The Monte-Carlo Masters (also known as the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters for sponsorship reasons) is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France,[1] which borders on Monaco. It is played on clay courts at the Monte Carlo Country Club and is held in April. The tournament is part of the nine ATP Tour Masters 1000 events on the ATP Tour. Rafael Nadal has won the men's singles title a record eleven times.
Monte-Carlo Masters | |
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Tournament information | |
Founded | 1896 |
Editions | 118 (2024) |
Location | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin France |
Venue | Monte Carlo Country Club |
Category | Masters 1000 |
Surface | Clay / outdoors |
Draw | 56S / 28Q / 24D |
Prize money | €5,950,575 (2024) |
Website | montecarlotennismasters.com |
Current champions (2024) | |
Singles | |
Doubles |
The event was founded in 1896 as the Monte-Carlo International.[2][3] The following year the event officially became known as the Monte-Carlo Championships, also known as the Monte-Carlo International Championships, which was a combined men's and women's tournament until 1982 when the women's championships ceased.
History
editIn April 1896, the first Monte Carlo International lawn tennis tournament was established.[4] The first men's singles was won by George Whiteside Hillyard,[5] according to Wimbledon librarian Alan Little. He states that the women's event was won by either a Miss K. Booth of Great Britain or a Mlle Guillon of France; despite extensive research, he could not conclusively find the results.[6]
The tournament was originally played on red shale clay courts of the Lawn Tennis de Monte-Carlo in cellars underneath the Grand Hôtel de Paris until 1905.[7] In 1906 the event and club was moved to La Condamine where it was played between 1907 and 1914 and again in 1920. It was played briefly on the roof of garage in Beausoleil an additional three tennis courts were constructed with spectator stands and new club house on 28 January 1921 the new venue was named as the "La Festa Country Club"[8]
It became an "Open" event in 1969. In 1971 through 1972 and from 1978 through 1989 it was a major tournament of the Grand Prix Tour. In 1973 the tournament was part of the Rothmans Spring Mediterranean Circuit.[9] From 1974 through 1977 the tournament was part of the World Championship Tennis (WCT) circuit. In 1990 it became an ATP Championship Series Single Week tennis event (later called the Masters series). Beginning in 2009, Monte Carlo became the only Masters tournament not to have a mandatory player commitment.
Rafael Nadal won the title eight consecutive times between 2005 and 2012, making him the only tennis player to win eight consecutive titles at the same tournament. In 2018, Nadal won his eleventh title, in the final over Kei Nishikori, the all-time record.
Past finals
editMen's singles
editMen's doubles
editOpen era:
Women's singles
edit(incomplete roll)
Records
editSource: The tennisbase[31]
Men' singles
editMost titles | 11 | |
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Most finals | 12 | |
Most consecutive titles | 8 (2005–2012) | |
Most consecutive finals | 9 (2005–2013) | |
Most matches played | 79 | |
Most matches won | 73 | |
Most consecutive matches won | 46 | |
Most editions played | 17 | |
Youngest champion | 18y, 7m, 7d (1983) | |
Oldest champion | 38y, 8m, 6d (1923) |
Longest final | |||||
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1936 (54 games) | |||||
4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | |
6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Shortest final | |||||
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1899 (8 games) | |||||
6 | 0 | ||||
2 | 0r |
Doubles
editMost wins – Team | 6 | |
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Most wins – Individual | 6 | |
Notes
edit- ^ a b known as Championship Series, single week from 1990 till 1995, Super 9 from 1996 till 1999 and Masters Series from 2000 till 2008.
- ^ competed under no flag due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
References
edit- ^ "Navettes". Monte Carlo Masters. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- ^ Belyakova, Julia (7 April 2023). "Rolex Monte Carlo Masters: history of the tournament". Hello Monaco. HelloMonaco Magazine. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ "The Riviera. — The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough and Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt have arrived at Monte Carlo. An international lawn tennis tournament will be held at Monte Carlo on the 23rd of March. Prizes of the value of 3,000fr. will be offered for all events". Morning Post. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 28 February 1896. p. 5. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ Little, Alan (2014). The Golden Days of Tennis on the French Riviera 1874–1939. London: The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum. p. 35. ISBN 978-0906741542.
- ^ Tarran, Bruce (1 June 2013). George Hillyard: The man who moved Wimbledon. Market Harborough: Troubador Publishing Ltd. pp. 63, 64. ISBN 978-1-78088-549-0.
- ^ Little, Alan (2014). The Golden Days of Tennis on the French Riviera 1874–1939. London: The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum. p. 35. ISBN 978-0906741542.
- ^ "Historique". mccc.mc. Monte Carlo Country Club. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ .Monte Carlo Country Club
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 330, 331. ISBN 9780362001686.
- ^ Morning Post. London (1896)
- ^ Little, Alan
- ^ a b c d e f Digby Baltzell, E. (2013). Sporting Gentlemen : Men's Tennis from the Age of Honor to the Cult of the Superstar. Somerset, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers. p. 73. ISBN 9781412851800.
- ^ Ayres' Lawn Tennis Almanack and Tournament Guide and other sources list him as winner, but according to Aujourd'hui 100 Ans 1897–1997 Le Tournoi de Monte-Carlo by Michel Sutter (1997) and other sources the tournament didn't take place.
- ^ a b "COMMUNIQUÉ OFFICIEL – COVID-19". montecarlotennismasters.com. 2020-03-11.
- ^ Tarran, Bruce (1 June 2013). "Blanche". George Hillyard: The man who moved Wimbledon. Market Harborough: Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-78088-549-0.
- ^ "Riviera News: Lawn Tennis: Monte Carlo International tournament". Daily News (London). London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 10 March 1902. p. 11. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL LAWN TENNIS AT MONTE CARLO. SUCCESSES OF BRITISH PLAYERS". London Evening Standard. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 3 March 1903. p. 7. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ "MONTE CARLO LAWN TENNIS. MONTE CARLO, Feb, 17.—The Monte Carlo international tournament was concluded to-day in splendid weather. Results follow". Daily Mirror. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 19 February 1912. p. 14. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ "TENNIS FINALS AT MONTE CARLO". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. Yorkshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 2 January 1923. p. 3. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ "LAWN TENNIS. MISS BENNETT'S WIN AT MONTE CARLO". Edinburgh Evening News. Midlothian, Scotland: British Newspaper Archive. 6 March 1928. p. 2. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ "BETTY NUTHALL MINGLES VICTORY AT MONTE CARLO". Daily News (London). London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 28 February 1929. p. 15. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ "RIVIERA TENNIS Mrs. Satterthwaite (GB) Beaten in the Final at Monte Carlo by Miss Mathieu (France)". Daily News (London). London, England: British Newspaper Archive. p. 12. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ "LAWN TENNIS: INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT (Monte Carlo).—Women's Singles Final: Miss M. Smith (Australia, bt Miss E. Starkie (GB). 4-6 6-1 6-2". Daily Mirror. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 4 April 1961. p. 23. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ "Miss Turner wins Monte Tennis final". Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore). Lahore, Pakistan: British Newspaper Archive. 17 April 1963. p. 14. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ "CHRISTINE'S SUCCESS MONTE CARLO: Christine Truman won the women's singles title in the Monte Carlo Lawn Tennis Club's International championship tournament against Jan Lehane (Australia) 6–4, 3–6, 6–4". Liverpool Echo. British Newspaper Archive. 31 March 1964. p. 12. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ "LAWN TENNIS MONACO OPEN TOURNAMENT FINALS (Monte Carlo) Women's singles Mrs A H Jones (GB) bt V Wade (GB) 6-2, 6-3 Men's singles: T Okker (Holland) bt J. Newcombe (Australia) 8-10, 6-1, 7-5, 6-3". Daily Mirror. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 21 April 1969. p. 31. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ "Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Results 1970 to 2011" (PDF). Wayback Machine. 1 February 2017. p. 52. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-01. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ SEWTATour p.53
- ^ "GAIL CHANFREAU (France): Walked off court and conceded the women's singles title at the Monte Carlo tennis championships after a dispute over a line-call". Daily Mirror. 1 April 1974. p. 30. Retrieved 13 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ SEWTATour p.45
- ^ "Monte Carlo Tournament Records". thetennisbase.com. The Tennis Base, 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.