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<\/p>\n ATP Experiences
\n How the ATP No. 1 Club offered a \u2018memory of a lifetime\u2019 with Muster in Monte-Carlo<\/p>\n
ATP Experiences will also offer No. 1 Club hospitality in Barcelona next week<\/p>\n
April 09, 2026<\/p>\n
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Thomas Muster with Ray Sahag and Walker Sahag alongside the ATP Year-end No. 1 presented by PIF trophy.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n
There are not many opportunities to watch one of the world\u2019s most historic tournaments and then pick the brain of a man who was once the world\u2019s best player. <\/p>\n
The ATP No. 1 Club gave Ray and Walker Sahag just that at the 2026 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters<\/a>. The two tennis coaches from Mississippi took advantage of the No. 1 Club premium hospitality on offer to tick visiting the clay ATP Masters 1000 event off their bucket list and enjoy spending time with one of their tennis heroes, former No. 1 player in the PIF ATP Rankings Thomas Muster<\/a>. <\/p>\n A premium hospitality option through ATP Experiences, the ATP No. 1 Club launched this week in Monte-Carlo and is also available for next week\u2019s Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell<\/a>. The package pairs reserved seating with access to a dedicated hospitality venue, where guests can watch matches while also spending time in a private lounge. <\/p>\n Find out more about ATP No. 1 Club Barcelona 2026 packages <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve coached at all four Grand Slams, but I had not been to Monte-Carlo,\u201d Walker said. \u201cFor the two of us, it was the number one trip for our lifetime, number one on our bucket list for a place to go together. So as tennis fans, and for everybody back home it is the same thing. This venue, for true tennis aficionados, is considered to be the most beautiful venue in the world.\u201d <\/p>\n ATP No. 1 Club packages also include opportunities to attend hosted discussions or small Q&A sessions with ATP executives, chair umpires or former World No. 1 players, offering a behind-the-scenes perspective on the Tour. Ray and Walker had the chance to meet former No. 1 Muster, the Austrian who was renowned for his clay-court prowess, as well as the way that he battled back from a serious traffic accident in 1989 to reach top spot seven years later. <\/p>\n \u201cThe best part for me was getting to see my favourite player of all time and getting to sit down with him and talk to him and ask him things,\u201d Ray said. \u201cHow can you beat that? [After the morning meet] he came back in the afternoon with us and he was like, \u2018Hey, is there anything else you want to talk about or ask\u2019? He was so generous with his time and went out of his way to make us feel like we were really taken care of.\u201d <\/p>\n Walker revealed she particularly enjoyed hearing Muster retell a famous on-court dispute she remembered the Austrian having with Brad Gilbert<\/a> at the 1993 US Open<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cTo hear him give the backstory to that incident was really fun and then we had so many more where we have followed him and his comeback,\u201d she said, referring to Muster\u2019s miraculous recovery from his 1989 injury. \u201cHow inspirational his comeback was to so many players. <\/p>\n \u201cEvery time we would have a player who was injured, we would show them what he fought through to get back, win the French Open and become No. 1 in the world. Every time we had someone seriously injured, we used his example to bring them back.\u201d <\/p>\n![\"Walker](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/no-1-club-package-monte-carlo-2026.jpg\"\/)
\nWalker and Ray Sahag on Court Rainier III at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters<\/a>. Photo: ATP Tour <\/p>\n![\"\u201cATP\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767418027_359_atp-no-1-club-banner-article.jpg\")
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