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You've probably heard the term "Grand Slam" before, but what does it mean exactly? Here are the 4 Grand Slam tournaments!
For all tennis fans, it is quite difficult to keep abreast of every tournament. Therefore, we have listed all the tournaments in an orderly fashion. This allows you to see exactly when your favourite tournament takes place.
1) Grand Slam calendar
2) ATP Masters 1000 calendar
3) ATP 500 calendar
4) ATP 250 calendar
5) ATP Finals calendar
Please note that the dates in the ATP Calendar 2024 are subject to change. Double-check on the official website of the respective tournament or check the official ATP website for the latest information and dates.
ATP is a tennis association that organises major tennis competitions. ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) is often called the ATP world rankings. Why? Because ATP ranks the performance of male tennis players. At the end of the season, the best eight tennis players of that season compete in the ATP World Tour Finals. The ATP calendar is usually completely filled with tournaments from January to November.
When you visit an ATP tournament, you will find only male tennis players. You can see the female tennis players at WTA, also known as the Women’s Tennis Association.
We start at the 4 biggest tennis tournaments out there, below is all the information you need. There is an idea behind why there are different categories for tournaments in tennis. Through this system, we can eventually determine a world No 1. The winners of these Grand Slams can win the most points for the world ranking, which is 2,000 points. Make room in your diary, because you don’t want to miss these tournaments!
ATP schedule – Grand Slams
| Date | Tournament | Venue | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 jan – 28 jan | Australian Open | Melbourne | Hard |
| 20 may – 9 jun | Roland-Garros | Paris | Gravel |
| 1 jul – 14 jul | Wimbledon | London | Grass |
| 26 aug – 8 sep | US Open | New York | Hard |
Australian Open
Australian Open is the first grand slam tournament of the year, played annually at Melbourne Park (Australia) since 1986. Every year, some 780,000 spectators come to watch this phenomenal tennis spectacle. January is high summer in Melbourne, so a great time to escape the Netherlands and watch high-level tennis!
Roland-Garros
Roland Garros was the first Grand Slam tournament in the “Open” era in 1968 and since then many tennis greats have played on the famous clay courts, including Björn Borg, Ivan Lendl, Mats Wilander, Gustavo Kuerten, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. In 2022, Nadal became the first player in tennis history to win 14 titles at the same Grand Slam championship. If you visit Roland-Garros, you may also immediately add a white panama hat to your packing list. What strawberries with whipped cream are to Wimbledon, white panama hats are to Roland-Garros. Some 2,000 are sold every year. No worries: you can buy them there too so!
Wimbledon
Wimbledon is the oldest and biggest grass tennis tournament in the world. Wimbledon takes place around late June/early July in the Grand Slam tennis calendar. Wimbledon is also one of the few tennis tournaments that requires players to wear white clothing. Because the tournament is considered the most impressive, Wimbledon is a bucket list item for many tennis fans.
US Open
US Open is last on the tennis Grand Slam calendar and is held in New York. The main matches are played at Arthur Ashe Stadium, in front of some 23,771 spectators per session. Until 1977, the tournament took place in Forest Hills where it was played on grass courts that were replaced by gravel in the 1970s. Currently, it is played on hard courts. Furthermore, the US open is the tournament with the highest prize money for tennis players. The 2023 total prize money was $65.0 million.
After the Grand Slams, the ATP Masters 1000 tournaments are considered the most respectable tournaments. In total, there are 9 ATP Masters tournaments in a year, where winners can earn 1000 points. The ATP Masters, is therefore also called ATP Masters 1000. Below is the ATP schedule of ATP Masters 1000.
ATP schedule – ATP Masters 1000
| Date | Tournament | Venue | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 mar – 17 mar | BNP Paribas Open | Indian Wells | Hard |
| 20 mar – 31 mar | Miami Open | Miami | Hard |
| 6 apr – 14 apr | Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters | Monte-Carlo | Gravel |
| 22 apr – 5 may | Mutua Madrid Open | Madrid | Gravel |
| 6 may – 19 may | Internazionali BNL d’Italia | Rome | Gravel |
| 4 aug – 12 aug | National Bank Open | Montreal | Hard |
| 12 aug – 18 aug | Western & Southern Open | Cincinnati | Hard |
| 4 oct – 15 oct | Rolex Shanghai Masters | Shanghai | Hard |
| 30 oct – 5 nov | Rolex Paris Masters | Paris | Hard |
ATP schedule – ATP 500
| Date | Tournament | Venue | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 feb – 18 feb | ABN AMRO Open | Rotterdam | Hard |
| 12 feb – 18 feb | Dubai Open | Dubai | Hard |
| 17 feb – 25 feb | Rio Open | Rio De Janeiro | Gravel |
| 26 feb – 2 mar | Abierto Mexicano Telcel | Acapulco | Gravel |
| 15 apr – 21 apr | Barcelona Open | Barcelona | Hard |
| 17 jun – 23 jun | Terra Wortmann Open | Halle | Grass |
| 17 jun – 23 jun | Cinch Championships | London | Grass |
| 24 jul – 30 jul | Hamburg European Open | Hamburg | Gravel |
| 31 jul – 6 aug | Citi Open | Washington DC | Hard |
| 31 jul – 6 aug | China Open | Beijing | Hard |
| 26 sep – 2 oct | Japan Open | Tokyo | Hard |
| 26 sep – 2 oct | Swiss Indoors Basel | Basel | Hard |
| 21 oct – 27 oct | Erste Bank Open | Vienna | Hard |
The ATP 500 schedule features all tennis tournaments where winners can earn 500 points for the world ranking. There are 12 tournaments on the ATP 500 calendar. Put these tournaments on your calendar!
Of course, the ATP calendar is not complete without the ATP 250 schedule. The concept of ATP 250 is the same as for ATP 500 and ATP Masters 1000. The ATP 250 schedule features all tennis tournaments where the winners can earn 250 points for the world ranking. The 2024 ATP 250 schedule features as many as 35 tournaments. Here they come!
ATP Schedule – ATP 250
| Date | Tournament | Venue | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 jan – 6 jan | Tata Open Maharashtra | Pune | Hard |
| 8 jan – 13 jan | Adelaide International | Adelaide | Hard |
| 8 jan – 13 jan | ASB Open | Auckland | Hard |
| 29 jan – 4 feb | Open sud de France-Montpellier | Montpellier | Hard |
| 5 feb – 10 feb | Cordoba Open | Cordoba | Gravel |
| 5 feb – 10 feb | Dallas Open | Texas | Hard |
| 5 feb – 10 feb | Open 13 Provence | Marseille | Hard |
| 12 feb – 18 feb | Argentina Open | Buenos Aires | Gravel |
| 12 feb – 18 feb | Delray Beach Open | Florida | Hard |
| 19 feb – 25 feb | Qatar Exxonmobil Open | Doha | Hard |
| 19 feb – 25 feb | Abierto de Tenil Mifel | Los Cabos | Hard |
| 26 feb – 2 mar | Movistar Chile Open | Santiago | Gravel |
| 1 apr – 6 apr | Millennium Estoril Open | Estoril | Gravel |
| 1 apr – 6 apr | Grand Prix Hassan | Marrakech | Gravel |
| 1 apr – 6 apr | Men’s Clay Court Championship | Houston | Gravel |
| 15 apr – 20 apr | BMW Open by American Express | München | Gravel |
| 19 may- 25 may | Gonet Geneva Open | Geneva | Gravel |
| 19 may – 25 may | Lyon Open | Lyon | Gravel |
| 10 jun – 15 jun | Libema Open | S-Hertogenbosch | Grass |
| 10 jun – 15 jun | Boss Open | Stuttgart | Grass |
| 23 jun – 29 jun | Mallorca Championships | Mallorca | Grass |
| 24 jun – 29 jun | Rothesay International | Eastbourne | Grass |
| 15 jul – 21 jul | Nordea Open | Bastad | Gravel |
| 15 jul – 21 jul | EFG Swiss Open Gstaad | Gstaad | Gravel |
| 15 jul – 21 jul | Hall of Fame Open | Newport | Grass |
| 22 jul – 28 jul | Atlanta Open | Atlanta | Hard |
| 22 jul – 28 jul | Generali Open | Kitzbühel | Gravel |
| 22 jul – 28 jul | Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag | Umag | Gravel |
| 18 aug – 24 aug | Winston-Salem Open | Winston-Salem | Hard |
| 18 sep – 24 sep | Chengdu Open | Chengdu | Hard |
| 18 sep – 24 sep | Zhuhai Championships | Zhuhai | Hard |
| 14 oct – 20 oct | European Open | Antwerp | Hard |
| 14 oct – 20 oct | Astana Open | Astana | Hard |
| 3 nov – 9 nov | Moselle Open | Metz | Hard |
| 3 nov – 9 nov | Stockholm Open | Stockholm | Hard |
ATP schedule – ATP Finals
| Date | Tournament | Venue | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 nov – 17 nov | Nitto ATP Finals | Turin | Hard |
In the end, the best eight tennis players and the best eight tennis players compete in the ATP Finals. After the 4 Grand Slams, this is the biggest tennis tournament that takes place every year. The format is slightly different from a traditional tournament. There are two pools of four players. In the pools, everyone plays each other once. The 2 best players from both pools end up in a semi-final and then the final.
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