Zhang Shuai Laduku joined hands to advance to the top 16 to talk about the historical revolution and bonus points of the Southwest Open

In the early morning of Beijing time, in the two singles competitions ended in Cindinnati, the United States, the Chinese Jinhua Zhang Shuai and the US Open champion Laduku defeated their opponents 2-0 last year to advance to the top 16.

On the official website of ATP and WTA, this event is known as the "Southwest Open". The men's event is the ATP1000 Masters, and the women's event is the WTA1000 competition (the predecessor is over the Five Tour).

The title sponsor that stated on the official website of the event is the "Western & Southern Financial Group". This is a diversified financial service company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The business scope includes banks, insurance, real estate, etc. At present, the group has more than $ 80 billion in assets.

It is a common phenomenon for bank consortia or sponsoring professional tennis events. There are at least four in the North American hard ground competition. In addition to the "Southwest Open" that is being held, there are also "Citibank Open" named Citi Bank, and the National Bank of the National Bank of the National Bank "US Tennis Open" sponsored by Morgan Chase. Public information shows that Citi and JP Morgan Chase has been ranked among the top ten consortia in the United States for many years.

The history of the Southwest Open can be traced back to the first tennis championship held in Cincinnati in 1899. Unlike other men's events, and then women's events were later. At the beginning of this event, this event was a matchmaker co -organized by men and women. Initially, this competition was called the Cincinna Championship. In 1901, it was renamed the Sanzhou Tennis Championship.

In addition to holding women's events early in the Cincinnati Championships, another difference is that it has never changed the cities. The actual location was only held at the different venues in Cincinnati, but never left the city.

Since 1979, the venue of this competition has been changed from red soil to hard land and moved to the Lindner Family Tennis Center. It has not been moved in the place for 43 years.

In the 1980s, due to lack of funds, the event was almost removed from the calendar. In 1974, the organizer did not raise enough funds until the date of the competition, and the financial situation was stretched.

In 1975, Paul Flory, CEO of Procterment, became the head of the Cindinnati men's event. His series of measures greatly improved the financial situation of the event and also enhanced its influence.

During his tenure, Floor launched the "Urban Youth Tennis" plan to fund families who could not afford high tennis training costs. As a charity, Fluri was also generous for children with sick children.

Floor's charity activities have largely played the effect of promoting tennis and promotion of the event. Therefore, he won the ATP Arthur Ash Humanism Award and was selected as the Hall of Fame of the American Tennis Association.

At present, there are four major venues in the Lindna Family Tennis Center. Among them, the largest central court can accommodate 11,435 people; the large -scale standing court is the second largest court, which can accommodate 5,000 people; 3,500 people and 2,500 people can be accommodated by the 3rd and 9th stadiums. In addition to the above four large stadiums, there are 16 small courts at the Lindona Home Tennis Center, 8 of which can be used for formal competitions.

When introducing this event, ATP's official website specifically mentioned Djokovic. "In 2018, Djokovic won the championship in Cincinna, becoming the first player to win all the Nine -stop ATP Masters Champions, and achieved Master Jin. "

In terms of bonuses, the competition co -organized by men and women implemented two different bonuses according to gender.

The total bonus of men's events this year was $ 6,280,880, an increase of 29.64%over last year. The total bonus of women's events was $ 2,527,250 (40%of the men's total bonus), an increase of 19.49%over last year.

The following is a chart of the bonus bonus of men's and women's singles this year. Blue represents men's bonuses and red represents women's bonuses.

In addition to the different bonuses, men and women players are slightly different from each round of points. The following is the secondary points of the men's and women's singles. Blue represents men's points, and red represents women's points.

Similar to the "Rogers's National Bank Open" in the previous stop, the "Southwest Open" men's and women's prizes are also very different. The reason why the same round of women's bonuses is far lower than that of men, the reason is still caused by historical reasons such as different men's and women's events. The men's competition at this stop is a master competition. The status in the ATP event system is second only to the year -end finals; the station The women's tournament was predecessor of the top five tour competitions, and the original WTA event system was lower than the year -end finals and the crown pearl. (Source: Tennis Home Author: Yunjuan Yunshu)

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