Monte Carlo Masters

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Masters Series Monte Carlo

ATP Tour
Location	Monte Carlo Monaco
Venue	Monte Carlo Country Club
Category	Masters Series
Surface	Clay / Outdoors
Draw	56S / 28Q / 24D
Prize Money	US$2,450,000
Website	montecarlo.masters-series.com

The Monte Carlo Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The event is part of the ATP Masters Series on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. The tournament is played on clay courts. It is currently held every year in the April-May period. Prior to the establishment of the Tennis Masters Series in the early-1990s, the event was known as the Monte Carlo Open.

The Monte Carlo tennis championship was first held in 1897. It became an "Open" event in 1969.

1 Past results
- 1.1 Singles finals
- 1.2 Doubles finalists
2 External links

Since 1947:

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score in final
2007	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer	6-4, 6-4
2006	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer	6-2, 6-7, 6-3, 7-6
2005	Rafael Nadal	Guillermo Coria	6-3, 6-1, 0-6, 7-5
2004	Guillermo Coria	Rainer Schüttler	6-2, 6-1, 6-3
2003	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Guillermo Coria	6-2, 6-2
2002	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Carlos Moyà	7-5, 6-3, 6-4
2001	Gustavo Kuerten	Hicham Arazi	6-3, 6-2, 6-4
2000	Cédric Pioline	Dominik Hrbatý	6-4, 7-6, 7-6
1999	Gustavo Kuerten	Marcelo Ríos	6-4, 2-1 (retired)
1998	Carlos Moyà	Cédric Pioline	6-3, 6-0, 7-5
1997	Marcelo Ríos	Àlex Corretja	6-4, 6-3, 6-3
1996	Thomas Muster	Albert Costa	6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
1995	Thomas Muster	Boris Becker	4-6, 5-7, 6-1, 7-6, 6-0
1994	Andrei Medvedev	Sergi Bruguera	7-5, 6-1, 6-3
1993	Sergi Bruguera	Cédric Pioline	7-6, 6-0
1992	Thomas Muster	Aaron Krickstein	6-3, 6-1, 6-3
1991	Sergi Bruguera	Boris Becker	5-7, 6-4, 7-6, 7-6
1990	Andrei Chesnokov	Thomas Muster	7-5, 6-3, 6-3
1989	Alberto Mancini	Boris Becker	7-5, 2-6, 7-6, 7-5
1988	Ivan Lendl	Martin Jaite	5-7, 6-4, 7-5, 6-3
1987	Mats Wilander	Jimmy Arias	4-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-3
1986	Joakim Nyström	Yannick Noah	6-3, 6-2
1985	Ivan Lendl	Mats Wilander	6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
1984	Henrik Sundström	Mats Wilander	6-3, 7-5, 6-2
1983	Mats Wilander	Mel Purcell	6-1, 6-2, 6-3
1982	Guillermo Vilas	Ivan Lendl	6-1, 7-6, 6-3
1981	Jimmy Connors vs. Guillermo Vilas		5-5 (unfinished - rain)
1980	Björn Borg	Guillermo Vilas	6-1, 6-0, 6-2
1979	Björn Borg	Vitas Gerulaitis	6-2, 6-1, 6-3
1978	Raúl Ramírez	Tomáš Šmíd	6-3, 6-3, 6-4
1977	Björn Borg	Corrado Barazzutti	6-3, 7-5, 6-0
1976	Guillermo Vilas	Wojtek Fibak	6-1, 6-1, 6-4
1975	Manuel Orantes	Bob Hewitt	6-2, 6-4
1974	Andrew Pattison	Ilie Năstase	5-7, 6-3, 6-4
1973	Ilie Năstase	Björn Borg	6-4, 6-1, 6-2
1972	Ilie Năstase	František Pála	6-1, 6-0, 6-3
1971	Ilie Năstase	Tom Okker	3-6, 8-6, 6-1, 6-1
1970	Željko Franulović	Manuel Orantes	6-4, 6-3, 6-3
1969	Tom Okker	John Newcombe	8-10, 6-1, 7-5, 6-3
1968	Nicola Pietrangeli	Alex Metreveli	6-2, 6-2
1967	Nicola Pietrangeli	Martin Mulligan	6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
1966	Manuel Santana	Nicola Pietrangeli	8-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
1965	Istvan Gulyas	Jiri Javorský	6-3, 7-9, 8-6, 6-4
1964	Martin Mulligan	Jan-Erik Lundqvist	6-4, 6-4
1963	Pierre Darmon	Jan-Erik Lundqvist	6-2, 2-6, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
1962	Pierre Darmon	Boro Jovanović	6-2, 6-1, 6-3
1961	Nicola Pietrangeli	Pierre Darmon	6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
1960	Andrés Gimeno	Mike Davies	8-6, 6-3, 6-4
1959	Robert Haillet	Budge Patty	9-7, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
1958	Robert Haillet	Jaroslav Drobný	6-4, 6-4, 6-3
1957	Jacky Brichant	Paul Remy	3-6, 5-5, ab.
1956	Hugh Stewart	Tony Vincent	1-6, 8-6, 6-0, 6-2
1955	Vladislav Skonecki	Budge Patty	6-4, 6-2, 8-6
1954	Lorne Main	Tony Vincent	9-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
1953	Vladislav Skonecki	Jaroslav Drobný	6-3, 6-4, 11-9
1952	Frank Sedgman	Jaroslav Drobný	7-5, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
1951	Sraight Clark	Fred Kovaleski	1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 10-8
1950	Jaroslav Drobný	Bill Talbert	6-4, 6-4, 6-1
1949	Frank Parker	Gianni Cucelli	2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-4
1948	Joseph Asboth	Gianni Cucelli	6-3, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
1947	Lennart Bergelin	Budge Patty	6-3, 6-8, 1-6, 6-2, 8-6

Since 1970:

Year	Champions	Runner-ups
2007	Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan	Julien Benneteau / Richard Gasquet
2006	Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi	Fabrice Santoro / Nenad Zimonjić
2005	Leander Paes / Nenad Zimonjić	Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
2004	Tim Henman / Nenad Zimonjić	Gastón Etlis / Martín Rodríguez
2003	Mahesh Bhupathi / Max Mirnyi	Michaël Llodra / Fabrice Santoro
2002	Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge	Paul Haarhuis / Yevgeny Kafelnikov
2001	Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge	Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent
2000	Wayne Ferreira / Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Paul Haarhuis / Sandon Stolle
1999	Olivier Delaître / Tim Henman	Jiří Novák / David Rikl
1998	Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis	Daniel Orsanic / Cyril Suk
1997	Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana	Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis
1996	Ellis Ferreira / Jan Siemerink	Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti
1995	Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis	Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez
1994	Nicklas Kulti / Magnus Larsson	Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek
1993	Stefan Edberg / Petr Korda	Paul Haarhuis / Mark Koevermans
1992	Boris Becker / Michael Stich	Petr Korda / Karel Nováček
1991	Luke Jensen / Laurie Warder	Paul Haarhuis / Mark Koevermans
1990	Petr Korda / Tomáš Šmíd	Andrés Gómez / Javier Sánchez
1989	Tomáš Šmíd / Mark Woodforde	Paolo Canè / Diego Nargiso
1988	Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez	Henri Leconte / Ivan Lendl
1987	Hans Gildemeister / Andrés Gómez	Mansour Bahrami / Michael Mortensen
1986	Guy Forget / Yannick Noah	Joakim Nyström / Mats Wilander
1985	Pavel Složil / Tomáš Šmíd	Shlomo Glickstein / Shahar Perkiss
1984	Mark Edmondson / Sherwood Stewart	Jan Gunnarsson / Mats Wilander
1983	Heinz Günthardt / Balázs Taróczy	Henri Leconte / Yannick Noah
1982	Peter McNamara / Paul McNamee	Mark Edmondson / Sherwood Stewart
1981	Heinz Günthardt / Markus Günthardt	Pavel Složil / Tomáš Šmíd
1980	Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta	Vitas Gerulaitis / John McEnroe
1979	Ilie Năstase / Raúl Ramírez	Victor Pecci / Balázs Taróczy
1978	Peter Fleming / Tomáš Šmíd	Jaime Fillol / Ilie Năstase
1977	François Jauffret / Jan Kodeš	Wojtek Fibak / Tom Okker
1976	Wojtek Fibak / Karl Meiler	Björn Borg / Guillermo Vilas
1975	Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan	Arthur Ashe / Tom Okker
1974	John Alexander / Phil Dent	Manuel Orantes / Tony Roche
1973	Juan Gisbert Sr. / Ilie Năstase	Georges Goven / Patrick Proisy
1972	Patrice Beust / Daniel Contet	Jiří Hřebec / Frantisek Pala
1971	Ilie Năstase / Ion Ţiriac	Tom Okker / Roger Taylor
1970	Marty Riessen / Roger Taylor	Pierre Barthès / Nikola Pilić