ATP International Series Gold
Tournament Country Location Court surface 2008 Prize Money Draw Size Began ( as ISG )
ABN AMRO WTT Netherlands Rotterdam Indoor Hard $ 824,000 32 1972 ( 2000 )
RMK Championships United States Memphis Indoor Hard $ 769,000 32 1975 ( 2000 )
Dubai Tennis Championships United Arab Emirates Dubai Hard $ 1,426,000 32 1993 ( 2001 )
Abierto Mexicano Telcel Mexico Acapulco Clay $ 794,000 32 1993 ( 2000 )
Open Sabadell Atlántico Spain Barcelona Clay $ 888,000 56 1953 ( 2000 )
Mercedes Cup Germany Stuttgart Clay $ 568,000 32 1916 ( 2000 )
Generali Open Austria Kitzbühel Clay $ 571,000 48 1945 ( 2000 )
Japan Open Tennis Championships Japan Tokyo Hard $ 869,000 48 1972 ( 2000 )
BA-CA TennisTrophy Austria Vienna Indoor Hard $ 674,000 32 1974 ( 2000 )
Tournaments
The locations and titles of these tournaments may change from year to year . The tournaments , in calendar order , are :
International Series Gold (previously known as the Championship Series) was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally that were part of the ATP Tour. The tournaments were positioned below the ATP Masters Series, and above the ATP International Series in terms of prize money and ranking points available. International Series Gold tournaments offered players cash prizes (purses from $755,000 to $1,426,250 as of 2008) and the ability to earn ATP ranking points. See Association of Tennis Professionals#Rankings for more details. Effective in 2009, this series of tournaments became the ATP Tour 500, incorporating many of the same tournaments. The 500 represents the number of ATP ranking points earned by the winner of each event in the series.