Tennis abreviations....?

Question

hey all

coz im pretty new to tennis, how many tennis abbreviations are there lol?

ATP- association tennis professional? What is this for?

WTA what and what is it for?

masters- what and what is it for?

futures and satellites --same as above?

Thanks

Answer 1

There are prolly hundreds of abbreviations for tennis!

Answer 2

ATP is the mens tennis tour, WTA is the womens tennis tour. Masters series is a calendar of events throughout the year including Monte Carlo, Hamburg and Toronto. Futures and satellites are lower tier events for lower ranked pro players.

Answer 3

Rafafananda - die hard nadal fan. Knows even what he wears daily

Answer 4

atp.. an association for professional men tennis players

wta.. an association for professional women tennis players

masters.. a tournament higher than other except grandslam because grandslam is the highest.. masters are only 2nd to it... examples are miami, hamburg, paris

futures- lower tournaments

Answer 5

ATP-Association of tennis proffessionals is the men's tennis organization

WTA-Women's Tennis Association is the women's tennis organization

Masters events are 9 mandatory men's tournaments. Second behind the grandslams in terms of prestige. More on the Masters click here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_Ser...

Both Futures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futures_%28...

And Satellites http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_t...

are lower level tournaments