IAT World Tour
The IAT World Tour is the global elite professional tennis circuit organized by the International Association of Tennis (IAT). The IAT World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, the World Tour Masters, the World Tour Top Championships, and the IAT World Finals.
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International Association of Tennis
The International Association of Tennis (IAT) was formed in Fein 1538 by William May, Mortimen Johansson, John Norman, and Gottfried Baumgarten to protect the interests of professional tennis players. The organization helped to push toward the professionalization and standardization of the four Grand Slams in 1544. Since 1569, the IAT has organized the worldwide tennis tour and the highest authority in world tennis after the Federation of Professional Tennis Association.
The IAT's world headquarters are in Auron, Jandrea. IAT Skathia is based in Nykoping, Nyland; IAT Brigidna is headquartered in Lordsport, Florinthus; and IAT International, which covers Kvaenna, Avidna, and Ostara, is based in Mylenne, Hylis Federation.
Grand Slams
The Grand Slam tournaments are the four most important tennis events. They offer the most ranking points, prize money, public and media attention, the greatest strngth and size of fields, and greater number of "best of" sets for men. The Grand Slam itinerary consists of the Sainamese Open in mid Alvan, the Hylian Open in Quartyr and Fein, Florinthian Open in Septem and Ochtyr, and the Nylander Open in mid Elva. Each tournament is played over a period of two weeks. The Sainam and Nyland tournaments are player on hard courts, the Hylian Open on clay, and the Florinthian Open on grass. The Florinthian Open is the oldest, founded in 1489, followed by Nylander Open in 1496, the Hylis Open in 1502, and the Sainamese in 1528. However, they were officially known as Grand Slams only after 1544, the year the major tournaments were professionalized with the assistance of the International Associaton of Tennis.
The term Grand Slam also, and originally, refers to the achievement of winning all four major championships in a single calendar year. Winning the four majors in consecutive tournaments but not in the same year is known as a Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam, while winning all four majors at any point during the course of a career is known as a Career Grand Slam. Winning the gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in addition to the four majors in a one calendar year is known as a "Golden Grand Slam" or more commonly the "Golden Slam". Also, winning the Year-End Championship (known as IAT World Finals) in the same period is known as a "Super Slam".
Sainamese Open
The Sainamese Open is a major tennis tournament held annually over the last two weeks of Alvan in Isume, Sainam. First held in 1528, the tournament is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events of the year. It is player on hardcourt surfaces since 1562.
Men's Singles
Year | Champion | Country | Runner-up | Country | Score in the final |
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1544 | Thomas Norman | Florinthus | Haruki Nizumura | Sainam | 6–1, 6–0, 6-1 |
1545 | Ryu Tanizaki | Sainam | Haruki Nizumura | Sainam | 6–4, 6–7, 6–3, 7-6 |
1546 | Ryu Tanizaki | Sainam | Gottfried von Klenze | Nerysia | 4-6, 6-1, 6-0, 6-3 |
1547 | Haruki Nizumura | Sainam | Takashi Otaki | Sainam | 7-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 |
1548 | Rolf Edelstam | Lanlania | Thomas Norman | Florinthus | 2-6, 7-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 |
1548 | Ryu Tanizaki | Sainam | Luigi Lanza | Lomarre | 6-1, 6-0, 6-0 |
1549 | Rolf Edelstam | Lanlania | Thomas Norman | Florinthus | 2-6, 7-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 |
1550 | Kento Atsuko | Sainam | Akira Masatoshi | Sainam | 4-6, 7-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 |
1551 | Akira Masatoshi | Sainam | Henrik Tammsaare | Abdania | 6-4, 4-6, 7-6, 6-2 |
1552 | Minoru Masakazu | Sainam | Anatoly Khvylovy | Saratov | 2-6, 7-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 |
1553 | Kenneth Glotch | Hylis Federation | Akira Masatoshi | Sainam | 6-4, 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
1554 | Stephen Hamilton | Florinthus | Elmer Jepsen | Nyland | 7-6, 4-6, 1-6, 7-6, 6-4 |
1555 | Akira Masatoshi | Sainam | Cletus Masterson | Millerainia | 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 7-6 |
1556 | Tomo Fukushi | Sainam | Akira Masatoshi | Sainam | 6-4, 7-6, 4-6, 0-6, 7-6 |
1557 | Magnus Ekberg | Nyland | Akira Masatoshi | Sainam | 7-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 |
1558 | Ryu Satoshi | Sainam | Tomo Fukushi | Sainam | 4-6, 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 |
1559 | Toshiro Naruki | Sainam | Nenji Tamamura | Sainam | 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 |
1560 | Magnus Ekberg | Nyland | Ryu Satoshi | Sainam | 4-6, 7-6, 6-2, 6-1 |
1561 | Toshiro Naruki | Sainam | Michael Maddock | Jandrea | 7-6, 6-1, 6-4 |
1562 | Magnus Ekberg | Nyland | Toshiro Naruki | Sainam | 6-4, 6-0, 6-3 |
1563 | Nikolaus von Welsbach | Nerysia | Bunta Bando | Sainam | 6-4, 6-7, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 |
1564 | Yoshio Masami | Sainam | Nikolaus von Welsbach | Nerysia | 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 |
1565 | Yoshio Masami | Sainam | Zurab Kasrashvili | Ceribia | 6-7, 7-6, 6-0, 6-4 |
1566 | Yoshio Mashami | Sainam | Gheorghe Cornea | Carpathia | 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 |
1567 | Masaki Kurugi | Sainam | Lars Bergman | Nyland | 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
1568 | Nikolaj Petersen | Oslanburg | Lars Bergman | Sainam | 6-1, 4-6, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 |
1569 | Nikolaj Petersen | Oslanburg | Ignaz Miklos | Keszaria | 4-6, 6-7, 6-2, 6-0, 6-2 |
1570 | Nikolaj Petersen | Oslanburg | Gheorghe Cornea | Carpathia | 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 |
1571 | Kraisak Isarangkul | Singan | Kazuya Watanabe | Kazemura | 7-6, 6-4, 2-6, 4-6, 7-6 |
1572 | Hiro Kabuto | Sainam | Nicolaj Petersen | Oslanburg | 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 |
1573 | Masahiko Nishijima | Sainam | Peadar Nolan | Taeunas | 7-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 |
1574 | Hiro Kabuto | Sainam | Masahiko Nishijima | Sainam | 7-6, 4-6, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
1575 | Peter Barlow | Jandrea | Ingmar Andersson | Nyland | 7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 |
1576 | Peter Barlow | Jandrea | Zsigmnond Pásztor | Keszaria | 6-1, 4-6, 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 |
1577 | Warren Evans | Jandrea | Peter Barlow | Jandrea | 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 |
1578 | Zsigmond Pásztor | Keszaria | Frederick Wahlberg | Hylis Federation | 6-7, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 |
1579 | Viktor Kallum | Galeae | Robert Durrieux | Valland | 3-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 |
1580 | Zsigmond Pásztor | Keszaria | Markus Jespersen | Oslanburg | 0-6, 7-6, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 |
1581 | Otto Sticker | Gehenna | Warren Evans | Jandrea | 6-3, 7-6, 6-2 |
1582 | Frederick Wahlberg | Hylis Federation | Goran Musek | Mordvania | 7-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
Women's Singles
Year | Champion | Country | Runner-up | Country | Score in the final |
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1544 | Maria Engdahl | Nyland | Helena Jensen | Ostland | 6-4, 6-3 |
1578 | Taguchi Yukika | Sainam | Ewa Struss | Biyra | 6-4, 6-1 |
1579 | Hirayama Enko | Sainam | Inita Liepa | Videjszeme | 6-7, 6-4, 6-2 |
1580 | Miroslava Pahor | Mordvania | Inita Liepa | Videjszeme | 7-5, 6-2 |
1581 | Miroslava Pahor | Mordvania | Hirayama Enko | Sainam | 7-6, 6-1 |
Hylis Open
The Hylis Open is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late Quartyr and early Fein in Rasswitt, Hylis Federation. It is the premier clay-court tennis championship event in the world and the second of four annual Grand Slam tournaments. Because of the slow-playing surface and the five-set men's single matches without a tiebreak in the final set, the event is widely considered to be the most physically demanding tennis tournament in the world.
Men's Singles
Year | Champion | Country | Runner-up | Country | Score in the final |
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1544 | Emerson Goen | Hylis Federation | Alexander Lowell | Ostland | 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 |
1578 | Adriano Viñas | Magentina | Linus Kokkonen | Karjelinn | 7-5, 6-0, 7-5 |
1579 | Linus Kokkonen | Karjelinn | Amerhan Irekur | Kyrzbekistan | 7-6, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3 |
1580 | Hassan Parsi | A'Sir | Guido Cavalieri | Lomarre | 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 |
1581 | Vannevar Cregger | Hylis Federation | Kristian Simonsson | Nyland | 6-4, 7-6, 6-4 |
Women's Singles
Year | Champion | Country | Runner-up | Country | Score in the final |
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1544 | Brenda Berggruen | Hylis Federation | Clea Haldemann | Hylis Federation | 6-4, 6-2 |
1578 | Lissi Rasmussen | Oslanburg | Silvina Orozco | Castleon | 7-5, 6-4 |
1579 | Nicoletta Rainieri | Lomarre | Karen Alexander | Jandrea | 6-4, 6-3 |
1580 | Lucy Wallace | Jandrea | Taguchi Yukika | Sainam | 7-5, 7-6 |
1581 | Silvina Orozco | Castleon | Yasmin Mazandarani | A'Sir | 7-6, 6-4 |
Florinthian Open
The Florinthian Open is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and is widely considered by many as the most prestigious. It is held in Lordsport, Florinthus, and is played on outdoor grass courts. Created in 1489, it is the only Grand Slam played on grass. The tournament takes place over two weeks in late Septem and early Ochtyr.
Men's Singles
Year | Champion | Country | Runner-up | Country | Score in the final |
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1544 | James Hardaway | Florinthus | Edmund Jackson | Florinthus | 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 |
1545 | Thomas Norman | Florinthus | Rolf Edelstam | Lanlania | 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 |
1546 | Thomas Norman | Florinthus | Edmund Jackson | Florinthus | 7-6, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 |
1547 | Edmund Jackson | Florinthus | Richard Lamb | Jandrea | 7-6, 6-4, 6-0 |
1548 | Rolf Edelstam | Lanlania | Niklas Andersson | Nyland | 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 |
1549 | Thomas Norman | Florinthus | Leo Debes | Ostland | 6-7, 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 |
1578 | Gustaf Eriksson | Lanlania | Frederick Wahlberg | Hylis Federation | 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 6-7, 6-2 |
1579 | Reinis Araafs | Videjszeme | Linus Kokkonen | Karjelinn | 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 |
1580 | Reinis Araafs | Videjszeme | Otto Sticker | Gehenna | 6-7, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 |
1581 | Hassan Parsi | A'Sir | Vitomir Brezovar | Mordvania | 7-5, 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 |
Women's Singles
Year | Champion | Country | Runner-up | Country | Score in the final |
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1544 | Victoria Kennedy | Florinthus | Margaret Flower | Goldecia | 6-4, 6-2 |
1578 | Nicoletta Rainieri | Lomarre | Silvina Orozco | Castleon | 6-7, 6-1, 6-4 |
1579 | Karen Alexander | Jandrea | Ewa Struss | Biyra | 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 |
1580 | Bothilde Degn | Oslanburg | Marion Barthez | Valland | 6-2, 6-4 |
1581 | Bothilde Degn | Oslanburg | Ulrika Lindgren | Lanlania | 6-1, 6-4 |
Nylander Open
The Nylander Open is played in a hardcourt tennis surface. Since 1566, the Nylander Open has been chronologically the fourth and final tennis major comprising the Grand Slam each year. It is held annually, on the month of Elva. Since 1570, the tournament has been played on acrylic hard courts at the Johannes Fronssen Tennis Center in New Fenridge, Nyland.
Men's Singles
Year | Champion | Country | Runner-up | Country | Score in the final |
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1544 | Olaf Carlsson | Nyland | Gustave Fontaine | Valland | 6-7, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 |
1545 | Richard Lamb | Jandrea | Olaf Carlsson | Nyland | 7-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-1 |
1546 | Niklas Andersson | Nyland | Richard Lamb | Valland | 7-6, 7-6, 1-6, 2-6, 6-4 |
1547 | Thomas Norman | Florinthus | Olaf Carlsson | Nyland | 6-1, 6-0, 6-7, 6-4 |
1578 | Warren Evans | Jandrea | Lars Lowen | Lanlania | 6-2, 7-6, 6-7, 3-6, 7-5 |
1579 | Frederick Wahlberg | Hylis Federation | Gustaf Eriksson | Lanlania | 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 |
1580 | Viktor Kallum | Galeae | Linus Kokkonen | Karjelinn | 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 |
1581 | Reinis Araafs | Videjszeme | Otto Sticker | Gehenna | 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 |
Women's Singles
Year | Champion | Country | Runner-up | Country | Score in the final |
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1544 | Astrid Larsson | Nyland | Maria Engdahl | Nyland | 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 |
1578 | Emma Hedman | Lanlania | Marion Barthez | Valland | 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 |
1579 | Lissi Rasmussen | Oslanburg | Marion Barthez | Valland | 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 |
1580 | Victoria Gustavsson | Lanlania | Marion Barthez | Valland | 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 |
1581 | Inita Liepa | Videjszeme | Emily Morison | Nyland | 6-1, 7-5 |