Five more ATP Masters 1000 events to move to 96-player draws as part of ATP Tour OneVision plan

Other features of the plan include audited tournament financials to provide full transparency to players on the economics of tournaments.
and a 50/50 profit sharing formula between players and tournaments

ATP Tour_ATP Masters 1000 logo at the Internazionali BNL D’Italia tennis tournament at Foro Italico in Rome, Italy Image Credit: Inside / Panoramic

Haresh Ramchandani

June 10, 2022

The ATP Tour has announced that five more ATP Masters 1000 series events will move to a 96-player draw, which means that seven of the nine Masters 1000 series will feature a 96-players singles draw.

As part of Phase One of its long-term transformational Strategic Plan ‘OneVision’, the ATP Tour confirmed that the five events will move to 12-days events over the coming seasons, the same format currently used at Indian Wells and Miami.

The five events are:

Mutua Madrid Open (from 2023)
Internazionali BNL d’Italia (Rome, from 2023)
Rolex Shanghai Masters (from 2023)
National Bank Open presented by Rogers (Canada, from 2025)
Western & Southern Open (Cincinnati, from 2025)

In a statement released, ATP Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi said: “Our sport has huge upside and stands on the cusp of a new era of growth. Fulfilling our potential requires us to be united, pursue new growth opportunities and focus on what matters most: the fans. OneVision gives us a game plan to do just that. Its launch represents a game-changing moment for the Tour and a huge collective effort across our sport. I’m incredibly excited for what’s to come.”

Some of the other features of ‘OneVision’ Phase one include:

For the first time, audited tournament financials will provide full transparency to players on the economics of tournaments.
A 50/50 profit sharing formula between players and tournaments to better align their interests in growing the game as partners in success.
Prize money at the five expanded top tier events increasing by more than 35 per cent between 2022 and 2025.
The year- end Bonus Pool will also double digit growth and will now be distributed to the Top 30 players (up from 12).
A new element of profit sharing based on the financial performance of the tournaments, has the potential to provide further financial support to more than 140 players.
An expanded and restructured ATP Board composition, alongside new checks and balances to protect against conflicts of interest.

Up next will be Phase Two of OneVision which has a vision of “creating a unified governance structure and operating model across the wider sport, exploiting key synergies and delivering greater support for lower levels of tennis through incremental growth” and is a collective initiative between the different governing bodies of tennis, including the ATP, WTA, ITF, Australian Open, Roland-Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open.