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1978 : the starting point of a great story<\/h2>\n
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The shared history of Rolex and tennis officially began in 1978<\/strong> : the Wimbledon<\/strong> tournament had the honor of being the watchmaker\u2019s first partner. It was during this period that tennis entered a phase of major transformation, marked by its professionalization and growing media coverage.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This initial partnership was by no means insignificant: Wimbledon was then\u2014and remains today\u2014the oldest and most prestigious tournament on the circuit. By partnering with it, Rolex immediately established its image as a symbol of excellence and tradition.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Forty-eight years later, Rolex is no longer content with just one iconic tournament. The brand is now a partner of all the pillars of the global tennis world, starting with the other three Grand Slam tournaments : the Australian Open since 2008, the US Open since 2017, and finally Roland Garros, \u201csnatched\u201d from Longines in 2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Added to this is a massive presence on the professional circuits. Rolex is the official timekeeper of the ATP and the WTA, while also being associated with major end-of-season finals such as the Nitto ATP Finals<\/strong> and the WTA Finals<\/strong>. The brand also covers the most strategic mid-season tournaments, notably the Masters 1000<\/strong> events. It is the title sponsor of several of them, such as the Rolex Paris Masters<\/strong>\u2014which incorporated the brand name into its title in 2017\u2014and, of course, the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters in Monaco.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n While the brand\u2019s presence at tournaments is well-established, its roots in tennis have also been shaped by its ambassadors : beginning in the 1980s and 1990s, the brand began forging ties with iconic players, such as Bj\u00f6rn Borg<\/strong> on the men\u2019s side and Chris Evert<\/strong> on the women\u2019s side.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The brand also partnered with Stefan Edberg<\/strong> in the 1990s, then with Justine Henin<\/strong> in the early 2000s, before Roger Federer<\/strong>\u2019s high-profile arrival as an ambassador marked a decisive turning point. Partnering with Rolex in 2006, the Swiss player became one of the brand\u2019s most powerful ambassadors, embodying the image the brand sought to project : precision, elegance, and mastery.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Subsequent ambassadors included names such as Novak Djokovic<\/strong> in 2011 following his exceptional debut season marked by three Grand Slam titles, and more recently Carlos Alcaraz<\/strong> and Jannik Sinner<\/strong>. The Spaniard became a Rolex ambassador in 2022 after his victory at the US Open, becoming, at 19, one of the youngest world No. 1s in history, while Sinner joined the brand in 2020, also embodying the new generation of European tennis among many others.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It is worth noting, however, the absence among these great players of Rafael Nadal<\/strong>, who has been associated with the Richard Mille<\/strong> brand since 2010.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n What makes Rolex truly inseparable from tennis has less to do with its mere visibility than with its gradual integration into the sport\u2019s structures and rituals. Over the course of nearly fifty years, the brand has been involved at every level of the sport, from historic tournaments to contemporary competitions, but above all, it has become an integral part of the very rhythm of the game.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tennis is punctuated by breaks, changes of ends, and suspended moments where time becomes a dramatic element in its own right. By occupying precisely these moments through its clocks on the courts, Rolex establishes itself as a silent yet constant reference point for both players and spectators.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This presence is reinforced by an exceptional continuity of partnerships, some spanning over forty years\u2014a rarity in the sports industry. This strategy of saturation is, moreover, uncommon in sports sponsorship<\/strong> : it allows Rolex to maintain visibility at every stage of the season, from the first tournament in January through to the finals in November.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Finally, in a globalized sport broadcast in over 200 territories, where major tournaments each attract hundreds of thousands of spectators and millions of television viewers, Rolex benefits from a presence that goes beyond traditional sponsorship : the brand has accompanied tennis over the long term<\/strong>, to the point where its presence has become almost inseparable from the very experience of the game.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nDistinguished ambassadors over the years<\/h2>\n
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What makes Rolex an essential brand in tennis ?<\/h2>\n