China Open (tennis)
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The China Open is a professional tennis tournament in Beijing, China.
Before 1997, it was sponsored by Salem Cigarette, so the tournament was also called Beijing Salem Open.
It is included in the 2005 schedule of both the ATP (men) as the WTA Tour (women).
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[edit] Past finals
[edit] Men
| Year | Singles | Doubles |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Michael Chang (U.S.) | Paul Annacone (U.S.)/Doug Flach |
| 1994 | Michael Chang (U.S.) | Tommy Ho (U.S.)/Kent Kinnear |
| 1995 | Michael Chang (U.S.) | Tommy Ho (U.S.)/Sebastien Lareau (Canada) |
| 1996 | Greg Rusedski (Great Britain) | Martin Damm/Andrei Olhovskiy |
| 1997 | Jim Courier (U.S.) | Mahesh Bhupathi (India)/Leander Paes (India) |
| 1998-2003 | No tournament | |
| 2004 | Marat Safin (Russia) | Justin Gimelstob (U.S.)/Graydon Oliver (U.S.) |
| 2005 | Rafael Nadal (Spain) | Justin Gimelstob (U.S.)/Nathan Healey (U.S.) |
| 2006 | Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) | Mahesh Bhupathi (India)/Mario Ancic (Croatia) |
[edit] 2006
Marcus Baghdatis, the third seed, beat Mario Ancic, the fourth seed, in the final of the 2006 China Open. Both the first seed, Ivan Ljubicic, and the second seed, Nikolay Davydenko, were knocked out in the second round. The two retirements from this tournament was Ivo Karlovic with a problem with his left knee, and Nikolay Davydenko who had a virus.
[edit] 2005
Rafael Nadal, the top seed for this tournament, beat Guillermo Coria, the second seed, in the 2005 final.
[edit] 2004
Marat Safin, the fifth seed, beat the unseed Mikhail Youzhny in the 2004 final. Mikhail had beteen fourth seed Rainer Schuettler, eight seed Dominik Hrbaty, and sixth seed Paradorn Srichaphan on his way to the final. Another seed that was knocked out early on was Carlos Moya, the top seed, who has defeated by qualifier Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round.
[edit] 1997
Jim Courier, the top seed for the tournament, beat Magnus Gustafsson in the 1997 final. In first round there were knock outs for two seeded players. Second seed Mark Woodforde was beaten by Kenneth Carlson in straight sets, and eight seed Richey Reneberg was beaten by Jan Kroslak.
[edit] 1996
Unseeded Greg Rusedski beat unseeded Martin Damm in the 1997 final. On his way, Greg had defeated Andrei Olhovskiy, Jean Phillip-Feurian, Gustavo Kuerten, and fourth seed Bryan Black. Martin though, in the first round defeated top seed Michael Chang then Scott Draper, and Thomas Johansson.
[edit] 1995
Top seed Michael Chang defeated second seed Renzo Furland in the 1995 final. The only suprise in that years tournament was that unseeded Dick Norman beat seventh seed Michael Tebbutt. It was the third year in a row that Michael had won this open.
[edit] 1994
Top seed Michael Chang beat unseeded Anders Jarryd in the 1994 final. Andreas had beat second seed David Wheaton in the second round.
[edit] 1993
In first China Open, Michael Chang beat Greg Rusedski. Michael, the number one seed, defeated the unseeded Greg by 7-6(5) 6-7(6) 6-1. On his way to the final, Greg beat 8th seed Jaimie Morgan, 2nd seed Magnus Gustafsson, and fourth seed Brad Gilbert.
[edit] Women
[edit] Singles
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 |  Serena Williams |
 Svetlana Kuznetsova |
4-6, 7-5, 6-4 |
| 2005 | Maria Kirilenko |
 Anna-Lena Grönefeld |
6-3, 6-4 |
| 2006 | Svetlana Kuznetsova |
 Amelie Mauresmo |
6-4, 6-0 |
| 2007 |
[edit] 2006
In the 2006 final, second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova beat first seed Amelie Mauresmo. Svetlana had beaten wildcard Shuai Peng in the semi-finals, after Shuai had beaten Maria Kirilenko and Ai Sugiyama.
[edit] 2005
In the 2005 final, unseeded [[Maria Kirilenko beat the ninth seed Anna-Lena Grönefeld. Anna-Lena was filling in for second seed Lindsay Davenport after she pulled out of that years tournament. Another top seed to pull out, was number one seed Maria Sharapova. She was injured in her semi-final match against Maria Kirilenko.
[edit] 2004
Top seed Serena Williams beat second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first WTA China Open. In the semi-finals, Serena beat fourth seed Vera Zvonareva, and Svetlana beat Maria Sharapova, who was the third seed in this tournament.
[edit] Doubles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 |  Emmanuelle Gagliardi & Dinara Safina |
 Gisela Dulko & Maria Vento-Kabchi |
6-4, 6-4 |
| 2005 |  Nuria Llagostera Vives & Maria Vento-Kabchi |
 Zi Yan & Jie Zheng |
6-2, 6-4 |
| 2006 | Virginia Ruano Pascual & Paola Suárez |
Anna Chakvetadze & Elena Vesnina |
6-2, 6-4 |
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