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.

1 Changes for 2009
2 Tournaments
3 Results
- 3.1 2000
- 3.2 2001
- 3.3 2002
- 3.4 2003
- 3.5 2004
- 3.6 2005
- 3.7 2006
- 3.8 2007
4 Winners by tournament (1990 to present)
5 Singles Titles Champions Matrix (3+)
6 Records & trivia
7 Notes
8 See also
9 External links

[edit] Changes for 2009

The ATP chairman has announced that that major changes will take place in 2009. It is clear that the number of Masters tournaments will be reduced from 9 to 8. It is also clear that a new Masters location in Asia is likely, meaning that two of the current locations will be downgraded from Masters status. Currently Monte Carlo and Hamburg (two clay events) are on the chopping block.

[edit] 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	Sony Ericsson Open	Key Biscayne, Florida, USA	1984	outdoor hard	http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/
Monte Carlo Masters		Monte Carlo, Monaco	1897	outdoor clay	http://montecarlo.masters-series.com/
Rome Masters	Internazionali d'Italia	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	Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid	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 being played in Shanghai, China.

[edit] Results

[edit] 2000

Tournament	Winner-Winner-Winner-Wi	Runner-up-Runner-up-Run	Score-Score-Score-Score
Indian Wells	Àlex 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

[edit] 2001

Tournament	Winner-Winner-Winner-Wi	Runner-up-Runner-up-Run	Score-Score-Score-Score
Indian Wells	Andre Agassi	Pete Sampras	7-6⁵, 7-5, 6-1
Miami	Andre Agassi	Jan-Michael Gambill	7-6⁴, 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, 7-6⁵, 7-5
Montreal	Andrei Pavel	Patrick Rafter	7-6³, 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	7-6³, 6-1, 6-7⁵, 6-4

[edit] 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, 7-6⁵
Madrid	Andre Agassi	Jiří Novák	W/O
Paris	Marat Safin	Lleyton Hewitt	7-6⁴, 6-0, 6-4

[edit] 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, 7-6⁸
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	4-6, 7-6³, 7-6⁴
Madrid	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Nicolás Massú	6-3, 6-4, 6-3
Paris	Tim Henman	Andrei Pavel	6-2, 7-6⁶, 7-6²

[edit] 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	6-7², 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, 7-6⁵, 6-3

[edit] 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	6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6⁶ ¹
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

[edit] 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	7-6⁵, 7-6⁴, 7-6⁶
Monte Carlo	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer	6-2, 6-7², 6-3, 7-6⁵
Rome	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer	6-7⁰, 7-6⁵, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6⁵
Hamburg	Tommy Robredo	Radek Štěpánek	6-1, 6-3, 6-3
Toronto	Roger Federer	Richard Gasquet	2-6, 6-3, 6-2
Cincinnati	Andy Roddick	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-3, 6-4
Madrid	Roger Federer	Fernando González	7-5, 6-1, 6-0
Paris	Nikolay Davydenko	Dominik Hrbatý	6-1 6-2 6-2

[edit] 2007

Tournament	Winner-Winner-Winner-Wi	Runner-up-Runner-up-Run	Score-Score-Score-Score
Indian Wells	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic	6-2, 7-5
Miami	Novak Djokovic	Guillermo Canas	6-3, 6-2, 6-4
Monte Carlo
Rome
Hamburg
Montreal
Cincinnati
Madrid
Paris

[edit] Winners by tournament (1990 to present)

	Indian Wells	Miami	Mt. Carlo	Rome	Hamburg	Canada	Cincinnati	Madrid²	Paris
2007	Nadal (7/7)	Djokovic (1/1)
2006	Federer (9/12)	Federer (10/12)	Nadal (5/7)	Nadal (6/7)	Robredo	Federer (11/12)	Roddick (4/4)	Federer (12/12)	Davydenko
2005	Federer (5/12)	Federer (6/12)	Nadal (1/7)	Nadal (2/7)	Federer (7/12)	Nadal (3/7)	Federer (8/12)	Nadal (4/7)	Berdych
2004	Federer (2/12)	Roddick (3/4)	Coria (2/2)	Moyà (3/3)	Federer (3/12)	Federer (4/12)	Agassi (17/17)	Safin (4/5)	Safin (5/5)
2003	Hewitt (2/2)	Agassi (16/17)	Ferrero (3/4)	Mantilla	Coria (1/2)	Roddick (1/4)	Roddick (2/4)	Ferrero (4/4)	Henman
2002	Hewitt (1/2)	Agassi (13/17)	Ferrero (2/4)	Agassi (14/17)	Federer (1/12)	Cañas	Moyà (2/3)	Agassi (15/17)	Safin (3/5)
2001	Agassi (11/17)	Agassi (12/17)	Kuerten (4/5)	Ferrero (1/4)	Portas	Pavel	Kuerten (5/5)	Haas	Grosjean
2000	Corretja (2/2)	Sampras (11/11)	Pioline	Norman	Kuerten (3/5)	Safin (1/5)	Enqvist (3/3)	Ferreira (2/2)	Safin (2/5)
1999	Philippoussis	Krajicek (2/2)	Kuerten (1/5)	Kuerten (2/5)	Ríos (5/5)	Johansson	Sampras (10/11)	Enqvist (2/3)	Agassi (10/17)
1998	Ríos (2/5)	Ríos (3/5)	Moyà (1/3)	Ríos (4/5)	Costa	Rafter (1/2)	Rafter (2/2)	Krajicek (1/2)	Rusedski
1997	Chang (7/7)	Muster (8/8)	Ríos (1/5)	Corretja (1/2)	Medvedev (4/4)	Woodruff	Sampras (8/11)	Korda	Sampras (9/11)
1996	Chang (6/7)	Agassi (8/17)	Muster (6/8)	Muster (7/8)	Carretero	Ferreira (1/2)	Agassi (9/17)	Becker (5/5)	Enqvist (1/3)
1995	Sampras (6/11)	Agassi (5/17)	Muster (3/8)	Muster (4/8)	Medvedev (3/4)	Agassi (6/17)	Agassi (7/17)	Muster (5/8)	Sampras (7/11)
1994	Sampras (3/11)	Sampras (4/11)	Medvedev (1/4)	Sampras (5/11)	Medvedev (2/4)	Agassi (3/17)	Chang (5/7)	Becker (4/5)	Agassi (4/17)
1993	Courier (4/5)	Sampras (2/11)	Bruguera (2/2)	Courier (5/5)	Stich (1/2)	Pernfors	Chang (4/7)	Stich (2/2)	Ivanišević (2/2)
1992	Chang (2/7)	Chang (3/7)	Muster (2/8)	Courier (3/5)	Edberg (4/4)	Agassi (2/17)	Sampras (1/11)	Ivanišević (1/2)	Becker (3/5)
1991	Courier (1/5)	Courier (2/5)	Bruguera (1/2)	Sánchez	Nováček	Chesnokov (2/2)	Forget (1/2)	Becker (2/5)	Forget (2/2)
1990	Edberg (1/4)	Agassi (1/17)	Chesnokov (1/2)	Muster (1/8)	Aguilera	Chang (1/7)	Edberg (2/4)	Becker (1/5)	Edberg (3/4)

[edit] Singles Titles Champions Matrix (3+)

Active players in bold.
Since 1990:

#	Player	In	Mi	Mo	Ro	Ha	Ca	Ci	Ma	Pa	#	Winning span
1	Andre Agassi (USA)	1	6	-	1	-	3	3	1	2	17	1990-2004 (15)
2	Roger Federer (SUI)	3	2	-	-	3	2	1	1	-	12	2002-2006 (5)
3	Pete Sampras (USA)	2	3	-	1	-	-	3	-	2	11	1992-2000 (9)
4	Thomas Muster (AUT)	-	1	3	3	-	-	-	1	-	8	1990-1997 (8)
5	Michael Chang (USA)	3	1	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	7	1990-1997 (8)
	Rafael Nadal (ESP)	1	-	2	2	-	1	-	1	-	7	2005-2007 (3)
7	Jim Courier (USA)	2	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	5	1991-1993 (3)
	Boris Becker (GER)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	5	1990-1996 (7)
	Marcelo Ríos (CHI)	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	5	1997-1999 (3)
	Gustavo Kuerten (BRA)	-	-	2	1	1	-	1	-	-	5	1999-2001 (3)
	Marat Safin (RUS)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	3	5	2000-2004 (5)
12	Stefan Edberg (SWE)	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	4	1990-1992 (3)
	Andrei Medvedev (UKR)	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	1994-1997 (4)
	Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	4	2001-2004 (4)
	Andy Roddick (USA)	-	1	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	4	2003-2006 (4)
16	Thomas Enqvist (SWE)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	3	1996-2000 (5)
	Carlos Moyà (ESP)	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	3	1998-2004 (7)

[edit] Records & trivia

Winners of the "Indian Wells - Miami double":	2: Federer (2005, 2006) Courier (1991) Chang (1992) Sampras (1994) Ríos (1998) Agassi (2001)
Winners of the "Canada - Cincinnati double":	Agassi (1995) Rafter (1998) Roddick (2003)
Winners of the "Madrid - Paris double" (the Indoor double):	Safin (2004)
Winners of the 4 AMS tournaments on outdoor hardcourt: (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)
Winners of the 3 AMS tournaments on clay:	Ríos (Monte Carlo '97, Rome '98, Hamburg '99) Kuerten (Monte Carlo '99, Rome '99, Hamburg '00)
Winners of the AMS tournaments on the three surfaces (out-/indoor hard, outdoor clay, indoor carpet)	Edberg (Indian Wells '90, Paris '90, Hamburg '92) Sampras (Cincinnati '92, Rome '94, Paris '95) Agassi (Miami '90, Paris '94, Rome '02)
Most overall victories:	17: Agassi
Most overall finals:	22: Agassi (W/L: 17/5)
Most titles at one tournament:	6: Agassi (Miami '90, '95, '96, '01, '02, '03)
Most consecutive wins at one tournament:	3: Agassi (Miami '01, '02, '03), 3: Federer (Indian Wells '04, '05, '06)
Most different tournaments won:	7: Agassi
Most tournaments won in 1 season:	4: Federer (2005, 2006) 4: Nadal (2005)
Most finals reached in 1 season (2000-) :	6: Federer (2006)
Most consecutive matches won:	29: Federer (2005-06)
Longest winning span:	15 years: Agassi (1990-2004)

[edit] 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.