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A Tennis Masters Series is a series of nine tennis tournaments held throughout the season witharound various locations around the world, in the main in Europe and North America. A tournaments come a portion of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour and come required for the top male players on the agency circuit. A series began when a ATP took above a heading of the men's tour inside 1990, & was originally referred to as a Extr-9 series. All a tournaments within a series experienced been in being for a few years prior to the Very-9 series was launched & were considered to become among the virtually all prestigious cases on the tour. Outcomes in the Tennis Masters Series cases earn players further globe ranking points than regular tournaments, though non when numbers of when Grand Slam events or a month-prevent Tennis Masters Cup.

Tournaments
A locations of the nine tournaments come somewhat fixed, although recently there keep close at hand been a bit of changes. A nine tournaments – around calendar choose – come:

|- bgcolor="efefef" | Tournament | As well presently known as | Location | Court surface | Official website |- | Indian Wells Masters | Pacific Life Open | Indian Wells, California, USA | outdoor hard | http://www.pacificlifeopen.com/ |- | Miami Masters | NASDAQ-100 Open | Key Biscayne, Florida, USA | outdoor hard | http://www.nasdaq-100open.com/ |- | Monte Carlo Masters | | Monte Carlo, Monaco | outdoor clay | http://montecarlo.masters-series.com/ |- | Rome Masters | Telecom Italia Masters | Rome, Italy | outdoor clay | http://www.telecomitaliamasters.it/ |- | Hamburg Masters | | Hamburg, Germany | outdoor clay | http://www.amrothenbaum.de/ |- | Canada Masters | Rogers Cup | Montreal / Toronto, Canada | outdoor hard | http://canada.masters-series.com/ |- | Cincinnati Masters | American & Southern
Financial Group Masters | Mason, Ohio, USA | outdoor hard | http://www.cincytennis.com/ |- | Madrid Masters | | Madrid, Spain | indoor hard | http://www.tennis-masters-madrid.com/ |- | Paris Masters | BNP Paribas Masters | Paris, France | indoor carpet | http://www.bnpparibasmasters.org/ |}

A series is followed per season-prevent Tennis Masters Cup, played only per eight top players in the month-prevent singles rankings. A location of this year-ending tournament varies. Around 2003 & 2004 a location was Houston, Texas. Around 2005 a tournament is played within Shanghai, China.

Results
2000
|- bgcolor="#efefef" ! Tournament ! Winner-Winner-Winner-Wi ! Runner-higher-Runner-higher-Run ! Score-Score-Score-Score |- | Indian Wells || �lex Corretja (ESP) || Thomas Enqvist (SWE) || 6-Four, 6-4, 6-3 |- | Miami || Pete Sampras (USA) || Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) || 6-One, 6-7Two, 7-6Five, 7-68 |- | Three-card monte Carlo || Cédric Pioline (FRA) || Dominik Hrbatý (SVK) || 6-Three, 7-63, 7-66 |- | Rome || Magnus Norman (SWE) || Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) || 6-Three, Four-6, 6-Four, 6-4 |- | Hamburg || Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) || Marat Safin (RUS) || 6-Four, Five-7, 6-4, Five-7, 7-63 |- | Toronto || Marat Safin (RUS) || Harel Levy (ISR) || 6-3, 6-2 |- | Cincinnati || Thomas Enqvist (SWE) || Tim Henman (GBR) || 7-65, 6-4 |- | Stuttgart || Wayne Ferreira (RSA) || Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) || 7-66,3-6, 6-7Five, 7-6Two, 6-2 |- | Paris || Marat Safin (RUS) || Mark Philippoussis (AUS) || 3-6, 7-67, 6-Four, Three-6, 7-68 |}

2001
|- bgcolor="#efefef" ! Tournament ! Winner-Winner-Winner-Wi ! Runner-higher-Runner-higher-Run ! Score-Score-Score-Score |- | Indian Wells || Andre Agassi (USA) || Pete Sampras (USA) || 7-6(Five), 7-Five, 6-1 |- | Miami || Andre Agassi (USA) || Jan-Michael Gambill (USA) || 7-6(Quaternity), 6-One, 6-0 |- | Three-card monte Carlo || Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) || Hicham Arazi (MAR) || 6-3, 6-Two, 6-4 |- | Rome || Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) || Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) || Three-6, 6-One, Two-6, 6-Four, 6-2 |- | Hamburg || Albert Portas (ESP) || Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) || 4-6, 6-Two, 0-6, 7-6(Quint), 7-5 |- | Montreal || Andrei Pavel (ROM) || Patrick Rafter (AUS) || 7-6(3), Two-6, 6-3 |- | Cincinnati || Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) || Patrick Rafter (AUS) || 6-1, 6-3 |- | Stuttgart || Tommy Haas (GER) || Max Mirnyi (BLR) || 6-Two, 6-2, 6-2 |- | Paris || Sébastien Grosjean (FRA) || Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS) || 7-6(3), 6-One, 6-7(Five), 6-4 |}

2002
|- bgcolor="#efefef" ! Tournament ! Winner-Winner-Winner-Wi ! Runner-higher-Runner-higher-Run ! Score-Score-Score-Score |- | Indian Wells || Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) || Tim Henman (GBR) || 6-1, 6-2 |- | Miami || Andre Agassi (USA) || Roger Federer (SUI) || 6-Three, 6-Three, 3-6, 6-4 |- | Four-card monte Carlo || Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) || Carlos Moyà (ESP) || 7-5, 6-Three, 6-4 |- | Rome || Andre Agassi (USA) || Tommy Haas (GER) || 6-Three, 6-3, 6-0 |- | Hamburg || Roger Federer (SUI) || Marat Safin (RUS) || 6-1, 6-Three, 6-4 |- | Toronto || Guillermo Cañas (ARG) || Andy Roddick (USA) || 6-Four, 7-5 |- | Cincinnati || Carlos Moyà (ESP) || Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) || 7-Pentad, 7-6(5) |- | Madrid || Andre Agassi (USA) || Jiri Novak (CZE) || W/O |- | Paris || Marat Safin (RUS) || Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) || 7-6(4), 6-0, 6-4 |}

2003
|- bgcolor="#efefef" ! Tournament ! Winner-Winner-Winner-Wi !! Runner-higher-Runner-higher-Redo !! Score-Score-Score-Score |- | Indian Wells || Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) || Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) || 6-One, 6-1 |- | Miami || Andre Agassi (USA) || Carlos Moyà (ESP) || 6-3, 6-3 |- | Four-card monte Carlo || Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) || Guillermo Coria (ARG) || 6-2, 6-2 |- | Rome || Félix Mantilla (ESP) || Roger Federer (SUI) || 7-5, 6-Two, 7-6(Eighter from decatur) |- | Hamburg || Guillermo Coria (ARG) || Agustín Calleri (ARG) || 6-3, 6-Four, 6-4 |- | Montreal || Andy Roddick (USA) || David Nalbandian (ARG) ||6-1, 6-3 |- | Cincinnati || Andy Roddick (USA) || Mardy Fish (USA) || 6-7, 7-6(Terzetto), 7-6(Iv) |- | Madrid || Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) || Nicolás Massú (CHI) || 6-3, 6-Four, 6-3 |- | Paris || Tim Henman (GBR) || Andrei Pavel (ROM) || Sixer-Ii, 7-6(6), 7-6(2) |}

2004
|- bgcolor="#efefef" ! Tournament !! Winner-Winner-Winner-Wi !! Runner-higher-Runner-higher-Rerun !! Score-Score-Score-Score |- | Indian Wells || Roger Federer (SUI) || Tim Henman (GBR) || 6-3, 6-3 |- | Miami || Andy Roddick (USA) || Guillermo Coria (ARG) || 6-7(2), 6-Three, 6-One, RET |- | Four-card monte Carlo || Guillermo Coria (ARG) || Rainer Schüttler (GER) || 6-2, 6-One, 6-3 |- | Rome || Carlos Moyà (ESP) || David Nalbandian (ARG) || 6-Three, 6-3, 6-1 |- | Hamburg || Roger Federer (SUI) || Guillermo Coria (ARG) || Four-6, 6-4, 6-Two, 6-3 |- | Toronto || Roger Federer (SUI) || Andy Roddick (USA) || 7-Five, 6-3 |- | Cincinnati || Andre Agassi (USA) || Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) || 6-Three, 3-6, 6-2 |- | Madrid || Marat Safin (RUS) || David Nalbandian (ARG) || 6-2, 6-Four, 6-3 |- | Paris || Marat Safin (RUS) || Radek Stephanek (CZE) || 6-3, 7-6(Fin), 6-3 |}

2005
|- bgcolor="#efefef" ! Tournament !! Winner-Winner-Winner-Wi !! Runner-higher-Runner-higher-Begin !! Score-Score-Score-Score |- | Indian Wells || Roger Federer (SUI) || Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) || 6-2, 6-Four, 6-4 |- | Miami||Roger Federer (SUI) || Rafael Nadal (ESP)|| 2-6, 6-7Four, 7-6Five, 6-Three, 6-1 |- | Monte Carlo|| Rafael Nadal (ESP) || Guillermo Coria (ARG)|| 6-3, 6-One, 0-6, 7-5 |- | Rome|| Rafael Nadal (ESP) || Guillermo Coria (ARG)|| 6-Four, Three-6, 6-Three, 4-6, 7-66 |- | Hamburg || Roger Federer (SUI) || Richard Gasquet (FRA) || 6-3, 7-Five, 7-64 |- | Montreal || Rafael Nadal (ESP) || Andre Agassi (USA) || 6-Three, Four-6, 6-2 |- | Cincinnati || Roger Federer (SUI) || Andy Roddick (USA) || 6-Three, 7-5 |- | Madrid || non eventually played || || |- | Paris || non eventually played || || |}

Winners by tournament (1990 to present)
|- bgcolor="#ececec" ! Season !! Indian Wells
|- | 2005 || Federer (5/8) || Federer (6/8) || Nadal (1/3) || Nadal (2/3) || Federer (7/8) || Nadal (3/3) || Federer (8/8) || ... || ... |- | 2004 || Federer (2/8) || Roddick (3/3) || Coria (2/2) || Moyà || Federer (3/8) || Federer (4/8) || Agassi || Safin (4/5) || Safin (5/5) |- | 2003 || Hewitt (2/2) || Agassi || Ferrero || Mantilla (1/1) || Coria (1/2) || Roddick (1/3) || Roddick (2/3) || Ferrero (3/3) || Henman (1/1) |- | 2002 || Hewitt (2/2) || Agassi || Ferrero (2/3) || Agassi || Federer (1/8) || Cañas (1/1) || Moyà || Agassi || Safin (3/5) |- | 2001 || Agassi || Agassi || Kuerten || Ferrero (1/3) || Portas || Pavel || Kuerten || Haas || Grosjean |- | 2000 || Corretja || Sampras || Pioline || Norman (1/1) || Kuerten || Safin (1/5) || Enqvist (3/3) || Ferreira || Safin (2/5) |- | 1999 || Pilippoussis (1/1) || Krajicek || Kuerten || Kuerten || Ríos || Johansson (1/1) || Sampras || Enqvist || Agassi |- | 1998 || Ríos || Ríos || Moyà || Ríos || Costa (1/1) || Rafter || Rafter || Krajicek || Rusedski (1/1) |- | 1997 || Chang || Muster || Ríos || Corretja || Medvedev || Woodruff || Sampras || Korda || Sampras |- | 1996 || Chang || Agassi || Muster || Muster || Carretero || Ferreira || Agassi || Becker || Enqvist |- | 1995 || Sampras || Agassi || Muster || Muster || Medvedev || Agassi || Agassi || Krajicek || Sampras |- | 1994 || Sampras || Sampras || Medvedev || Sampras || Medvedev || Agassi || Chang || Edberg || Agassi |- | 1993 || Messenger || Sampras || Bruguera || Messenger || Stich || Pernfors || Chang || Stich || Ivanišević |- | 1992 || Chang || Chang || Muster || Messenger || Edberg || Agassi || Sampras || Ivanišević || Becker |- | 1991 || Courier || Courier || Bruguera || Sánchez || Novacek || Chesnokov || Forget || Edberg || Forget |- | 1990 || Edberg || Agassi || Chesnokov || Muster || Aguilera || Chang || Edberg || Becker || Edberg |}

Singles Titles Champions Matrix
Since 1990: |- bgcolor="#efefef" ! # ! Player ! In ! Mi ! Mo ! Ro ! Ha ! Ca ! Ci ! Ma ! Pa ! # |- | Single || Andre Agassi (USA) || I || Hexad || - || Ace || - || Troika || Terzetto || Unity || Deuce || 17 |- | Deuce || Pete Sampras (USA) || Deuce || Deuce-ace || - || Ace || - || - || Troika || - || Deuce || 11 |- | Ternion || Roger Federer (SUI) || 2 || One || - || - || Tercet || I || One || - || - || 8 |- | Quaternion || Thomas Muster (AUT) || - || 1 || Trinity || Trine || - || - || - || - || - || 7 |- | || Michael Chang (USA) || Terzetto || I || - || - || - || Ace || Ii || - || - || 7 |- | Half a dozen || Jim Courier (USA) || Deuce || Ace || - || Ii || - || - || - || - || - || 5 |- | || Stefan Edberg (SWE) || Unity || - || - || - || One || One || - || One || 1 || 5 |- | || Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) || - || - || Two || Ace || I || - || I || - || - || 5 |- | || Marcelo Ríos (CHI) || I || One || One || Ace || 1 || - || - || - || - || 5 |- | || Marat Safin (RUS) || - || - || - || - || - || Single || - || 1 || Triplet || 5 |- | Xi || Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) || - || - || 2 || Single || - || - || - || I || - || 4 |- | || Andrei Medvedev (UKR) || - || - || 1 || - || Three || - || - || - || - || 4 |- | Baker's dozen || Boris Becker (GER) || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 2 || I || 3 |- | || Thomas Enqvist (SWE) || - || - || - || - || - || - || Ace || Ace || 1 || 3 |- | || Carlos Moyà (ESP) || - || - || Ace || Single || - || - || 1 || - || - || 3 |- | || Rafael Nadal (ESP) || - || - || Single || Single || - || 1 || - || - || - || 3 |- | || Andy Roddick (USA) || - || Unity || - || - || - || Unity || I || - || - || 3 |}

Records & trivia
|- |bgcolor="efefef"|Winners of the "Indian Wells - Miami double": || Messenger (1991)
Chang (1992)
Sampras (1994)
Ríos (1998)
Agassi (2001)
Federer (2005) |- |bgcolor="efefef"|Winners of the "Toronto/Montreal - Cincinnati double": || Agassi (1995)
Rafter (1998)
Roddick (2003) |- |bgcolor="efefef"|Winners of the Iv AMS tournaments in outdoor hardcourt: || Agassi (Miami 'Ninety, Canada '92, Cincinnati '95, Indian Wells '01)
Chang (Canada 'Ninety, Indian Wells & Miami '92, Cincinnati '93)
Federer (Indian Wells & Canada '04, Miami '05, Cincinnati '05) |- |bgcolor="efefef"|Winners of the Deuce-ace AMS tournaments in clay: || Ríos (Monte Carlo '97, Rome '98, Hamburg '99)
Kuerten (Monte Carlo & Rome '99, Hamburg '00) |- |bgcolor="efefef"|Winners of the AMS tournaments on the trinity shells
(out-/indoor arduous, outdoor clay, indoor rug) || Agassi
Sampras
Edberg |- |bgcolor="efefef"|Most overall triumph: || Seventeen: Agassi |- |bgcolor="efefef"|Most wins at one tournament: || Sestet: Agassi (Miami 1990, 95, 96, 2001, 02, 03) |- |bgcolor="efefef"|Most sequentially wins at one tournament: || Ternion: Agassi (Miami 2001-2003) |- |bgcolor="efefef"|Most different tournaments won: || Septet: Agassi |- |bgcolor="efefef"|Most tournaments won around Unity year: || Quatern: Federer (2005) |}

Notes
A final of a Rome Masters between Spaniard Rafael Nadal & Argentine Guillermo Coria marked the yearn final of the Open Era (since 1968): Phoebe hrs. & Xiv mins, by using 18-month old Nadal prevailing.

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