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Indian Wells, Queen’s and Doha are chosen tournaments of the year 2024

Players chose the winning tournaments at the ATP Awards

December 13, 2024

The BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, the cinch Championships at the Queen’s Club in London and the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha were chosen by players as the tournaments of the year in their respective categories at the 2024 ATP Awards. All three tournaments repeat as winners .

The cinch Championships was also awarded special recognition for its standards of excellence, along with the Rolex Shanghai Masters and the Nordea Open in Bastad.

Indian Wells celebrated its 10th consecutive year as the ATP Masters 1000 tournament of the year. Located in the middle of a beautiful natural setting, with the desert as a backdrop, the Indian Wells Tennis Garden offers first-class facilities and services, a large number of training courts that allow fans to see the players up close and options unparalleled gastronomy.

“It is an honor that for 10 years in a row players have voted Indian Wells as the best Masters 1000 tournament on the circuit,” said tournament director Tommy Haas. “This unprecedented achievement is a testament to our team’s unwavering commitment to excellence, as well as the dedicated support of our owner Larry Ellison, sponsors, fans, volunteers and many more who contribute to the success of our tournament.”

The BNP Paribas Open 2024 distributed more than 19 million in prizes and welcomed 493,440 fans over two weeks, both of which were record figures for the tournament. This year also saw the debut of the BNP Paribas Open Doubles Invitational, marking the first time that a Masters 1000 featured a mixed doubles competition.

Carlos Alcaraz defeated Daniil Medvedev in the men’s singles final to defend his Indian Wells crown, while Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic won the doubles title.

The cinch Championships took the honor of being the ATP 500 tournament of the year for the third consecutive time and sixth in total (2015-16, 2018, 2022-24). Tommy Paul won the trophy in the singles event at the Queen’s Club in London, while Neal Skupski and Michael Venus won the doubles.

“We are delighted to have been chosen as the ATP 500 tournament of the year for the third time in a row,” revealed CEO Chris Pollard. “In 2024, we welcomed Jamie Murray as tournament director, who brought his knowledge of the ATP Tour to help further enhance the player experience. This award is a recognition of the hard work that everyone who is part of the tournament puts in to offer the highest quality services to the players, and the collaborative way in which they work with the Queen’s Club, the ATP and all of our sponsors and suppliers. ”.

“We hope to continue improving and innovating in 2025.”

The Qatar ExxonMobilOpen was chosen as the ATP 250 tournament of the year for the sixth time. Before, he also had the honor of being so in 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2022. The tournament held in Doha will become the ATP 500 in 2025. Karen Khachanov and the doubles pair composed of Murray and Venus won the title in Doha 2024.

“We are delighted to have been awarded the title of best tournament in the ATP 250 category for the sixth time,” said tournament director Karim Alami. “This achievement reflects our continued commitment to delivering a world-class sporting experience to tennis players and fans.”

Alami also thanked the tournament’s title sponsor and spoke about the future as an ATP 500: “I would like to extend my sincere thanks to ExxonMobil Qatar, our title sponsor, for their tremendous support over the years,” he commented. “They have been a key companion on our path to excellence. I also want to deeply thank the players who have placed their trust in us time and again by voting for us. “His support and appreciation of the tournament reflects his distinguished status in the world of tennis.”

“With the promotion of the tournament to ATP 500 status, we reaffirm our commitment to continue our efforts to offer an exceptional experience and make the tournament even more successful in the years to come. Our goal is to make it the preferred destination for the best players in the world and fans.”