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19-865: The tournament was founded in 1955 as the San Luis Potosí Tennis Tournament . In 1959 it became known as the San Luis Potosí International . This event is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour and the WTA Challenger Tour . It has been organized by the Club Deportivo Potosino in San Luis Potosí City , San Luis Potosí , Mexico, since inception. The women's edition started in 1959 until 2006, it has since been revived in 2023. Joaquín Loyo-Mayo holds

38-513: A Challenger have a world ranking of 100 to 500 for a $ 35K tournament and 50 to 250 for a $ 150K tournament. An exception happens during the second week of a Grand Slam tournament, when top-100 players who have already lost in the Slam try to take a wild card entry into a Challenger tournament beginning that second week. In February 2007, Tretorn became the official ball of the Challenger Series, and

57-764: A mandatory player commitment. The Hamburg Masters event was downgraded to an ATP Tour 500 event. The Madrid Masters 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 Masters level tournaments were combined ATP and WTA events. 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 The following ranking points are as of 2024. Currently,

76-779: A one-month hiatus with two begun September 24 and 25, one in Tinton Falls, New Jersey and in Lincoln, Nebraska respectively. The following week saw one event played, in Salt Lake City , then two played simultaneously in Tel Aviv and San Ramon, California , then one played the following week in Pasadena . A final event was played a month later in Kyoto . In comparison, the 2008 schedule saw 178 events played in more than 40 countries. In efforts to further

95-589: A shake-up of the tennis circuit in 2009, the Masters Series became the ATP Tour 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

114-778: The ATP Tour . The ITF World Tennis Tour tournaments are on the entry-level of international professional tennis competition. The ATP Challenger Tour is administered by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Players who succeed on the ATP Challenger Tour earn sufficient ranking points to become eligible for main draw or qualifying draw entry at ATP Tour tournaments. Players on the Challenger Tour are usually young players looking to advance their careers, those who fail to qualify for ATP events, or former ATP players looking to get back into

133-533: The 11 through 20 range of the collegiate rankings are eligible for six qualifying wild cards, with those who have completed their college education being eligible for eight wild cards. Much like the partnership with the ITA, the Challenger Tour also partnered with the ITF. This partnership granted those with year-end rankings inside the top 10 in the world eligible for eight main draw Challenger Tour wildcards, and those who finished

152-553: The big tour. The first challenger events were held in 1978, with eighteen events taking place. Two were held on the week beginning January 8, one in Auckland and another in Hobart . The next events were held one at a time beginning June 18 and ending August 18 in the following U.S. locations, in order: Shreveport , Birmingham , Asheville , Raleigh , Hilton Head , Virginia Beach , Wall , Cape Cod , and Lancaster . Events continued after

171-544: The career set of all nine current Masters series singles titles in 2018 , Djokovic became the first and only player to achieve the career Golden Masters . In 2020 , Djokovic completed a second career Golden Masters. 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 . The Masters series

190-592: 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

209-611: The new highest category − Challenger 175 to be inaugurally held in the second week of Indian Wells, Rome and Madrid ATP Tour Masters 1000 events. The new points system is as follows: Players have usually had success at the Futures tournaments of the ITF Men's Circuit before competing in Challengers. Due to the lower level of points and money available at the Challenger level, most players in

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228-672: The progression of college and junior players into the professional tour, the ATP Challenger Tour has partnered with the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to give players more opportunities on the professional tour. Those that finish in the top 10 of the end-of-year college rankings are now eligible for six wild cards into the main draw of Challenger events, and if they have finished their college education, they receive 8 of those wild cards. Those that finish in

247-401: The record for most men's singles titles wins at six. Leonardo Lavalle established the record for men's doubles titles, with four wins. He partnered with a different player each of this time. He hold along with Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela the record of consecutive victories, three. Leonardo Lavalle , Dick Norman and Marcelo Arévalo were the only players to win both singles and doubles titles

266-553: The same year. (incomplete roll) ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour , known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series , is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. It was founded in 1976 when it replaced the ILTF Satellite Circuit (founded in 1971) as the second tier of tennis. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind

285-570: The sponsor of a new series consisting of those Challenger tournaments with prize money of $ 100,000 or more. They renewed the sponsorship with the ATP in 2010 and extended it until the end of 2011. Updated as of 10 May 2024 The Tampere Open is the longest running ATP Challenger event. Cofa faulcambridge by marcos automocion ATP Tour Masters 1000 The ATP Masters events, known as ATP Masters 1000 tournaments since 2009, are an annual series of nine tennis tournaments featuring

304-630: 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

323-491: The top-ranked players on the ATP Tour since its inception in 1990. The Masters tournaments, sitting below the Grand Slam tournaments and the year-end championships , make up the most coveted trophies on the annual ATP Tour calendar. In addition to the quadrennial Summer Olympics , they are collectively known as the ' Big Titles '. Novak Djokovic holds the record for the most Masters singles titles with 40. By completing

342-486: The year between 11 and 20 in the world receiving eight Challenger Tour qualifying wildcards. In 2022, during the most numerous season in the tour's history, the ATP Tour announced an overhaul of the tournaments system from 2023 season. Challenger 110 and Challenger 90 events were scrapped, Challenger 80 reduced to the Challenger 75 while the prize money requirements for it and Challenger 100 were increased. It also introduced

361-561: Was introduced in 1990 with the inception of the ATP Tour by bringing together the nine most prestigious tournaments of the preceding Grand Prix Circuit of the Grand Prix Super Series . Results in ATP Masters 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 Masters 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

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