ATP Masters 1000 tournaments

ATP Masters 1000 tournaments
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, along with 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 39. By completing the career set of all nine Masters 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.
History
The Masters series was introduced in 1990 with the inception of the ATP Tour by bringing together the nine most prestigious tournaments of the preceding Grand Prix tennis circuit. 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 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 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.
Series name
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
Ranking points
ATP Points (as of 2009)
Tournaments
Currently, 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 Masters, Miami Open, Monte-Carlo Masters, Madrid Open, Cincinnati Masters, 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 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 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.
2023 finals
Past finals
1990 ATP Championship Series, Single Week
1991 ATP Championship Series, Single Week
1992 ATP Championship Series, Single Week
1993 ATP Championship Series, Single Week
1994 ATP Championship Series, Single Week
1995 ATP Championship Series, Single Week
1996 ATP Super 9
1997 ATP Super 9
1998 ATP Super 9
1999 ATP Super 9
2000 Tennis Masters Series
2001 Tennis Masters Series
2002 Tennis Masters Series
2003 Tennis Masters Series
2004 ATP Masters Series
2005 ATP Masters Series
2006 ATP Masters Series
2007 ATP Masters Series
2008 ATP Masters Series
2009 ATP World Tour Masters 1000
2010 ATP World Tour Masters 1000
2011 ATP World Tour Masters 1000
2012 ATP World Tour Masters 1000
2013 ATP World Tour Masters 1000
2014 ATP World Tour Masters 1000
2015 ATP World Tour Masters 1000
2016 ATP World Tour Masters 1000
2017 ATP World Tour Masters 1000
2018 ATP World Tour Masters 1000
2019 ATP Tour Masters 1000
2020 ATP Tour Masters 1000
2021 ATP Tour Masters 1000
2022 ATP Tour Masters 1000
Records
Active players in bold.
Title leaders
Career Golden Masters
The achievement of winning all of the active nine ATP Masters tournaments over the course of a player's career.
The event at which the Career Golden Masters was accomplished indicated in bold.
Singles
Doubles
Double crown
Winning the same Masters tournament in both singles and doubles in the same year.
Broadcasting rights
Africa
Africa– Canal+ Afrique, SuperSport
Middle East & North Africa – beIN Sports
America
Latin America: ESPN
Caribbean – ESPN
Canada – TSN , Sportsnet
United States – Tennis Channel
Puerto Rico – ESPN Deportes
Asia & Oceania
Australia – beIN Sports
India – SonyLIV
Europe
Europe Continental Europe – Eurosport
Germany – Sky Deutschland
Italy – Sky Italia, SuperTennis
France – Canal+ Sport
Poland – Polsat Sport
Spain – Telecinco
United Kingdom – Prime Video
Reference:
See also
Overall statistics
List of ATP Tour top-level tournament singles champions
List of ATP Tour top-level tournament doubles champions
Grand Prix Super Series
WTA Tour records
WTA 1000 tournaments
WTA 1000 Series singles records and statistics
WTA 1000 Series doubles records and statistics
List of WTA Tour top-level tournament singles champions
List of WTA Tour top-level tournament doubles champions
WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5
WTA Tier I tournaments
Notes
References
External links
ATP Tour official site