Tel Aviv Open

Tel Aviv Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Created 1979
Ended 1996
Event name Tel Aviv (1979–1996)
Tour ATP Tour (1990–96)
Grand Prix circuit (1979–89)
Surface Hard (1979–1996)

The Tel Aviv Open is a defunct, ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament. It was played from 1979-1996. It was held at the Israel Tennis Center at Ramat HaSharon, near Tel Aviv, Israel and was played on outdoor hard courts. The tournament was played as a ATP Challenger Series event in 1998 and 1999. Israeli tennis player Amos Mansdorf appeared in the final five times, winning in 1987, making him the only Israeli to win the event. Jimmy Connors won his final career singles title at the event in 1989.

In 1990 and 1991 the tournament was known as the Riklis Classic before reverting back to the Tel Aviv Open for the remainder of its existence.

The tournament still holds the ATP record for the youngest winner of an ATP event (Aaron Krickstein in 1983, at the age of 16 and 2 months).

Contents

Results

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1979 Tom Okker Per Hjertquist 6–4, 6–3
1980 Harold Solomon Shlomo Glickstein 6–2, 6–3
1981 Mel Purcell Per Hjertquist 6–1, 6–1
1982 Not Held
1983 Aaron Krickstein Christoph Zipf 7–6, 6–3
1984 Aaron Krickstein Shahar Perkiss 6–4, 6–1
1985 Brad Gilbert Amos Mansdorf 6–3, 6–2
1986 Brad Gilbert Aaron Krickstein 7–5, 6–2
1987 Amos Mansdorf Brad Gilbert 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1988 Brad Gilbert Aaron Krickstein 4–6, 7–6, 6–2
1989 Jimmy Connors Gilad Bloom 2–6, 6–2, 6–1
1990 Andrei Chesnokov Amos Mansdorf 6–4, 6–3
1991 Leonardo Lavalle Christo van Rensburg 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1992 Jeff Tarango Stephane Simian 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1993 Stefano Pescosolido Amos Mansdorf 7–6, 7–5
1994 Wayne Ferreira Amos Mansdorf 7–6, 6–3
1995 Ján Krošlák Javier Sánchez 6–3, 6–4
1996 Javier Sánchez Marcos Ondruska 6–4, 7–5

Doubles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1979 Ilie Năstase
Tom Okker		 Mike Cahill
Colin Dibley		 7–5, 6–4
1980 Per Hjertquist
Steve Krulevitz		 Eric Fromm
Cary Leeds		 7–6, 6–3
1981 Steve Meister
Van Winitsky		 John Feaver
Steve Krulevitz		 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1982 Not Held
1983 Colin Dowdeswell
Zoltan Kuharszky		 Peter Elter
Peter Feigl		 6–3, 7–5
1984 Peter Doohan
Brian Levine		 Colin Dowdeswell
Jakob Hlasek		 6–3, 6–4
1985 Brad Gilbert
Ilie Năstase		 Michael Robertson
Florin Segărceanu		 6–3, 6–2
1986 John Letts
Peter Lundgren		 Christo Steyn
Danie Visser		 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1987 Gilad Bloom
Shahar Perkiss		 Wolfgang Popp
Huub van Boeckel		 6–2, 6–4
1988 Roger Smith
Paul Wekesa		 Patrick Baur
Alexander Mronz		 6–3, 6–3
1989 Jeremy Bates
Patrick Baur		 Rikard Bergh
Per Henricsson		 6–1, 4–6, 6–1
1990 Nduka Odizor
Christo van Rensburg		 Ronnie Bathman
Rikard Bergh		 6–3, 6–4
1991 David Rikl
Michiel Schapers		 Javier Frana
Leonardo Lavalle		 6–2, 6–7, 6–3
1992 Mike Bauer
João Cunha Silva		 Mark Koevermans
Tobias Svantesson		 6–3, 6–4
1993 Sergio Casal
Emilio Sánchez		 Mike Bauer
David Rikl		 6–4, 6–4
1994 Lan Bale
John-Laffnie de Jager		 Jan Apell
Jonas Björkman		 6–7, 6–2, 7–6
1995 Jim Grabb
Jared Palmer		 Kent Kinnear
David Wheaton		 6–4, 7–5
1996 Marcos Ondruska
Grant Stafford		 Noam Behr
Eyal Erlich		 6–3, 6–2

Challenger Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1998 Gianluca Pozzi Lior Mor 6–1, 6–7, 6–3
1999 Ctislav Doseděl Noam Okun 7–6, 6–3

Challenger Doubles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1998 Radek Štěpánek
Michal Tabara		 Noam Okun
Nir Welgreen		 7–6, 6–3
1999 Noam Behr
Eyal Ran		 Amir Hadad
Andrew Ilie		 6–3, 6–2

References

Tel Aviv Open
ATP World Series (1990–1997)
1990–1997 San Francisco/San Jose  • Kiawah Island/Charlotte/Birmingham/Pinehurst/Orlando • Munich • Estoril • Genoa/St. Polten • London • 's-Hertogenbosch • Newport • Gstaad • Bastad • Hilversum/Amsterdam • Los Angeles • Umag • Long Island • Moscow • Basel • Lyon • Adelaide • Wellington • Sydney Outdoor • Auckland • Rotterdam • Orlando/Atlanta • Hong Kong • Bologna • Kitzbühel • San Marino • Palermo • Prague • Toulouse
1990 Memphis • Rio de Janeiro • Sanremo  • Wembley • Itaparica • 1990–1991 Geneva • Berlin • 1990–1992/1996 Singapore • 1990/1992–1997 Casablanca • 1990–1992 Milan • Guaruja • Brisbane • 1990–1994 Manchester • Florence • Schenectady • Athens • Madrid • 1990–1995 Nice • Bordeaux • Vienna • 1990–1996 Seoul • Tel Aviv • 1991 Brasilia • Birmingham, UK • 1991–1992 Buzios • 1991–1993 Sao Paulo • Tampa • 1991–1997 Copenhagen • 1992 Maceió • Cologne • 1992–1993 Bolzano • Taipei • 1992–1994 Antwerp • 1992–1995 Johannesburg/Durban/Sun City • 1992–1997 Scottsdale • 1993–1994 Zaragoza • Osaka • 1993–1995 Kuala Lumpur • 1993–1996 Jakarta • 1993–1997 Doha • Delray Beach  • Santiago/Vina del Mar • Marseille • Buenos Aires • Halle • Beijing • Bucharest • Birmingham, USA • Dubai • Mexico City • 1994 Oahu • 1994–1995 Montevideo • 1994–1997 Ostrava • Bogotá • 1995–1996 Bermuda • 1995–1997 Valencia/Marbella • Nottingham • Stockholm • St. Petersburg • Porto • 1996–1997 Chennai • Shanghai • Stuttgart Outdoor • Zagreb • Bournemouth/Brighton • 1997 Boston • Tashkent