ATP World Tour 250 series

The ATP World Tour 250 series is a new series for tennis tournaments of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) from the 2009 ATP World Tour. It is the lowest tier of events on the tour, and is a continuation of the ATP International Series.[1]

The series includes 40 tournaments, with a number of 250 rankings points to win for the events' singles champions –which accounts for the name of the series. All tournaments have a draw of 28 or 32 for singles and 16 for doubles, except for the AEGON (Queen's Club) Championships, which has a draw of 56 for singles and 24 for doubles, and the Winston-Salem Open, which has a draw of 48 for singles and 16 for doubles.

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Events

2010 champions
2011 champions
Tournament Sponsored name City Country Surface Current singles champions Current doubles champions
Doha Qatar ExxonMobil Open Doha  Qatar Hard Roger Federer Marc López
Rafael Nadal
Chennai Aircel Chennai Open Chennai  India Hard Stanislas Wawrinka Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes
Brisbane Brisbane International Brisbane  Australia Hard Robin Söderling Lukáš Dlouhý
Paul Hanley
Sydney Apia International Sydney Sydney  Australia Hard Gilles Simon Lukáš Dlouhý
Paul Hanley
Auckland Heineken Open Auckland  New Zealand Hard David Ferrer Marcel Granollers
Tommy Robredo
Montpellier Open Sud de France Pérols  France Hard (i) Gaël Monfils Stephen Huss
Ross Hutchins
Vina del Mar VTR Open Santiago  Chile Clay Tommy Robredo Marcelo Melo
Bruno Soares
Zagreb PBZ Zagreb Indoors Zagreb  Croatia Hard (i) Ivan Dodig Dick Norman
Horia Tecău
Sao Paulo Brasil Open Sao Paulo  Brazil Clay Nicolás Almagro Marcelo Melo
Bruno Soares
San Jose SAP Open San Jose  United States Hard (i) Milos Raonic Scott Lipsky
Rajeev Ram
Marseille Open 13 Marseille  France Hard (i) Robin Söderling Robin Haase
Ken Skupski
Buenos Aires Copa Claro Buenos Aires  Argentina Clay Nicolás Almagro Oliver Marach
Leonardo Mayer
Delray Beach Delray Beach Int'l Tennis Championships Delray Beach  United States Hard Juan Martin del Potro Scott Lipsky
Rajeev Ram
Houston U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships Houston  United States Clay Ryan Sweeting Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
Casablanca Grand Prix Hassan II Casablanca  Morocco Clay Pablo Andujar Robert Lindstedt
Horia Tecău
Bucharest BCR Open Romania Bucharest  Romania Clay Florian Mayer Daniele Bracciali
Potito Starace
Estoril Estoril Open Oeiras  Portugal Clay Juan Martin del Potro Eric Butorac
Jean-Julien Rojer
Belgrade Serbia Open Belgrade  Serbia Clay Novak Djokovic Frantisek Cermak
Michal Mertinak
Munich BMW Open Munich  Germany Clay Nikolay Davydenko Simone Bolelli
Horacio Zeballos
Nice Open de Nice Côte d'Azur Nice  France Clay Nicolas Almagro Eric Butorac
Jean-Julien Rojer
Halle Gerry Weber Open Halle  Germany Grass Philipp Kohlschreiber Rohan Bopanna
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Queens AEGON Championships London  United Kingdom Grass Andy Murray Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
's-Hertogenbosch UNICEF Open Rosmalen  Netherlands Grass Dmitry Tursunov Daniele Bracciali
Frantisek Cermak
Eastbourne AEGON International Eastbourne  United Kingdom Grass Andreas Seppi Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram
Newport Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships Newport  United States Grass John Isner Matthew Ebden
Ryan Harrison
Båstad Catella Swedish Open Båstad  Sweden Clay Robin Soderling Robert Lindstedt
Horia Tecău
Stuttgart MercedesCup Stuttgart  Germany Clay Juan Carlos Ferrero Jurgen Melzer
Philipp Petzschner
Umag ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag Umag  Croatia Clay Alexandr Dolgopolov Fabio Fognini
Potito Starace
Atlanta Atlanta Tennis Championships Atlanta  United States Hard Mardy Fish Alex Bogomolov, Jr.
Matthew Ebden
Gstaad Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad Gstaad  Switzerland Clay Marcel Granollers Frantisek Cermak
Filip Polasek
Los Angeles Farmer's Classic Los Angeles  United States Hard Ernests Gulbis Mark Knowles
Xavier Malisse
Kitzbühel Austrian Open Kitzbühel Kitzbühel  Austria Clay Robin Haase Daniele Bracciali
Santiago Gonzalez
Winston-Salem Winston-Salem Open Winston-Salem  United States Hard John Isner Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram
Metz Open de Moselle Metz  France Hard (i) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Jamie Murray
Andre Sa
Saint Petersburg St. Petersburg Open Saint Petersburg  Russia Hard (i) Marin Cilic Colin Fleming
Ross Hutchins
Bangkok PTT Thailand Open Bangkok  Thailand Hard (i) Andy Murray Oliver Marach
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Kuala Lumpur Proton Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia Hard (i) Janko Tipsarevic Eric Butorac
Jean-Julien Rojer
Stockholm If Stockholm Open Stockholm  Sweden Hard (i) Gael Monfils Rohan Bopanna
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Moscow Kremlin Cup Moscow  Russia Hard (i) Janko Tipsarevic Frantisek Cermak
Filip Polasek
Vienna Bank Austria-TennisTrophy Vienna  Austria Hard (i) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan

See also

References

  1. ^ "ATP Unveils 2009, 2010 & 2011 Tour Calendars". atpworldtour.com. 2008-08-28. http://www.atpworldtour.com/5/en/media/reports/calendar_through2011.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-22. 

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