ATP International Series Gold
Series of professional tennis tournaments
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.
Tournaments
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
ATP International Series Gold
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotterdam |  Pioline | Escudé | Escudé |  Mirnyi |  Hewitt |  Federer |  Štěpánek |  Youzhny | Llodra |
| Memphis |  Larsson | Philippoussis |  Roddick | Dent | J. Johansson |  Carlsen |  Haas | Haas |  Darcis |
| London[a] | Rosset | ATP International Series (Milan) | Not an event | ||||||
| Dubai | ATP International Series |  Ferrero | Santoro | Federer | Federer | Federer | Nadal | Federer | Roddick |
| Mexico City/Acapulco |  Chela |  Kuerten | Moyá | Calleri | Moyá | Nadal |  Horna | Chela | Almagro |
| Barcelona | Safin | Ferrero | Gaudio | Moyá | Robredo | Nadal | Nadal | Nadal | Nadal |
| Stuttgart | Squillari | Kuerten | ATP International Series | Coria | Cañas | Nadal | Ferrer | Nadal | del Potro |
| Kitzbühel | Corretja |  Lapentti | Corretja | Coria |  Massú | Gaudio | Calleri | Mónaco | del Potro |
| Washington, D.C. | Corretja | Roddick | Blake | ATP International Series | |||||
| Indianapolis | Kuerten | Rafter |  Rusedski | ATP International Series | |||||
| Tokyo |  Schalken | Hewitt | Carlsen | Schüttler | Novák |  Moodie | Federer | Ferrer | Berdych |
| Vienna | Henman | Haas | Federer | Federer | López |  Ljubičić | Ljubičić |  Djokovic | Petzschner |
ATP Championship Series
| 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels | Becker | Forget | Becker | Not an event | ||||||
| Antwerp | Invitational | ATP World Series | Not an event | Stich | Rosset | Rusedski | Not an event | |||
| Toronto Indoor | Lendl | Not an event | ||||||||
| Memphis | ATP World Series | Lendl | Washington | Courier | Martin | Martin | Sampras | Chang | Philippoussis | Haas |
| Rotterdam | ATP World Series | Kafelnikov | ||||||||
| Milan/London[a] | ATP World Series | Becker | Becker | Kafelnikov | Ivanišević | Ivanišević | Kafelnikov | Krajicek | ||
| Philadelphia | Sampras | Lendl | Sampras | Woodforde | Chang | Enqvist | Courier | Sampras | Sampras | Not an event |
| Stuttgart Indoor | Becker | Edberg | Ivanišević | Stich | Edberg | Krajicek | ATP Super 9 | |||
| Tokyo Outdoor | Edberg | Edberg | Courier | Sampras | Sampras | Courier | Sampras | Krajicek |  Pavel | Kiefer |
| Barcelona | Gómez | Sánchez | C. Costa |  A. Medvedev | Krajicek |  Muster | Muster | A. Costa | Martin | Mantilla |
| Stuttgart Outdoor |  Ivanišević | Stich | A. Medvedev | Gustafsson | Berasategui | Muster | Muster | Corretja | Kuerten | Norman |
| Kitzbühel | ATP World Series | Ríos | ||||||||
| Washington, D.C. | Agassi | Agassi | Korda |  Mansdorf | Edberg | Agassi | Chang | Chang | Agassi | Agassi |
| Indianapolis | Becker | Sampras | Sampras | Courier | Ferreira | Enqvist | Sampras | Björkman | Corretja | Lapentti |
| New Haven | Rostagno | Korda | Edberg | A. Medvedev | Becker | Agassi | O'Brien | Kafelnikov |  Kučera | Not an event |
| Sydney Indoor | Becker | Edberg | Ivanišević | Yzaga | Krajicek | Not an event | ||||
| Tokyo Indoor | Lendl | Edberg | Lendl | Lendl | Ivanišević | Chang | Not an event | |||
| Singapore | ATP World Series | Not an event | ATP World Series | Gustafsson | Ríos | Ríos | ||||
| Vienna | ATP World Series | Becker | Ivanišević | Sampras | Rusedski | |||||
Doubles champions
International Series Gold
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotterdam | Adams de Jager | Björkman Federer | Federer Mirnyi | Arthurs Hanley | Hanley Štěpánek | Erlich Ram | Hanley Ullyett |  Paes Damm | Berdych Tursunov |
| Memphis | Gimelstob Lareau | Bryan Bryan | MacPhie Zimonjić |  Knowles Nestor | Bryan Bryan | Aspelin Perry | Haggard Karlović | Butorac Murray | Bhupathi Knowles |
| London[a] | Adams de Jager | ATP International Series (Milan) | Discontinued | ||||||
| Dubai | Int. Series | Eagle Stolle | Knowles Nestor | Paes Rikl | Bhupathi Santoro | Damm Štěpánek | Hanley Ullyett | Santoro Zimonjić | Bhupathi Knowles |
| Mexico City/Acapulco | Black Johnson | Johnson Kuerten | Bryan Bryan | Knowles Nestor | Bryan Bryan | Ferrer Ventura | Čermák Friedl |  Starace Vassallo Argüello | Marach Mertiňák |
| Barcelona | Kulti Tillström | Johnson Palmer | Hill Vacek | Bryan Bryan | Knowles Nestor | Paes Zimonjić | Knowles Nestor | Pavel Waske | Bryan Bryan |
| Stuttgart | Novák Rikl | Cañas Schüttler | Int. Series | Cibulec Vízner | Novák Štěpánek | Acasuso Prieto | Gaudio Mirnyi | Čermák Friedl | Kas Kohlschreiber |
| Kitzbühel | Albano Suk | Corretja Lobo | Koenig Shimada | Damm Suk | Čermák Friedl | Friedl Pavel | Koubek Kohlschreiber | Horna Starace | Cerretani Hănescu |
| Washington | O'Brien Palmer | Damm Prinosil | Black Ullyett | ATP International Series | |||||
| Indianapolis | Hewitt Stolle | Knowles MacPhie | Knowles Nestor | ATP International Series | |||||
| Tokyo | Bhupathi Paes | Leach Macpherson | Coetzee Haggard | Gimelstob Kiefer | Palmer Vízner | Iwabuchi Suzuki | Fisher Phillips | Kerr Lindstedt | Youzhny Zverev |
| Vienna | Kafelnikov Zimonjić | Damm Štěpánek | Eagle Stolle | Allegro Federer | Damm Suk | Knowles Nestor | Pála Vízner |  Fyrstenberg Matkowski | Mirnyi Ram |
ATP Championship Series
| 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels | E Sánchez Živojinović | Woodbridge Woodforde | Becker McEnroe | Discontinued | ||||||
| Antwerp | Invitational | ATP World Series | Not held | Björkman Kulti | Adams Delaître | Ferreira Kafelnikov | Discontinued | |||
| Toronto Indoor | Galbraith Macpherson | Discontinued | ||||||||
| Memphis | World Series | Riglewski Stich | Woodbridge Woodforde | Woodbridge Woodforde | Black Stark | Palmer Reneberg | Knowles Nestor | Ferreira Galbraith | Woodbridge Woodforde | Woodbridge Woodforde |
| Rotterdam | ATP World Series | Adams de Jager | ||||||||
| Milan/London[a] | ATP World Series | Kratzmann Masur | Nijssen Suk | Becker Forget | Gaudenzi Ivanišević | Albano Nyborg | Damm Grabb | Henman Rusedski | ||
| Philadelphia | Leach Pugh | Leach Pugh | Woodbridge Woodforde | Grabb Reneberg | Eltingh Haarhuis | Grabb Stark | Woodbridge Woodforde | Lareau O'Brien | Eltingh Haarhuis | Discontinued |
| Stuttgart Indoor | Forget Hlasek | Casal E Sánchez | Nijssen Suk | Kratzmann Masur |  Adams Olhovskiy | Connell Galbraith | ATP Super 9 | |||
| Tokyo Outdoor | Kratzmann Masur | Edberg Woodbridge | Jones Leach | Flach Leach | Holm Järryd | Knowles Stark | Woodbridge Woodforde | Damm Vacek | Lareau Nestor | Tarango Vacek |
| Barcelona | Gómez J Sánchez | de la Peña Nargiso | Gómez J Sánchez | Cannon Melville | Kafelnikov Rikl | Kronemann Macpherson | Lobo J Sánchez | Berasategui Burillo | Eltingh Haarhuis | Haarhuis Kafelnikov |
| Stuttgart Outdoor | Aldrich Visser | Masur E Sánchez | Layendecker Talbot | Nijssen Suk | Melville Norval | Carbonell Roig | Pimek Talbot | Kuerten Meligeni | Delaître Santoro | Oncins Orsanic |
| Kitzbühel | ATP World Series | Haggard Nyborg | ||||||||
| Washington | Connell Michibata | Davis Pate | Garnett Palmer | Black Leach | Connell Galbraith | Delaître Tarango | Connell Davis | Jensen Jensen | Stafford Ullyett | Gimelstob Lareau |
| Indianapolis | Davis Pate | Flach Seguso | Grabb Reneberg | Davis Martin | Woodbridge Woodforde | Knowles Nestor | Grabb Reneberg | Tillström Tebbutt | Novák Rikl | Haarhuis Palmer |
| New Haven | Brown Melville | Korda Masur | Jones Leach | Suk Vacek | Connell Galbraith | Leach Melville | Black Connell | Bhupathi Paes | Arthurs Tramacchi | Discontinued |
| Sydney Indoor | Dyke Lundgren | Grabb Reneberg | McEnroe Stark | McEnroe Reneberg | Eltingh Haarhuis | Discontinued | ||||
| Tokyo Indoor | Forget Hlasek | Grabb Reneberg | Woodbridge Woodforde | Connell Galbraith | Connell Galbraith | Eltingh Haarhuis | Discontinued | |||
| Singapore | ATP World Series | Not held | World Series | Bhupathi Paes | Woodbridge Woodforde | Mirnyi Taino | ||||
| Vienna | ATP World Series | Kafelnikov Vacek | Ferreira Galbraith | Kafelnikov Vacek | Prinosil Stolle | |||||
- ^ a b c d Milan event leased and held in London in 1998–2000
Titles champions 2000 to 2008
Players with 3 or more titles
| # | Player | RO | ME | DU | AC | BA | ST | KI | TO | VI | EX | # | Winning span |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Federer | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 8 | 2002–07 (6) |
| 1 | Rafael Nadal | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 2005–08 (4) |
| 3 | Àlex Corretja | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2000–02 (3) |
| 3 | Tommy Haas | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2001–07 (7) |
| 3 | Gustavo Kuerten | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2000–01 (2) |
| 3 | Carlos Moyá | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2002–04 (3) |
| 3 | 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.
^ Active players in bold. 3 or more titles per tournament underlined.
Titles champions 1990 to 1999
Players with 3 or more titles
| Titles | # | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Pete Sampras | 12 |
| 2. | Boris Becker | 9 |
| 3. | Stefan Edberg | 8 |
| 4. | / Goran Ivanišević | 7 |
| 5. | Andre Agassi | 6 |
| / Ivan Lendl | 6 | |
| 7. | Michael Chang | 5 |
| Jim Courier | 5 | |
| Richard Krajicek | 5 | |
| 10. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 4 |
| Thomas Muster | 4 | |
| 12. | Todd Martin | 3 |
| Andriy Medvedev | 3 | |
| Marcelo Ríos | 3 | |
| Michael Stich | 3 |
Note
- 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
External links
- Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) official website
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ATP Tour 500 (since 2009)
- 2009–present: Rotterdam
- Acapulco
- Dubai
- Barcelona
- Hamburg
- Washington
- Beijing
- Tokyo
- Basel
- 2014–present: Rio de Janeiro
- 2015–present: London/Queen's Club
- Halle
- Vienna
- 2009–2013: Memphis
- 2009–2014: Valencia
- 2020: St. Petersburg
- 2022: Astana
- Predecessors: ATP Championship Series (1990–1999)
- ATP International Series Gold (2000–2008)
