The ATP World Tour comprises ATP World Tour Masters 1000, ATP World Tour 500 series, ATP World Tour 250 series and ATP Challenger Tour. The ATP tour also oversees the ATP Champions Tour for seniors. Grand Slams (as well as the Olympic Tennis Tournament) do not fall under the auspices of the ATP. In these events, however, ranking points are awarded.
Players and doubles teams with most ranking points (collected during the calendar year) play in the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals, which, from 2000-2008, was run jointly with the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The week-long introductory level Futures tournaments are ITF events and they count towards ATP Entry Ranking. The four-week ITF Satellite tournaments were discontinued in 2007. Grand Slam tournaments are overseen by the ITF and they count towards the players' ATP rankings. The details of the professional tennis tour are:
Events Number Winner Rankings Points Governing body
Grand Slams 4 2000 ITF
ATP World Tour Finals 1 1200 ATP
ATP 1000 Masters 9 1000 ATP
ATP 500 series 11 500 ATP
ATP 250 series 40 250 ATP
ATP Challenger Tour 178 80 to 125 ATP
ITF Men's Circuit 534 18 to 35 ITF
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