ATP International Series Gold

International Series Gold (previously known as the Championship Series) was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally that were part of the ATP Tour. The tournaments were positioned below the ATP Masters Series, and above the ATP International Series in terms of prize money and ranking points available.

Logo of the International Series Gold tier between 2000 and 2008

International Series Gold tournaments offered players cash prizes (purses from $755,000 to $1,426,250 as of 2008) and the ability to earn ATP ranking points. See Association of Tennis Professionals#Rankings for more details.

Effective in 2009, this series of tournaments became the ATP Tour 500, incorporating many of the same tournaments. The "500" represents the number of ATP ranking points earned by the winner of each event in the series.

Tournaments

The locations and titles of these tournaments may change from year to year. The tournaments, in calendar order, are:

Tournament	Country	Location	Court surface	2008 Prize Money	Draw Size	Began (as ISG)
ABN AMRO WTT	Netherlands	Rotterdam	Indoor Hard	$824,000	32	1972 (2000)
RMK Championships	United States	Memphis	Indoor Hard	$769,000	32	1975 (2000)
Dubai Tennis Championships	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	Hard	$1,426,000	32	1993 (2001)
Abierto Mexicano Telcel	Mexico	Acapulco	Clay	$794,000	32	1993 (2000)
Open Sabadell Atlántico	Spain	Barcelona	Clay	$888,000	56	1953 (2000)
Mercedes Cup	Germany	Stuttgart	Clay	$568,000	32	1916 (2000)
Generali Open	Austria	Kitzbühel	Clay	$571,000	48	1945 (2000)
Japan Open Tennis Championships	Japan	Tokyo	Hard	$869,000	48	1972 (2000)
BA-CA TennisTrophy	Austria	Vienna	Indoor Hard	$674,000	32	1974 (2000)

Singles champions

ATP International Series Gold

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Rotterdam	Pioline	Escudé	Escudé	Mirnyi	Hewitt	Federer	Štěpánek	Youzhny	Llodra
Memphis	Larsson	Philippoussis	Roddick	Dent	J. Johansson	Carlsen	Haas	Haas	Darcis
London[lower-alpha 1]	Rosset	ATP International Series (Milan)					Not an event
Dubai	ATP International Series	Ferrero	Santoro	Federer	Federer	Federer	Nadal	Federer	Roddick
Mexico City/Acapulco	Chela	Kuerten	Moyá	Calleri	Moyá	Nadal	Horna	Chela	Almagro
Barcelona	Safin	Ferrero	Gaudio	Moyá	Robredo	Nadal	Nadal	Nadal	Nadal
Stuttgart	Squillari	Kuerten	ATP International Series	Coria	Cañas	Nadal	Ferrer	Nadal	del Potro
Kitzbühel	Corretja	Lapentti	Corretja	Coria	Massú	Gaudio	Calleri	Mónaco	del Potro
Washington, D.C.	Corretja	Roddick	Blake	ATP International Series
Indianapolis	Kuerten	Rafter	Rusedski	ATP International Series
Tokyo	Schalken	Hewitt	Carlsen	Schüttler	Novák	Moodie	Federer	Ferrer	Berdych
Vienna	Henman	Haas	Federer	Federer	López	Ljubičić	Ljubičić	Djokovic	Petzschner

ATP Championship Series

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Brussels	Becker	Forget	Becker	Not an event
Antwerp	Invitational		ATP World Series			Not an event	Stich	Rosset	Rusedski	Not an event
Toronto Indoor	Lendl	Not an event
Memphis	ATP World Series	Lendl	Washington	Courier	Martin	Martin	Sampras	Chang	Philippoussis	Haas
Rotterdam	ATP World Series									Kafelnikov
Milan/London[lower-alpha 1]	ATP World Series			Becker	Becker	Kafelnikov	Ivanišević	Ivanišević	Kafelnikov	Krajicek
Philadelphia	Sampras	Lendl	Sampras	Woodforde	Chang	Enqvist	Courier	Sampras	Sampras	Not an event
Stuttgart Indoor	Becker	Edberg	Ivanišević	Stich	Edberg	Krajicek	ATP Super 9
Tokyo Outdoor	Edberg	Edberg	Courier	Sampras	Sampras	Courier	Sampras	Krajicek	Pavel	Kiefer
Barcelona	Gómez	Sánchez	C. Costa	A. Medvedev	Krajicek	Muster	Muster	A. Costa	Martin	Mantilla
Stuttgart Outdoor	Ivanišević	Stich	A. Medvedev	Gustafsson	Berasategui	Muster	Muster	Corretja	Kuerten	Norman
Kitzbühel	ATP World Series									Ríos
Washington, D.C.	Agassi	Agassi	Korda	Mansdorf	Edberg	Agassi	Chang	Chang	Agassi	Agassi
Indianapolis	Becker	Sampras	Sampras	Courier	Ferreira	Enqvist	Sampras	Björkman	Corretja	Lapentti
New Haven	Rostagno	Korda	Edberg	A. Medvedev	Becker	Agassi	O'Brien	Kafelnikov	Kučera	Not an event
Sydney Indoor	Becker	Edberg	Ivanišević	Yzaga	Krajicek	Not an event
Tokyo Indoor	Lendl	Edberg	Lendl	Lendl	Ivanišević	Chang	Not an event
Singapore	ATP World Series			Not an event			ATP World Series	Gustafsson	Ríos	Ríos
Vienna	ATP World Series						Becker	Ivanišević	Sampras	Rusedski

Doubles champions

International Series Gold

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Rotterdam	Adams de Jager	Björkman Federer	Federer Mirnyi	Arthurs Hanley	Hanley Štěpánek	Erlich Ram	Hanley Ullyett	Paes Damm	Berdych Tursunov
Memphis	Gimelstob Lareau	Bryan Bryan	MacPhie Zimonjić	Knowles Nestor	Bryan Bryan	Aspelin Perry	Haggard Karlović	Butorac Murray	Bhupathi Knowles
London[lower-alpha 1]	Adams de Jager	ATP International Series (Milan)					Discontinued
Dubai	Int. Series	Eagle Stolle	Knowles Nestor	Paes Rikl	Bhupathi Santoro	Damm Štěpánek	Hanley Ullyett	Santoro Zimonjić	Bhupathi Knowles
Mexico City/Acapulco	Black Johnson	Johnson Kuerten	Bryan Bryan	Knowles Nestor	Bryan Bryan	Ferrer Ventura	Čermák Friedl	Starace Vassallo Argüello	Marach Mertiňák
Barcelona	Kulti Tillström	Johnson Palmer	Hill Vacek	Bryan Bryan	Knowles Nestor	Paes Zimonjić	Knowles Nestor	Pavel Waske	Bryan Bryan
Stuttgart	Novák Rikl	Cañas Schüttler	Int. Series	Cibulec Vízner	Novák Štěpánek	Acasuso Prieto	Gaudio Mirnyi	Čermák Friedl	Kas Kohlschreiber
Kitzbühel	Albano Suk	Corretja Lobo	Koenig Shimada	Damm Suk	Čermák Friedl	Friedl Pavel	Koubek Kohlschreiber	Horna Starace	Cerretani Hănescu
Washington	O'Brien Palmer	Damm Prinosil	Black Ullyett	ATP International Series
Indianapolis	Hewitt Stolle	Knowles MacPhie	Knowles Nestor	ATP International Series
Tokyo	Bhupathi Paes	Leach Macpherson	Coetzee Haggard	Gimelstob Kiefer	Palmer Vízner	Iwabuchi Suzuki	Fisher Phillips	Kerr Lindstedt	Youzhny Zverev
Vienna	Kafelnikov Zimonjić	Damm Štěpánek	Eagle Stolle	Allegro Federer	Damm Suk	Knowles Nestor	Pála Vízner	Fyrstenberg Matkowski	Mirnyi Ram

ATP Championship Series

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Brussels	E Sánchez Živojinović	Woodbridge Woodforde	Becker McEnroe	Discontinued
Antwerp	Invitational		ATP World Series			Not held	Björkman Kulti	Adams Delaître	Ferreira Kafelnikov	Discontinued
Toronto Indoor	Galbraith Macpherson	Discontinued
Memphis	World Series	Riglewski Stich	Woodbridge Woodforde	Woodbridge Woodforde	Black Stark	Palmer Reneberg	Knowles Nestor	Ferreira Galbraith	Woodbridge Woodforde	Woodbridge Woodforde
Rotterdam	ATP World Series									Adams de Jager
Milan/London[lower-alpha 1]	ATP World Series			Kratzmann Masur	Nijssen Suk	Becker Forget	Gaudenzi Ivanišević	Albano Nyborg	Damm Grabb	Henman Rusedski
Philadelphia	Leach Pugh	Leach Pugh	Woodbridge Woodforde	Grabb Reneberg	Eltingh Haarhuis	Grabb Stark	Woodbridge Woodforde	Lareau O'Brien	Eltingh Haarhuis	Discontinued
Stuttgart Indoor	Forget Hlasek	Casal E Sánchez	Nijssen Suk	Kratzmann Masur	Adams Olhovskiy	Connell Galbraith	ATP Super 9
Tokyo Outdoor	Kratzmann Masur	Edberg Woodbridge	Jones Leach	Flach Leach	Holm Järryd	Knowles Stark	Woodbridge Woodforde	Damm Vacek	Lareau Nestor	Tarango Vacek
Barcelona	Gómez J Sánchez	de la Peña Nargiso	Gómez J Sánchez	Cannon Melville	Kafelnikov Rikl	Kronemann Macpherson	Lobo J Sánchez	Berasategui Burillo	Eltingh Haarhuis	Haarhuis Kafelnikov
Stuttgart Outdoor	Aldrich Visser	Masur E Sánchez	Layendecker Talbot	Nijssen Suk	Melville Norval	Carbonell Roig	Pimek Talbot	Kuerten Meligeni	Delaître Santoro	Oncins Orsanic
Kitzbühel	ATP World Series									Haggard Nyborg
Washington	Connell Michibata	Davis Pate	Garnett Palmer	Black Leach	Connell Galbraith	Delaître Tarango	Connell Davis	Jensen Jensen	Stafford Ullyett	Gimelstob Lareau
Indianapolis	Davis Pate	Flach Seguso	Grabb Reneberg	Davis Martin	Woodbridge Woodforde	Knowles Nestor	Grabb Reneberg	Tillström Tebbutt	Novák Rikl	Haarhuis Palmer
New Haven	Brown Melville	Korda Masur	Jones Leach	Suk Vacek	Connell Galbraith	Leach Melville	Black Connell	Bhupathi Paes	Arthurs Tramacchi	Discontinued
Sydney Indoor	Dyke Lundgren	Grabb Reneberg	McEnroe Stark	McEnroe Reneberg	Eltingh Haarhuis	Discontinued
Tokyo Indoor	Forget Hlasek	Grabb Reneberg	Woodbridge Woodforde	Connell Galbraith	Connell Galbraith	Eltingh Haarhuis	Discontinued
Singapore	ATP World Series			Not held			World Series	Bhupathi Paes	Woodbridge Woodforde	Mirnyi Taino
Vienna	ATP World Series						Kafelnikov Vacek	Ferreira Galbraith	Kafelnikov Vacek	Prinosil Stolle

Milan event leased and held in London in 1998–2000

Titles champions 2000 to 2008

Players with 3 or more titles

#	Player	RO	ME	DU	AC	BA	ST	KI	TO	VI	EX	#	Winning span
1	Roger Federer	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	8	2002–07 (6)
1	Rafael Nadal	-	-	1	1	4	2	-	-	-	-	8	2005–08 (4)
3	Àlex Corretja	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	3	2000–02 (3)
3	Tommy Haas	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	2001–07 (7)
3	Gustavo Kuerten	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	3	2000–01 (2)
3	Carlos Moyá	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	2002–04 (3)
3	Andy Roddick	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2001–08 (8)

^ RO = Rotterdam, ME = Memphis, DU = Dubai, AC = Acapulco (Mexico City), BA = Barcelona, ST = Stuttgart, KI = Kitzbühel, TO = Tokyo, PA = Paris, EX = Extinct tournaments.

^ The 4th International Series Gold tournament was played in Mexico City in 2000, before moving to its current location in Acapulco in 2001.

^ The "Extinct tournaments" are: Indianapolis, Washington, London.

^ Active players in bold. 3 or more titles per tournament underlined.

Titles champions 1990 to 1999

Players with 3 or more titles

	Titles	#
1.	Pete Sampras	12
2.	Boris Becker	9
3.	Stefan Edberg	8
4.	/ Goran Ivanišević	7
5.	Andre Agassi	6
5.	/ Ivan Lendl	6
7.	Michael Chang	5
	Jim Courier	5
	Richard Krajicek	5
10.	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	4
10.	Thomas Muster	4
12.	Todd Martin	3
	Andriy Medvedev	3
	Marcelo Ríos	3
	Michael Stich	3

Note

Prior to the formation of the ATP in 1990 three of these tournaments Philadelphia, Indianapolis, and Tokyo were part of the Grand Prix Super Series major ranking tournaments. The precursor to Masters 1000 Series Events.

See also

External links

Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) official website

ATP International Series Gold (2000–2008)
2000–2008 Rotterdam Memphis Mexico City/Acapulco Barcelona Kitzbühel Tokyo Vienna 2000–2001/2003–2008 Stuttgart 2000 London 2000–2002 Washington Indianapolis 2001–2008 Dubai

ATP Championship Series (1990–1999)
1990–1999 Barcelona Tokyo Outdoor Stuttgart Outdoor Washington Indianapolis 1990 Toronto Indoor 1990–1992 Brussels 1990–1994 Sydney Indoor 1990–1995 Tokyo Indoor Stuttgart Indoor 1990–1998 Philadelphia New Haven 1991–1999 Memphis 1993–1997 Milan 1996–1998 Antwerp 1996–1999 Vienna 1997–1999 Singapore 1998–1999 London 1999 Rotterdam Kitzbühel

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