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 includes some of the most prestigious tournaments in men's tennis after the four Grand Slam events.

The series was introduced in 1996, and was originally known as the Mercedes-Benz Super 9 series from 1996 until 1999, and then the Tennis Masters Series (TMS) from year 2000, before adopting its present name. Although officially launched in 1996 the statistics for Masters Series are widely counted back to the year 1990 (the year when the ATP took over the running of the men's tour).

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.

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 “1000” tournaments referring to the amount of ranking points that can be 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, while the Madrid Masters will be played at a new venue on a clay court surface. The Rome Masters will be moved to hard courts, but will retain its place in the centre of the clay court season. In 2011 six of the nine “1000” level tournaments will be combined ATP and WTA events.

Tournaments

Tournament	Commercial name	Location	Began	Court surface	Official website
Indian Wells Masters	Pacific Life Open	Indian Wells, USA	1987	Hard	Click here
Miami Masters	Sony Ericsson Open	Miami, USA	1985	Hard	Click here
Monte Carlo Masters	Masters Series Monte-Carlo presented by ROLEX	Monte Carlo, Monaco	1897	Clay	Click here
Rome Masters	Internazionali BNL d'Italia	Rome, Italy	1930	Clay	Click here
Hamburg Masters	MASTERS SERIES HAMBURG 2007 presented by E.ON Hanse	Hamburg, Germany	1892	Clay	Click here
Canada Masters	Rogers Cup	Montreal / Toronto, Canada	1881	Hard	Click here
Cincinnati Masters	Western & Southern Financial Group Masters	Cincinnati, USA	1899	Hard	Click here
Madrid Masters	Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid	Madrid, Spain	2002	Hard (I)	Click here
Paris Masters	BNP Paribas Masters	Paris, France	1986	Carpet (I)	Click here

Results

1990

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Indian Wells	Stefan Edberg	Andre Agassi	6-4, 5-7, 7-6, 7-6
Miami	Andre Agassi	Stefan Edberg	6-1, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2
Monte Carlo	Andrei Chesnokov	Thomas Muster	7-5, 6-3, 6-3
Hamburg	Juan Aguilera	Boris Becker	6-1, 6-0, 7-6
Rome	Thomas Muster	Andrei Chesnokov	6-1, 6-3, 6-1
Toronto	Michael Chang	Jay Berger	4-6, 6-3, 7-6
Cincinnati	Stefan Edberg	Brad Gilbert	6-1, 6-1
Stockholm	Boris Becker	Stefan Edberg	6-4, 6-0, 6-3
Paris	Stefan Edberg	Boris Becker	3-3, RET

1991

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Indian Wells	Jim Courier	Guy Forget	4-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6
Miami	Jim Courier	David Wheaton	4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Monte Carlo	Sergi Bruguera	Boris Becker	5-7, 6-4, 7-6, 7-6
Hamburg	Karel Nováček	Magnus Gustafsson	6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 0-6, 6-1
Rome	Emilio Sánchez	Alberto Mancini	6-3, 6-1, 3-0, RET
Montreal	Andrei Chesnokov	Petr Korda	3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Cincinnati	Guy Forget	Pete Sampras	2-6, 7-6, 6-4
Stockholm	Boris Becker	Stefan Edberg	3-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
Paris	Guy Forget	Pete Sampras	7-6, 4-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

1992

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Indian Wells	Michael Chang	Andrei Chesnokov	6-3, 6-4, 7-5
Miami	Michael Chang	Alberto Mancini	7-5, 7-5
Monte Carlo	Thomas Muster	Aaron Krickstein	6-3, 6-1, 6-3
Hamburg	Stefan Edberg	Michael Stich	5-7, 6-4, 6-1
Rome	Jim Courier	Carlos Costa	7-6, 6-0, 6-4
Toronto	Andre Agassi	Ivan Lendl	3-6, 6-2, 6-0
Cincinnati	Pete Sampras	Ivan Lendl	6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Stockholm	Goran Ivanišević	Guy Forget	7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-2
Paris	Boris Becker	Guy Forget	7-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

1993

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Indian Wells	Jim Courier	Wayne Ferreira	6-3, 6-3, 6-1
Miami	Pete Sampras	MaliVai Washington	6-3, 6-2
Monte Carlo	Sergi Bruguera	Cédric Pioline	7-6, 6-0
Hamburg	Michael Stich	Andrei Chesnokov	6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4
Rome	Jim Courier	Goran Ivanišević	6-1, 6-2, 6-2
Montreal	Mikael Pernfors	Todd Martin	2-6, 6-2, 7-5
Cincinnati	Michael Chang	Stefan Edberg	7-5, 0-6, 6-4
Stockholm	Michael Stich	Goran Ivanišević	4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-2
Paris	Goran Ivanišević	Andriy Medvedev	6-4, 6-2, 7-6

1994

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Indian Wells	Pete Sampras	Petr Korda	4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Miami	Pete Sampras	Andre Agassi	5-7, 6-3, 6-3
Monte Carlo	Andriy Medvedev	Sergi Bruguera	7-5, 6-1, 6-3
Hamburg	Andriy Medvedev	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Rome	Pete Sampras	Boris Becker	6-1, 6-2, 6-2
Toronto	Andre Agassi	Jason Stoltenberg	6-4, 6-4
Cincinnati	Michael Chang	Stefan Edberg	6-2, 7-5
Stockholm	Boris Becker	Goran Ivanišević	4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6
Paris	Andre Agassi	Marc Rosset	6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5

1995

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Indian Wells	Pete Sampras	Andre Agassi	7-5, 6-3, 7-5
Miami	Andre Agassi	Pete Sampras	3-6, 6-2, 7-6
Monte Carlo	Thomas Muster	Boris Becker	4-6, 5-7, 6-1, 7-6, 6-0
Hamburg	Andriy Medvedev	Goran Ivanišević	6-3, 6-2, 6-1
Rome	Thomas Muster	Sergi Bruguera	3-6, 7-6, 6-2, 6-3
Montreal	Andre Agassi	Pete Sampras	3-6, 6-2, 6-3
Cincinnati	Andre Agassi	Michael Chang	7-5, 6-2
Essen	Thomas Muster	MaliVai Washington	7-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
Paris	Pete Sampras	Boris Becker	7-6, 6-4, 6-4

1996

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Indian Wells	Michael Chang	Paul Haarhuis	7-5, 6-1, 6-1
Miami	Andre Agassi	Goran Ivanišević	3-0, RET
Monte Carlo	Thomas Muster	Albert Costa	6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Rome	Thomas Muster	Richard Krajicek	6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Hamburg	Roberto Carretero	Àlex Corretja	2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Toronto	Wayne Ferreira	Todd Woodbridge	6-2, 6-4
Cincinnati	Andre Agassi	Michael Chang	7-6(4), 6-4
Stuttgart	Boris Becker	Pete Sampras	3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Paris	Thomas Enqvist	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-2, 6-4, 7-5

1997

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Indian Wells	Michael Chang	Bohdan Ulihrach	4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
Miami	Thomas Muster	Sergi Bruguera	7-6(6), 6-3, 6-1
Monte Carlo	Marcelo Ríos	Àlex Corretja	6-4, 6-3, 6-3
Rome	Àlex Corretja	Marcelo Ríos	7-5, 7-5, 6-3
Hamburg	Andriy Medvedev	Félix Mantilla	6-0, 6-4, 6-2
Montréal	Chris Woodruff	Gustavo Kuerten	7-5, 4-6, 6-3
Cincinnati	Pete Sampras	Thomas Muster	6-3, 6-4
Stuttgart	Petr Korda	Richard Krajicek	7-6(6), 6-2, 6-4
Paris	Pete Sampras	Jonas Björkman	6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1

1998

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Indian Wells	Marcelo Ríos	Greg Rusedski	6-3, 6-7(15), 7-6(4), 6-4
Miami	Marcelo Ríos	Andre Agassi	7-5, 6-3, 6-4
Monte Carlo	Carlos Moyà	Cédric Pioline	6-3, 6-0, 7-5
Rome	Marcelo Ríos	Albert Costa	W/O
Hamburg	Albert Costa	Àlex Corretja	6-2, 6-0, 1-0, RET
Toronto	Patrick Rafter	Richard Krajicek	7-6(3), 6-4
Cincinnati	Patrick Rafter	Pete Sampras	1-6, 7-6(2), 6-4
Stuttgart	Richard Krajicek	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4, 6-3, 6-3
Paris	Greg Rusedski	Pete Sampras	7-6(1), 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-3

1999

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Indian Wells	Mark Philippoussis	Carlos Moyà	5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Miami	Richard Krajicek	Sébastien Grosjean	4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 7-5
Monte Carlo	Gustavo Kuerten	Marcelo Ríos	6-4, 2-1, RET
Rome	Gustavo Kuerten	Patrick Rafter	6-4, 7-5, 7-6(6)
Hamburg	Marcelo Ríos	Mariano Zabaleta	6-7(5), 7-5, 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-2
Montreal	Thomas Johansson	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	1-6, 6-3, 6-3
Cincinnati	Pete Sampras	Patrick Rafter	7-6(7), 6-3
Stuttgart	Thomas Enqvist	Richard Krajicek	6-1, 6-4, 5-7, 7-5
Paris	Andre Agassi	Marat Safin	7-6(1), 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

2000

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Indian Wells	Àlex Corretja	Thomas Enqvist	6-4, 6-4, 6-3
Miami	Pete Sampras	Gustavo Kuerten	6-1, 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 7-6(8)
Monte Carlo	Cédric Pioline	Dominik Hrbatý	6-3, 7-6(3), 7-6(6)
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, 7-6(3)
Toronto	Marat Safin	Harel Levy	6-3, 6-2
Cincinnati	Thomas Enqvist	Tim Henman	7-6(5), 6-4
Stuttgart	Wayne Ferreira	Lleyton Hewitt	7-6(6),3-6, 6-7(5), 7-6(2), 6-2
Paris	Marat Safin	Mark Philippoussis	3-6, 7-6(7), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(8)

2001

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	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	Runner-up	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