ATP Masters Series
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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 began after the ATP took over the running of the men's tour in 1990, and was originally known as the Mercedes-Benz Super 9 series, and then the Tennis Masters Series, before adopting its present name. All the tournaments in the series had existed for some years before the Super 9 series was launched and were considered to be among the most prestigious events on the tour. Results in the Tennis 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.
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Tournaments
The locations of the nine tournaments are somewhat fixed, although recently there have been some changes. The nine tournaments – in calendar order – are:
| Tournament | Also currently known as | Location | Began | Court surface | Official website |
| Indian Wells Masters | Pacific Life Open | Indian Wells, California, USA | 1976 | outdoor hard | http://www.pacificlifeopen.com/ |
| Miami Masters | NASDAQ-100 Open | Key Biscayne, Florida, USA | 1984 | outdoor hard | http://www.nasdaq-100open.com/ |
| Monte Carlo Masters | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 1897 | outdoor clay | http://montecarlo.masters-series.com/ | |
| Rome Masters | Telecom Italia Masters | Rome, Italy | 1930 | outdoor clay | http://www.internazionaliditalia.it/ |
| Hamburg Masters | Hamburg, Germany | 1892 | outdoor clay | http://www.amrothenbaum.de/ | |
| Canada Masters | Rogers Cup | Montreal / Toronto, Canada | 1881 | outdoor hard | http://www.rogerscupmen.com/ |
| Cincinnati Masters | Western & Southern Financial Group Masters | Mason, Ohio, USA | 1899 | outdoor hard | http://www.cincytennis.com/ |
| Madrid Masters | Madrid, Spain | 2002 | indoor hard | http://www.tennis-masters-madrid.com/ | |
| Paris Masters | BNP Paribas Masters | Paris, France | 1986 | indoor carpet | http://www.bnpparibasmasters.org/ |
The series is followed by the year-end Tennis Masters Cup, played only by the eight top players in the year-end singles rankings. The location of this season-ending tournament varies. From 2005 through 2008 it is played in Shanghai, China.
Results
2000
| Tournament | Winner-Winner-Winner-Wi | Runner-up-Runner-up-Run | Score-Score-Score-Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Wells | Álex Corretja | Thomas Enqvist | 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 |
| Miami | Pete Sampras | Gustavo Kuerten | 6-1, 6-72, 7-65, 7-68 |
| Monte Carlo | Cédric Pioline | Dominik Hrbatý | 6-3, 7-63, 7-66 |
| Rome | Magnus Norman | Gustavo Kuerten | 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 |
| Hamburg | Gustavo Kuerten | Marat Safin | 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 5-7, 7-63 |
| Toronto | Marat Safin | Harel Levy | 6-3, 6-2 |
| Cincinnati | Thomas Enqvist | Tim Henman | 7-65, 6-4 |
| Stuttgart | Wayne Ferreira | Lleyton Hewitt | 7-66,3-6, 6-75, 7-62, 6-2 |
| Paris | Marat Safin | Mark Philippoussis | 3-6, 7-67, 6-4, 3-6, 7-68 |
2001
| Tournament | Winner-Winner-Winner-Wi | Runner-up-Runner-up-Run | Score-Score-Score-Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Wells | Andre Agassi | Pete Sampras | 7-6(5), 7-5, 6-1 |
| Miami | Andre Agassi | Jan-Michael Gambill | 7-6(4), 6-1, 6-0 |
| Monte Carlo | Gustavo Kuerten | Hicham Arazi | 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 |
| Rome | Juan Carlos Ferrero | Gustavo Kuerten | 3-6, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
| Hamburg | Albert Portas | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 4-6, 6-2, 0-6, 7-6(5), 7-5 |
| Montreal | Andrei Pavel | Patrick Rafter | 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-3 |
| Cincinnati | Gustavo Kuerten | Patrick Rafter | 6-1, 6-3 |
| Stuttgart | Tommy Haas | Max Mirnyi | 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 |
| Paris | Sébastien Grosjean | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 7-6(3), 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-4 |
2002
| Tournament | Winner-Winner-Winner-Wi | Runner-up-Runner-up-Run | Score-Score-Score-Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Wells | Lleyton Hewitt | Tim Henman | 6-1, 6-2 |
| Miami | Andre Agassi | Roger Federer | 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 |
| Monte Carlo | Juan Carlos Ferrero | Carlos Moyà | 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 |
| Rome | Andre Agassi | Tommy Haas | 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 |
| Hamburg | Roger Federer | Marat Safin | 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 |
| Toronto | Guillermo Cañas | Andy Roddick | 6-4, 7-5 |
| Cincinnati | Carlos Moyà | Lleyton Hewitt | 7-5, 7-6(5) |
| Madrid | Andre Agassi | Jiří Novák | W/O |
| Paris | Marat Safin | Lleyton Hewitt | 7-6(4), 6-0, 6-4 |
2003
| Tournament | Winner-Winner-Winner-Wi | Runner-up-Runner-up-Run | Score-Score-Score-Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Wells | Lleyton Hewitt | Gustavo Kuerten | 6-1, 6-1 |
| Miami | Andre Agassi | Carlos Moyà | 6-3, 6-3 |
| Monte Carlo | Juan Carlos Ferrero | Guillermo Coria | 6-2, 6-2 |
| Rome | Félix Mantilla | Roger Federer | 7-5, 6-2, 7-6(8) |
| Hamburg | Guillermo Coria | Agustín Calleri | 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 |
| Montreal | Andy Roddick | David Nalbandian | 6-1, 6-3 |
| Cincinnati | Andy Roddick | Mardy Fish | 6-7, 7-6(3), 7-6(4) |
| Madrid | Juan Carlos Ferrero | Nicolás Massú | 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 |
| Paris | Tim Henman | Andrei Pavel | 6-2, 7-6(6), 7-6(2) |
2004
| Tournament | Winner-Winner-Winner-Wi | Runner-up-Runner-up-Run | Score-Score-Score-Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Wells | Roger Federer | Tim Henman | 6-3, 6-3 |
| Miami | Andy Roddick | Guillermo Coria | 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-1, RET |
| Monte Carlo | Guillermo Coria | Rainer Schüttler | 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 |
| Rome | Carlos Moyà | David Nalbandian | 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 |
| Hamburg | Roger Federer | Guillermo Coria | 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 |
| Toronto | Roger Federer | Andy Roddick | 7-5, 6-3 |
| Cincinnati | Andre Agassi | Lleyton Hewitt | 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 |
| Madrid | Marat Safin | David Nalbandian | 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 |
| Paris | Marat Safin | Radek Štěpánek | 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-3 |
2005
| Tournament | Winner-Winner-Winner-Wi | Runner-up-Runner-up-Run | Score-Score-Score-Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Wells | Roger Federer | Lleyton Hewitt | 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 |
| Miami | Roger Federer | Rafael Nadal | 2-6, 6-74, 7-65, 6-3, 6-1 |
| Monte Carlo | Rafael Nadal | Guillermo Coria | 6-3, 6-1, 0-6, 7-5 |
| Rome | Rafael Nadal | Guillermo Coria | 6 |
| Hamburg | Roger Federer | Richard Gasquet | 6-3, 7-5, 7-64 |
| Montreal | Rafael Nadal | Andre Agassi | 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 |
| Cincinnati | Roger Federer | Andy Roddick | 6-3, 7-5 |
| Madrid | Rafael Nadal | Ivan Ljubičić | 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-63 |
| Paris | Tomáš Berdych | Ivan Ljubičić | 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4 |
2006
| Tournament | Winner-Winner-Winner-Wi | Runner-up-Runner-up-Run | Score-Score-Score-Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Wells | Roger Federer | James Blake | 7-5, 6-3, 6-0 |
| Miami | Roger Federer | Ivan Ljubičić | 7-6, 7-6, 7-6 |
| Monte Carlo | Rafael Nadal | Roger Federer | 6-2, 6-7, 6-3, 7-6 |
| Rome | Rafael Nadal | Roger Federer | 6-70, 7-65, 6-4, 2-6, 7-65 |
| Hamburg | Tommy Robredo | Radek Stepanek | 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 |
| Toronto | |||
| Cincinnati | |||
| Madrid | |||
| Paris |
Winners by tournament (1990 to present)
| 06 | Federer (9/10) | Federer (10/10) | Nadal (5/6) | Nadal (6/6) | Robredo | ||||
| 05 | Federer (5/10) | Federer (6/10) | Nadal (1/6) | Nadal (2/6) | Federer (7/10) | Nadal (3/6) | Federer (8/10) | Nadal (4/6) | Berdych |
| 04 | Federer (2/10) | Roddick (3/3) | Coria (2/2) | Moyà (3/3) | Federer (3/10) | Federer (4/10) | Agassi (17/17) | Safin (4/5) | Safin (5/5) |
| 03 | Hewitt (2/2) | Agassi (16/17) | Ferrero (3/4) | Mantilla | Coria (1/2) | Roddick (1/3) | Roddick (2/3) | Ferrero (4/4) | Henman |
| 02 | Hewitt (1/2) | Agassi (13/17) | Ferrero (2/4) | Agassi (14/17) | Federer (1/10) | Cañas | Moyà (2/3) | Agassi (15/17) | Safin (3/5) |
| 01 | Agassi (11/17) | Agassi (12/17) | Kuerten (4/5) | Ferrero (1/4) | Portas | Pavel | Kuerten (5/5) | Haas | Grosjean |
| 00 | Corretja | Sampras (11/11) | Pioline | Norman | Kuerten (3/5) | Safin (1/5) | Enqvist (3/3) | Ferreira (2/2) | Safin (2/5) |
| 99 | Philippoussis | Krajicek | Kuerten (1/5) | Kuerten (2/5) | Ríos (5/5) | Johansson | Sampras (10/11) | Enqvist | Agassi (10/17) |
| 98 | Ríos (2/5) | Ríos (3/5) | Moyà (1/3) | Ríos (4/5) | Costa | Rafter (1/2) | Rafter (2/2) | Krajicek | Rusedski |
| 97 | Chang (7/7) | Muster (8/8) | Ríos (1/5) | Corretja | Medvedev | Woodruff | Sampras (8/11) | Korda | Sampras (9/11) |
| 96 | Chang (6/7) | Agassi (8/17) | Muster (6/8) | Muster (7/8) | Carretero | Ferreira (1/2) | Agassi (9/17) | Becker (5/5) | Enqvist |
| 95 | Sampras (6/11) | Agassi (5/17) | Muster (3/8) | Muster (4/8) | Medvedev | Agassi (6/17) | Agassi (7/17) | Muster (5/8) | Sampras (7/11) |
| 94 | Sampras (3/11) | Sampras (4/11) | Medvedev | Sampras (5/11) | Medvedev | Agassi (3/17) | Chang (5/7) | Becker (4/5) | Agassi (4/17) |
| 93 | Courier (4/5) | Sampras (2/11) | Bruguera | Courier (5/5) | Stich | Pernfors | Chang (4/7) | Stich | Ivanišević |
| 92 | Chang (2/7) | Chang (3/7) | Muster (2/8) | Courier (3/5) | Edberg (4/4) | Agassi (2/17) | Sampras (1/11) | Ivanišević | Becker (3/5) |
| 91 | Courier (1/5) | Courier (2/5) | Bruguera | Sánchez | Nováček | Chesnokov | Forget | Becker (2/5) | Forget |
| 90 | Edberg (1/4) | Agassi (1/17) | Chesnokov | Muster (1/8) | Aguilera | Chang (1/7) | Edberg (2/4) | Becker (1/5) | Edberg (3/4) |
Singles Titles Champions Matrix (3+)
Active players in bold.Since 1990:
| # | Player | In | Mi | Mo | Ro | Ha | Ca | Ci | Ma | Pa | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andre Agassi (USA) | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | |||||||
| 2 | Pete Sampras (USA) | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Roger Federer (SUI) | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 10 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Thomas Muster (AUT) | ||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||
| 8 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Michael Chang (USA) | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 6 |
| 7 | Boris Becker (GER) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Jim Courier (USA) | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||||
| Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | |
| Marcelo Ríos (CHI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 | |
| Marat Safin (RUS) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 12 | Stefan Edberg (SWE) | 1 | |||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Andrei Medvedev (UKR) | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| 15 | Thomas Enqvist (SWE) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Carlos Moyà (ESP) | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | |
| Andy Roddick (USA) | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
Records & trivia
Notes
Note 1: 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.Note 2: 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.
See also
External links
| ATP Masters Series Tournaments |
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| Indian Wells | Miami | Monte Carlo | Rome | Hamburg | Montreal/Toronto | Cincinnati | Madrid | Paris |
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