It was made up of representatives of the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the ATP, and tournament directors from around the world.

The ATP successfully requested that the MIPTC introduce a drug testing rule, making tennis the first professional sport to institute a drug-testing program.

After last-ditch attempts at a compromise failed, the ATP voted in favor of a boycott and as a result, 81 of the top players, including reigning champion Stan Smith and 13 of the 16 men's seeds, did not compete at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.

The limited player representation and influence within the Men's International Professional Tennis Council (MIPTC) as well as dissatisfaction with the way the sport was managed and marketed culminated in a player mutiny in 1988 led by active tennis pros, including then world number one ranked Mats Wilander which changed the entire structure of the tour.

The UK Culture Secretary, Nadine Dorries, commented that the ATP's decision would send the "completely wrong message to both Putin and the people of Ukraine".

Players and doubles teams with the most ranking points (collected during the calendar year) play in the season-ending ATP Finals, which, from 2000 to 2008, was run jointly with the International Tennis Federation (ITF).

The Masters 1000 tournaments are Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Madrid, Rome, Toronto/Montreal, Cincinnati, Shanghai and Paris.

Hamburg has been displaced by the new clay court event at Madrid, which is a new combined men's and women's tournament.

Severe sanctions are placed on top players skipping the Masters 1000 series events, unless medical proof is presented.

Plans to eliminate Monte Carlo and Hamburg as Masters Series events led to controversy and protests from players as well as organisers.

Hamburg and Monte Carlo filed lawsuits against the ATP,[18] and as a concession it was decided that Monte Carlo would remain a Masters 1000 level event, with more prize money and 1000 ranking points, but it would no longer be a compulsory tournament for top-ranked players.

[20] The 500 level tournaments are Rotterdam, Dubai, Rio, Acapulco, Barcelona, Aegon Championships (Queens Club, London), Halle (Gerry Weber Open), Hamburg, Washington, Beijing, Tokyo, Basel and Vienna.

As of January 1, 2020, Andrea Gaudenzi is the chairman of ATP[27] and Massimo Calvelli is the chief executive officer.

As of 2024, the Council consists of a President (Matthew Ebden), a Vice President (Andrey Rublev), three players who are ranked within the top 50 in singles (Grigor Dimitrov, Alexander Zverev and Mackenzie McDonald), two players who are ranked between 51 and 100 in singles (Pedro Martínez and Dušan Lajović), two top 100 players in doubles (Wesley Koolhof and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela), one at-large member (Pedro Cachin), one alumni member (Nicolás Pereira), and one coach (Federico Ricci).