ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament

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The ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament is a tennis tournament held in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Held since 1972, the tournament is played on indoor hard courts and is a part of the ATP Tour schedule.

American Arthur Ashe won the tournament three times (1972, 1975-76) and holds the record for most singles titles. In 1984 the final between Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl was interupted due to a bomb alarm. Both players were declared winner.

1 Past winners
- 1.1 Singles
2 Top Dutch performances
3 See also
4 External link

[edit] Past winners

[edit] Singles

YEAR	CHAMPION	RUNNER-UP	SCORE
1972	Arthur Ashe	Tom Okker	4-6, 6-2, 6-1
1974	Tom Okker	Tom Gorman	3-6, 7-6², 6-1
1975	Arthur Ashe	Tom Okker	3-6, 6-2, 6-4
1976	Arthur Ashe	Robert Lutz	6-3, 6-3
1977	Dick Stockton	Ilie Nastase	2-6, 6-3, 6-3
1978	Jimmy Connors	Raúl Ramírez	7-5, 7-5
1979	Björn Borg	John McEnroe	6-4, 6-2
1980	Heinz Günthardt	Gene Mayer	6-2, 6-4
1981	Jimmy Connors	Gene Mayer	6-1, 2-6, 6-2
1982	Guillermo Vilas	Jimmy Connors	0-6, 6-2, 6-4
1983	Gene Mayer	Guillermo Vilas	6-1, 7-6
1984	Ivan Lendl Jimmy Connors	—	—
1985	Miloslav Mečíř	Jakob Hlasek	6-1, 6-2
1986	Joakim Nyström	Anders Jarryd	6-0, 6-3
1987	Stefan Edberg	John McEnroe	3-6, 6-3, 6-1
1988	Stefan Edberg	Miloslav Mečíř	7-6, 6-2
1989	Jakob Hlasek	Anders Jarryd	6-1, 7-5
1990	Brad Gilbert	Jonas Svensson	6-1, 6-3
1991	Omar Camporese	Ivan Lendl	3-6, 7-6⁴, 7-6⁴
1992	Boris Becker	Alexander Volkov	7-6⁹, 4-6, 6-2
1993	Anders Jarryd	Karel Nováček	6-3, 7-5
1994	Michael Stich	Wayne Ferreira	4-6, 6-3, 6-0
1995	Richard Krajicek	Paul Haarhuis	7-6⁵, 6-4
1996	Goran Ivanišević	Yevgeni Kafelnikov	6-4, 3-6, 6-3
1997	Richard Krajicek	Daniel Vacek	7-6⁴, 7-6⁵
1998	Jan Siemerink	Thomas Johansson	7-6², 6-2
1999	Yevgeni Kafelnikov	Tim Henman	6-2, 7-6³
2000	Cédric Pioline	Tim Henman	6-7³, 6-4, 7-6⁴
2001	Nicolas Escudé	Roger Federer	7-5, 3-6, 7-6⁵
2002	Nicolas Escudé	Tim Henman	3-6, 7-6⁶, 6-4
2003	Max Mirnyi	Raemon Sluiter	7-6³, 6-4
2004	Lleyton Hewitt	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-7¹, 7-5, 6-4
2005	Roger Federer	Ivan Ljubičić	5-7, 7-5, 7-6⁵
2006	Radek Štěpánek	Christophe Rochus	6-0, 6-3
2007	Mikhail Youzhny	Ivan Ljubičić	6-2, 6-4

[edit] Top Dutch performances

YEAR	PLAYER'S NAME	RESULT
1972	Tom Okker	Finalist
1974	Tom Okker	Winner
1975	Tom Okker	Finalist
1976	Tom Okker	Semifinalist
1977	Tom Okker	First Round
1978	Louk Sanders / Tom Okker	First Round
1979	Louk Sanders	Second Round
1980	Louk Sanders	Second Round
1981	Eric Wilborts	Second Round
1982	Eric Wilborts	First Round
1983	Michiel Schapers	First Round
1984	Michiel Schapers	First Round
1985	Huub van Boeckel	Second Round
1986	Michiel Schapers	Second Round
1987	Michiel Schapers	Second Round
1988	Michiel Schapers	Semifinalist
1989	Michiel Schapers	Quarterfinalist
1990	Paul Haarhuis	Second Round
1991	Paul Haarhuis	Semifinalist
1992	Paul Haarhuis	Semifinalist
1993	Haarhuis / Siemerink / Kok / Nijssen / Wibier	Second Round
1994	Paul Haarhuis	Semifinalist
1995	Richard Krajicek	Winner
1996	Richard Krajicek / Jacco Eltingh	Second Round
1997	Richard Krajicek	Winner
1998	Jan Siemerink	Winner
1999	Richard Krajicek / Edwin Kempes	Second Round
2000	Jan Siemerink / Peter Wessels	Second Round
2001	Raemon Sluiter / Sjeng Schalken	Second Round
2002	Sluiter / Schalken / Van Lottum / Verkerk / Siemerink	First Round
2003	Raemon Sluiter	Finalist
2004	Raemon Sluiter	Quarterfinalist
2005	Sjeng Schalken	Second Round
2006	Raemon Sluiter / Antal van der Duim	First Round
2007	Robin Haase / Dennis van Scheppingen	Second Round