▁tournament ▁of ▁the ▁calendar ▁year . ▁All ▁singles ▁matches ▁were ▁the ▁best ▁of ▁three ▁tie - break ▁sets , ▁including ▁the ▁final . ▁All ▁doubles ▁matches ▁were ▁two ▁sets ▁( no ▁ad ) ▁and ▁a ▁Match ▁T ie - break . ▁ ▁Draw ▁ ▁The ▁top ▁seed ed ▁players / te ams ▁were ▁placed ▁in ▁Group ▁A ▁and ▁the ▁second ▁seed ed ▁player / team ▁were ▁placed ▁in ▁Group ▁B . ▁Play ers / te ams ▁seed ed ▁ 3 ▁and ▁ 4 , ▁ 5 ▁and ▁ 6 , ▁ 7 ▁and ▁ 8 , ▁were ▁then ▁drawn ▁in ▁pairs ▁with ▁the ▁first ▁drawn ▁placed ▁in ▁Group ▁A . ▁Each ▁player / team ▁played ▁the ▁three ▁other ▁players / te ams ▁in ▁his ▁group . ▁The ▁winner ▁of ▁each ▁group ▁( best ▁overall ▁record ) ▁was ▁placed ▁in ▁separate ▁semi - final ▁brackets , ▁with ▁the ▁top ▁player / team ▁in ▁Group ▁A ▁playing ▁the ▁runner - up ▁in ▁Group ▁B , ▁and ▁vice ▁vers a . ▁T ies ▁were ▁broken ▁by ▁the ▁T ie - Bre ak ▁Pro cedure . ▁ ▁Point s ▁and ▁prize ▁money ▁ ▁R R ▁is ▁points ▁or ▁prize ▁money ▁won ▁in ▁the ▁Round ▁Robin ▁Stage . ▁ 1 ▁Prize ▁money ▁for ▁doubles ▁is ▁per ▁team . ▁ 2 ▁Pro - r ated ▁on ▁a ▁per - match ▁basis : ▁$ 8 0 , 0 0 0 ▁= ▁ 1 ▁match , ▁$ 1 0 5 , 0 0 0 ▁= ▁ 2 ▁matches , ▁$ 1