The ATP on Thursday announced the establishment of a new Masters 1000 tournament to be held each year in Saudi Arabia from as early as 2028. It will be played on hard courts and held "at the start of the season" in a city to be determined, and will last "one week", ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi said at a press conference in Paris. The long-expected move will be the first ever expansion of the top-tier category of men's tennis since its creation in