Saudi Arabia Masters 1000, getting closer: “Perspective is potentially from …”

Saudi tennis and Arabia have flirting with a 1000 Masters Tournament for at least three years. The Asian country, which is investing strong in sport, now wants to bring together the best players on the planet in one place, to have one of the most outstanding events of the circuit. And it was Massimo Calvellileader of the ATP until June 2025, which gave details and certainties of this issue.

The management member of the Association said present at the Riad Sports Investment Forum and said: “The vision is to integrate tennis into the broader ecosystem of Saudi Arabia, from a social and economic perspective, and with all the various dimensions that it entails. Therefore, we completely change our approach with respect to Saudi Arabia.”

Subsequently said: “From my first visit to Saudi Arabia, two and a half years ago, to this day there are 50,000 children playing tennis in Saudi schools, something we are very proud of. The Saudi Tennis Federation has done an incredible job promoting and facilitating it. Obviously, thanks to the fact that we organize tennis tournaments and our collaboration with the Saudi Federation of Tennis (PIF) fertile and there is great interest here. ”

Finally, he concluded giving the most juicy detail: the date on which the tournament would arrive. “We are very committed to the opportunity and we believe that if we are going to bring a top -level event, a 1000 Masters event, the perspective is potentially from 2028. By the time we get there, in terms of investments in infrastructure and the demand that we will have created together, working with the different stakeholders here, such as PIF or the Saudi Federation of Tennis, certainly there will be an incredible opportunity. And even more Women, with our female counterparts too, isn’t that? Calvelli said.

In recent years, Arabia has said present in tennis in various ways. At the Tournaments, it has the rights of the ATP Next-Gen Finals, which have been carried out in Jeda since 2023 and the WTA Finals, which are played since 2024 in Riad. In addition, they are sponsors of the classifications of the Tourboth feminine and masculine.