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16-947: The ATP Tour comprises ATP Masters 1000 , ATP 500 , and ATP 250 and the United Cup . The ATP also oversees the ATP Challenger Tour , a level below the ATP Tour, and the ATP Champions Tour for seniors. The Grand Slam tournaments, the Olympic tennis tournament , the Davis Cup , and the entry-level ITF World Tennis Tour do not fall under the purview of the ATP, but are overseen by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) instead and

32-776: A mandatory player commitment. The Hamburg Masters event was downgraded to an ATP Tour 500 event. The Madrid Masters moved to May and onto clay courts. A new tournament in Shanghai replaced the Hamburg Masters and took over Madrid's former October indoor slot. In 2011, six of the nine Masters level tournaments were combined ATP and WTA events. 1990–1995 ; ATP Championship Series, Single Week 1996–1999 ; ATP Super 9 2000–2003 ; Tennis Masters Series 2004–2008 ; ATP Masters Series 2009–2018 ; ATP World Tour Masters 1000 2019–present ; ATP Masters 1000 The following ranking points are as of 2024. Currently,

48-670: A record eleven times. The event was founded in 1896 as the Monte-Carlo International . The following year the event officially became known as the Monte-Carlo Championships , also known as the Monte-Carlo International Championships , which was a combined men's and women's tournament until 1982 when the women's championships ceased. In April 1896, the first Monte Carlo International lawn tennis tournament

64-613: A shake-up of the tennis circuit in 2009, the Masters Series became the ATP Tour Masters 1000, with the addition of the number 1000 referring to the number of ranking points earned by the winner of each tournament. Contrary to earlier plans, the number of tournaments was not reduced from nine to eight and the Monte-Carlo Masters remained part of the series although, unlike the other events, it does not have

80-526: The ATP Tour since its inception in 1990. The Masters tournaments, sitting below the Grand Slam tournaments and the year-end championships , make up the most coveted trophies on the annual ATP Tour calendar. In addition to the quadrennial Summer Olympics , they are collectively known as the ' Big Titles '. Novak Djokovic holds the record for the most Masters singles titles with 40. By completing

96-649: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the Olympics. In these events, however, ATP ranking points are awarded, with the exception of the Olympics. Players and doubles teams with the most ranking points (collected during the calendar year) play in the season-ending ATP Finals , which, from 2000–2008, was run jointly with the ITF. The top 21-and-under players may compete in the season-ending Next Generation ATP Finals if they do not qualify for

112-686: The Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters for sponsorship reasons ) is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin , France, which borders on Monaco . It is played on clay courts at the Monte Carlo Country Club and is held in April. The tournament is part of the nine ATP Tour Masters 1000 events on the ATP Tour . Rafael Nadal has won the men's singles title

128-580: The ATP Finals from 2005 until 2008. Other than Hamburg, the tournaments defunct between 1990 and 2009 were Stockholm (1990–1994) and Stuttgart (1995–2001), which were held as indoor events in the eighth slot. The achievement of winning all of the active nine ATP Masters tournaments over the course of a player's career. Africa America Asia & Oceania Europe Reference: Overall statistics WTA Tour records Monte-Carlo Masters The Monte-Carlo Masters (also known as

144-422: The ATP Finals. The details of the professional tennis tour are: ATP publishes weekly rankings of professional players. [ vedit   · edit source ] [ vedit   · edit source ] ATP Masters 1000 The ATP Masters events, known as ATP Masters 1000 tournaments since 2009, are an annual series of nine tennis tournaments featuring the top-ranked players on

160-590: The Grand Hôtel de Paris until 1905. In 1906 the event and club was moved to La Condamine where it was played between 1907 and 1914 and again in 1920. It was played briefly on the roof of garage in Beausoleil an additional three tennis courts were constructed with spectator stands and new club house on 28 January 1921 the new venue was named as the "La Festa Country Club" It became an " Open " event in 1969. In 1971 through 1972 and from 1978 through 1989 it

176-552: The career set of all nine current Masters series singles titles in 2018 , Djokovic became the first and only player to achieve the career Golden Masters . In 2020 , Djokovic completed a second career Golden Masters. In doubles, the Bryan brothers ( Bob and Mike ) won a record 39 doubles titles as a team. Daniel Nestor and the Bryan brothers are the only doubles players to achieve the career Golden Masters . The Masters series

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192-602: The following nine tournaments are part of the ATP Masters 1000: Canadian Open (alternating yearly between Montreal and Toronto ), Italian Open (held in Rome ), Indian Wells Open , Miami Open , Monte-Carlo Masters , Madrid Open , Cincinnati Open , Shanghai Masters and Paris Masters . Since 2009 , five of the tournaments have been held on outdoor hard courts, three on clay and one on indoor hard court, whereas from 1990 until 2008 there were two indoor tournaments at

208-656: The top-9 level. In 2009, the Shanghai Masters replaced the Madrid Open , which was until then held as an indoor event, in the eighth slot of the year with the Madrid Open switched to clay courts, replacing the Hamburg Open in the spring clay court season. The Shanghai Masters was designated as an outdoor event despite the facility having a retractable roof and having been used as the indoor venue for

224-701: Was a major tournament of the Grand Prix Tour . In 1973 the tournament was part of the Rothmans Spring Mediterranean Circuit. From 1974 through 1977 the tournament was part of the World Championship Tennis (WCT) circuit. In 1990 it became an ATP Championship Series Single Week tennis event (later called the Masters series). Beginning in 2009, Monte Carlo became the only Masters tournament not to have

240-494: Was established. The first men's singles was won by George Whiteside Hillyard, according to Wimbledon librarian Alan Little. He states that the women's event was won by either a Miss K. Booth of Great Britain or a Mlle Guillon of France; despite extensive research, he could not conclusively find the results. The tournament was originally played on red shale clay courts of the Lawn Tennis de Monte-Carlo in cellars underneath

256-571: Was introduced in 1990 with the inception of the ATP Tour by bringing together the nine most prestigious tournaments of the preceding Grand Prix Circuit of the Grand Prix Super Series . Results in ATP Masters events earn players more ranking points than regular tournaments but less than Grand Slam events or the year-end ATP Finals. Up until 2007, most Masters finals were contested as best-of-five-set matches, but from 2008 all events were decided in best-of-three-set matches. As part of

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