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Late Rush For Roddick

Late money for Andy Roddick's Art Of Tennis self-portrait pushed the winning bid to $33,100. Portraits by Rafael Nadal ($26,500) and Novak Djokovic ($22,103) also brought big money for charity on the final day of the auction of artworks by all eight singles players who competed at the 2010 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Roger Federer' self-portrait raised $27,300, taking the total amount raised by the auction to US$127,755.

All money raised will benefit charity, with 50% of the proceeds going to the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals official tournament charity - Save The Children - and the other 50% going to each player's chosen charity.

What Is the Art Of Tennis? | Learn more about Michael Vaughan's Artballing.

Auction Summary

Andy Roddick

Sold for $33,100

"Well, I think it's a goal at the beginning of every year… It's certainly an accomplishment every year. It's an honor to qualify once and each time you realize how tough it actually is. You can't just play well for one week. It's the culmination of doing it week after week on tour."

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Roger Federer

Sold for $27,300

"It was great fun being invited to create my self portrait and I'm excited to see how the finished piece looks. Raising money for charity is always a great thing so already I would like to thank people who will buy these pictures and it's going to be for a good cause. I'm happy I can help a bit. I am very happy as it is the ninth consecutive year I have qualified for the year-end event. I have played in a lot of different venues during my career and I can say they staged a fantastic event at The O2 last year. I look forward to returning there in November and finishing the season strong."

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Rafael Nadal

Sold for $26,500

"Making the artwork was fun and something I've never done before. It's a great way to celebrate the World Tour Finals coming back to London. It was a little bit of a challenge to put the balls on the silhouette! Of course this is the least we can do for charity and for those who need it the most. It's very important that people in our position help those who really need help. I'd like to thank everyone for the support they give us."

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Novak Djokovic

Sold for $22,103

"It's a great achievement to qualify. It was incredible how many people came out to watch each and every match last year. I haven't experienced that before. Every match I played last year was a full stadium with 15,000 people and I really look forward to playing in front of that crowd again. Of course I will do my best to get even further than I did last year to try to pass the group stage," said the World No.2.

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Andy Murray

Sold for $7,301

"I can't say I've ever created a self-portrait quite like this before - it was good fun but I don't think I'll be giving up my day job just quite yet! I'm looking forward to seeing it in the gallery, hopefully it can raise some money for charity!"

» Watch Andy's video

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Robin Soderling

Sold for $5,100

"I've always dreamed about playing at the World Tour Finals. I had some really good memories from last year. Hopefully I can take that experience and do even better this time. There are only eight players and you play against the world's best so every match you play could be like a Grand Slam final. I will have to be ready from the first match"

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David Ferrer

Sold for $3,350

"It is great to qualify again. Last year I was watching the final on TV. I am so happy to be playing in London this year"

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Tomas Berdych

Sold for $3,001

"Qualifying for London is the pay off for all the hard work during the year and I'm very happy to see my name among the best eight players in the world"

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