ATP made and selected players of more than 1000 future masters – tennis now
By Richard Pagliaro | Thursday, November 13, 2025
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An age-old question burns the snake between ATP costs and elite players: is it better in tennis?
The ATP Tour and the players continue to clash with the kings of the extended 1000 Tournaments that begin on Sunday, the 96-player draw and the second week turns into a combined calendar.
ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi It emphasizes that the Masters Tournaments are a “premium product” that acts as an economic engine that drives the tour, and the stars appear And Novak Djokovic to Jack Draper to Alex de Minaur Tevil Masters Tournaments Develons deliver a punishing physical assault to players. The trip, some stars say, is simply ignoring the health risks of extended play.
Meeting with the media in Turin Today, Gadenzi said that the ATP continues to prioritize the 1000 masters tournaments because the high events in the calendar, are the most beneficial events and help to grow the game.
“Overall I think our strategy is clear to focus on the premium product, which is the Masters. The reason for that is very simple:” I need to give the best media to the fans,” Gadenzi told the media in Turin. “The fans like to watch the best players in the world playing against each other in the best events.
“Those times, the four slams, the masters and the finals are the moments when we all get to see the best players play against each other.
“After that obviously you have 500 and 250 [level tournaments] That those players who play small matches in the Grand Slam and the masters, need to play down and play in order to continue to maintain their level and improve. “
The Grand Slam King Djokovic, who opposes the two kings, said that the growth of many events of the kings from two weeks to 12 weeks with a duration of 11 weeks over the 11-month season, which he believes is unfounded.
“To be serious with you, I don’t enjoy the events of the masters for two weeks. It might just be me. My focus is mainly on the slams, and I’ve said it before,” said Djolovic in the past.
“But I also like other competitions. I would like to play other competitions, but just me, we are shy, we are kind, when you think about it.”
Some stars are looking at 1000 kings Events that require players to arrive at the site in advance to lose the conditions, stuck in a black hole in the system that can not entertain another event while 1000 kings continues.
Alex de Minaur, who leads the ATP Tour in Hard-Court wins this season, opposes the extended plans of the masters saying “something needs to be changed.”
Pointing to nearly a month’s worth of players committing to sources in India and Miami back-to-back, De Minaur says the potential payoff doesn’t justify the time commitment.
“A lot of people don’t understand, yes, you may have a day in between, but it’s not a perfect day. To do, you go to the courts, you warm up, he told the media in Turin today. “For us Players, we started at the beginning of the Indian year in Miami. That was the first time it was 12 days. He spends a month playing two tournaments.
“The hardest thing as a player is you have long bowls and you do the fourth round. You play the Indian round for a month, you will be able to play your time, and you only play your time, and you play six games, right.”
Today, Gadenzi tried to shoot down those proposals stating his full support for the extended 1000 kings.
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The ATP chairman said the expansion of the 96-player, two-week masters is good for fans because they put the best players – usually the best men, at the same time, they provide the same opportunities at the same time who will enter the earnings with many tours on the line and address the fundamental imbalance.
Reflecting on his playing days, the former continental No. 18 Gadenzi said that the basic frustration was when his position went around the four slams. Gadenzi insists that expanding the 1000 Tournaments to 96-Player Draws is a win-win-win for players, fans and the tournaments themselves.
“I was really frustrated by the fact that, even when I was ranked 50, 55, I could only play in the main draw for two kings,” said Gadenzi. “I was able to play the main draw at the grand slams, but only Indian sources and Miami at that time in the current format.
“You end up being 50 years old in the world, you couldn’t reach Monte-Carlo, Rome, Madrid and the Premium Tier. I mean, why can I play in the Masters Main Draw and why do I want all the top players playing.”
Expanding the masters competitions gives players 11 opportunities – grand slams and sources of Indians, Miami, Madrid, Rome, shadon / Monthai, Cincinnati and the biggest points. Gadenzi says it comes down to Job.
“I think the availability of work, it was really closed, very restricted,” said Gadenzi. “So that’s why I think it’s so important to continue what we’ve done, to go to the 96 Draw.
“You provide the top 100 players who happen to play in the main draw of the grand slams and the masters, at least seven times now, the maximum, coming out of nine.”
Some stars say that those who want to organize quests simply punish and point to several stars for occasional injuries or pull the plug on their events at the beginning of extended signs “
“I think if you ask any of the players out there, they’ll all be doing events for one week because you get out there, you play, when you’re done,” he said. “Yes, it allows the American players to switch off.
“I think we have seen this year the number of injuries. It has been the highest ever on the tour, it needs to be looked at by the players and their bodies.”
The Gaudenzi Couriers organizing ball is in the players’ court. If players feel frustrated by the system then don’t accept guaranteed money from lower tier players, Gadenzi said. The ATP chairman suggests some players destroy themselves by taking easy money from tournament guarantees or being booked for profitable shows.
“I don’t think players should plan on guaranteed money as a priority,” said Gadenzi. “Players have to play low scores and titles, especially if you’re a top-50, top-100 player.
‘Unfortunately I am returning to this system which is an open sect where there are temptations everywhere. There is a fear of being lost. It really controls your behavior. “
The former president of the ATP Player Council Djokovic, the founder of the PTPA, said that although many top players want to take out the restored kings in one week at most it will happen.
The contractual obligations, the constant commitment of the TOUR to the two masters and the making of money – and the facts of the players did not make it possible to stick to the situation, said Djolovic.
“Unless all the Masters events come together and the ATP board on the sidelines of the tournament supports the idea of going back, I really doubt it,” Djolovic said. “But I noticed that most of the top players were against this new change in the events of almost two weeks, the level of the kings.
“Yes, I support the players. But at the end of the day, when the players need to be active and when there was time for discussions and decision-making, the players do not participate enough.
“This is an ongoing story of players, especially top players. They express their feelings, but then you really need to put time and energy into discussions, meetings, which I know is very difficult.
“But it is necessary because then, you know, you do something not only for you but for future generations, and you do the right steps, the right steps, and they give.”
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In the end, it’s money that matters, and Djokovic says the money he’s willing to pay is a big reason you won’t see a change in the Royals.
“Let’s see what happens,” said Djokovic. “I just don’t think anything will change in the foreseeable future when it comes to these tight contracts and bringing in a lot of money for the tournaments.”
