ATP 2023
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LONDON – The ATP Tour on Thursday announced a record increase of US$37.5 million (S$51.6 million) in prize money to US$217.9 million for the 2023 men’s tennis season. Show The overall prize money was for the ATP and Challenger Tours, with ATP Tour players taking home an additional US$18.6 million of on-site prize money from 2023, the ATP said in a statement. Earlier in 2022, the ATP had announced that purses on the Challenger Tour would receive a significant boost. “The record increase also includes a significant uplift on the ATP Challenger Tour, which will see on-site prize money grow by 75 per cent, from US$12.1 million to US$21.1 million,” the ATP said. In June, the men’s governing body said players and tournaments will share profits equally from 2023 as part of its OneVision plan – primarily aimed at boosting revenue from media and TV rights. On Thursday, it said “a revised bonus pool structure introduced through OneVision, ATP’s strategic plan, is set to deliver bonus pools of US$21.3 million in 2023, a US$9.8 million increase on 2022, to an expanded group of top-performing players”. The ATP had also announced that its flagship Masters 1000 tournaments in Madrid, Rome and Shanghai would be held over 12 days and with bigger draw sizes from 2023. “Our players are world-class athletes and it’s our priority to ensure they’re compensated accordingly,” ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi said. “These record increases in 2023 are a strong statement for the ATP Tour and highlights our commitment to raising the bar in tennis.” The 2023 international season will begin on Dec 29 with the inaugural edition of the United Cup – a new mixed-sex US$15 million tournament featuring teams from 18 nations playing matches across three Australian cities. At the ATP Finals in Turin, Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas battled back from 3-5 down in the third set to eliminate Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-7 (11-13), 7-6 (7-1) and set up a showdown on Friday with Andrey Rublev for the Red Group’s other semi-final spot alongside Novak Djokovic. Meanwhile, Rafael Nadal made sure he avoided matching his worst ever losing sequence with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over Norway’s world No. 4 Casper Ruud, who had already qualified for the semi-finals, on Thursday. Back-to-back defeats in the Green Group by debutants Taylor Fritz and Felix Auger-Aliassime – who faced off on Thursday with a semi-final place at stake – meant the 22-time Grand Slam champion missed out on the last four. But the Spaniard at least ended his season without succumbing to a fifth straight loss. REUTERS, AFP The ATP Finals are always an opportunity to build anticipation for the coming season. There will be significantly more prize money and also shifts in the appointment calendar. by Jens Huiber © Getty Images “Our players are world-class athletes. And it is our priority to ensure that they are rewarded accordingly. ”And so ATP boss Andrea Gaudenzi spoke, not in person, but via a press release. In fact, a new high in prize money will be reached in the coming season, with more than 18 million dollars being awarded among professional tennis players. The increase now affects (relatively speaking) less the top level, where the athletes find a good living even under the current conditions. No, there is 75 percent more prize money to be earned on the ATP Challenger Tour in the 2023 season. Munich competes with Barcelona and Banja LukaAnother change, probably more serious, concerns the appointment calendar. From next year, the ATP Masters 1000 tournaments in Madrid, Rome and Shanghai will be held as twelve-day events. Which has immediate implications for the smaller tournaments. Like Munich. The game has to be played there from April 17th to 24th, a week earlier than usual. That could be exciting if you know how the weather in the Bavarian capital behaves in spring. By the way, Munich competes with the traditional tournament in Barcelona and a new 250 in Banja Luka. There were no changes to the dates for the events in Stuttgart and HalleWestfalen. The games in Hamburg will start on July 24th, the Generali Open in Kitzbühel will be a week behind compared to previous years and will start on July 31st. Oct 31 (Reuters) - The Davis Cup will become part of the ATP Tour calendar from next year under a deal signed on Monday between the governing body of men's tennis, the International Tennis Federation (ITF), and tournament promoters Kosmos. The decisions reflect a growing cooperation between the men's and women's tours and the ITF which have moved towards streamlining the governance of the game since the COVID crisis disrupted the 2020 season. The ATP, however, said there was no change with respect to rankings points at the Davis Cup. Ranking points were awarded from 2009 to 2015 before it was discontinued. The ITF said ranking points could be considered in the future and the matter has been discussed with the ATP. Davis Cup players are selected by the national team captains and not based on ranking points. "Our focus is always on creating the best possible experiences for our fans and players," ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi said in a statement. "Delivering compelling international team competitions that dovetail with the year-round calendar and continue to innovate is a vital part of that. "The Davis Cup has an incredibly rich history and we're excited to see this important new alliance drive the event forward from 2023." The move came after the announcement last week that the ATP Cup, a joint venture between Tennis Australia and the ATP, was being replaced by a mixed-sex $15 million event featuring teams from 18 nations to kick off the 2023 season. This year's Davis Cup Finals involved 16 nations competing in four groups across Bologna, Glasgow, Hamburg and Valencia. The knockout stages will be held in November in Malaga. The event, which was started in 1900, was revamped from a traditional "home and away tie" format three years ago after the ITF did a lucrative deal with Spanish investment group Kosmos. The ATP Cup, which was viewed as a rival to that tournament, ran for three years with big prize money and high-profile names but failed to attract crowds and struggled with logistical challenges during the COVID crisis. ITF President David Haggerty said the alliance with the ATP would strengthen the importance of team competition and the Davis Cup's "unique role in elite men's professional tennis". Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar and Rohith Nair in Bengaluru, Editing by Christian Radnedge and Ed Osmond Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. What is the next tennis tournament in 2023?Grand Slam schedule 2023. Where is the next ATP tennis tournament 2022?Men's Tennis Schedule 2022. Who won ATP Tour 2022?Novak Djokovic earned a record-equalling sixth Nitto ATP Finals title and a historic $4.7m payday when he defeated Casper Ruud 7-5, 6-3 in the Turin title match Sunday.
Where will ATP finals be in 2026?In April 2019, the ATP announced that Turin is going to host the ATP Finals from 2021 to 2025. For most of its history, the event has been considered the most important indoor tennis tournament in the world (there were a few exceptions when the event was held outdoors: 1974 in Melbourne & 2003-04 in Houston).
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