Stefanos Tsitsipas wins Monte Carlo Masters 1000 for third time
Sport
4 min read
25-year-old tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece defeated Casper Ruud of Norway in a straight set 6-1, 6-4 to win his third ATP Monte Carlo Masters 1000 title. He also won the title in 2021 and 2022.
Twice French Open runners-up Casper Rudd later apologised to the crowd for not being able to put a challenge to Stefanos Tsitsipas.
World No. 6 ranked Casper Rudd defeated world no. 1 Novak Djokovic in the semifinal to qualify for the final.
Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Alexander Zverev in the quarter-final and world no 2 Jannik Sinner in the semi-finals.
Stefanos Tsitsipas joins the list of tennis greats, including Bjorn Borg, Thomas Muster, and Ilie Nastase, who have won the preeminent clay court ATP Masters.
Rafael Nadal has won the Monte Carlo Masters a record 11 times.
With the win in Monte Carlo, Stefanos has also broken into the top 10 ATP rankings.
ATP Monte Carlo Masters 1000 Doubles Title
The Belgian pair of Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen won the men’s doubles title, defeating the Brazilian Marcelo Melo and Alexander Zverev of Germany 5-7, 6-3, 10-5. This was the pair's first ATP Masters 1000 title win.
ATP Monte Carlo Masters 1000
The ATP Monte Carlo Masters 1000 is one of the three Masters 1000 tournaments played on clay courts. It was started in 1906. The Monte Carlo Open is held in Monaco. ATP master means the winner gets 1000 points, which is used by the Association of Tennis Professionals to rank professional male tennis players.
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)
Leading professional male tennis player decided at the sidelines of the US Open 1972 to form an association that would promote professional male tennis in the world. This led to the creation of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in 1972.
The ATP administers and organises the professional world men's tennis tours, such as the ATP Tour, the Challenger Tour, and the second-tier tournaments.
The ATP tours include Masters 1000, ATP 500 and ATP 250.
However, the ATP does not organise the Grand Slam events, such as the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.
It does not operate the Grand Slam events, which include the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open. The International Tennis Federation and national Tennis bodies organise the Grand Slam events.
ATP introduced the Computerised ATP ranking system on 23 August 1973 for men’s professional tennis.
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
