ATP Masters Series

The ATP Masters Series is a series of nine tennis tournaments that are part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe and North America. The tournaments are mandatory for the top male players on the professional circuit. The series constitutes the most prestigious tournaments in men's tennis after the four Grand Slam events.

The series was introduced in 1990 with the inception of the ATP Tour. The events were originally known as "Championship Series, Single Week" events. In 1996 and until 1999, the series was known as the Mercedes-Benz Super 9. In 2000, the name was changed to the Tennis Masters Series (TMS) and then changed to the present name in 2004.

Results in ATP Masters Series events earn players more world ranking points than regular tournaments, though not as many as Grand Slam events or the year-end Tennis Masters Cup. Up until 2007, most Master Series finals were contested as best of five set matches. Currently, all Masters Series events are decided in best of three set matches.

Former World No. 1 Andre Agassi holds the record for the most titles with 17.

Changes for 2009

On August 31, 2007 the ATP announced that major changes will take place in 2009. The Masters Series will be renamed to the “Masters 1000,” with the addition of the number 1000 referring to the amount of ranking points which are won. Contrary to earlier plans, the number of tournaments will not be reduced from nine to eight and the Monte Carlo Masters will remain part of the series although, unlike the other events, it will not have a mandatory player commitment. The Hamburg Masters event will be downgraded and replaced by a new tournament in Shanghai. In 2011 six of the nine “1000” level tournaments will be combined ATP and WTA events.

Tournaments

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Doubles

Since 1990."Active players in bold. Most titles per tournament underlined"

Records & trivia

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; Fastest to...
* 5 titles: Nadal (9 tournaments/1 year: Monte Carlo 2005 - Monte Carlo 2006)
* 10 titles: Nadal (27 tournaments/4 years: Monte Carlo 2005 - Monte Carlo 2008)
* 15 titles: Agassi (114 tournaments/12 years: Miami 1990 - Madrid 2002); Winners of the "Indian Wells - Miami double" :
* Courier (1991)
* Chang (1992)
* Sampras (1994)
* Ríos (1998)
* Agassi (2001)
* Federer (2005, 2006); Winners of the "Monte-Carlo - Rome double" :
* Muster (1995, 1996)
* Kuerten (1999)
* Nadal (2005, 2006, 2007); Winners of the "Canada - Cincinnati double" :
* Agassi (1995)
* Rafter (1998)
* Roddick (2003); Winners of the "Madridref|2 - Paris double" :
* Safin (2004)
* Nalbandian (2007); Winners of the 4 North American AMS tournaments :
* Chang (Canada '90, Indian Wells & Miami '92, Cincinnati '93)
* Agassi (Miami '90, Canada '92, Cincinnati '95, Indian Wells '01)
* Federer (Indian Wells '04, Canada '04, Miami '05, Cincinnati '05)
** Note: Federer is the only player to have won more than one title at each tournament.; Winners of the 3 AMS tournaments on clay :
* Ríos (Monte Carlo '97, Rome '98, Hamburg '99)
* Kuerten (Monte Carlo '99, Rome '99, Hamburg '00)
* Nadal (Monte Carlo '05, Rome '05, Hamburg '08); Winners of the AMS tournaments on the three surfaces :
* Edberg (Indian Wells '90, Paris '90, Hamburg '92)
* Sampras (Cincinnati '92, Rome '94, Paris '95)
* Agassi (Miami '90, Paris '94, Rome '02)
* Muster (Rome '90, Essen '95, Miami '97); Winners of the single and double title at the same tournament:
* Courier (Indian Wells 1991)
* Nadal (Monte Carlo 2008); Most overall victories :
* 17: Agassi; Most overall finals :
* 23: Federer (14-9); Most titles at one tournament :
* 6: Agassi (Miami: '90, '95, '96, '01, '02, '03); Most consecutive wins at one tournament :
* 4: Nadal (Monte Carlo 2005-2008),; Most different tournaments won :
* 7/9: Agassi; Most different tournament finals played :
* 8/9: Federer
* 8/9: Nadal; Most tournaments won in one season :
* 4: Federer (2005, 2006)
* 4: Nadal (2005); Most finals reached in one season :
* 6: Federer (2006); Most consecutive matches won :
* 29: Federer (2005–2006); Longest winning span :
* 15 years: Agassi (1990–2004); Players who played the most finals against each other
# Federer v Nadal, 7 times
# Agassi v Sampras, 5 times; All Countrymen in Final :
*1990: Toronto - USA: Chang d. Berger
*1991: Key Biscane - USA: Courier d. Wheaton
*1992: Toronto - USA: Agassi d. Lendl
*1992: Cincinnati - USA: Sampras d. Lendl
*1994: Key Biscane - USA: Sampras d. Agassi
*1995: Indian Wells - USA: Sampras d. Agassi
*1995: Miami - USA: Agassi d. Sampras
*1995: Montréal - USA: Agassi d. Sampras
*1995: Cincinnati - USA: Agassi d. Chang
*1996: Hamburg - ESP: Carretero d. Corretja
*1996: Cincinnati - USA: Agassi d. Chang
*1998: Hamburg - ESP: Costa d. Corretja
*2001: Indian Wells - USA: Agassi d. Sampras
*2001: Miami - USA: Agassi d. Gambill
*2001: Hamburg - ESP: Portas d. Ferrero
*2002: Monte Carlo - ESP: Ferrero d. Moya
*2003: Hamburg - ARG: Coria d. Calleri
*2003: Cincinnati - USA: Roddick d. Fish: Players from only three countries have played an "All countrymen final". Those countries are the United States, Spain and Argentina.; No.1 vs. No.2 Seeds in Final
* 1990 Stockholm: (2)Becker d. (1)Edberg
* 1990 Paris: (1)Edberg d. (2)Becker
* 1991 Stockholm: (2)Becker d. (1)Edberg
* 1995 Indian Wells: (1)Sampras d. (2)Agassi
* 1995 Miami: (2)Agassi d.(1)Sampras
* 1995 Montreal: (1)Agassi d.(2)Sampras
* 1999 Cincinnati: (1)Sampras d. (2)Rafter
* 2004 Hamburg: (1)Federer d. (2)Coria
* 2004 Toronto: (1)Federer d. (2)Roddick
* 2005 Indian Wells: (1)Federer d. (2)Hewitt
* 2006 Monte Carlo: (2)Nadal d. (1)Federer
* 2006 Rome: (2)Nadal d. (1)Federer
* 2007 Monte Carlo: (2)Nadal d. (1)Federer
* 2007 Hamburg: (1)Federer d. (2)Nadal
* 2008 Monte Carlo: (2)Nadal d.(1)Federer
* 2008 Hamburg: (2)Nadal d.(1)Federer; Top 4 seeds in semifinals :
*1999 Cincinnati: 1. Pete Sampras, 2. Patrick Rafter, 3. Andre Agassi and 4. Yevgeny Kafelnikov
*2008 Monte Carlo: 1. Roger Federer, 2. Rafael Nadal, 3. Novak Djokovic and 4. Nikolay Davydenko; Qualifiers who played the final (1996-) :
*1996 Hamburg: (q)Roberto Carretero d. Alex Corretja
*2001 Hamburg: (q)Albert Portas d. Juan Carlos Ferrero
*2001 Stuttgart: Tommy Haas d. (q)Max Mirnyi
*2004 Paris: Marat Safin d. (q)Radek Stepanek
*2005 Hamburg: Roger Federer d. (q)Richard Gasquet
*2007 Miami: Novak Djokovic d. (q)Guillermo Canas; No Seeds in Final (2000-) :
*2003 Paris: Tim Henman d. Andrei Pavel

Chronological list of cumulative titles leaders

* 1992–1993: Stefan Edberg, Sweden: 4
* 1993–1995: Jim Courier, United States: 5
* 1995: Pete Sampras, United States: 6
* 1995–1999: Andre Agassi, United States: 7-9
* 1999–2001: Pete Sampras, United States, 10-11
* 2001–: Andre Agassi, United States, 12-17

Doubles

; Winners of the 3 AMS tournaments on clay :
# Haarhuis (Rome '93, Hamburg '94, Monte Carlo '95)
# Kafelnikov (Rome '94, Hamburg '95, Monte Carlo '00)
# W. Ferreira (Hamburg '95, Monte Carlo '00, Rome '01)
# Bhupathi (Rome '98, Hamburg '02, Monte Carlo '03)
# Mirnyi (Monte Carlo '03, Rome '04, Hamburg '05)
# B. Bryan (Monte Carlo '07, Hamburg '07, Rome '08)
# M. Bryan (Monte Carlo '07, Hamburg '07, Rome '08)
# Zimonjic (Monte Carlo '04, Rome '07, Hamburg '08); Winner of the 4 North American AMS tournaments :
# Nestor (Cincinnati '96, Indian Wells '97, Canada '00, Miami '02)
# Knowles (Canada '93, Cincinnati '96, Indian Wells '97, Miami '02)
# Björkman (Indian Wells '98, Canada '99, Cincinnati '99, Miami '05); Winners of the 5 European AMS tournaments :
# Haarhuis (Rome '93, Hamburg '93, Paris '94, Monte Carlo '95, Essen "Madrid" '95)
# Bhupathi (Rome '98, Paris '98, Hamburg '01, Monte Carlo '03, Madrid '03)
# Mirnyi (Paris '00, Stuttgart "Madrid" '01, Monte Carlo'02, Rome '04, Hamburg '05)
# B. Bryan (Paris '05, Madrid '06, Monte Carlo '07, Hamburg '07, Rome '08)
# M. Bryan (Paris '05, Madrid '06, Monte Carlo '07, Hamburg '07, Rome '08); Teams that won the "Indian Wells - Miami double":
* Woodbridge and Woodforde (1996)
* Wayne Black and Palmer (1999)
* Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor (2001); Teams that won the "Madrid - Paris double":
* John Fitzgerald and Anders Järryd (1991)
* Bob and Mike Bryan (2007); Most overall victories :
* 18: Todd Woodbridge
* 18: Daniel Nestor; Most overall finals :
* 31 Nestor (18-13); Most titles at one tournament :
* 4 Woodbridge and Woodforde (Stockholm/Stuttgart (Madrid) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997)
* 4 Woodbridge and Woodforde (Miami 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000)
* 4 Woodbridge and Woodforde (Cincinnati 1992, 1995, 1997, 2000)
* 4 Knowles and Nestor (Indian Wells 1997, 2002, 2005, 2006)
* 4 Bhupathi (Canada 1997, 2003, 2004, 2007); Most consecutive wins at one tournament :
* 3 Woodbridge and Woodforde (Stockholm (Madrid) 1992, 1993, 1994)
* 3 Woodbridge and Woodforde (Miami 1995, 1996, 1997); Most different tournaments won :
* 8/9: Bob and Mike Bryan, Björkman and Mirnyi; Most different tournament finals played :
* 9/9: Bob and Mike Bryan, Knowles and Mirnyi; Most tournaments won in one season :
* 5: Bob and Mike Bryan (2007); Most finals reached in one season :
* 7: Bob and Mike Bryan (2007)

Notes

The final of the 2005 Rome Masters between Spaniard Rafael Nadal and Argentine Guillermo Coria marked the longest final of the Open Era (since 1968): 5 hrs. and 14 mins, with 18-year old Nadal prevailing. The 2006 final produced another classic, 5 hrs. and 5 mins long, with Nadal defeating Federer.

The 8th Masters Series tournament has had a very turbulent history. It was played in Stockholm from 1990 to 1994, Essen in 1995, and Stuttgart in 1996 to 2001, before moving to its current location in Madrid in 2002.

References

ee also

* ATP
* Tennis Masters Cup
* List of male tennis players
* WTA Tier I Events

External links

* [http://masters-series.com/ Official Site]
* [http://www.atpmastersseries.tv?WT.mc_id=wiki/ ATP Masters Series TV]