LONDON — Males’s tennis tournaments in Dallas, Munich and Doha, Qatar, might be upgraded from ATP 250 to ATP 500 occasions as a part of reforms to strengthen the 2025 calendar, the ATP introduced Wednesday.
The upgrades, a part of the ATP’s One Imaginative and prescient technique, will see enhancements to services and a mixed $51.7 million in further participant compensation over a five-year interval.
As a part of the restructuring of the calendar, ATP 250 occasions in Atlanta; Newport, Rhode Island; and Lyon, France might be retired after subsequent season.
“OneVision is all about elevating the bar for tennis and unlocking new funding within the sport,” ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi stated Wednesday. “We’re thrilled to have our Dallas, Doha and Munich occasions step as much as ATP 500 standing — delivering improved requirements for gamers and most significantly an enhanced product for our followers.”
The Dallas match, at the moment held in February, will transfer to a yet-to-be-named new venue whereas Munich’s services will endure a full-scale renovation.
Every of the three tournaments will supply roughly $2.8 million in prize cash beginning in 2025.
The upgrades will increase the variety of 16 ATP 500 occasions all year long to 16, up from the present 13.
Seven of the 9 Masters 1000 tournaments might be prolonged to 12-day occasions beginning in 2025.
