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Tennis · Level 10: Professional · Sub-level 10.2

The ATP and WTA Tours

4 tests · 40 facts · updated 13 October 2026 · markdown

How the professional tours are built: the tiers of events and their points, the rolling rankings, the season from January to November, and the finals that close it.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1How the tours are builtTake a test

  1. The ATP runs the men's tour and the WTA the women's. The ITF is the guardian of the Rules of Tennis, runs the Davis Cup, the Billie Jean King Cup and the entry-level World Tennis Tour, while the four majors organise themselves under the Grand Slam Board.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  2. The tiers run Grand Slams, Masters 1000, ATP 500 and ATP 250, with the ATP Finals at the end of the year.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  3. A major is worth 2000 to the winner, twice a Masters 1000 title.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  4. Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Madrid, Rome, Canada, Cincinnati, Shanghai and Paris.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  5. Below the ATP Tour come the Challengers, then the ITF World Tennis Tour.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  6. The ITF World Tennis Tour is the entry level for both men and women.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  7. Tier I-III was the old naming; Premier and International came in 2009; the numbers followed the ATP from 2021.

    Source: WTA: tour structure, rankings history and announcements · recall

  8. 2000, up to 1500, 1000, 500 and 250.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  9. Players climb from the ITF tour to Challengers and then to the main tour's tiers.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  10. The ATP 500 tier sits below the Masters 1000 events and above the ATP 250s.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · applied

Test 2RankingsTake a test

  1. Points count for 52 weeks after they are won, then drop off.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  2. The ATP published its first singles rankings on 23 August 1973.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  3. The Romanian topped the first list in August 1973.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  4. The WTA's computer rankings began in November 1975 with Evert at the top.

    Source: WTA: tour structure, rankings history and announcements · recall

  5. That is why a player 'defends' last year's points each time an event comes round.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  6. If she does worse than last year, the difference comes off her total.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  7. Djokovic also holds the record of eight year-end No. 1 finishes.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  8. 1973, 1975 and 1990.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  9. Points live for one year and then need defending.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  10. After 52 weeks the old result leaves her total; a new result at the event replaces it.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · applied

Test 3The season calendarTake a test

  1. The year opens in Australia in January, ending with the Australian Open.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  2. Both are played in March on outdoor hard courts.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  3. Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome lead into the French Open.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  4. The short grass swing runs from the end of the French Open to Wimbledon.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  5. The other eight Masters 1000 events are mandatory for the top men.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  6. Both are played on North American hard courts in July and August.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  7. The Paris Masters closes the series in late October or early November.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  8. March, April, May, August, then late October.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  9. Hard in Australia, clay in Europe, a short grass swing, then hard courts towards the US Open.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  10. Grass covers only a few weeks between the clay season and the summer hard courts.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · applied

Test 4Season finalsTake a test

  1. The top eight in the year's race qualify, with eight doubles teams.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  2. The event moved to Turin's Inalpi Arena after twelve years in London.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  3. Shanghai hosted from 2005 to 2008, then London's O2 Arena until 2020.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  4. Each player meets the other three in the group; the top two of each group reach the semi-finals.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  5. The first Masters, as it was then called, was played at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  6. The top eight players aged 20 and under qualify, if they are not at the ATP Finals.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  7. Navratilova also won 13 doubles titles at the event.

    Source: WTA: tour structure, rankings history and announcements · recall

  8. Tokyo in 1970, Shanghai 2005-2008, London 2009-2020 and Turin from 2021.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  9. Round-robin play comes first, then a knockout from the last four.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · recall

  10. The top two of each group of four go through, and the group winners meet the other group's runners-up.

    Source: ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history · applied

Sources

The Grand Slam tournaments, ATP, WTA, ITF (Davis Cup, Billie Jean King Cup, Global Tennis Report 2024), Laver Cup and IOC. Original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

  • ATP Tour: rankings rules, Masters 1000 and ATP Finals history37
  • WTA: tour structure, rankings history and announcements3