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20-581: Sometimes called the WTA Challenger tour (analogous to the men's ATP Challenger Series ), it is the second highest level of women's competition, below the top-tier WTA Tour , and above the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour tournaments. Players who succeed in the WTA 125s earn sufficient ranking points to become eligible for the main draw or qualifying draw entry of WTA Tour tournaments. Titles and losses at

40-407: A WTA 125 event are separately counted from a player's WTA Tour results and corresponding head-to-head statistics. 2012–2020 WTA 125K Series 2021–present WTA 125 The tournaments offer total prize money of $ 125,000–$ 162,480. An exception was made in case of 2020 Advantage Cars Prague Open which had a prize money of $ 3,125,000 which was funded by 2020 US Open organizers to make up for

60-776: 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,

80-613: 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

100-687: Is as follows: Players have usually had success at the Futures tournaments of the ITF Men's Circuit before competing in Challengers. Due to the lower level of points and money available at the Challenger level, most players in a Challenger have a world ranking of 100 to 500 for a $ 35K tournament and 50 to 250 for a $ 150K tournament. An exception happens during the second week of a Grand Slam tournament, when top-100 players who have already lost in

120-515: Is the longest running ATP Challenger event. Cofa faulcambridge by marcos automocion ATP Tour 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 the ATP Tour since its inception in 1990. The Masters tournaments, sitting below the Grand Slam tournaments and

140-558: 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 was introduced in 1990 with the inception of the ATP Tour by bringing together

160-425: 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 the career set of all nine current Masters series singles titles in 2018 , Djokovic became the first and only player to achieve

180-447: The ATP Tour announced an overhaul of the tournaments system from 2023 season. Challenger 110 and Challenger 90 events were scrapped, Challenger 80 reduced to the Challenger 75 while the prize money requirements for it and Challenger 100 were increased. It also introduced the new highest category − Challenger 175 to be inaugurally held in the second week of Indian Wells, Rome and Madrid ATP Tour Masters 1000 events. The new points system

200-611: The Challenger Tour are usually young players looking to advance their careers, those who fail to qualify for ATP events, or former ATP players looking to get back into the big tour. The first challenger events were held in 1978, with eighteen events taking place. Two were held on the week beginning January 8, one in Auckland and another in Hobart . The next events were held one at a time beginning June 18 and ending August 18 in

220-752: The ILTF Satellite Circuit (founded in 1971) as the second tier of tennis. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP Tour . The ITF World Tennis Tour tournaments are on the entry-level of international professional tennis competition. The ATP Challenger Tour is administered by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Players who succeed on the ATP Challenger Tour earn sufficient ranking points to become eligible for main draw or qualifying draw entry at ATP Tour tournaments. Players on

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240-610: The Slam try to take a wild card entry into a Challenger tournament beginning that second week. In February 2007, Tretorn became the official ball of the Challenger Series, and the sponsor of a new series consisting of those Challenger tournaments with prize money of $ 100,000 or more. They renewed the sponsorship with the ATP in 2010 and extended it until the end of 2011. Updated as of 10 May 2024 The Tampere Open

260-698: The following U.S. locations, in order: Shreveport , Birmingham , Asheville , Raleigh , Hilton Head , Virginia Beach , Wall , Cape Cod , and Lancaster . Events continued after a one-month hiatus with two begun September 24 and 25, one in Tinton Falls, New Jersey and in Lincoln, Nebraska respectively. The following week saw one event played, in Salt Lake City , then two played simultaneously in Tel Aviv and San Ramon, California , then one played

280-602: 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

300-721: The following week in Pasadena . A final event was played a month later in Kyoto . In comparison, the 2008 schedule saw 178 events played in more than 40 countries. In efforts to further the progression of college and junior players into the professional tour, the ATP Challenger Tour has partnered with the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to give players more opportunities on

320-498: The lack of a qualifying draw as many low ranked players, mainly from Europe were unable to travel to New York due to COVID-19 pandemic . ATP Challenger Series The ATP Challenger Tour , known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series , is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. It was founded in 1976 when it replaced

340-492: 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

360-501: The partnership with the ITA, the Challenger Tour also partnered with the ITF. This partnership granted those with year-end rankings inside the top 10 in the world eligible for eight main draw Challenger Tour wildcards, and those who finished the year between 11 and 20 in the world receiving eight Challenger Tour qualifying wildcards. In 2022, during the most numerous season in the tour's history,

380-474: The professional tour. Those that finish in the top 10 of the end-of-year college rankings are now eligible for six wild cards into the main draw of Challenger events, and if they have finished their college education, they receive 8 of those wild cards. Those that finish in the 11 through 20 range of the collegiate rankings are eligible for six qualifying wild cards, with those who have completed their college education being eligible for eight wild cards. Much like

400-656: 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

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