ATP International Series Gold
ATP International Series Gold (known from 1990 to 1999 as the ATP Championship Series) was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally between 2000 and 2008 that were part of the ATP Tour. The tournaments were positioned below the ATP Masters Series, and above the ATP International Series in terms of prize money and ranking points available.
International Series Gold tournaments offered players cash prizes (purses from $755,000 to $1,426,250 as of 2008) and the ability to earn ATP ranking points. See Association of Tennis Professionals#ATP rankings for more details.
Effective in 2009, this series of tournaments became the ATP Tour 500, incorporating many of the same tournaments. The "500" represents the number of ATP ranking points earned by the winner of each event in the series.
History
[edit | edit source]In 1989 the ITF Grand Prix Circuit and WCT Circuit were both discontinued it's tournaments were absorbed into the new ATP Tour in 1990.
The new tour was made up of three global series (tiers) of tournaments, the ATP Championship Series (Single Week), the ATP Championship Series this tier and the ATP World Series.
The nine most prestigious Grand Prix Super Series tournaments became the Championship Series Single Week events, nine other super series, and one regular series event together with two new tournaments formed the first Championship Series tier group.
Between 1990 and 1999 a total of twenty one tournaments had been granted ATP championship series status, though usually twelve or eleven events comprised the tier in any particular given season. In 2000 it was renamed the ATP International Series Gold.
Tournaments
[edit | edit source]The locations and titles of these tournaments may change from year to year. The tournaments, in calendar order, are:
| Tournament | Country | Location | Court surface | 2008 Prize Money | Draw Size | Began (as ISG) |
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| ABN AMRO WTT | Netherlands | Rotterdam | Indoor Hard | $824,000 | 32 | 1972 (2000) |
| RMK Championships | United States | Memphis | Indoor Hard | $769,000 | 32 | 1975 (2000) |
| Dubai Tennis Championships | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Hard | $1,426,000 | 32 | 1993 (2001) |
| Abierto Mexicano Telcel | Mexico | Acapulco | Clay | $794,000 | 32 | 1993 (2000) |
| Open Sabadell Atlántico | Spain | Barcelona | Clay | $888,000 | 56 | 1953 (2000) |
| Mercedes Cup | Germany | Stuttgart | Clay | $568,000 | 32 | 1916 (2000) |
| Generali Open | Austria | Kitzbühel | Clay | $571,000 | 48 | 1945 (2000) |
| Japan Open Tennis Championships | Japan | Tokyo | Hard | $869,000 | 48 | 1972 (2000) |
| BA-CA TennisTrophy | Austria | Vienna | Indoor Hard | $674,000 | 32 | 1974 (2000) |
Singles champions
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Doubles champions
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Titles champions 2000 to 2008
[edit | edit source]Players with 3 or more titles
| # | Player | RO | ME | DU | AC | BA | ST | KI | TO | VI | EX | # | Winning span |
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| 1 | Switzerland Roger Federer | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 8 | 2002–07 (6) |
| 1 | Spain Rafael Nadal | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 2005–08 (4) |
| 3 | Spain Àlex Corretja | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2000–02 (3) |
| 3 | Germany Tommy Haas | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2001–07 (7) |
| 3 | Brazil Gustavo Kuerten | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2000–01 (2) |
| 3 | Spain Carlos Moyá | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2002–04 (3) |
| 3 | United States Andy Roddick | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2001–08 (8) |
^ RO = Rotterdam, ME = Memphis, DU = Dubai, AC = Acapulco (Mexico City), BA = Barcelona, ST = Stuttgart, KI = Kitzbühel, TO = Tokyo, PA = Paris, EX = Extinct tournaments.
^ The 4th International Series Gold tournament was played in Mexico City in 2000, before moving to its current location in Acapulco in 2001.
^ The "Extinct tournaments" are: Indianapolis, Washington, London.
^ 3 or more titles per tournament underlined.
Titles champions 1990 to 1999
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| Titles | # | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States Pete Sampras | 12 |
| 2. | Germany Boris Becker | 9 |
| 3. | Sweden Stefan Edberg | 8 |
| 4. | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/ Goran Ivanišević |
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| 5. | United States Andre Agassi | 6 |
| Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl | 6 | |
| 7. | United States Michael Chang | 5 |
| United States Jim Courier | 5 | |
| Netherlands Richard Krajicek | 5 | |
| 10. | Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 4 |
| Austria Thomas Muster | 4 | |
| 12. | United States Todd Martin | 3 |
| Ukraine Andriy Medvedev | 3 | |
| Chile Marcelo Ríos | 3 | |
| Germany Michael Stich | 3 |
Note
[edit | edit source]- Prior to the formation of the ATP in 1990 three of these tournaments Philadelphia, Indianapolis, and Tokyo were part of the Grand Prix Super Series major ranking tournaments. The precursor to Masters 1000 Series Events.
See also
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – official website
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