Monte-Carlo Masters

Monte-Carlo Masters
Tournament information
Founded	1897
Location	Roquebrune-Cap-Martin France
Venue	Monte Carlo Country Club
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay, outdoors
Draw	56S / 28Q / 24D
Prize money	€2,750,000
Website	Official website
Current champions
Men's singles	Rafael Nadal
Men's doubles	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut

The Monte-Carlo Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France,^[1] a commune that borders on Monaco. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. The tournament is played on clay courts and is held every year in the April–May period.

The Monte Carlo tennis championship was first held in 1897. It became an "Open" event in 1969. From 1970 through 1972 and from 1978 through 1989 it was a major tournament of the Grand Prix Tour as part of the Grand Prix Super Series top tier events. In 1973 the tournament was part of the Rothmans Spring Mediterranean Circuit.^[2] From 1974 through 1977 the tournament was part of the World Championship Tennis (WCT) circuit. In 1990 it became an ATP Championship Series Single Week tennis event.

Beginning in 2009, Monte Carlo became the only ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament not to have a mandatory player commitment. Most of the top players still elect to play the event despite this status.

Rafael Nadal won the title eight consecutive times between 2005 and 2012, making him the only player to win eight consecutive titles at the same tournament. Now Nadal completed his 10th finals Monte Carlo master 2016 winning this year his 9th Crown in Monte Carlo Master against Monfils.

Past finals

Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1897	Reggie Doherty	Conway W. Blackwood Price	6–2, 6–1, 6–2
1898	Reggie Doherty	Graf Victor Voß	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–0 retired
1899	Reggie Doherty	Graf Victor Voß	6–2 retired
1900	Lawrence Doherty		may not have been played[3]
1901	Lawrence Doherty	Wilberforce Eaves	6–2, 5–7, 6–1
1902	Reggie Doherty	George Hillyard	6–1, 6–4, 6–3
1903	Reggie Doherty	Frank Riseley	6–1, 14–16 retired
1904	Reggie Doherty	Josiah Ritchie	6–1, 7–5, 3–6, 7–5
1905	Lawrence Doherty	Josiah Ritchie	6–4, 8–6, 6–4
1906	Lawrence Doherty	Wilberforce Eaves	6–3, 11–9
1907	Josiah Ritchie	Lawrence Doherty	8–6, 7–5, 8–6
1908	Anthony Wilding	Wilberforce Eaves	6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–0
1909	Fred Alexander	Lawrence Doherty	7–5, 6–4, 6–1
1910	Max Decugis	Josiah Ritchie	6–3, 6–0, 6–0
1911	Anthony Wilding	Max Decugis	5–7, 1–6, 6–3, 6–0, 6–1
1912	Anthony Wilding	C. Moore	6–3, 6–0, 6–0
1913	Anthony Wilding	Félix Poulin	6–0, 6–2, 6–1
1914	Anthony Wilding	Gordon Lowe	6–2, 6–3, 6–2
1919	Nicolae Mișu	Max Decugis	6–2, 6–0
1920	Gordon Lowe	Josiah Ritchie	7–5, 6–2
1921	Gordon Lowe	Algernon Kingscote	6–1, 0–6, 6–4, 6–2
1922	Giovanni Balbi di Robecco	Alain Gerbault	6–1, 6–4, 6–3
1923	Gordon Lowe	Leighton Crawford	6–2, 6–4, 6–4
1924	Leighton Crawford	Leonce Aslangul	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1926	Béla von Kehrling	Charles Kingsley	6–4, 6–1, 6–3
1927	Béla von Kehrling	Erik Worm	W/O
1928	Henri Cochet	Béla von Kehrling	3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2
1929	Henri Cochet	Umberto De Morpurgo	8–6, 6–4, 6–4
1930	William Tilden	Henry Austin	6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1931	Henri Cochet	George Lyttleton-Rogers	7–5, 6–2, 6–4
1932	Roderich Menzel	George Lyttleton-Rogers	6–4, 7–5, 6–2
1933	Henry Austin	George Lyttleton-Rogers	11–9, 6–3, 7–5
1934	Henry Austin	Giorgio de Stefani	6–1, 8–6, 6–4
1935	Giovanni Palmieri	Henry Austin	6–1, 6–1, 7–5
1936	Gottfried von Cramm	Henner Henkel	4–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 7–5
1937	Gottfried von Cramm	Christian Boussus	6–2, 3–6, 6–2, 2–6, 6–2
1938	Franjo Punčec	Christian Boussus	6–0, 6–1, 6–1
1939	Pierre Pelizza	Yvon Petra	6–8, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1946	Pierre Pelizza	Yvon Petra	6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
1947	Lennart Bergelin	Budge Patty	6–3, 6–8, 1–6, 6–2, 8–6
1948	József Asbóth	Gianni Cucelli	6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2
1949	Frank Parker	Gianni Cucelli	2–6, 6–3, 6–0, 6–4
1950	Jaroslav Drobný	William Talbert	6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1951	Straight Clark	Fred Kovaleski	1–6, 6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 10–8
1952	Frank Sedgman	Jaroslav Drobný	7–5, 6–2, 5–7, 6–1
1953	Władysław Skonecki	Jaroslav Drobný	6–3, 6–4, 11–9
1954	Lorne Main	Tony Vincent	9–7, 3–6, 7–5, 6–4
1955	Władysław Skonecki	Budge Patty	6–4, 6–2, 8–6
1956	Hugh Stewart	Tony Vincent	1–6, 8–6, 6–0, 6–2
1957	Jacques Brichant	Paul Remy	3–6, 5–5, ab.
1958	Robert Haillet	Jaroslav Drobný	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1959	Robert Haillet	Budge Patty	9–7, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1960	Andrés Gimeno	Mike Davies	8–6, 6–3, 6–4
1961	Nicola Pietrangeli	Pierre Darmon	6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 6–3
1962	Pierre Darmon	Boro Jovanović	6–2, 6–1, 6–3
1963	Pierre Darmon	Jan-Erik Lundqvist	6–2, 2–6, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
1964	Martin Mulligan	Jan-Erik Lundqvist	6–4, 6–4
1965	István Gulyás	Jiri Javorský	6–3, 7–9, 8–6, 6–4
1966	Manuel Santana	Nicola Pietrangeli	8–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
1967	Nicola Pietrangeli	Martin Mulligan	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
1968	Nicola Pietrangeli	Alexander Metreveli	6–2, 6–2
1969	Tom Okker	John Newcombe	8–10, 6–1, 7–5, 6–3
1970	Željko Franulović	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1971	Ilie Năstase	Tom Okker	3–6, 8–6, 6–1, 6–1
1972	Ilie Năstase	František Pála	6–1, 6–0, 6–3
1973	Ilie Năstase	Björn Borg	6–4, 6–1, 6–2
1974	Andrew Pattison	Ilie Năstase	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
1975	Manuel Orantes	Bob Hewitt	6–2, 6–4
1976	Guillermo Vilas	Wojciech Fibak	6–1, 6–1, 6–4
1977	Björn Borg	Corrado Barazzutti	6–3, 7–5, 6–0
1978	Raúl Ramírez	Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
1979	Björn Borg	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–2, 6–1, 6–3
1980	Björn Borg	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 6–0, 6–2
1981	Jimmy Connors and Guillermo Vilas		5–5 (match abandoned due to rain)
1982	Guillermo Vilas	Ivan Lendl	6–1, 7–6, 6–3
1983	Mats Wilander	Mel Purcell	6–1, 6–2, 6–3
1984	Henrik Sundström	Mats Wilander	6–3, 7–5, 6–2
1985	Ivan Lendl	Mats Wilander	6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1986	Joakim Nyström	Yannick Noah	6–3, 6–2
1987	Mats Wilander	Jimmy Arias	4–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–3
1988	Ivan Lendl	Martín Jaite	5–7, 6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1989	Alberto Mancini	Boris Becker	7–5, 2–6, 7–6, 7–5
1990	Andrei Chesnokov	Thomas Muster	7–5, 6–3, 6–3
1991	Sergi Bruguera	Boris Becker	5–7, 6–4, 7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–4)
1992	Thomas Muster	Aaron Krickstein	6–3, 6–1, 6–3
1993	Sergi Bruguera	Cédric Pioline	7–6^(7–2), 6–0
1994	Andriy Medvedev	Sergi Bruguera	7–5, 6–1, 6–3
1995	Thomas Muster	Boris Becker	4–6, 5–7, 6–1, 7–6^(8–6), 6–0
1996	Thomas Muster	Albert Costa	6–3, 5–7, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
1997	Marcelo Ríos	Àlex Corretja	6–4, 6–3, 6-3
1998	Carlos Moyá	Cédric Pioline	6–3, 6–0, 7–5
1999	Gustavo Kuerten	Marcelo Ríos	6–4, 2–1 (retired)
2000	Cédric Pioline	Dominik Hrbatý	6–4, 7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(8–6)
2001	Gustavo Kuerten	Hicham Arazi	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
2002	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Carlos Moyá	7–5, 6–3, 6–4
2003	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Guillermo Coria	6–2, 6–2
2004	Guillermo Coria	Rainer Schüttler	6–2, 6–1, 6–3
2005	Rafael Nadal	Guillermo Coria	6–3, 6–1, 0–6, 7–5
2006	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer	6–2, 6–7^(2–7), 6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
2007	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer	6–4, 6–4
2008	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer	7–5, 7–5
2009	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
2010	Rafael Nadal	Fernando Verdasco	6–0, 6–1
2011	Rafael Nadal	David Ferrer	6–4, 7–5
2012	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic	6–3, 6–1
2013	Novak Djokovic	Rafael Nadal	6–2, 7–6^(7–1)
2014	Stan Wawrinka	Roger Federer	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–2
2015	Novak Djokovic	Tomáš Berdych	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
2016	Rafael Nadal	Gaël Monfils	7–5, 5–7, 6–0

Men's doubles

Since 1968:

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1968	Sergei Likhachev Alex Metreveli	Patrice Beust Daniel Contet	5–7, 9–7, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5
1969	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	Pancho Gonzales Dennis Ralston	7–5, 11–13, 6–2, 6–1
1970	Marty Riessen Roger Taylor	Pierre Barthès Nikola Pilić	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1971	Ilie Năstase Ion Ţiriac	Tom Okker Roger Taylor	1–6, 6–3, 6–3, 8–6
1972	Patrice Beust Daniel Contet	Jiří Hřebec František Pala	3–6, 6–1, 12–10, 6–2
1973	Juan Gisbert, Sr. Ilie Năstase	Georges Goven Patrick Proisy	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
1974	John Alexander Phil Dent	Manuel Orantes Tony Roche	7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3
1975	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	6–3, 6–2
1976	Wojciech Fibak Karl Meiler	Björn Borg Guillermo Vilas	7–6, 6–1
1977	François Jauffret Jan Kodeš	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
1978	Peter Fleming Tomáš Šmíd	Jaime Fillol Ilie Năstase	6–4, 7–5
1979	Ilie Năstase Raúl Ramírez	Víctor Pecci Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 6–4
1980	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	Vitas Gerulaitis John McEnroe	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
1981	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 6–3
1982	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	6–7, 7–6, 6–3
1983	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	6–2, 6–4
1984	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	Jan Gunnarsson Mats Wilander	6–2, 6–1
1985	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	Shlomo Glickstein Shahar Perkiss	6–2, 6–3
1986	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1987	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	Mansour Bahrami Michael Mortensen	6–2, 6–4
1988	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	Henri Leconte Ivan Lendl	6–1, 6–3
1989	Tomáš Šmíd Mark Woodforde	Paolo Canè Diego Nargiso	1–6, 6–4, 6–2
1990	Petr Korda Tomáš Šmíd	Andrés Gómez Javier Sánchez	6–4, 7–6
1991	Luke Jensen Laurie Warder	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	5–7, 7–6, 6–4
1992	Boris Becker Michael Stich	Petr Korda Karel Nováček	6–4, 6–4
1993	Stefan Edberg Petr Korda	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	3–6, 6–2, 7–6
1994	Nicklas Kulti Magnus Larsson	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
1995	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	6–3, 6–4
1996	Ellis Ferreira Jan Siemerink	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
1997	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 2–6, 7–6
1998	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 6–2
1999	Olivier Delaître Tim Henman	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–2, 6–3
2000	Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
2001	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
2002	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	Paul Haarhuis Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
2003	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
2004	Tim Henman Nenad Zimonjić	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	7–5, 6–2
2005	Leander Paes Nenad Zimonjić	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	W/O
2006	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	6–2, 7–6
2007	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Julien Benneteau Richard Gasquet	6–2, 6–1
2008	Rafael Nadal Tommy Robredo	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	6–3, 6–3
2009	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–1, 6–4
2010	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	6–3, 2–0 retired
2011	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Juan Ignacio Chela Bruno Soares	6–3, 6–2
2012	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	6–2, 6–3
2013	Julien Benneteau Nenad Zimonjić	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 7–6^(7–4), [14–12]
2014	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
2015	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini	7–6^(7–3), 6–1
2016	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	4–6, 6–0, [10–6]

Records

Singles

• Most titles: Rafael Nadal, 9
• Most consecutive titles: Rafael Nadal 8, (2005–12)
• Most finals: Rafael Nadal, 10, (2005–13, 2016)
• Most consecutive finals: Rafael Nadal, 9, (2005–13)
• Most matches played: Rafael Nadal, (60)
• Most matches won: Rafael Nadal, (56)
• Most consecutive match wins: Rafael Nadal (46, 2005-13)
• Most editions played: Fabrice Santoro, (17)
• Best Match winning %: Reginald Doherty and Pierre Pellizza 100%
• Longest final: Gottfried von Cramm v Henner Henkel, result: 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 7-5 (54 games) (1936)
• Shortest final: Reginald Doherty v Graf Victor Voß, result: 6-2 RET (8 games) (1899)
• Most one-sided final: Rafael Nadal v Fernando Verdasco, result: 6-0, 6-1 (1 game conceded) (2010)
• Oldest champion: Gordon Francis Lowe, 38y 8m and 6d (1923)
• Youngest champion: Mats Wilander, 18y 7m and 7d (1983)

Doubles

• Most wins - team: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (5 titles)
• Most wins - individual: Bob Bryan, Mike Bryan, / Nenad Zimonjić (5 titles)

Notes and references

1. "Site Access". Monte Carlo Masters. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
   See also this map on the cited page, which clearly shows the venue on the French side of the border.
2. John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 330,331. ISBN 9780362001686.
3. Ayres' lawn tennis almanack and tournament guide and other sources list him as winner, but according to Aujourd'hui 100 Ans 1897–1997 - Le Tournoi de Monte-Carlo by Michel Sutter (1997) and other sources the tournament didn't take place.

External links

• Official tournament website
• ATP tournament profile
• Official live streaming of all matches

Coordinates: 43°45′06″N 7°26′26.62″E / 43.75167°N 7.4407278°E