LONDON (AP) — The Masters 1000 tournaments in Canada and Cincinnati will increase to 12 days each next season, and events in Dallas, Doha and Munich will be upgraded to the 500 level as part of changes announced Friday when the 2025 ATP Tour launched. Calendar for men's tennis.
The unveiling of the calendar comes at a time when tennis stands at a crossroads, as its leaders discuss proposals to change the way the sport is organized.
The London-based Professional Tennis Players Association will organize 60 tournaments in 29 countries next year.
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Other changes include moving the Hamburg Open from July to May, switching the event in Los Cabos from February to July, and shifting the Cordoba Open to Mallorca, Spain, as part of the build-up to Wimbledon.
The Estoril Championship is no longer part of the calendar, but the Tour said it would “try to find a solution for the highly regarded event to be held in 2025 and beyond”.
The National Bank Open of Canada and the Cincinnati Open follow the Masters 1000 tournaments in Rome, Madrid and Shanghai and span 12 days. This trio expands further in 2023. This means that from next season, seven of the nine ATP Masters tournaments will run for approximately two weeks instead of one week.
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