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The ATP Tour is the modern top-level men's professional tennis circuit. It was introduced in 1990 and it's administered by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). All the records listed here are only for the players who played most of their careers on the ATP Tour and they're based on official ATP data. [1]
In men's tennis, the Grand Slam tournaments, the Masters tournaments, and the year-end championships are considered the top-tier events of the annual ATP Tour calendar, in addition to the quadrennial Olympics. They are collectively known as the 'Big Titles'. [a] [1] The ATP defined the mandatory events (Slams, Masters and YEC) as follows
In the history of men's tennis, only two players have won the calendar Grand Slam, Don Budge (1938) and Rod Laver (1962 and 1969). [13] Budge remains the sole player to have won six majors in a row (1937–1938). In the Open Era, only one player has achieved the non-calendar year Grand Slam, Novak Djokovic (2015–2016). This is followed by a ...
The 2024 US Open has officially begun, with the world's top tennis players in New York City to compete for the year's final Grand Slam title. This year’s tournament is marked by heightened ...
(1971–89) The WCT Finals, as the YEC for the World Championship Tennis tour, was held in Dallas, Texas and played on indoor carpet courts. (1990–99) The Grand Slam Cup (GSC) was an ITF tournament for the top performers in the year's Grand Slam tournaments.
At the U.S. Open, men's and women's singles players who make it as far as the round of 128, also known as first-round main-draw losers, earn prize money too. The payout breakdown is as follows:
Prize money [10] Date Indian Wells Open: 1974 Indian Wells, United States Hard: 96 2024: Carlos Alcaraz: Wesley Koolhof Nikola Mektić: $9,495,555 Mar 6–17 Miami Open: 1985 Miami, United States Hard 96 2024: Jannik Sinner: Rohan Bopanna Matthew Ebden: $8,995,555 Mar 19–31 Monte-Carlo Masters [a] 1897 Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France Clay: 56 ...
In tennis, the Grand Slam tournaments, the Masters Series tournaments and the Year-end Championship are considered the top-tier events of the men's professional tour annual calendar, in addition to the Olympics. They are collectively known as the 'Big Titles'. [1] The ATP defined the mandatory events (Slams, Masters and YEC) as follows