The ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, also known as Masters 1000 or ATP 1000 events, are an annual series of nine tennis tournaments featuring the top-ranked players on the ATP Tour since its inception in 1990. The ATP 1000 events sit below the Grand Slam tournaments and the year-end championships in prestige on the annual ATP Tour calendar; these tournaments plus the quadrennial Summer Olympics are collectively known as the 'Big Titles'.
In singles, Novak Djokovic holds the record for the most ATP 1000 singles titles with 40. By completing the career set of all nine current ATP 1000 series singles titles in 2018, Djokovic became the first player to achieve the Career Golden Masters in singles. In 2026, Jannik Sinner became the second, and youngest, player to complete the Career Golden Masters at the age of 24.
In doubles, the Bryan brothers (Bob and Mike) won a record 39 doubles titles as a team. Daniel Nestor and the Bryan brothers are the only doubles players to achieve the Career Golden Masters. All three doubles players also won titles at 10 different tournaments.
Out of the five male players who achieved the Career Golden Masters, Daniel Nestor is the first player to achieve the feat in 2011 and Sinner is the fastest player to complete the same feat in a record span of 33 months. In 2020, Djokovic has become the only player to complete the Career Golden Masters twice.
History The ATP Championship Series (Single Week) was introduced in 1990 with the inception of the ATP Tour by bringing together the nine most prestigious tournaments of the Grand Prix Super Series of the preceding ITF Grand Prix Circuit. Results in ATP 1000 events earn players more ranking points than regular tournaments but less than Grand Slam events or the year-end ATP Finals.
Up until 2007, most ATP Masters 1000 finals were contested as best-of-five-set matches, but from 2008 all events were decided in best-of-three-set matches. As part of a shake-up of the tennis circuit in 2009, the Masters Series became the ATP Masters 1000, with the addition of the number 1000 referring to the number of ranking points earned by the winner of each tournament. Contrary to earlier plans, the number of tournaments was not reduced from nine to eight and the Monte-Carlo Masters remained part of the series although, unlike the other events, it does not have a mandatory player commitment. The Hamburg Masters event was downgraded to an ATP Tour 500 event. The Madrid Open moved to May and onto clay courts. A new tournament in Shanghai replaced the Hamburg Masters and took over Madrid's former October indoor slot.
In 2011, six of the nine 1000 level tournaments were combined ATP and WTA events. In 2025, all tournaments introduced the Video Review system, starting with the Indian Wells Open.
Series name 1990–1995: ATP Championship Series, Single Week 1996–1999: ATP Super 9 2000–2003: Tennis Masters Series 2004–2008: ATP Masters Series 2009–2018: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 2019–present: ATP Masters 1000
Points distribution The following ranking points are as of 2025. Event Singles (96 draws)10006504002001005030102010 Singles (56 draws)103016 Doubles100060036018090 colspan=7
Tournaments Currently, the following nine tournaments are part of the ATP Masters 1000: Canadian Open (alternating yearly between Montreal and Toronto), Italian Open (held in Rome), Indian Wells Open, Miami Open, Monte-Carlo Masters, Madrid Open, Cincinnati Open, Shanghai Masters and Paris Masters. Since 2009, five of the tournaments have been held on outdoor hard courts, three on clay and one on indoor hard court, whereas from 1990 until 2008 there were two indoor tournaments at the top-9 level. In 2009, the Shanghai Masters replaced the Madrid Open, which was until then held as an indoor event, in the eighth slot of the year with the Madrid Open switched to clay courts, replacing the Hamburg Open in the spring clay court season. The Shanghai Masters was designated as an outdoor event despite the facility having a retractable roof and having been used as the indoor venue for the ATP Finals from 2005 until 2008. Other than Hamburg, the tournaments defunct between 1990 and 2009 were Stockholm (1990–1994) and Stuttgart (1995–2001), which were held as indoor events in the eighth slot.
On October 23, 2025, the ATP announced that a new Masters 1000 tournament (the tenth on the calendar) will be held in Saudi Arabia, likely beginning in 2028, although the specific date remains to be determined. The placement of the event on the ATP calendar has also not been announced. The field will be 56 players and the event will be non-mandatory. This will be the first time the ATP Masters 1000 events number ten in one calendar year.
Current Tournament Founded Location Venue Surface Draw Date Indian Wells Open 1974 Indian Wells, United States Indian Wells Tennis Garden Hard 96 March 5–16 Miami Open 1985 Miami, United States Hard Rock Stadium March 19–30 Monte-Carlo Masters 1896 Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France Monte Carlo Country Club Clay 56 April 6–13 Madrid Open 2002 Madrid, Spain La Caja Mágica 96 April 22 – May 4 Italian Open 1930 Rome, Italy Foro Italico May 7–18 Canadian Open 1881 Montreal / Toronto, Canada IGA Stadium / Sobeys Stadium Hard July 27 – August 7 Cincinnati Open 1899 Mason, United States Lindner Family Tennis Center August 11–23 Shanghai Masters 2009 Shanghai, China Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena October 1–12 Paris Masters 1969 Nanterre, France Paris La Défense Arena Hard (i) 56October 27 – November 2
Past TournamentLocationVenueSurfaceStatus Hamburg Open Hamburg, Germany Am Rothenbaum Clay Eurocard Open Stuttgart, Germany Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle Carpet/Hard (i) Stockholm Open Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm Globe Arena Hard/Carpet (i)
Future Tournament Location Venue Surface Draw Date Saudi Arabia Open Saudi Arabia TBD Hard 56 TBD
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Career Golden Masters The achievement of winning all of the active nine ATP 1000 Masters tournaments over the course of a player's career. The event at which the Career Golden Masters was accomplished indicated in bold. Singles
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Double crown Winning the same ATP Masters 1000 tournament in both singles and doubles in the same year. PlayerTournament Jim Courier 1991 Indian Wells Rafael Nadal 2008 Monte Carlo
Broadcasting rights Africa Africa: Canal+ Afrique, SuperSport Middle East & North Africa: beIN Sports America Latin America: ESPN Caribbean: ESPN Canada: TSN, Sportsnet United States: Tennis Channel Puerto Rico: ESPN Deportes
Asia & Oceania Australia: beIN Sports India: SonyLIV Europe Continental Europe: Eurosport Germany: Sky Deutschland Italy: Sky Italia, SuperTennis France: Eurosport Poland: Polsat Sport Spain: Telecinco United Kingdom: Prime Video Reference:TV Schedule atptour.com
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Overall statistics Grand Slam tennis tournaments List of ATP Big Titles singles champions List of ATP Big Titles doubles champions Grand Prix Super Series
WTA Tour records WTA 1000 tournaments WTA 1000 Series singles records and statistics WTA 1000 Series doubles records and statistics List of WTA Tour top-level tournament singles champions List of WTA Tour top-level tournament doubles champions WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 WTA Tier I tournaments
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External links ATP Tour official site