News Release
R
10 Februa
ary 2014
ATP ANNOUN
A
NCES 20
015 ATP
P WORLD
D TOUR
R CALEN
NDAR
2015 sea
ason highlig
ghted by en
nhanced gra
ass-court sw
wing
LONDON
N — The ATP has released
d the 2015 AT
TP World Tou r calendar following meetin
ngs with its A
ATP
Board of Directors
D
in London last we
eek.
The 2015 calendar will feature 62 to
ournaments in
n 31 countriess across six ccontinents and
d, for the first time,
will incorp
porate a three
e-week grass--court swing in
n the lead up to The Cham
mpionships, W
Wimbledon.
The exten
nded grass-co
ourt swing will be comprise
ed of events in
n Stuttgart, ‘ss-Hertogenbossch, LondonQueen’s, Halle, and a new 48-draw event in Notttingham (prevviously held a
as a 28-draw iin Eastbourne
e).
Newport will
w continue to
t be held the
e week after Wimbledon.
W
In
n addition, Qu
ueen’s and Ha
alle will be re-categorise
ed as ATP World Tour 500
0 events, bring
ging the gras s-court seaso
on additional weight in the 52week Emiirates ATP Ra
ankings with a 75 percent increase in po
oints attribute
ed to the surfa
ace.
“The ATP
P World Tour is a truly global sports prop
perty, and dem
mand for tourrnaments around the world
d is
high, whic
ch reflects the
e strength of our
o product and the growin
ng popularity of our sport,” said Chris
Kermode,, ATP Executive Chairman
n & President..
“The extended grass-c
court season, with additiona
al Emirates A
ATP Rankingss points at sta
ake, is a posittive
step forwa
ard,” continue
ed Kermode. “One
“
of our assets
a
as a sp
port is to provvide for varian
nce across pla
aying
surfaces throughout
t
the season, so the strengthe
ening of the g
grass-court se
eason is a sig
gnificant
enhancem
ment for the overall
o
calenda
ar. In particular, I would likke to thank the
e All England
d Club, led by Philip
Brook, forr the instrume
ental role it ha
as played in achieving this positive outc ome.”
The 2015 calendar see
es the ATP re
etain its strong
gest foothold in the traditio
onal markets o
of Europe and
d North
America, while recent developments
d
s in the emerg
ging markets of Asia and S
South Americca continue to
o take
hold.
China rem
mains the only
y country outs
side the Unite
ed States to h
host ATP even
nts across AT
TP World Tou
ur 250
(Shenzhe
en), ATP World Tour 500 (B
Beijing), and ATP
A
World To
our Masters 1
1000 (Shangh
hai) categorie
es.
Meanwhile, the 4-week
k South Amerrican swing co
ontinues to be
e highlighted by the Rio tournament, the
e first
ATP World Tour 500 event to be held in the continent. The we
eeks for the A
ATP World To
our 250 events in
Buenos Aires
A
and Sao Paulo will be
e determined in due course
e.
of the 2015 A
The ATP will also re-introduce a thirrd tournament in week 17 o
ATP World To
our calendar
alongside
e the Munich and
a Oeiras to
ournaments. The
T week had
d previously h
held the Serbia Open in Be
elgrade,
which saw
w its last editio
on in 2012. The ATP will be
b commencin
ng an applica
ation process to lease an A
ATP
World Tou
ur 250 to be played
p
outdoo
ors on clay in the European
n region.
The full 20
015 ATP Worrld Tour calen
ndar is attache
ed.
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Tournament Lease In
nformation:
Parties intterested in lea
asing the ATP
P World Tourr 250 in week 17 of the 201
15 ATP World
d Tour calend
dar
(week com
mmencing Ap
pril 27, 2015) should contac
ct David Mas sey at the AT
TP’s European office in Mo
onaco
on: +377 9797 0404 | dmassey@atp
d
pworldtour.co
om
Media co
ontacts:
ATP: Nicola
N
Arzani, narzani@atp
pworldtour.com
m
Simon Higson,, shigson@atpworldtour.co
om
About the
e ATP
The ATP is the governing body of th
he men's proffessional tenn
nis circuits - th
he ATP World
d Tour, the AT
TP
Challenge
er Tour and th
he ATP Cham
mpions Tour. With
W 61 tourn
naments in 30
0 countries, th
he 2014 ATP W
World
Tour show
wcases the fin
nest male athletes competing in the worrld’s most excciting venues. From Austra
alia to
Europe an
nd the Americ
cas to Asia, th
he stars of the
e 2014 ATP W
World Tour ba
attle for prestiigious titles and
Emirates ATP Ranking
gs points at AT
TP World Tou
ur Masters 10
000, 500 and 250 events, a
as well as Gra
and
Slams (no
on ATP eventts). At the end
d of the seaso
on only the wo
orld’s top 8 qu
ualified single
es players and
doubles te
eams, based on their perfo
ormance throu
ughout the ye
ear, will qualiffy to compete
e for the last tiitle of
the seaso
on at the Barc
clays ATP Wo
orld Tour Fina
als. Held at Th
he O2 in Lond
don, the even
nt will officiallyy crown
the 2014 ATP
A
World To
our No.1 pres
sented by Em
mirates. For m
more informatio
on, please vissit
www.ATP
PWorldTour.co
om.