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Men's professional tennis governing body

Clan of Lawn tennis Professionals

Sport	Professional tennis
Abbreviation	ATP
Founded	September 1972; 49 years ago  (1972-09)
Location	U.k. (HQ) Monaco The states Australia
Chairman	Andrea Gaudenzi
CEO	Massimo Calvelli
Official website
world wide web.atptour.com
Current season: 2022 ATP Tour

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits – the ATP Tour, the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Champions Tour.

Information technology was formed in September 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of professional person tennis players, and Drysdale became the starting time President. Since 1990, the clan has organized the ATP Tour, the worldwide lawn tennis bout for men and linked the championship of the bout with the organization'due south name. It is the governing body of men's professional tennis. In 1990 the organisation was called the ATP Tour, which was renamed in 2001 as only ATP and the bout being called ATP Bout. In 2009 the name of the tour was inverse once more and was known every bit the ATP Globe Bout, simply changed again to the ATP Tour past 2019.^[1] It is an evolution of the bout competitions previously known as Grand Prix tennis tournaments and World Championship Lawn tennis (WCT).The ATP's global headquarters are in London. ATP Americas is based in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida; ATP Europe is headquartered in Monaco; and ATP International, which covers Africa, Asia and Australasia, is based in Sydney, Commonwealth of australia.

Early history [edit]

Started in 1972 by Jack Kramer, Donald Dell, and Cliff Drysdale, it was outset managed by Jack Kramer, every bit executive managing director, and Cliff Drysdale, every bit president. Jim McManus was a founding member.^[2] Kramer created the professional players' rankings system, which started the following yr and is all the same in use. From 1974 to 1989, the men's circuit was administered by a sub-committee called the Men's International Professional Tennis Quango (MIPTC). Information technology was fabricated up of representatives of the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the ATP, and tournament directors from around the world. The ATP successfully requested that the MIPTC introduce a drug testing dominion, making tennis the first professional sport to institute a drug-testing programme.

1973 Wimbledon boycott [edit]

In May 1973 Nikola Pilić, Yugoslavia's number 1 tennis player, was suspended by his national lawn tennis association, who claimed he had refused to play in a Davis Loving cup necktie for his country before that month.^[3] The initial interruption of nine months, supported by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF), was later reduced by the ILTF to ane calendar month which meant that Pilic would not be allowed to play at Wimbledon.^[four]

In response the ATP threatened a cold-shoulder, stating that if Pilić was not allowed to compete none should. After last-ditch attempts at a compromise failed the ATP voted in favor of a boycott and every bit a result 81 of the top players, including reigning champion Stan Smith and 13 of the 16 men's seeds, did not compete at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.^{[5] [6]} Three ATP players, Ilie Năstase, Roger Taylor and Ray Keldie defied the boycott and were fined by the ATP's disciplinary committee.^[4]

1988 breakaway [edit]

Only the bout was still run by the tournament directors and the ITF. The limited thespian representation and influence within the Men's International Professional Tennis Council (MIPTC) every bit well as dissatisfaction with the way the sport was managed and marketed culminated in a player wildcat in 1988 led by active tennis pros including so world Number one ranked Mats Wilander which inverse the entire structure of the tour.^[7]

ATP Bout [edit]

CEO Hamilton Hashemite kingdom of jordan is credited with the "Parking Lot Press Conference" on 26 August 1988 during which the ATP announced their withdrawal from the MIPTC (so called the MTC) and the creation of their own tour from 1990 onwards.^{[2] [8] [9] [ten]} This re-organisation also ended a lawsuit with Volvo and Donald Dell.^[11] On nineteen January 1989 the ATP published the agenda for the inaugural 1990 season.^[12]

Past 1991, the men had their first boob tube package to broadcast xix tournaments.^[two] Coming online with their first website in 1995, this was followed past a multi-year understanding with Mercedes-Benz. Lawsuits in 2008, effectually nigh the same issues, resulted in a restructured tour.^[13]

2009 changes [edit]

In 2009, ATP introduced a new bout structure called ATP World Tour consisting of ATP Earth Tour Masters 1000, ATP World Tour 500, and ATP Globe Bout 250 tier tournaments.^{[14] [15]} Broadly speaking, the Tennis Masters Series tournaments became the new Masters g level and ATP International Serial Aureate and ATP International Series events became ATP 500 level and 250 level events respectively.

The Masters 1000 tournaments are Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Madrid, Rome, Toronto/Montreal, Cincinnati, Shanghai and Paris. The end-of-year effect, the ATP Finals, moved from Shanghai to London. Hamburg has been displaced by the new clay court upshot at Madrid, which is a new combined men's and women's tournament. In 2011, Rome and Cincinnati too became combined tournaments. Astringent sanctions are placed on top players skipping the Masters 1000 series events, unless medical proof is presented.

Plans to eliminate Monte Carlo and Hamburg as Masters Series events led to controversy and protests from players likewise as organisers. Hamburg and Monte Carlo filed lawsuits against the ATP,^[16] and every bit a concession it was decided that Monte Carlo would remain a Masters 1000 level event, with more prize money and thou ranking points, but information technology would no longer be a compulsory tournament for height-ranked players. Monte Carlo later dropped its suit. Hamburg was "reserved" to go a 500 level outcome in the summer.^[17] Hamburg did not take this concession, just later lost its conform.^[18]

The 500 level tournaments are Rotterdam, Dubai, Rio, Acapulco, Barcelona, Aegon Championships (Queens Club, London), Halle (Gerry Weber Open), Hamburg, Washington, Beijing, Tokyo, Basel and Vienna.

The ATP & ITF have alleged that Davis Loving cup World Group and Earth Group Playoffs honour a total of upward to 500 points. Players accumulate points over the iv rounds and the playoffs and these are counted every bit i of a player'south four best results from the 500 level events. An additional 125 points are given to a player who wins all 8 live rubbers and wins the Davis Cup.^[19]

ATP Tour tournaments [edit]

The ATP Tour comprises ATP Masters grand, ATP 500, and ATP 250. The ATP too oversees the ATP Challenger Tour, a level below the ATP Bout, and the ATP Champions Tour for seniors. Thousand Slam tournaments, a pocket-size portion of the Olympic tennis tournament, the Davis Loving cup, the Hopman Cup and the introductory level Futures tournaments do not fall under the auspices of the ATP, but are overseen by the ITF instead and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the Olympics. In these events, all the same, ATP ranking points are awarded, with the exception of the Olympics and Hopman Loving cup. The 4-week ITF Satellite tournaments were discontinued in 2007.

Players and doubles teams with the nearly ranking points (collected during the agenda twelvemonth) play in the season-ending ATP Finals, which, from 2000 to 2008, was run jointly with the International Lawn tennis Federation (ITF). The details of the professional person lawn tennis tour are:

Result	Number	Full prize money (USD)	Winner'due south ranking points	Governing body
M Slam	iv	See individual manufactures	two,000	ITF
ATP Finals	1	four,450,000	one,100–1,500	ATP (2009–present)
ATP Tour Masters 1000	9	2,450,000 to 3,645,000	1000	ATP
ATP Tour 500	13	755,000 to 2,100,000	500	ATP
ATP Bout 250	xl	416,000 to one,024,000	250	ATP
ATP Challenger Tour	178	35,000 to 168,000	80 to 125	ATP
ITF Men's Circuit	534	xv,000 and 25,000	x to 20	ITF
Olympics	1	Run into individual articles	0	IOC

ATP Rankings [edit]

ATP publishes weekly rankings of professional person players: ATP Rankings (commonly known as the 'world rankings'), a 52-week rolling ranking, and the ATP Race to London, a year to date ranking.^[xx] All ATP players also have a Universal Tennis Rating, based on head-to-head results.

The ATP Rankings is used for determining qualification for entry and seeding in all tournaments for both singles and doubles. Within the ATP Rankings menstruum consisting of the past yr, points are accumulated, with the exception of those for the ATP Finals, whose points are dropped post-obit the last ATP event of the yr. The player with the most points by the flavour'southward end is the world No. 1 of the year.

The ATP Rankings Race To London is a agenda-year indicator of what the Emirates ATP Rankings will be on the Monday after the stop of the regular flavour. Players finishing in the top viii of the Emirates ATP Rankings following the Paris Masters will qualify for the ATP Finals.

At the start of the 2009 season, all accumulated ranking points were doubled to bring them in line with the new tournament ranking system.

Current rankings [edit]

ATP Rankings (Singles) as of vii March 2022[update] [21] No. Player Points Motility† 1 Daniil Medvedev 8,615 ii Novak Djokovic(SRB) 8,465 3 Alexander Zverev(GER) seven,515 4 Rafael Nadal(ESP) 6,515 v Stefanos Tsitsipas(GRE) 6,325 half-dozen Matteo Berrettini(ITA) 4,928 1 vii Andrey Rublev 4,590 1 8 Casper Ruud(NOR) 3,915 9 Félix Auger-Aliassime(CAN) three,883 x Jannik Sinner(ITA) 3,495 1 11 Hubert Hurkacz(POL) three,468 i 12 Cameron Norrie(GBR) 3,305 thirteen Denis Shapovalov(Can) three,020 14 Diego Schwartzman(ARG) two,660 15 Roberto Bautista Agut(ESP) two,480 sixteen Pablo Carreño Busta(ESP) ii,220 17 Reilly Opelka(United states) two,156 18 Nikoloz Basilashvili(GEO) 2,121 nineteen Carlos Alcaraz(ESP) 2,056 20 Taylor Fritz(USA) 2,010 † Change since previous week'southward rankings

ATP Rankings (Doubles individual) as of 7 March 2022[update] [22] No. Player Points Move† i Mate Pavić(CRO) 8,865 2 Nikola Mektić(CRO) 8,530 3 Joe Salisbury(GBR) eight,173 iv Rajeev Ram(USA) 7,923 five Horacio Zeballos(ARG) 7,210 half dozen Marcel Granollers(ESP) 7,053 7 Nicolas Mahut(FRA) 6,965 viii Pierre-Hugues Herbert(FRA) half dozen,050 9 Juan Sebastián Cabal(COL) v,210 ix Robert Farah(COL) 5,210 11 John Peers(AUS) 5,115 12 Tim Pütz(GER) 5,080 13 Filip Polášek(SVK) 4,950 xiv Michael Venus(NZL) 4,646 1 xv Kevin Krawietz(GER) 4,508 1 16 Neal Skupski(GBR) 4,460 17 Wesley Koolhof(NED) 4,030 1 18 Bruno Soares(BRA) iii,930 ane 19 Horia Tecău(ROU) 3,840 2 20 Jamie Murray(GBR) three,561 † Change since previous calendar week'southward rankings

Organizational structure [edit]

As of January ane, 2020, Andrea Gaudenzi is the Chairman of ATP^[23] and Massimo Calvelli is the Principal Executive Officer.^[24] Marker Immature is the Vice Chairman, David Massey is the Executive Vice President for the European region and Alison Lee for the International grouping.^[25]

The ATP Lath of Directors includes the Chairman, forth with iii tournament representatives and iii thespian representatives. The actor representatives are elected past the ATP Player Council.^[26] The electric current lath members are:

• Chairman: Andrea Gaudenzi
• Player representatives
  • Americas region: Mark Knowles
  • European region: Alex Inglot
  • International region: David Egdes
• Tournament representatives
  • Americas region: Gavin Forbes
  • European region: Herwig Straka
  • International region: Charles Humphrey Smith

The 12-fellow member ATP Player Council delivers informational decisions to the Board of Directors, which has the ability to accept or decline the council's suggestions. Equally of October 12, 2020, the Council consists of four players who are ranked inside the summit 50 in singles (Kevin Anderson - President, Rafael Nadal, Felix Auger-Aliassime, John Millman), two players who are ranked between 51 and 100 in singles (Yen-Hsun Lu and Jeremy Chardy), two top 100 players in doubles (Jürgen Melzer and Bruno Soares), two at-large members (Andy Murray and Roger Federer), one alumni fellow member (Colin Dowdeswell), and 1 coach, Brad Stine.^{[27] [28] [29]}

The ATP Tournament Council consists of a total of thirteen members, of which five are representatives from the European region, along with four representatives from both the Americas and the International Group of tournaments.^[26]

Run across as well [edit]

• International Lawn tennis Federation
• ATP Challenger Tour
• ATP Rankings
• List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players
• List of ATP number i ranked doubles tennis players
• ATP Awards
• ATP Tour records
• Grand Prix Tennis Circuit
• World Title Lawn tennis
• ATP Champions Bout
• G Slam (tennis)
• Women'due south Tennis Association
• Tennis Integrity Unit
• International Lawn tennis Integrity Agency

References [edit]

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External links [edit]

• Official website
• ATP rankings
• ATP tournament calendar
• ATP official rulebook

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