, Week two (semi-finals), Second semi-final (Geelong vs. North Melbourne)
North Melbourne's Drew Petrie finished with four goals, and Todd Goldstein who dominated the ruck contests for much of the game and gave his midfielders first use on successive occasions. North Melbourne's running-handball style of play was successfully employed for much of the night, with Kangaroos beating the Cats in uncontested possessions 230–152, a number that was significantly higher than the evenly matched amount of contested possessions.


2014 AFL finals series, Matches, Week two (semi-finals), Second semi-final (Geelong vs. North Melbourne)
North Melbourne's six point win saw Geelong eliminated from the finals series, becoming the first team to bow out of a finals series in straight sets since West Coast in 2007.


2014 AFL season
The 2014 Australian Football League season was the 118th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 25th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989.


2014 AFL season
The premiership season began on 14 March with Collingwood hosting Fremantle at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne. The season concluded on 27 September with the AFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, with Hawthorn successfully defending their 2013 premiership by defeating Sydney by 63 points.


2014 AFL season
Matt Priddis won the 2014 Brownlow Medal, voted to be the best and fairest player in the league. Lance Franklin, who transferred from Hawthorn to Sydney after the 2013 season, won the Coleman Medal as the league's leading goal kicker.


2014 AFL season, Pre-season, NAB Challenge
The AFL abandoned the NAB Cup competition, replacing it with the NAB Challenge series. The NAB challenge featured 18 practice matches played over 18 consecutive days, beginning 12 February and ending 1 March; the matches were stand-alone in nature, with no overall winner crowned for the series. Each team played two pre-season games, many of which were played at suburban or regional venues; all games were televised on Fox Footy. There had been a proposal to conclude the pre-season with an All-Star representative match, replacing the NAB Cup Grand Final as the centrepiece of the preseason, but this did not go ahead. The Super Goal was retained for these matches.


2014 AFL season, Premiership season
The full fixture was released on Thursday 31 October 2013, and the premiership season was launched at the redeveloped Adelaide Oval in South Australia on 5 March. Notable features of the draw included:


2014 AFL season, Win/loss table
Bold – Home gameX – ByeOpponent for round listed above margin


2014 AFL season, Awards, Coleman Medal
The Coleman Medal was awarded to Lance Franklin of Sydney, who kicked 67 goals during the home and away season.


2014 AFL season, Post-season, International Rules Series
The International Rules Series returned for 2014 at the later time of November. Ahead of the series, the AFL adopted a new rule permitting only those who had been selected in an All-Australian team in their careers playing for the Australian team. The series was also reduced to a single test match and several rule changes were made so as to enable greater participation from key position players in the AFL. Australia defeated Ireland by 10 points, 56–46, to claim their first win in International rules football since the 2010 series.


2014 AFL women's draft
The 2014 AFL women's draft was the second national women's draft organised by the Australian Football League, held to select Melbourne and Western Bulldogs players for the Hampson-Hardeman Cup, an exhibition match. It was conducted on 19 May and consisted of 24 picks, with 12 players selected by each team. Teams were permitted to retain 12 players from the 2013 match, and completed their lists through the draft. Coastal Titans player Tiah Haynes was selected by the Bulldogs with the first pick. The Titans provided the most players in the draft, with five selected.


2014 AFL women's draft, Retained players
12 players were selected to be retained by each team, barring unavailability.


2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships
The 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was initially scheduled to be held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. from September to October 2014. Boxing Canada withdrew from hosting when it could not find a venue that was available for dates suitable for AIBA, and the competition was held at the Halla Gymnasium of Jeju City, South Korea between 13 and 25 November 2014.


2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Bantamweight
The Bantamweight (54 kg) competition at the 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 16–24 November 2014.


2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Featherweight
The Featherweight (57 kg) competition at the 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 16–24 November 2014.


2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Flyweight
The Flyweight (51 kg) competition at the 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 17–24 November 2014.


2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Heavyweight
The Heavyweight (+81 kg) competition at the 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 19–24 November 2014.


2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Light flyweight
The Light flyweight (45–48 kg) competition at the 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 16–24 November 2014.


2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Light heavyweight
The Light heavyweight (81 kg) competition at the 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 19–24 November 2014.


2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Light welterweight
The Light welterweight (64 kg) competition at the 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 16–24 November 2014.


2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Lightweight
The Lightweight (60 kg) competition at the 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 17–24 November 2014.


2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Middleweight
The Middleweight (75 kg) competition at the 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 19–24 November 2014.


2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships – Welterweight
The Welterweight (69 kg) competition at the 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held from 17–24 November 2014.


2014 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships
The 2014 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 10 to 25 April 2014. The competition is under the supervision of the world's governing body for amateur boxing  AIBA and is the junior version of the World Amateur Boxing Championships. The competition was open to boxers born in 1996 and 1997. This was a qualifying tournament for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.


2014 AIHL season
The 2014 AIHL season was the 15th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 12 April 2014 until 24 August 2014, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 30 and 31 August. The Melbourne Mustangs won both the H Newman Reid Trophy for finishing first in the regular season, and the Goodall Cup after defeating the Melbourne Ice in the final.


2014 AIHL season, Teams
In 2014 the AIHL had 8 teams competing in the league.


2014 AIHL season, League business
In October 2013 it was confirmed that the Gold Coast Blue Tongues would remain suspended for the 2014 season. The team have until the 2015 season before their licence is reviewed. On 26 February 2014 Canberra Knights owner John Raut announced that the team had folded operations effective immediately and would not be competing in the upcoming 2014 season. Raut cited financial costs, lack of local players and poor performance as the reasons behind the move.


2014 AIHL season, League business
The following day it was announced that the player group headed by captain Mark Rummukainen had approached the league with plans on taking on the club's licence. The following month the league announced that they had granted a provisional licence to a Canberra consortium, which involved the player group, to take on the licence and replace the Knights in the 2014 season. The new team was announced as the CBR Brave. The Melbourne Mustangs announced in March 2014 that they had signed a deal with MOAT:


2014 AIHL season, League business
Mental Health Services who will become the teams naming sponsors for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. The team's name will change to MOAT: Melbourne Mustangs Ice Hockey Club. Air Canada expanded their sponsorship of the AIHL to the entire 2014 season after last year sponsoring the 2013 finals series. They also announced they will continue to show a highlights package of the 2013 finals series as part of their in-flight entertainment until the end of June. They will then replace it with the 2014 Canada Day Classic between the Sydney Bears and Melbourne Mustangs and the 2014 AIHL finals series.


2014 AIHL season, League business, Exhibition games
The first exhibition game was held in November 2013 with the Sydney Bears playing a match against former AIHL team, the Central Coast Rhinos. The Rhinos who previously played in the AIHL from 2005 to 2008 went on to win the game 8–4. A second game involving the Bears and Rhinos was held in March 2014 with the Bears winning 8–2. In February 2014 it was announced that the pre season tournament, the Wilson Cup, would be revived. The tournament was last played in 2009 and was won by the Rhinos.


2014 AIHL season, League business, Exhibition games
The 2014 edition features the Newcastle North Stars, Sydney Bears and the Sydney Ice Dogs. The tournament features a round robin of the three teams and finishes with a final between the top two placed teams. In started on 16 March and finished on 5 April. In the opening game of the Wilson Cup the North Stars defeated the Bears 4–3 in a shootout. The North Stars however lost game two to the Ice Dogs 5–4 in a shootout.


2014 AIHL season, League business, Exhibition games
In the last game of the round robin the Ice Dogs defeated the Sydney Bears 8–1 and they finished first in the standings. The Ice Dogs were drawn against the North Stars in the final who finished the round robin in second place. The Ice Dogs defeated the North Stars 4–2, winning their first Wilson Cup title. On 27 March the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs held an exhibition game at the Medibank Icehouse with the Ice defeating the Mustangs 8–3. On 3 and 5 April the Australian national team held two exhibition games against the Mustangs and Ice.


2014 AIHL season, League business, Exhibition games
The two games were played at the Medibank Icehouse and were held as part of the team's preparation for the 2014 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A tournament being held in Serbia from 9 to 15 April. Australia won both of the games, defeating the Mustangs 9–3 and the Ice 4–1.


2014 AIHL season, League business, Personnel changes
In November 2013 Melbourne Ice announced that assistant coach Brent Laver has been promoted to the head coach position, replacing Sandy Gardner who had been in the job for only the 2013 season. The team also announced that former player, Glen Mayer had signed on as an assistant coach, along with former Swedish First Division player, Johan Steenberg, who was appointed back in June 2013. Just prior to the start of the season Perth Thunder Coach Stan Scott announced that he had stepped down as head coach in order to focus on the General Manager operations of the club.


2014 AIHL season, League business, Personnel changes
Scott was replaced by Dylan Forsythe as head coach and but remained on the coaching panel as an assistant. After eight games into the season it was announced that Forsythe had stepped down as head coach effective immediately for unknown reasons. He was replaced by Stan Scott who agreed to take over as interim head coach for the remainder of the season. On 24 April 2014 the Sydney Ice Dogs head coach Ron Kuprowsky and his assistants Colin Downie and Brad Andrlon had resigned from their positions. The club appointed Dion Dunwoodie as interim head coach with Mark Page and Anthony Wilson as his assistants. On 9 May 2014 the Ice Dogs signed Andrew Petrie as their new head coach.


2014 AIHL season, Regular season
The regular season started on 12 April 2014 and ran through to 1 September 2014 before the top four teams compete in the Goodall Cup playoff series. Game 35 between the Newcastle North Stars and the Sydney Ice Dogs had to be postponed due to the North Stars bus breaking down en route to Liverpool. The game was later rescheduled for 22 June 2014 and will be played at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Newcastle.


2014 AIHL season, Regular season
Game 77 between the Adelaide Adrenaline and CBR Brave had to be postponed after the Adrenalines team bus crashed en route to the Phillip Ice Skating Centre. Head Coach Ryan O'Handley and some players were taken to hospital however none of the injuries were serious. Game 79 which was set to be held the following day between the Adrenaline and the Sydney Bears was also postponed. On 31 July it was announced that both games had been cancelled as the teams involved had been unable to reschedule the games. As a result, the AIHL Commission awarded each team one point for the cancelled games, with the Adrenaline getting one point from each game and the Brave and Bears awarded one point each from their respective games.


2014 AIHL season, Regular season
The Melbourne Mustangs won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing first in the regular season with 54 points. In the final week of the regular season the AIHL released the list of finalists for the 2014 awards. Mathieu Ouelette of the CBR Brave, Jack Wolgemuth of the Melbourne Mustangs and the Sydney Ice Dogs' Simon Barg were nominated as the Most Valuable Player, with Barg going on to win the award.


2014 AIHL season, Regular season
Petri Pitkänen of the CBR Brave, Mathieu Dugas of the Perth Thunder and the Sydney Bears' Daniel Palmkvist were nominated for the Goaltender of the Year award with Petri Pitkänen being named the winner. Niko Suoraniemi of the Adelaide Adrenaline, John Kennedy of the Newcastle North Stars and the Melbourne Mustangs' Jack Wolgemuth were nominated for the Defenceman of the Year award with Wolgemuth being announced the winner.


2014 AIHL season, Regular season
Jeremy Brown of the Melbourne Ice, Jamie Woodman of the Perth Thunder and the Newcastle North Stars Hayden Sheard were all nominated as the Rookie of the Year award with Jeremy Brown taking the award. David Dunwoodie of the Sydney Ice Dogs won the award for Local Player of the Year.


2014 AIHL season, Regular season, Statistics, Scoring leaders
List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2014 AIHL season, Regular season, Statistics, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum 40% of the teams ice time.


2014 AIHL season, Goodall Cup playoffs
The 2014 playoffs started on 30 August 2014, with the Goodall Cup final being held on 31 August. Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series with the Melbourne Mustangs and CBR Brave making their debut playoff appearance, along with the other two finalists the Melbourne Ice and Sydney Ice Dogs. All three games were held at the Medibank Icehouse in Docklands, Victoria, the home of the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs. The series was a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final. The finals were sponsored by Air Canada who also sponsored the 2013 playoffs. The Melbourne Mustangs won the Goodall Cup for the first time after defeating the Melbourne Ice in the final. Viktor Gibbs Sjödin of the Melbourne Mustangs was named the finals MVP.


2014 AIHL season, Notes
1: Game 77 between the Adelaide Adrenaline and CBR Brave was cancelled after the Adrenalines team bus crashed en route to the Phillip Ice Skating Centre. Game 79 which was set to be held the following day between the Adrenaline and the Sydney Bears was also cancelled. The games which were initially postponed were announced by the AIHL as cancelled after the teams involved had been unable to reschedule the games. As a result, the AIHL Commission awarded each team one point for the cancelled games, with the Adrenaline getting one point from each game and the Brave and Bears awarded one point each from their respective games.


2014 AIK Fotboll season
The 2014 season will be AIK's 123rd in existence, their 86th season in Allsvenskan and their 9th consecutive season in the league. The team will be competing in Allsvenskan and UEFA Europa League.


2014 AIK Fotboll season, Current squad, 2014 Squad
As of 23 July 2014Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 AIK Fotboll season, Current squad, 2014 Squad, Out
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.


2014 AKB48 handsaw assault
The saw attack on members of the Japanese girl idol group AKB48 occurred at the group's May 25, 2014 fan "handshake" event at the Iwate Industry Culture and Convention Center in Takizawa, Iwate Prefecture. Two members of AKB48 — 18-year-old Anna Iriyama and 19-year-old Rina Kawaei — and a staff member who tried to stop the attacker were seriously injured and taken to hospital. The assailant was arrested, tried and sentenced to six years in jail.


2014 AKB48 handsaw assault
Both AKB48 members underwent surgery and were out of the group's activities for a lengthy period of time. Kawaei was never able to fully mentally recover and in next year's March announced her departure ("graduation") from the group giving her psychological inability to attend fan "handshake" events anymore as the reason. Iriyama, who after the incident wore first a hand brace/cast on her right hand and later a glove, was finally spotted without it in August 2015 at Kawaei's "graduation" concert.


2014 AKB48 handsaw assault, Attack
At a May 25, 2014 handshake event at the Iwate Industry Culture and Convention Center in Takizawa, Iwate, group members Rina Kawaei and Anna Iriyama were attacked by a then 24-year-old man, Satoru Umeta.


2014 AKB48 handsaw assault, Attack
The weapon used by Umeta was a foldable handsaw that he had found and taken from his home, modifying it by attaching boxcutter blades on its side. He kept the weapon concealed in a handbag which he carried with himself into the tent booth where the members were located, and drew it out upon entering inside.


2014 AKB48 handsaw assault, Attack
A male staff member who tried to stop the attacker was also injured. Iriyama and Kawaei suffered bone fractures and lacerations to their hands: Iriyama's right little finger and Kawaei's right thumb were fractured and cut, Iriyama also suffered cuts to her head. The staff member sustained cuts to his left hand. Umeta was subdued by other staff present at the place, with police arriving and arresting him minutes later.


2014 AKB48 handsaw assault, Attack
Kawaei, Iriyama, and the staff member were subsequently treated at a hospital for fractures and cuts.


2014 AKB48 handsaw assault, Attacker
The assailant was initially arrested for attempted murder, but the charges were later changed by the prosecutor to bodily injury and infringement of  weapon regulations arguing how "it couldn't be sufficiently proven he perceived it as an attempt at murder".


2014 AKB48 handsaw assault, Attacker
He was revealed to be an unemployed man who had no previous interest or fan connection to AKB48. Umeta would later testify at the criminal trial that he was frustrated that such idols were well-paid. Reports by the prefectural police at the time of the incident says he declared that he "felt frustrated after losing his job the previous December", and that for him "anyone was good for killing", saying he eventually opted for an AKB48 handshake event because a large number of people would be gathered in one place. Two different AKB48 CD singles were found during an early house search; Umeta asserted in court he first inspected the venue using the event ticket from one, before he would go on to commit his attack, choosing what booth had the shortest queue to strike faster.


2014 AKB48 handsaw assault, Attacker
At the trial, Umeta denied injuring the male staff in the November 2014 session, but eventually pleaded guilty to charges of bodily injury and infringement of weapon regulations in December. The prosecutor requested a 7-year prison term, to which Umeta's attorney invoked  extenuating circumstances such as his schizophrenia being a factor in the offence, and Umeta having explained and regretted his actions. He was sentenced to six years in jail.


2014 AKB48 handsaw assault, Aftermath
AKB48 canceled its theater performances through the end of May, and handshake and photo-shoot fan events in May and June were postponed.


2014 AKB48 handsaw assault, Aftermath
In response to security concerns, the Manseibashi Police Station of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department asked AKS to conduct security checks of audience members at the theater entrance.


2014 AKB48 handsaw assault, Aftermath
Although AKB48's sister groups SKE48, NMB48 and HKT48 did not suspend their theater performances, they introduced security measures: metal detectors, not using the theaters' front rows, suspending post-performance "high-five" events and increasing the number of security guards.


2014 AKB48 handsaw assault, Aftermath
On May 30, AKB48 resumed its television appearances and on June 2 the group resumed theater performances with security measures similar to those of its sister groups. Security and bag checks were added at the general-election-results event and Yuko Oshima's "graduation" concert.


2014 AKB48 handsaw assault, Aftermath
On April 8, 2016, AKB48 Group General Manager Minami Takahashi gave her final interview as a member on Kin Sma Special on Tokyo Broadcasting System Television and revealed various insider details about the incident, which she could only disclose then since she would leave the group that very day.


2014 AMA National Speedway Championship
The 2014 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over four rounds, which were held at Costa Mesa (June 7), Ventura (June 28), Industry (August 9) and Auburn (September 19). Billy Janniro took the title, his fifth in total, winning all four rounds.


2014 AMA National Speedway Championship, Event format
Over the course of 20 heats, each rider raced against every other rider once. The top eight scorers then reached the semi-finals, with first and second in those semi-finals reaching the final. Points were scored for every ride taken, including the semi-finals and final.


2014 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic
The 2014 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic was held from September 18 to 21 at the Brockville Country Club in Brockville, Ontario as part of the 2014–15 World Curling Tour. Both the men's and women's events were held in a round robin format. The purse for the men's event was CAD$45,400, while the purse for the women's event was CAD$18,000.


2014 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic
On the men's side, the defending Olympic champion Brad Jacobs rink from Sault Ste. Marie defeated the newly formed Adam Casey rink from Charlottetown, to win their second straight "Shorty" title. On the women's side, the Sherry Middaugh rink from Coldwater, Ontario also won their second Shorty title, defeating Scotland's Eve Muirhead to win the event.


2014 AMNRL season
The 2014 AMNRL season is the 17th season of the American National Rugby League. The league shrunk from six to five teams following the Northern Virginia Eagles movement to the USARL. The season was eventually canceled.


2014 ANFA Cup
2014 ANFA Cup is a knock-out tournament organized by the All Nepal Football Association. All matches was played at the Dasarath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu. 8 teams participated in the tournament. Jhapa XI lifted the title after defeating Sankata Boys SC in the finals.


2014 ANZ Championship season
The 2014 ANZ Championship season was the seventh season of the ANZ Championship. The 2014 season began on 1 March and concluded on 22 June. With a team coached by Simone McKinnis, captained by Bianca Chatfield and also featuring Tegan Caldwell, Geva Mentor, Madison Robinson and Catherine Cox, Melbourne Vixens won both the minor premiership and the overall championship. Vixens defeated Queensland Firebirds in both the major semi-final and the grand final as they won their second premiership. They won their first in 2009.


2014 ANZ Championship season, Award winners, Golden Bib Award
In 2014 the ANZ Championship introduced the Golden Bib Award which recognised the top attacker, top midcourter and top defender from each round. The award is determined on statistics and players earned two points for a goal assist and a point for centre pass receive.


2014 ANZ Championship season, Media coverage
All 69 matches were broadcast live on Fox Sports (Australia) and Sky Sport (New Zealand). SBS 2 also broadcast a live match every Sunday and showed weekly highlights of all the matches every Wednesday. In New Zealand, Māori Television also agreed a deal with Sky which saw Te Reo screen delayed coverage of one game from each round, plus the finals, on Tuesday nights. In Australia, National Indigenous Television broadcast  one match per week throughout the season.


2014 AON Open Challenger
The 2014 AON Open Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Genoa, Italy between 1 and 7 September 2014.


2014 AON Open Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 AON Open Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players entered into the singles main draw as alternates:


2014 AON Open Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player entered into the singles main draw as a special exemption:


2014 AON Open Challenger – Doubles
Daniele Bracciali and Potito Starace won the tournament, beating Frank Moser and Alexander Satschko 6–3, 6–4


2014 AON Open Challenger – Singles
Albert Ramos won the tournament, beating Mate Delić 6–1, 7–5 in the final.


2014 APRA Silver Scroll Awards
The 2014 APRA Silver Scroll Awards was held on Thursday 30 October 2014 at TSB Bank Arena in Wellington, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. It was the first time since 2004 that the awards were hosted in Wellington, with Auckland being the usual location.


2014 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Silver Scroll award
The Silver Scroll award celebrates outstanding achievement in songwriting of original New Zealand pop music. The short list of finalists was announced on 18 September. The evening's music performances were produced by musician and nominee Lukasz Buda. Each of the nominated songs were covered in a new style by another artist. The Silver Scroll award was presented by 2013 winner Lorde.


2014 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Silver Scroll award, Long list
In August 2014 a top 20 long list was announced. From this list APRA members voted to decide the five songs that make up the year's short list.


2014 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, New Zealand Music Hall of Fame
Composer Douglas Lilburn was posthumously inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame.


2014 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Other awards
Six other awards were presented at the Silver Scroll Awards: APRA Maioha Award (for excellence in contemporary Maori music),  SOUNZ Contemporary Award (for creativity and inspiration in composition) and two awards acknowledging songs with the most radio and television play in New Zealand and overseas. In 2014, two new awards were introduced - APRA Best Original Music in a Feature Film Award and APRA Best Original Music in a Series Award.


2014 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, APRA song awards
Outside of the Silver Scroll Awards, APRA presented four genre awards in 2014. The APRA Best Pacific Song was presented at the Pacific Music Awards, the APRA Best Country Music Song was presented at the New Zealand Country Music Awards and the APRA Children’s Song of the Year and What Now Video of the Year were presented live on What Now.


2014 ARCA Racing Series
The 2014 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards was the 62nd season of the ARCA Racing Series. The season began on February 15 with the Lucas Oil 200 presented by MAVTV American Real and ended on October 3 with the ARCA 98.9, after a total of 20 races.


2014 ARCA Racing Series
Mason Mitchell won his first series title, through consistent finishing. Despite winning only one race all season – July's Ansell ActivArmr 150 – Mitchell finished all but two races inside the top ten placings.


2014 ARCA Racing Series, Results and standings, Drivers' championship
(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.


2014 ASAP Pop Viewers' Choice Awards
The 10th ASAP Pop Viewers' Choice Awards was held on November 30, 2014.


2014 ASAP Pop Viewers' Choice Awards, Voting Process
The voting opened during the time that the noontime variety show, ASAP released its official nominees for the year's awards show on October 5, 2014. Fans can vote in four ways: through ASAP's official website; mobile voting; print, and KakaoTalk. Voting was supposed to end on November 24, 2014, but it was extended until the next day on November 25.


2014 ASAP Pop Viewers' Choice Awards, Multiple awards, Artist(s) with multiple wins
The following artist(s) received two or more wins (excluding the special awards):


2014 ASAP Pop Viewers' Choice Awards, Multiple awards, Artist(s) with multiple wins
*Films/TV Series of the artists are not included in the counts.


2014 ASAP Pop Viewers' Choice Awards, Multiple awards, Artist(s) with multiple nominations
*Films/TV Series of the artists are not included in the counts.


2014 ASAP Pop Viewers' Choice Awards, Presenters and performers
The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards.


2014 ASB Classic
The 2014 ASB Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 29th edition of the ASB Classic, and was part of the WTA International tournaments category of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, on 30 December 2013 to 4 January 2014.


2014 ASB Classic, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Qualifiers' prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


2014 ASB Classic, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 ASB Classic, Doubles entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 ASB Classic – Doubles
Cara Black and Anastasia Rodionova were the defending champions, but Rodionova decided to compete in Brisbane instead. Black partnered up with Marina Erakovic, but they lost in the first round to Abigail Guthrie and Sacha Jones. Sharon Fichman and Maria Sanchez won the title, defeating Lucie Hradecká and Michaëlla Krajicek in the final, 2–6, 6–0, [10–4].


2014 ASB Classic – Singles
Agnieszka Radwańska was the defending champion, but she chose to participate at the Hopman Cup instead.


2014 ASB Classic – Singles
Ana Ivanovic won the title, defeating Venus Williams in the final, 6–2, 5–7, 6–4. It was her first title since November 2011, ending her longest title drought, and her first outdoor title since winning the 2008 French Open.


2014 ASEAN Para Games
The 2014 ASEAN Para Games, officially known as the 7th ASEAN Para Games, was a Southeast Asian disabled multi-sport event held in Naypyidaw, Myanmar three weeks after the closing of the 2013 Southeast Asian Games from 14 to 20 January 2014. This was the first time  Myanmar hosted the ASEAN Para Games.


2014 ASEAN Para Games
Myanmar is the sixth country to host the ASEAN Para Games after Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia. Around 1482 athletes participated at the games which featured 359 events in 12 sports. It was opened by Vice President of Myanmar, Sai Mauk Kham at the Wunna Theikdi Stadium.


2014 ASEAN Para Games
The final medal tally was led by Indonesia, followed by Thailand and Malaysia with host Myanmar in fifth place. Several Games and National records were broken during the games. The games were deemed generally successful with the rising standard of disabled sports competition amongst the Southeast Asian nations.


2014 ASEAN Para Games, Host city
The 7th ASEAN Para Games was held in Naypyidaw, Myanmar and it was also for the very first time Myanmar host the ASEAN Para Games.


2014 ASEAN Para Games, Host city
Previously, the Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF) Council met in Jakarta on 31 May 2010 earlier unanimously agreed to award the Myanmar Olympic Committee the right to host the 27th edition of the Southeast Asian Games. This means the hosting rights of the 7th ASEAN Para Games automatically goes to Myanmar which hosted the games three weeks after the end of the 2013 Southeast Asian Games.


2014 ASEAN Para Games, Development and preparation
The Naypyidaw ASEAN Para Games Organising Committee (NAPGOC) was established  under the guidance of the ASEAN Para Sports Federation to ensure the success of the 2014 ASEAN Para Games.


2014 ASEAN Para Games, Development and preparation, Venues
The 7th ASEAN Para Games had 9 venues for the games.


2014 ASEAN Para Games, Development and preparation, Public transport
As Naypyidaw is yet to be fully developed into a city, only shuttle bus services were provided throughout the games and were used to ferry athletes and officials to and from the airport, games venues and games village.


2014 ASEAN Para Games, Marketing, Logo
The logo of the 2014 ASEAN Para Games is the shape of Myanmar Map depicted as a sprinter who is in the energetic momentum. The colour of the map yellow, green and red, also the colours of the flag of Myanmar represents Myanmar as the host of the games while the sprinter in the logo who hold the Asean Para Sports Federation logo at the tips of the finger represents the successful holding of the 7th ASEAN Para Games in Myanmar.


2014 ASEAN Para Games, Marketing, Mascot
The Official mascot of the 2014 ASEAN Para Games is an owl named Ko Zee Gwet, meaning brother owl in Burmese. It is said in Myanmar which is described as a country with civilisation, replicas of Owl are kept by people as lucky charms in their living rooms, work places and shops. The adoption of the owl is meant to represent good luck and hope for the games' successful hosting.


2014 ASEAN Para Games, Marketing, Songs
Two songs were composed for the 2014 ASEAN Para Games. They were "Para Games" composed by a Myanmar singer which is the games theme song and "It means to you all" composed by Soe Moe Htet.


2014 ASEAN Para Games, The games, Opening ceremony
The Opening Ceremony was held in Wunna Theikdi Stadium in Naypyidaw - the capital of Myanmar on 14 January 2014 at 5:30pm [MST]. It was held according to the 15 items. Before the ceremony, singers, disabled persons performed with 10 songs including the 7th ASEAN Para Games Theme Song -"Para Games". The Ceremony started by the Countdown program which 1,200 students performed and the Opening Ceremony began. Vice President Sai Mauk Kham officially opened the 7th ASEAN Para Games. Torch relay was passed through the hands of nine former Myanmar athletes.


2014 ASEAN Para Games, The games, Opening ceremony
For the lighting of the ASEAN Para Games flame, the 11 gold medalist athletic player U Kyaw Khaing lit the flame to the top of the flower cauldron by javelin to the target and the flame fired to the top of the cauldron. Then, the ceremony continued by the 4 performances - Myanmar traditional and culture dances- including the performance called " The bank of Pollen " which was performed by hundreds of the deaf children from Mary Chafmine School. The Opening Ceremony concluded successfully at 9:30pm.


2014 ASEAN Para Games, The games, Closing ceremony
The Closing Ceremony was held on 20 January 2014 at the Wunna Theikdi Stadium at 6:00pm (MST). It was held according to the 10 items. At the start of the ceremony, 3 songs and 3 performances including the 7th ASEAN Para Games Theme Song. Then, the ceremony was held according to the items. Vice-President Nyan Tun officially closed the ceremony and fireworks went round the stadium. The ASEAN Para Games responsibilities was officially handed over to Singapore, host of the 2015 ASEAN Para Games.


2014 ASEAN Para Games, The games, Closing ceremony
Kelvin Tan from Singapore entertained with an incredible song " Treasure Every Moment " accompanied by wheel chair Samba dance. After that, the ceremony was concluded by the performance " We'll meet again " which was also performed at the 27th SEA Games Myanmar closing ceremony and then songs were sung by Myanmar famous singers and kids.


2014 ASEAN Para Games, The games, Sports
Twelve sports were contested in this edition of ASEAN Para Games.


2014 ASEAN Para Games, The games, Medal table
A total of 1000 medals, comprising 359 gold medals, 330 silver medals and 311 bronze medals were awarded to athletes. The host Myanmar's performance was their second best in ASEAN Para Games history, and were placed fifth overall among participating nations.


2014 ASP World Tour
The 2014 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) is a professional competitive surfing league run by the Association of Surfing Professionals. Men and women compete in separate tours with events taking place from late February to mid-December, at various surfing locations around the world. Surfers receive points for their best events. The surfer with the most points at the end of the tour is announced the 2014 ASP Surfing World Champion.


2014 ATP Challenger China International – Nanchang
The 2014 ATP Challenger China International – Nanchang was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Nanchang, China between 23 and 29 June 2014.


2014 ATP Challenger China International – Nanchang, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 ATP Challenger China International – Nanchang, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 ATP Challenger China International – Nanchang – Doubles
Chen Ti and Peng Hsien-yin won the title, defeating Jordan Kerr and Fabrice Martin in the final, 6–2, 3–6, [12–10].


2014 ATP Challenger China International – Nanchang – Singles
Go Soeda won the title, defeating Blaž Kavčič in the final, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–3).


2014 ATP Challenger Guangzhou
The 2014 ATP Challenger Guangzhou was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Guangzhou, China between 24 February and 2 March 2014.


2014 ATP Challenger Guangzhou, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 ATP Challenger Guangzhou, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following entrant has been granted entry as a Lucky Loser into the main draw:


2014 ATP Challenger Guangzhou, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players used Protected Rankings to gain entry into the singles main draw:


2014 ATP Challenger Guangzhou – Doubles
Michail Elgin and Alexandre Kudryavtsev were the defending champions, but decided not to compete.


2014 ATP Challenger Guangzhou – Doubles
Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana won the title, defeating Lee Hsin-han and Amir Weintraub in the final, 6–2, 6–4.


2014 ATP Challenger Guangzhou – Singles
Uladzimir Ignatik was the defending champion, but decided not to compete.


2014 ATP Challenger Guangzhou – Singles
Blaž Rola won the title, defeating Yūichi Sugita in the final, 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–3


2014 ATP Challenger Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour, in 2014 was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2014 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprised 150 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $40,000 up to $220,000, which represented an increase of the minimum prize money from $35,000. It was the 37th edition of challenger tournaments cycle, and 6th under the name of Challenger Tour.


2014 ATP Challenger Tour, Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2014 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.


2014 ATP Challenger Tour, Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles (S) and doubles (D) titles won by each player and each nation during the season. The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) a singles > doubles hierarchy; 3) alphabetical order (by family names for players).


2014 ATP Challenger Tour, Statistical information
To avoid confusion and double counting, these tables should be updated only after an event is completed.


2014 ATP Challenger Tour Finals
The 2014 ATP Challenger Tour Finals was a tennis tournament played at the Esporte Clube Pinheiros in São Paulo, Brazil, between 19 and 23 November 2014. It was run by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It was the fourth edition of the event, which served as the season ending championships for players on the ATP Challenger Tour.


2014 ATP Challenger Tour Finals
The venue went from Sociedade Harmonia de Tênis to Esporte Clube Pinheiros, and because of the change of venue, the tournament was being played in indoor clay courts for the first time.


2014 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Format
The seven best players of the season and a wild card awardee qualify for the event and are split into two groups of four. During this stage, players compete in a round robin format (meaning players play against all the other players in their group).


2014 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Format
The two players with the best results in each group progress to the semifinals, where the winners of a group face the runners-up of the other group. The winners of the semifinals reach the tournament final.


2014 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Points and prize money
The total prize money for the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour Finals was $220,000.


2014 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Qualification
The top seven players with the most points accumulated in ATP Challenger tournaments during the year plus one wild card entrant from the host country qualified for the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour Finals. Countable points include points earned in 2014 until 27 October, plus points earned at late-season 2013 Challenger tournaments. However, players were only eligible to qualify for the tournament if they played a minimum of eight ATP Challenger Tour tournaments during the season. Moreover, the accumulated year-to-date points were only countable to a maximum of ten best results.


2014 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Qualified players
The following players have qualified based on their Year-To-Date Challenger Ranking as of Monday 27 October:


2014 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Qualified players
The following players were allowed to compete, thanks to their positions in ranking, but they declined to participate:


2014 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, Day-by-day summary
All times listed below are in Brasília Summer Time (UTC−02:00).


2014 ATP Challenger Tour Finals – Singles
Filippo Volandri was the defending champion, but he did not qualify that year. Diego Schwartzman won the title, defeating Guilherme Clezar in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2014 ATP Challenger Tour Finals – Singles, Draw, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won initially to sort out a superior/inferior player, then head-to-head records; 5) ATP rankings


2014 ATP Challenger Tour Finals – Singles, Draw, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won initially to sort out a superior/inferior player, then head-to-head records; 5) ATP rankings


2014 ATP Shenzhen Open
The 2014 ATP Shenzhen Open was a professional men's tennis tournament played on hard courts. This was the inaugural edition of the tournament, which was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2014 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Tennis Centre in Shenzhen, China from September 22 to September 28.


2014 ATP Shenzhen Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 ATP Shenzhen Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 ATP Shenzhen Open – Doubles
Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău won the title, defeating Sam Groth and Chris Guccione in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–4).


2014 ATP Shenzhen Open – Singles
Andy Murray won the inaugural men's tournament, defeating Tommy Robredo in the final, 5–7, 7–6(11–9), 6–1, saving five match points in the second set.


2014 ATP Shenzhen Open – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2014 ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag
The 2014 ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 25th edition of the Croatia Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2014 ATP World Tour. It took place at the International Tennis Center in Umag, Croatia, from 21 July through 27 July 2014. Unseeded Pablo Cuevas, who entered the main draw as a qualifier, won the singles title.


2014 ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag – Doubles
Martin Kližan and David Marrero were the defending champions, but chose not to participate. František Čermák and Lukáš Rosol won the title, defeating Dušan Lajović and Franko Škugor in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–5).


2014 ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag – Singles
Tommy Robredo was the defending champion, but lost to Pablo Cuevas in the final, 3–6, 4–6.


2014 ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2014 ATP World Tour
The 2014 ATP World Tour was the global male elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2014 tennis season. The 2014 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the Davis Cup (organized by the ITF) and the ATP World Tour Finals. Also included in the 2014 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.


2014 ATP World Tour
The women's counterpart of the ATP is the WTA (Women's Tennis Association) and the 2014 WTA Tour.


2014 ATP World Tour, Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2014 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.


2014 ATP World Tour, Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2014 ATP World Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP World Tour Finals, the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, and the ATP World Tour 250 series. The players/nations are sorted by:


2014 ATP World Tour, Statistical information, Titles information
The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:


2014 ATP World Tour, Statistical information, Titles information
The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:


2014 ATP World Tour, Statistical information, Top 10 entry
The following players entered the top 10 for the first time in their careers:


2014 ATP World Tour, ATP rankings
These are the ATP rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players, and the top 10 doubles teams on the ATP Tour, at the current date of the 2014 season. Players on a gold background have qualified for the Year-End Championships.


2014 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
The Davis Cup World Group and World Group Play-Off matches awarded ATP Ranking points from 2009 to 2015.


2014 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
Only live matches earn points; dead rubbers earn no points. If a player does not compete in the singles of one or more rounds he will receive points from the previous round when playing singles at the next tie. This last rule also applies for playing in doubles matches.


2014 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
1 A player who wins a singles rubber in the first day of the tie is awarded 5 points, whereas a singles rubber win in tie's last day grants 10 points for a total of 15 available points.


2014 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
2 For the first round only, any player who competes in a live rubber, without a win, receives 10 ranking points for participation.


2014 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
3 Team bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 7 live matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.


2014 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
4 Performance bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 8 live matches in a calendar year. In this case, no Team bonus is awarded.


2014 ATP World Tour, Point distribution
5 Team bonus awarded to an unchanged doubles team who wins 4 matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.


2014 ATP World Tour, Retirements
Following is a list of notable players [winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the ATP Rankings top 100 (singles) or top 50 (doubles) for at least one week] who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2014 season:


2014 ATP World Tour, Comebacks
Following are notable players who will come back after retirements during the 2014 ATP Tour season:


2014 ATP World Tour Finals
The 2014 ATP World Tour Finals (also known as the 2014 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom, between 9 and 16 November 2014. It was the season-ending event for the best singles players and doubles teams on the 2014 ATP World Tour. The Bryan Brothers won the title at the doubles tournament, while Novak Djokovic successfully defended his single title for the second time after Roger Federer withdrew from the final, the first walkover in a final in the tournament’s 45-year history.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Tournament
The 2014 ATP World Tour Finals took place from 9 to 16 November at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom. It was the 45th edition of the tournament (40th in doubles). The tournament was run by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and was part of the 2014 ATP World Tour. The event took place on indoor hard courts. It served as the season-ending championships for players on the ATP Tour. The eight players who qualified for the event were split into two groups of four.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Tournament
During this stage, players competed in a round-robin format (meaning players played against all the other players in their group). The two players with the best results in each group progressed to the semifinals, where the winners of a group faced the runners-up of the other group. This stage, however, was a knock-out stage. The doubles competition used the same format.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Tournament, Format
The ATP World Tour Finals had a round-robin format, with eight players/teams divided into two groups of four. The eight seeds were determined by the ATP Rankings and ATP Doubles Team Rankings on the Monday after the last ATP World Tour tournament of the calendar year. All singles matches were best of three tie-break sets, including the final. All doubles matches were two sets (no ad) and a Match Tie-break.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification
The top eight players (or teams) with the most countable points accumulated in Grand Slam, ATP World Tour, and Davis Cup tournaments during the year qualify for the 2014 ATP World Tour Finals. Countable points include points earned in 2014, plus points earned at the 2013 Davis Cup final and the late-season 2013 Challengers played after the 2013 ATP World Tour Finals.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification
To qualify, a player who finished in the 2013 year-end top 30 must compete in four Grand Slam tournaments and eight ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments during 2014. They can count their best six results from ATP World Tour 500, ATP World Tour 250 and other events (Challengers, Futures, Davis Cup, Olympics) toward their ranking. To count their best six, players must have fulfilled their commitment to 500 events – four total per year (at least one after the US Open).


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification
Additionally, commitment players will no longer need to enter the 500 events 12 weeks in advance but instead go back the normal six-week entry deadline. If eligible to play in one of the Grand Slam or ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, a player must count the points from these tournaments, even if it is 'a zero pointer' because he missed the event.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification
If a player does not play enough ATP 500 events and does not have an ATP 250 or Challenger appearance with a better result, the Davis Cup is counted in the 500s table (if the player entered or achieved better results). If a player does not play enough ATP 250 or Challenger events, the World Team Championship is counted in the 250s table (if the player entered or achieved better results). If a player could not be present in all required tournament classes (i.e. because of an injury), all uncounted ATP 250 or Challenger results are eligible to be included in his 18 valid tournaments. In teams rankings, Challenger points are excluded.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification
The 2014 ATP World Tour Finals counts as an additional 19th tournament in the ranking of its eight qualifiers at season's end, while the 2014 Davis Cup Final points count towards the next year's race.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualification
If a player (or team) wins one of the four Grand Slams during the year but finishes outside the top eight (and within the top 20) in the year-end rankings, they will qualify ahead of the player (or team) ranked eighth. If two players (or teams) are in this situation, the lower-ranked will be given the first alternate position ahead of the player (or team) ranked eighth.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On 7 July 2014, Novak Djokovic was announced as the tournament's first qualifier following his victory at the Wimbledon Championships and subsequent return to World No. 1 in the ATP Rankings.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Novak Djokovic began the year by failing to defend his title at the Australian Open, losing to the eventual champion, Stanislas Wawrinka in a five-set upset, thus ending his 25-match winning streak at the event and his streak of 14 consecutive semi-final appearances at the grand slams. He recovered from the loss by winning back-to-back Masters 1000 titles at the BNP Paribas Open and Sony Open Tennis for the second time in his career, defeating Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal respectively.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
During the clay court season, Djokovic won the Internazionali BNL d'Italia for the third time, defeating Nadal in three sets before reaching his second French Open final, but once again lost in four sets. The following month, he ended his Grand Slam title drought by defeating Federer in a five-set final at Wimbledon Championships to claim his second title at the event and his seventh Slam singles title overall. He also returned to world no. 1 in the ATP Rankings as a result of the victory.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Djokovic did not enjoy a successful US Open Series however, as he lost in the third round in both Canada and Cincinnati, marking the first time since 2009 where Djokovic has failed to reach the quarterfinals of consecutive Masters events. At the US Open, he was upset by Japan's Kei Nishikori in the semi-finals. Although he rebounded by winning his fifth title of the year at the China Open, his 28-match winning streak in China was snapped by Federer at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. However, the Serbian recovered by defending his title at the BNP Paribas Masters defeating Canadian Milos Raonic in the final. Djokovic is set to make his eighth consecutive appearance at this year's year-end championships.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On 14 July, Rafael Nadal became the second player to qualify for the event.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Rafael Nadal began the season at the Qatar Open, where he won the title after defeating Gaël Monfils in the final. At the Australian Open, he reached his 19th Grand Slam final. Nadal lost the final in four sets to Stanislas Wawrinka, against whom he entered the match with a 12-0 record. Next, Nadal won the title at the Rio Open after defeating Alexandr Dolgopolov in the final, extending his record of ATP 500 titles to 15. Nadal reached the final of the Sony Open Tennis before falling to Novak Djokovic in straight sets.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Nadal won the Mutua Madrid Open, after Kei Nishikori retired in the third set. Nadal then reached the final of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia losing to world no. 2 Novak Djokovic. At the French Open, Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic in four sets to win his ninth French Open title and a fifth straight win at Roland Garros. Nadal equaled Pete Sampras' total of 14 Grand Slam wins, the second highest number of single Grand Slam titles after Roger Federer.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Nadal then entered the Wimbledon Championships in a bid to win the tournament for the third time and to win his 15th Grand Slam title overall, but he lost in the fourth round to the Australian teenager Nick Kyrgios (ranked no. 143), marking the third consecutive time he has failed to reach the quarterfinals of the said slam. Nadal then skipped the entire US Open Series due to a right wrist injury. He came back in the Asian swing and Swiss Indoors Basel but didn't have much success falling before the semifinals in the events he entered. Nadal then withdrew from the BNP Paribas Masters. Nadal has qualified for the tenth consecutive time for the event, however on 24 October, he pulled out of the tournament, stating that he will undergo appendix surgery in November.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On 18 August, Roger Federer qualified for a record 13th straight year after clinching his 80th career title at the Cincinnati Masters.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Roger Federer opened his season at the Brisbane event, losing the final to Lleyton Hewitt. At the Australian Open, Federer lost to Rafael Nadal in the semifinals. He won the title in Dubai. Next, Federer reached the final at the Indian Wells Masters, losing to Novak Djokovic in three sets. In Miami, he reached the quarterfinals before losing to Kei Nishikori. Federer began his clay season with a wildcard entry into the Monte-Carlo Masters, where he lost the final to his compatriot Stan Wawrinka. At the French Open, Federer was upset in the fourth round by Ernest Gulbis.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Federer began his grass season in Gerry Weber Open, winning a record seventh title, this time over Alejandro Falla. Roger Federer reached his 25th Slam final at Wimbledon, his first slam final since winning the same event in 2012, however he was defeated by Novak Djokovic in a five-set epic match. On the US Open Series, Federer reached another final in the Rogers Cup losing to Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. He won his 80th career title the following week at the Western & Southern Open defeating David Ferrer in three sets, his first Masters title, since the same event in 2012.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
At the US Open, Federer reached the semifinals before losing to eventual champion Marin Čilić. During the Asian swing of tournaments, Federer won his first Shanghai Masters title, defeating two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic in the semifinals before beating Gilles Simon in the final for his second Masters 1000 title of the season. Federer then won his fifth title of the year at his home tournament Swiss Indoors Basel defeating David Goffin in straight sets. Federer has qualified for the thirteenth consecutive year for the Tour Finals, an all-time record.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On 12 October, Stan Wawrinka became the fourth player to qualify.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Stan Wawrinka had his best ever start to an ATP World tour season, winning the Aircel Chennai Open defeating Édouard Roger-Vasselin in straight sets in the final before going on to clinch his maiden Grand Slam trophy at the Australian Open, defeating Djokovic in a 5-set thriller in the quarterfinals, followed by a win over Nadal in the final. His 13-match winning streak was eventually ended in the fourth round of Indian Wells, losing to Kevin Anderson in three sets.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
After helping Switzerland to the Davis Cup semifinals, Wawrinka won his first ever Masters 1000 title, defeating countryman Roger Federer in the final of the Monte-Carlo Masters. Following this win, he suffered a dip in form, only winning one of his next four matches, including a first round loss to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez at the French Open. He had his best ever grass court season, making the semifinals of the Queen's Club championships before reaching his first ever Wimbledon quarterfinal, losing to eventual finalist Federer in four sets.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Wawrinka reached the quarterfinals at the US Open, losing to eventual finalist Kei Nishikori in five sets. He and countryman Federer then combined to reach the Davis Cup final for only the second time in the country's history, Wawrinka winning his singles and the doubles rubbers. However, Wawrinka suffered a three match losing streak, losing his first matches at the Asian swing and Swiss Indoors Basel, he snapped the losing streak at the BNP Paribas Masters defeating Dominic Thiem but lost in the next round. This is the second time Wawrinka has qualified for the ATP World Tour Finals, having made his maiden appearance in 2013.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On 18 October, Marin Čilić became the fifth player to qualify.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Marin Čilić had a difficult start to the year, having had to serve a suspension at the back end of 2013, losing early in the event he entered in Australia, including a second round loss at the Australian Open to Gilles Simon in five sets. Čilić won his first title of the year, defending his title at the Zagreb Indoors against Tommy Haas, followed by recording victories over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Andy Murray to reach the final in ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, where he ultimately lost to Tomas Berdych.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
He reached his third final in as many weeks in Delray Beach, defeating Kevin Anderson in the final to win the 11th Tour title of his career. Čilić made the third round at the French Open, losing to eventual runner-up Novak Djokovic in four sets. After a first round loss at Aegon Championships, Čilić rebounded to make his first Grand Slam quarterfinal since 2012 at Wimbledon, and despite taking a two sets to one lead against Djokovic, he ultimately lost to the eventual champion in five.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
After consecutive third round losses in Rogers Cup and Western & Southern Open, Čilić went on to win his maiden Grand Slam title, defeating Kei Nishikori in the final in straight sets to win the 2014 US Open men's singles title. This launched him into the top 10 for the first time since 2010, achieving a career high ranking of world number 8 in October following the Shanghai Rolex Masters. Čilić won his fourth title of the year at the Kremlin Cup defeating Roberto Bautista Agut. This is the first time Čilić has ever qualified for the season finale.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On 30 October, Andy Murray was announced as the sixth qualifier, following his win over Grigor Dimitrov in Paris.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Andy Murray began the year in Qatar ExxonMobil Open, in his first tournament since returning from back surgery at the end of the previous season losing to Florian Mayer in the second round. At the Australian Open, Murray reached the quarterfinals where he faced Roger Federer, losing in four sets. He then lead Great Britain to the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup, the first since 1935 for a Great Britain team. At the Italian Open, Murray faced Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals, the first meeting between the two since 2011.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Murray took the first set for the loss of one game, however went on to lose in three tight sets. Murray made it to the semifinals at the French Open, matching his best result from 2011. He again faced Nadal, but lost in straight sets. Murray was unsuccessful in his defence of his Wimbledon title, losing in the quarterfinals against Grigor Dimitrov, his first loss prior to the semifinals in the said event since 2008.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
He lost in the quarterfinals in Rogers Cup, Western & Southern Open and the US Open, however managed to find form during the Asian swing, winning his first title of the year at the ATP Shenzhen Open defeating Tommy Robredo after saving five match points. Murray then took wildcards into tournaments in back-to-back Erste Bank Open and Valencia Open 500, defeating Ferrer and Tommy Robredo respectively in the finals to win both titles. Murray once again saved five match points in his match against Robredo. This is the 7th straight season Murray has qualified for the year-end championships, set to make his 6th appearance after missing 2013 due to injury.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On 31 October, Tomáš Berdych, Kei Nishikori and Milos Raonic completed the field, after all three made the semifinals in Paris.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Tomáš Berdych opened his season in Doha, where he lost his opening match against Ivo Karlovic in straight sets, however he rebounded well at the Australian Open, reaching only his fourth Grand Slam semifinal and first in Melbourne, which also meant he has reached the semifinal of each slam at least once. He lost to eventual champion Stan Wawrinka in four sets. At the BN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Berdych ended a run of 16 months without a title, defeating Marin Čilić in the final.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
He then reached his second final in three weeks in Dubai, defeating Novak Djokovic en route to the final, where he lost to Roger Federer in three sets, his performance in the first two months of the season earned him a career high ranking of number 5 in the world. Berdych reached the semifinals in Sony Open Tennis, however withdrew before his match with Rafael Nadal, citing gastroenteritis. He reached his third final of the year at the Portugal Open losing to Carlos Berlocq, despite winning the first set in a bagel.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
At the French Open, he made it to the quarterfinals before losing to Ernest Gulbis in straight sets. He lost to Čilić at the third round of the Wimbledon Championships. Despite failing to win back-to-back matches in events he entered at the Series, the Czech was able to reachthe quarterfinals of the US Open, losing to eventual champion Čilić in straight sets, his second straight loss to the Croatian at a Grand Slam tournament. He lost both his singles and doubles rubbers in the Davis Cup semifinals, ending the Czech Republic's 10-tie winning streak.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Berdych reached his fourth final of the year in China Open, his third of the year at ATP 500 level, however he was dominated by Djokovic in the final, winning just two games. After losing in the quarterfinals in Shanghai, Berdych won his second title of the year, beating defending champion Dimitrov to the Stockholm Open title in three sets. He sealed his place in London by reaching the semifinals in Paris, where he was defeated by Milos Raonic. This is the 5th straight year Berdych has qualified for the ATP World Tour Finals.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Kei Nishikori began the year in Brisbane, where he reached the semifinals before losing to eventual champion Lleyton Hewitt. At the 2014 Australian Open, he reached the fourth round for the third year in a row before losing to Rafael Nadal in straight sets. He won his first title of the year and first in two years at the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, defeating Ivo Karlović in the final in straight sets. He reached the semifinals of the Sony Open Tennis, withdrawing before his match with Novak Djokovic due to a groin injury.


2014 ATP World Tour Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Nishikori won his second title of the year in Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, defeating Santiago Giraldo in the final in straight sets. He made it to his first ever Masters 1000 final in Mutua Madrid Open, where he faced defending champion Nadal, winning the first set for the loss of two games before retiring in the third round with a back injury. His run in Madrid launched him to a career high ranking of 9th in the world. He returned at the French Open, however lost his opening match against Martin Kližan.