A new ATP Masters 1000 tournament will be added to the tennis calendar from 2028 - and staged in Saudi Arabia.
A 56-man field will contest a one week event, most likely in February, in another sign of the increasing pulling power of the Gulf state.
Saudi Arabia already hosts the WTA Finals and the Next Gen ATP Finals and its Public Investment Fund (PIF) is the official naming partner of both the ATP and WTA rankings.
However, with players expressing so much concern about the length of the season and the number of events they play, the new tournament will not be mandatory.