The International Series (previously known as the World Series) was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally as part of the ATP Tour until 2008. The series was renamed ATP World Tour 250 Series in 2009. International Series offered players cash prizes (tournaments have purses from $416,000 to 1,000,000) and the ability to earn ATP ranking points. They generally offered less prize money and fewer points than the ATP International Series Gold, but more than tournaments on the ATP Challenger Series.

[edit] Tournaments

The locations and titles of these tournaments were subject to change every year. The tournaments – in calendar order – in 2008 were:

Tournament	Location	Court surface	Prize Money(US$)	Draw Size	First played
Next Generation Adelaide International	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	$419,000	32	1974
Qatar ExxonMobil Open	Doha, Qatar	Hard	$1,000,000	32	1993
Chennai Open	Chennai, India	Hard	$436,000	32	1996
Medibank International	Sydney, Australia	Hard	$436,000	32	1885
Heineken Open	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	$436,000	32	1956
PBZ Zagreb Indoors	Zagreb, Croatia	Carpet (indoors)	$416,000	32	2006
International Tennis Championships	Delray Beach, Florida, USA	Hard	$416,000	32	1993
Movistar Open	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	$448,000	32	1993
Open 13	Marseille, France	Hard (indoors)	$600,000	32	1993
Brasil Open	Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, Brazil	Clay	$456,000	32	2001
SAP Open	San Jose, California, USA	Hard (indoor)	$416,000	32	1889
Copa Telmex ATP Buenos Aires	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	$600,000	32	1968
Tennis Channel Open	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Hard	$416,000	32	1986
Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana	Valencia, Spain	Clay	$416,000	32	1995
U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships	Houston, Texas, USA	Clay	$416,000	32	1910
Grand Prix Hassan II	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	$416,000	32	1984
BMW Open	Munich, Germany	Clay	$416,000	32	1900
Estoril Open	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	$625,000	32	1990
Hypo Group Tennis International	Pörtschach, Austria	Clay	$416,000	32	1981
AEGON Championships	London, Great Britain	Grass	$800,000	56	1890
Gerry Weber Open	Halle, Germany	Grass	$800,000	32	1991
Nottingham Open	Nottingham, Great Britain	Grass	$416,000	32	1995
Ordina Open	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	$416,000	32	1990
Campbell's Hall of Fame Championships	Newport, Rhode Island, USA	Grass	$416,000	32	1976
Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	$496,000	32	1915
Swedish Open	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	$416,000	32	1948
Dutch Open Tennis Amersfoort	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Clay	$416,000	32	1957
Countrywide Classic	Los Angeles, California, USA	Hard	$525,000	32	1927
Croatia Open Umag	Umag, Croatia	Clay	$416,000	32	1990
Indianapolis Tennis Championships	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Hard	$525,000	32	1988
Orange Prokom Open	Sopot, Poland	Clay	$500,000	32	2001
Legg Mason Tennis Classic	Washington, D.C., USA	Hard	$600,000	48	1969
Pilot Pen Tennis	New Haven, Connecticut, USA	Hard	$675,000	48	1985
China Open	Beijing, China	Hard	$500,000	32	1993
BCR Open Romania	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	$525,000	32	1993
Thailand Open	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard (indoors)	$550,000	32	2003
Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open	Mumbai, India	Hard	$416,000	32	2006
Open de Moselle	Metz, France	Hard (indoors)	$416,000	32	2003
Kremlin Cup	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (indoors)	$1,000,000	32	1990
if... Stockholm Open	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet (indoors)	$800,000	32	1969
Davidoff Swiss Indoors	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (indoors)	$1,000,000	32	1970
Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon	Lyon, France	Carpet (indoors)	$800,000	32	1987
St. Petersburg Open	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet (indoors)	$1,000,000	32	1995

[edit] See also

• List of tennis tournaments

[edit] External links

• Official Website of the ATP