Rogers Masters is the sponsored name of the Canada Masters . Rogers Masters is held every year in Canada. The venue of the tournament changes between Montreal and Toronto every alternate year. Rogers Masters is included in the schedules of both the Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP Tour and the Women's Tennis Association or WTA Tour . Rogers Masters is a part of the ATP Masters Series , which is considered to be one of the most prestigious tennis tournaments played by professionals. Men's tournament under the ATP program was held for the first time in 1881. On the other hand, the origin of the women's event can be traced back to 1892.
Rogers Masters is played on outdoor hard courts. Rogers Masters tournaments for men and women are held every year in the months of July and August. Generally women's competition takes place after the completion of men's event. The 2007 Roger Masters for men is scheduled from August 6, and is scheduled to be finished on August 12. Then, the women's Rogers Masters will be started from August 13, which will be ended on August 19. Fifty six draws format is followed during both men's and women's competitions. During the 2007 Rogers Masters , total prize money for men's competition will be $ 2,450,000, while the winners of the women's competition will receive total prize money worth $ 1,340,000
Rogers Masters have been attracting many top tennis players of the world. The event is regarded as one of the oldest tennis tournaments. In the 1881 Rogers Masters , the men's singles competition was won by I.F. Hellmuth . F. Hynes and H.W.J. Bucknell won the doubles competition in 1883. Roger Federer was the winner of the singles title in 2006. The doubles competition was won by Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan on that occasion. Rafael Nadal , Andy Roddick, Wayne Ferreira, Andre Agassi , Michael Chang, Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker, John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg, Eddie Dibbs, Guillermo Vilas, Manuel Orantes, Tom Okker, Ronald Holmberg, Robert Bedard, Brendan Macken, Bob Hewitt and Paul Ramirez are some of the other winners of the Rogers Masters for men. Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes won the doubles title twice in 1997 and 2004.
Maude Osborne was the winner of the singles title in the first women's competition in 1892 Rogers Masters . Lois Moyes Bickle and Florence Best won the doubles competition during the 1910 tournament. Ana Ivanovic won the singles competition during the 2006 Rogers Masters , while the doubles title was won by Martina Navratilova and Nadia Petrova. Other players winning the tournament are Serena Williams , Martina Hingis, Monica Seles, A. Sanchez Vicario, Steffi Graf , Jennifer Capriati, Gabriela Sabatini, Chris Evert, Regina Marsikova, Evonne Goolagong, Ann Barclay, Melita Ramirez and Violet Summerhayes.
