The Monte-Carlo Masters (also known as the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters for sponsorship reasons) is an annual

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tournament for male professional players held in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, which borders on

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. It is played on

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s at the Monte Carlo Country Club and is held in April. The tournament is one of the nine

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on the

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won the men's singles title a record eleven times, including in eight consecutive editions. The event was founded in 1896 as the ''Monte-Carlo International''. The following year the event officially became known as the ''Monte-Carlo Championships'', also known as the ''Monte-Carlo International Championships'', which was a combined men's and women's tournament until 1982 when the women's championships ceased.

History

In April 1896, the first Monte Carlo International lawn tennis tournament was established. The first men's singles was won by George Whiteside Hillyard, according to Wimbledon librarian Alan Little. He states that the women's event was won by either a Miss K. Booth of Great Britain or a Mlle Guillon of France; despite extensive research, he could not conclusively find the results. The tournament was played on the red shale clay courts of the Lawn Tennis de Monte-Carlo club in cellars underneath the Grand

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until 1905. In 1906, the event and club was moved to

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where it was played between then and 1914 and again in 1920. It was played briefly on the roof of a garage in Beausoleil before three tennis courts were constructed with spectator stands and a new club house on 28 January 1921; the new venue was named the "La Festa Country Club" It became an "

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" event in 1969. In 1971 to 1972 and from 1978 to 1989 it was a major tournament on the Grand Prix Tour. In 1973 the tournament was part of the Rothmans Spring Mediterranean Circuit. From 1974 to 1977 the tournament was part of the

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(WCT) circuit. In 1990 it became an ATP Championship Series Single Week tennis event (later called the Masters series). Beginning in 2009, Monte Carlo became the only Masters tournament not to have a mandatory player commitment.

won the title eight consecutive times between 2005 and 2012, making him the only tennis player in the Open Era to win eight consecutive titles at the same international tournament. In 2018, Nadal won his eleventh title, the all-time record.

Prize money

The total prize money for the 2025 Monte Carlo Master 1000 was €6,128,940. The package is divided as follows:

Past finals

Men's singles

Men's doubles

Open era:

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Records

Source: The tennisbase

Men' singles

Doubles

Notes

References

External links

Official tournament website

ATP tournament profile

Official live streaming of all matches
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