ATP Masters Series
The ATP Masters Series was a series of nine tennis tournaments that formed part of the men's Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America. The tournaments were important for the top male players on the professional circuit as the series constituted the most prestigious tournaments in men's tennis after the four Grand Slam events and the ATP World Tour Finals. The events were known as the Championship Series, Single Week[1] from 1990 to 1995, the Mercedes-Benz Super 9[2][3] from 1996 to 1999, the Tennis Masters Series[4] from 2000 to 2004 and the ATP Masters Series[5] until 2008.
History
The 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 Series events earned players more world ranking points than regular tournaments, though not as many as Grand Slam events or the year-end ATP World Tour Finals. Up until 2007, most Masters Series finals were contested as best of five set matches, but from 2008 all Masters Series 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 World 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 has not been reduced from nine to eight and the Monte Carlo Masters remains 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 World 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 "1000" level tournaments were combined ATP and WTA events.
Taking into account the renamed ATP World Tour Masters 1000, Novak Djokovic currently holds the record for a total of 30 titles.
Tournaments
* Note: Although the Monte Carlo Masters is billed as taking place in Monte Carlo, in the country of Monaco, it is actually held in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, a commune of France adjacent to Monaco.[6]
Points ATP
Tour | Points |
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Winner | 500 |
Final | 350 |
Semi-finals | 225 |
Quarter-finals | 125 |
Round of 16 | 75 |
Round of 32 | 35 |
Round of 64 | 5 (Draw 64) or 20 (Draw 96) |
Round of 128 | 5 |
Results
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
Winners by tournament
Singles
Indian Wells | Miami | Monte Carlo | Hamburg | Rome | Canada | Cincinnati | Stockholm | Paris | |
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1990 | Edberg (1/4) | Agassi (1/17) | Chesnokov (1/2) | Aguilera (1/1) | Muster (1/8) | Chang (1/7) | Edberg (2/4) | Becker (1/5) | Edberg (3/4) |
1991 | Courier (1/5) | Courier (2/5) | Bruguera (1/2) | Nováček (1/1) | Sánchez (1/1) | Chesnokov (2/2) | Forget (1/2) | Becker (2/5) | Forget (2/2) |
1992 | Chang (2/7) | Chang (3/7) | Muster (2/8) | Edberg (4/4) | Courier (3/5) | Agassi (2/17) | Sampras (1/11) | Ivanišević (1/2) | Becker (3/5) |
1993 | Courier (4/5) | Sampras (2/11) | Bruguera (2/2) | Stich (1/2) | Courier (5/5) | Pernfors (1/1) | Chang (4/7) | Stich (2/2) | Ivanišević (2/2) |
1994 | Sampras (3/11) | Sampras (4/11) | Medvedev (1/4) | Medvedev (2/4) | Sampras (5/11) | Agassi (3/17) | Chang (5/7) | Becker (4/5) | Agassi (4/17) |
Indian Wells | Miami | Monte Carlo | Hamburg | Rome | Canada | Cincinnati | Essen | Paris | |
1995 | Sampras (6/11) | Agassi (5/17) | Muster (3/8) | Medvedev (3/4) | Muster (4/8) | Agassi (6/17) | Agassi (7/17) | Muster (5/8) | Sampras (7/11) |
Indian Wells | Miami | Monte Carlo | Hamburg[N 2] | Rome | Canada | Cincinnati[N 3] | Stuttgart | Paris | |
1996 | Chang (6/7) | Agassi (8/17) | Muster (6/8) | Carretero (1/1) | Muster (7/8) | Ferreira (1/2) | Agassi (9/17) | Becker (5/5) | Enqvist (1/3) |
1997 | Chang (7/7) | Muster (8/8) | Ríos (1/5) | Medvedev (4/4) | Corretja (1/2) | Woodruff (1/1) | Sampras (8/11) | Korda (1/1) | Sampras (9/11) |
1998 | Ríos (2/5) | Ríos (3/5) | Moyá (1/3) | Costa (1/1) | Ríos (4/5) | Rafter (1/2) | Rafter (2/2) | Krajicek (1/2) | Rusedski (1/1) |
1999 | Philippoussis (1/1) | Krajicek (2/2) | Kuerten (1/5) | Ríos (5/5) | Kuerten (2/5) | Johansson (1/1) | Sampras (10/11) | Enqvist (2/3) | Agassi (10/17) |
2000 | Corretja (2/2) | Sampras (11/11) | Pioline (1/1) | Kuerten (3/5) | Norman (1/1) | Safin (1/5) | Enqvist (3/3) | Ferreira (2/2) | Safin (2/5) |
2001 | Agassi (11/17) | Agassi (12/17) | Kuerten (4/5) | Portas (1/1) | Ferrero (1/4) | Pavel (1/1) | Kuerten (5/5) | Haas (1/1) | Grosjean (1/1) |
Indian Wells | Miami | Monte Carlo | Hamburg[N 2] | Rome | Canada | Cincinnati | Madrid | Paris | |
2002 | Hewitt (1/2) | Agassi (13/17) | Ferrero (2/4) | Federer (1/14) | Agassi (14/17) | Cañas (1/1) | Moyá (2/3) | Agassi (15/17) | Safin (3/5) |
2003 | Hewitt (2/2) | Agassi (16/17) | Ferrero (3/4) | Coria (1/2) | Mantilla (1/1) | Roddick (1/4) | Roddick (2/4) | Ferrero (4/4) | Henman (1/1) |
2004 | Federer (2/14) | Roddick (3/4) | Coria (2/2) | Federer (3/14) | Moyá (3/3) | Federer (4/14) | Agassi (17/17) | Safin (4/5) | Safin (5/5) |
2005 | Federer (5/14) | Federer (6/14) | Nadal (1/12) | Federer (7/14) | Nadal (2/12) | Nadal (3/12) | Federer (8/14) | Nadal (4/12) | Berdych (1/1) |
2006 | Federer (9/14) | Federer (10/14) | Nadal (5/12) | Robredo (1/1) | Nadal (6/12) | Federer (11/14) | Roddick (4/4) | Federer (12/14) | Davydenko (1/2) |
2007 | Nadal (7/12) | Djokovic (1/4) | Nadal (8/12) | Federer (13/14) | Nadal (9/12) | Djokovic (2/4) | Federer (14/14) | Nalbandian (1/2) | Nalbandian (2/2) |
2008 | Djokovic (3/4) | Davydenko (2/2) | Nadal (10/12) | Nadal (11/12) | Djokovic (4/4) | Nadal (12/12) | Murray (1/2) | Murray (2/2) | Tsonga (1/1) |
Doubles
Indian Wells | Miami | Monte Carlo | Hamburg | Rome | Canada | Cincinnati | Stockholm | Paris | |
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1990 | Becker (1/2) Forget (1/3) | Leach (1/4) Pugh (1/1) | Korda (1/3) Šmíd (1/1) | Bruguera (1/1) Courier (1/3) | Casal (1/3) E Sánchez (1/3) | Annacone (1/1) Wheaton (1/1) | Cahill (1/1) M Kratzmann (1/1) | Forget (2/3) Hlasek (1/2) | Davis (1/1) Pate (1/1) |
1991 | Courier (2/3) J Sánchez (1/2) | W Ferreira (1/6) Norval (1/2) | Jensen (1/1) Warder (1/1) | Casal (2/3) E Sánchez (2/3) | Camporese (1/1) Ivanišević (1/1) | Galbraith (1/5) Witsken (1/2) | Flach (1/2) Seguso (1/1) | Fitzgerald (1/2) Järryd (1/2) | Fitzgerald (2/2) Järryd (2/2) |
1992 | DeVries (1/1) Macpherson (1/1) | Flach (2/2) Witsken (2/2) | Becker (2/2) Stich (1/1) | Casal (3/3) E Sánchez (3/3) | Hlasek (2/2) Rosset (1/1) | Galbraith (2/5) Visser (1/1) | Woodbridge (1/18) Woodforde (1/14) | Woodbridge (2/18) Woodforde (2/14) | McEnroe (1/1) McEnroe (1/1) |
1993 | Forget (3/3) Leconte (1/1) | Krajicek (1/1) Siemerink (1/2) | Edberg (1/1) Korda (2/3) | Haarhuis (1/10) Koevermans (1/1) | Eltingh (1/8) Haarhuis (2/10) | Courier (3/3) Knowles (1/16) | Agassi (1/1) Korda (3/3) | Woodbridge (3/18) Woodforde (3/14) | B Black (1/5) Stark (1/2) |
1994 | Connell (1/3) Galbraith (3/5) | Eltingh (2/8) Haarhuis (3/10) | Kulti (1/2) Larsson (1/1) | Melville (1/1) Norval (2/2) | Kafelnikov (1/7) Rikl (1/4) | B Black (2/5) Stark (2/2) | O'Brien (1/5) Stolle (1/4) | Woodbridge (4/18) Woodforde (4/14) | Eltingh (3/8) Haarhuis (4/10) |
Indian Wells | Miami | Monte Carlo | Hamburg | Rome | Canada | Cincinnati | Essen | Paris | |
1995 | Ho (1/1) Steven (1/1) | Woodbridge (5/18) Woodforde (5/14) | Eltingh (4/8) Haarhuis (5/10) | W Ferreira (2/6) Kafelnikov (2/7) | Suk (1/2) Vacek (1/1) | Kafelnikov (3/7) Olhovskiy (1/1) | Woodbridge (6/18) Woodforde (6/14) | Eltingh (5/8) Haarhuis (6/10) | Connell (2/3) Galbraith (4/5) |
Indian Wells | Miami | Monte Carlo | Hamburg[N 2] | Rome | Canada | Cincinnati[N 3] | Stuttgart | Paris | |
1996 | Woodbridge (7/18) Woodforde (7/14) | Woodbridge (8/18) Woodforde (8/14) | E Ferreira (1/4) Siemerink (2/2) | Knowles (2/16) Nestor (1/18) | B Black (3/5) Connell (3/3) | Galbraith (5/5) Haarhuis (7/10) | Knowles (3/16) Nestor (2/18) | Lareau (1/4) O'Brien (2/5) | Eltingh (6/8) Haarhuis (8/10) |
1997 | Knowles (4/16) Nestor (3/18) | Woodbridge (9/18) Woodforde (9/14) | Johnson (1/2) Montana (1/2) | Lobo (1/1) J Sánchez (2/2) | Knowles (5/16) Nestor (4/18) | Bhupathi (1/11) Paes (1/7) | Woodbridge (10/18) Woodforde (10/14) | Woodbridge (11/18) Woodforde (11/14) | Eltingh (7/8) Haarhuis (9/10) |
1998 | Björkman (1/15) Rafter (1/2) | E Ferreira (2/4) Leach (2/4) | Eltingh (8/8) Haarhuis (10/10) | Johnson (2/2) Montana (2/2) | Bhupathi (2/11) Paes (2/7) | Damm (1/4) Grabb (1/1) | Knowles (6/16) Nestor (5/18) | Lareau (2/4) O'Brien (3/5) | Bhupathi (3/11) Paes (3/7) |
1999 | W Black (1/5) Stolle (2/4) | W Black (2/5) Stolle (3/4) | Delaître (1/1) Henman (1/2) | Arthurs (1/3) A Kratzmann (1/1) | E Ferreira (3/4) Leach (3/4) | Björkman (2/15) Rafter (2/2) | Björkman (3/15) B Black (4/5) | Björkman (4/15) B Black (5/5) | Lareau (3/4) O'Brien (4/5) |
2000 | O'Brien (5/5) Palmer (1/1) | Woodbridge (12/18) Woodforde (12/14) | W Ferreira (3/6) Kafelnikov (4/7) | Woodbridge (13/18) Woodforde (13/14) | Damm (2/4) Hrbatý (1/1) | Lareau (4/4) Nestor (6/18) | Woodbridge (14/18) Woodforde (14/14) | Novák (1/3) Rikl (2/4) | Kulti (2/2) Mirnyi (1/13) |
2001 | W Ferreira (4/6) Kafelnikov (5/7) | Novák (2/3) Rikl (3/4) | Björkman (5/15) Woodbridge (15/18) | Björkman (6/15) Woodbridge (16/18) | W Ferreira (5/6) Kafelnikov (6/7) | Novák (3/3) Rikl (4/4) | Bhupathi (4/11) Paes (4/7) | Mirnyi (2/13) Stolle (4/4) | E Ferreira (4/4) Leach (4/4) |
Indian Wells | Miami | Monte Carlo | Hamburg[N 2] | Rome | Canada | Cincinnati | Madrid | Paris | |
2002 | Knowles (7/16) Nestor (7/18) | Knowles (8/16) Nestor (8/18) | Björkman (7/15) Woodbridge (17/18) | Bhupathi (5/11) Gambill (1/1) | Damm (3/4) Suk (2/2) | Bryan (1/13) Bryan (1/13) | Blake (1/1) Martin (1/1) | Knowles (9/16) Nestor (9/18) | Escudé (1/1) Santoro (1/3) |
2003 | W Ferreira (6/6) Kafelnikov (7/7) | Federer (1/1) Mirnyi (3/13) | Bhupathi (6/11) Mirnyi (4/13) | Knowles (10/16) Nestor (10/18) | Arthurs (2/3) Hanley (1/3) | Bhupathi (7/11) Mirnyi (5/13) | Bryan (2/13) Bryan (2/13) | Bhupathi (8/11) Mirnyi (6/13) | Arthurs (3/3) Hanley (2/3) |
2004 | Clément (1/2) Grosjean (1/1) | W Black (3/5) Ullyett (1/5) | Henman (2/2) Zimonjić (1/5) | W Black (4/5) Ullyett (2/5) | Bhupathi (9/11) Mirnyi (7/13) | Bhupathi (10/11) Paes (5/7) | Knowles (11/16) Nestor (11/18) | Knowles (12/16) Nestor (12/18) | Björkman (8/15) Woodbridge (18/18) |
2005 | Knowles (13/16) Nestor (13/18) | Björkman (9/15) Mirnyi (8/13) | Paes (6/7) Zimonjić (2/5) | Björkman (10/15) Mirnyi (9/13) | Llodra (1/2) Santoro (2/3) | W Black (5/5) Ullyett (3/5) | Björkman (11/15) Mirnyi (10/13) | Knowles (14/16) Nestor (14/18) | Bryan (3/13) Bryan (3/13) |
2006 | Knowles (15/16) Nestor (15/18) | Björkman (12/15) Mirnyi (11/13) | Björkman (13/15) Mirnyi (12/13) | Hanley (3/3) Ullyett (4/5) | Knowles (16/16) Nestor (16/18) | Bryan (4/13) Bryan (4/13) | Björkman (14/15) Mirnyi (13/13) | Bryan (5/13) Bryan (5/13) | Clément (2/2) Llodra (2/2) |
2007 | Damm (4/4) Paes (7/7) | Bryan (6/13) Bryan (6/13) | Bryan (7/13) Bryan (7/13) | Bryan (8/13) Bryan (8/13) | Santoro (3/3) Zimonjić (3/5) | Bhupathi (11/11) Vízner (1/1) | Erlich (1/2) Ram (1/2) | Bryan (9/13) Bryan (9/13) | Bryan (10/13) Bryan (10/13) |
2008 | Erlich (2/2) Ram (2/2) | Bryan (11/13) Bryan (11/13) | Nadal (1/1) Robredo (1/1) | Nestor (17/18) Zimonjić (4/5) | Bryan (12/13) Bryan (12/13) | Nestor (18/18) Zimonjić (5/5) | Bryan (13/13) Bryan (13/13) | Matkowski (1/1) Fyrstenberg (1/1) | Björkman (15/15) Ullyett (5/5) |
Titles Matrix
Singles
Players with 2 or more titles between 1990 and 2008:
# | Player | IW | MI | MC | HA | RO | CA | CI | ST | ES | PA | MA | # | Winning span |
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1 | Andre Agassi | 1 | 6 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 17 | 1990–2004 (15) |
2 | Roger Federer | 3 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 14 | 2002–2007 (6) |
3 | Rafael Nadal | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 12 | 2005–2008 (4) |
4 | Pete Sampras | 2 | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 2 | 11 | 1992–2000 (9) |
5 | Thomas Muster | – | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 8 | 1990–1997 (8) |
6 | Michael Chang | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 1990–1997 (8) |
7 | Boris Becker | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | 1990–1996 (7) |
= | Jim Courier | 2 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1991–1993 (3) |
= | Gustavo Kuerten | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1999–2001 (3) |
= | Marcelo Ríos | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1997–1999 (3) |
= | Marat Safin | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2000–2004 (5) |
12 | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2007–2008 (2) |
= | Stefan Edberg | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 1990–1992 (3) |
= | Juan Carlos Ferrero | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 2001–2003 (3) |
= | Andriy Medvedev | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1994–1997 (4) |
= | Andy Roddick | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2003–2006 (4) |
17 | Thomas Enqvist | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | 1996–2000 (5) |
= | Carlos Moyá | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1998–2004 (7) |
19 | Sergi Bruguera | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1991–1993 (3) |
= | Andrei Chesnokov | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1990–1991 (2) |
= | Guillermo Coria | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2003–2004 (2) |
= | Àlex Corretja | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1997–2000 (4) |
= | Nikolay Davydenko | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2006–2008 (3) |
= | Wayne Ferreira | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1996–2000 (5) |
= | Guy Forget | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1991–1991 (1) |
= | Lleyton Hewitt | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2002–2003 (2) |
= | Goran Ivanišević | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1992–1993 (2) |
= | Richard Krajicek | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1998–1999 (2) |
= | Andy Murray | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2008–2008 (1) |
= | David Nalbandian | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2007–2007 (1) |
= | Pat Rafter | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1998–1998 (1) |
= | Michael Stich | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 1993–1993 (1) |
See also
- List of men's Grand Slam, Olympic and ATP Tour Finals and Masters Series singles champions
- ATP World Tour Finals
- ATP World Tour Masters 1000
- ATP Championship Series
- ATP International Series Gold
- List of male tennis players
- WTA Tier I tournaments
- Grand Prix Tennis Championship Series 1970-1989
Notes
- ↑ The men's singles final of the 2005 Rome Masters between Rafael Nadal and Guillermo Coria was the longest of the Open Era (5 hrs. and 14 mins)—in which 18-year-old Nadal prevailed. The 2006 Rome final produced another classic with Nadal defeating Roger Federer in 5 hrs. and 5 mins.
- 1 2 3 4 The Masters Series event in Rome was played before Hamburg from 2000–2008.
- 1 2 The 1996 Cincinnati Masters was held before the Canadian Masters.
References
- ↑ "Newsbank Archive LA Times Reference to name". Los Angeles Times. 5 March 1990. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ↑ "Reference to Series Name Toronto Star Archive". Toronto Star. 26 August 1996.
- ↑ Ian Thomsen (November 20, 1997). "ATP Tour Promises to Reinvent Itself as a Much Richer Sport". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Reference to Series Name New York Times Archive". New York Times. 10 December 1999.
- ↑ "Reference to Series Name Sydney Morning Herald report". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 April 2008.
- ↑ "Site Access". Monte Carlo Masters. Archived from the original on 12 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-22.