ATP International Series Gold

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International Series Gold is a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally that are part of the ATP Tour. International Series Gold offer players cash prizes (purses from $755,000 to $1,426,250 as of 2007) and the ability to earn ATP ranking points. The tournaments are below the ATP Masters Series, and above the ATP International Series in terms of prize money and ranking points available. See Association of Tennis Professionals#Rankings for more details.

[edit] Tournaments

The locations and titles of these tournaments may change from year to year. The tournaments, in calendar order, are:

Tournament	Place	Court surface	2008 Prize Money	Draw Size	Played since	Current Champion
ABN AMRO WTT	Rotterdam	Indoor Hard	$824,000	32	1972	Michael Llodra
RMK Championships	Memphis	Indoor Hard	$769,000	32	1975	Steve Darcis
Dubai Tennis Championships	Dubai	Hard	$1,426,000	32	1993	Andy Roddick
Abierto Mexicano Telcel	Acapulco	Clay	$794,000	32	1993	Nicolás Almagro
Open Sabadell Atlántico	Barcelona	Clay	$888,000	56	1953	Rafael Nadal
Mercedes Cup	Stuttgart	Clay	$568,000	32	1978	Rafael Nadal
Generali Open	Kitzbühel	Clay	$571,000	48	1972	Juan Mónaco
Japan Open Tennis Championships	Tokyo	Hard	$869,000	48	1973	David Ferrer
BA-CA TennisTrophy	Vienna	Indoor Hard	$674,000	32	1974	Novak Đoković