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The Madrid Tennis Grand Prix is a defunct professional men's
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tournament that was played on outdoor
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s in Madrid, Spain with the exception of the 1984 edition which was played on indoor
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s. It was part of the
Grand Prix tennis circuit The Grand Prix tennis circuit was a professional tennis tour for male players that existed from 1970 to 1989. The Grand Prix and World Championship Tennis (WCT) were the two predecessors to the current tour for male players, the ATP Tour, with t ...
initially and later, the
ATP World Series The ATP International Series (known from 1990 to 1997 as the ATP World Series) was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally as part of the ATP Tour from 2000 to 2008. The series was renamed ATP Tour 250 in 2009. Interna ...
of the
ATP Tour The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The second-tier tour is the ATP Challenger Tour and the third-tier is the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. The equivalent women's organis ...
. The tournament was established in
1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
and was played every year until
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.


Past finals


Singles


Doubles


See also

* Madrid Masters * WTA Madrid Open *
List of tennis tournaments List of current and past men's and women's tennis tournaments. Criteria for inclusion: *The tournament is notable enough to have its own article on Wikipedia *Historic tournaments are included if notability can be established by reliable third par ...


Notes


References


External links


ATP Tour website
{{ATP World Series tournaments ATP Tour Grand Prix tennis circuit Defunct tennis tournaments in Spain
Grand Prix Grand Prix ( , meaning ''Grand Prize''; plural Grands Prix), is a name sometimes used for competitions or sport events, alluding to the winner receiving a prize, trophy or honour Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to: Arts and entertainment ...
Indoor tennis tournaments Recurring sporting events established in 1972 Recurring events disestablished in 1994