If Queen's were to turn into a Masters, which one should it replace?

[jackdaw]

Paris, always saw it as a useless masters...

 

[Artificial Grass]

I'm assuming the attendance is less strong than Madrid and Rome. Hamburg used to be the unpopular little sibling of the clay trio, and Monte Carlo has clearly inherited the title.

Madrid is getting the Indian Wells super 1000 treatment, right? So that isn't going anywhere, nor should it with the relatively constant success of Spanish players in both the mens and womens game, and Rome has even more prestige and history than Monte Carlo does so that's safe too.

I see. Makes sense. Thank you for explanation.

 

[Artificial Grass]

Because the ATP was going to demote it in 2007 due to player desertion. It simply wasn't well attended by the players despite being a mandatory Masters Series tournament. However both a good chunk of the then Top 100 players and the Monte-Carlo Country club contested that decision, and such was the compromise: the tournament gets to keep its 1000 points and prize money but is no longer mandatory.

Ah, I see. Thanks!

 

[merwy]

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

If things don't work out for some reason we could always go back. But I must say I don't necessarily see the harm in giving more importance to the grass season. A bit strange that it has the most prestigious event but besides that nothing big at all.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Paris because the city already hosts a slam. I wouldn't pick Queen's as the M1000 event on grass because London already hosts a slam. I'd go with Halle.