History
The series was introduced in 1990 with the inception of the ATP Tour by bringing together the nine most prestigious tournaments of the Grand Prix Tour Championship Series. Results in ATP Masters Series events earned players more world ranking points than regular tournaments, though not as many as Grand Slam events or the year-end ATP World Tour Finals. Up until 2007, most Masters Series finals were contested as best of five set matches, but from 2008 all Masters Series events were decided in best of three set matches.
As part of a shake-up of the tennis circuit in 2009, the Masters Series became the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, to reflect the number of ranking points available to the winner. Taking into account the renamed ATP World Tour Masters 1000, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are tied for the record of the most titles with 21 each.
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