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TOURNAMENT CATEGORIES

The ATP Tour at present has five categories of tennis tournaments belonging to its tour:

1 Grand Slam Events

2 Tennis Masters Series Tournaments

3 International Series Gold Tournaments

4 International Series Tournaments

5 Challenger Tournaments

6 Satellite Series Circuits

7 Futures Tournaments

Players who earn the most tour points play season-ending events. Players who earn the most Singles points can play in the Tennis Masters Cup , where players with the most doubles points qualify for the World Doubles Tennis Championship .

The ATP tour also oversees an early summer World Team Tennis Championship .

The following table further provides structural details for ATP tour tennis:
  • }Satellite Circuits are four weeks in length, consisting of three separate tournaments and a Masters. The prize money listed is for the men's event only where applicable.



RANKINGS


ATP Race

The ATP defines the ATP Race as "an easy-to-understand, simple-to-follow annual race from season start to season end. Every player starts at zero at the beginning of the year and the player who accumulates the most points by season's end is the World Number 1" and claims that the Race "is the mathematical method of ranking male professional tennis players on a calendar-year basis."

According to the ATP: "Every player, regardless of his performances in the previous year, starts with zero points. Players count 18 performances in their INDESIT ATP 2005 Race total. Players eligible to enter the Grand Slams and Tennis Masters Series events must count those events and their best five other results from the International Series events. The Tennis Masters Cup will count as an additional 19th tournament for the eight players who qualify."


ATP Race points distribution


  • ) 1 point only if the Main Draw is larger than 32 (International Series) or 64.

    • (Tennis Masters Series)



List of ATP Race champions



ATP Entry Ranking

The ATP defines the ATP Entry Ranking as "the objective merit-based method used for determining qualification for entry and seeding in all Tournaments for both singles and doubles, except as modified for World Team Championship, World Doubles Championship and Tennis Masters Cup...The Entry Ranking period is the immediate past 52 weeks, except for: the Tennis Masters Cup, which is dropped on the Monday following the last ATP event of the following year; Futures Series Tournaments, that are only entered into the System on the second Monday following the Tournament's week. Once entered, all Tournaments, except for the Tennis Masters Cup, remain in the System for 52 consecutive weeks."

The ATP explains that the reason behind continuing with a 52-week rolling system is "to determine seedings and tournament entry status {Link without Title} it is not practical to use the INDESIT ATP 2005 Race." It further notes that "The Race, while indicating the hottest players in the game at any stage, does not necessarily indicate an overall standing in the game. This is especially valid at the start of the year when early tournament winners may well be leading the Race but are not yet established top players for the purposes of seeding and tournament entry."


ATP Entry Ranking points distribution


+H: Any Challenger or Futures providing hospitality shall receive the points of the next highest prize
money level in that category. $/€ 25,000+H Challengers receive points shown at$/€ 50,000. Monies
shown for Challengers and Futures are on-site prize amounts.

  • ): 5 points only if the Main Draw is larger than 32 (International Series) or 64 (Tennis Masters Series).



Losers

In addition to the points allocated above, points are allocated to losers at Grand Slam, Tennis Masters Series and
International Series Gold Tournaments qualifying events in the following manner:
  • Grand Slams: 8 points for a last round loser, 4 points for a second round loser

  • Tennis Masters Series: 8 points for a last round loser(---), 1 point for a first round loser

  • International Series Gold: 5 points for a last round loser(---), 1 point for a first round loser,


  • ): 3 points only if the Main Draw is larger than 32 (International Series Gold) or 64 (Tennis Masters Series).



Satellites

For satellite tournaments, the following points are awarded based on the final Circuit standings:

  • For Total Prize Money $25,000-49,999: Winner: 6, Runner-up: 3

  • For Total Prize Money 50,000-74,999: Winner: 8, Runner-up: 4

  • For Total Prize Money 75,000-99,999: Winner: 10, Runner-up: 5



List of number one players on the ATP Entry Ranking

The following is a list of players who have achieved the number one position in singles since the inception of the rankings in 1973:


List of year-end number one players since 1973



ATP TOUR RECORDS


Titles

  • Singles:

  • --- Most titles won:

    •   { Class "wikitable"
      { Class "wikitable"


  • --- Players who won the "Grand Slam" (All four Grand Slam tournaments in one calendar year): Don Budge (1938), Rod Laver (1962, 1969)

  • --- Players who won the "Career Grand Slam": Andre Agassi, Don Budge, Roy Emerson, Rod Laver, Fred Perry.

  • --- Player who won the "Career Golden Slam": Andre Agassi (U.S.)

  • --- Players to have won 3 consecutive Grand Slam titles: Pete Sampras (1993-94), Roger Federer (2005-06)

  • --- Most Grand Slam titles won in a career: Pete Sampras (U.S.), 14.

  • --- Most Tennis Masters Cup titles won in a career: Pete Sampras (U.S.) & Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia/USA), 5.

  • --- Most Tennis Masters Series titles won in a career: Andre Agassi (U.S.), 17.

  • -- ''Note:'' Only three players have won double digit titles: Agassi (17), Sampras (11) and Federer (10).

  • --- Most different Tennis Masters Series tournaments won: Andre Agassi (U.S.), 7 out of 9.

  • --- Most Titles In A Season :

  • -- before 1990: Guillermo Vilas (Argentina) in 1977, 16.

  • -- since 1990: Thomas Muster (Austria) in 1995, 12.

  • --- Consecutive tournaments won on 3 different surfaces:

  • -- before 1990: Björn Borg (Sweden) in 1979 and Ivan Lendl (only player to have won them in consecutive weeks)

  • -- since 1990: Roger Federer (Switzerland) in 2004. (Wimbledon (grass), Gstaad (clay) and Toronto Masters (hard))

  • Doubles:

  • --- Most titles overall: Todd Woodbridge (Australia), 82.

  • --- Most titles as a team: Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde (Australia), 61. See also The Woodies .

  • --- Most Grand Slam titles overall: Todd Woodbridge (Australia), 16.

  • --- Most Grand Slam titles as a team: Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde (Australia), 11.



Ranking



Longest Winning Streaks (Open Era)

  • Overall:

    •   { Class "wikitable"
      { Class "wikitable"


  • Hard

    • :: before 1990: Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia), 31 (1985-86).

:: since 1990: Roger Federer (Switzerland) between 2005-06, 56 (lost to Rafael Nadal, Dubai F).
  • Grass

    • :: 1968-1989: Björn Borg (Sweden) between 1976-81, 41 (lost to John McEnroe, Wimbledon F).

:: 1990-2005: Roger Federer (Switzerland) between 2003-05, 36, ''(running)''.
  • Clay

    • :: 1969-1989: Guillermo Vilas (Argentina) in 1977, 53 .

:: 1990-2006: Rafael Nadal (Spain) between 2005-06, 47, ''(running)''.
  • Indoors: Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia/U.S.) between 1981-1983, 66 (lost to John McEnroe, Philadelphia F).

  • Against Top-10 players: Roger Federer (Switzerland) between 2003-2005, 26 (lost to Marat Safin, Australian Open SF).

  • Most finals won in succession:

    • :: before 1990: Bjorn Borg (Sweden) between 1979-1980 and John McEnroe (U.S.) between 1984-1985, 12.

:: since 1990: Roger Federer (Switzerland) between 2003-2005, 24 (lost to David Nalbandian , Tennis Masters Cup F).


Miscellaneous

  • Career Money leaders (as of 24-Apr-2006)


  • Career Matches Won (as of 24-Apr-2006)

  • Win-Loss leaders:

  • --- before 1990: Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia/U.S.) in 1982, 106-9 (.922).

  • --- since 1990: Thomas Muster (Austria) in 1995, 86-18 (.827).

  • Winning percentage leaders:

  • --- before 1990: John McEnroe (U.S.) in 1984, .965 (W-L: 82-3).

  • --- since 1990: Roger Federer (Switzerland) in 2005, .953 (W-L: 81-4).

  • Best start to a season:

  • --- before 1990: John McEnroe (U.S.) in 1984, W-L: 39-0.

  • --- since 1990: Roger Federer (Switzerland) in 2005, W-L: 35-1.

  • Most Aces hit in a match (since 1991):

  • Most Doubles Faults hit in a match (since 1990): Marc Rosset (Switzerland) lost to Michael Joyce (United States) at Wimbledon 1995 in four sets, hitting 26 doubles faults.

  • Most Prize Money won:

  • --- Career: Pete Sampras (U.S.), $43,280,489.

  • --- At the end of the season: Pete Sampras (U.S.) in 1997, $6,498,311.

  • Most times elected ATP Player of The Year: Pete Sampras (U.S.) between 1993–1998, 6.

  • Longest singles match: Fabrice Santoro defeated Arnaud Clément ( France ) at Roland Garros 2004, in a 6h 37m first round match played over three days.

  • Fastest individual serve recorded (since 1991): Andy Roddick (U.S.) in 2004, 155 Mh / 249 km/h.



PEOPLE

ATP Executive Chairman/President

COO/CFO

Regional CEOs
  • International

  • ---Brad Drewett

  • Europe

  • ---Horst Klosterkemper

  • Americas

  • ---Mark Young, also ATP General Counsel.


Board
  • Etienne de Villiers and

  • Tournament representatives:

  • ---Patrice Dominguez

  • ---Charlie Pasarell

  • ---Graham Pearce


  • Player representatives:

  • ---Jacco Eltingh

  • ---Iggy Jovanovic

  • ---Perry Rogers



OTHER TRIVIA

  • Average age of the Top 200 players: 25 years

  • Average height of the Top 200 players: 1.85 m / 6ft 1in

  • Average weight of the Top 200 players: 78.5 kg / 173 lbs

  • 341 players have made $1 million dollars or more since 1973.

  • 64 players have made $5 million dollars or more since 1973.

  • 27 players have made $10 million dollars or more since 1973.

  • 7 players have made $20 million dollars or more since 1973.

  • 2 players have made $30 million dollars or more since 1973.

  • 1 player has made $40 million dollars or more since 1973.

  • More than 1,800 players have computer ranking points in singles.



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