Stuttgart Open
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2017 MercedesCup | |
Tournament information | |
Tour | ATP World Tour |
Founded | 1916 |
Location | Stuttgart, Germany |
Venue | Tennis Club Weissenhof |
Category | ATP World Tour 250 |
Surface | Grass (Outdoor) |
Draw | 28S/16Q/16D |
Prize money | €701,975 |
Website | Official website |
Current champions (2017) | |
Singles | Lucas Pouille |
Doubles |
Jamie Murray Bruno Soares |
The Stuttgart Open (currently sponsored by Mercedes Benz and called the MercedesCup) is an ATP World Tour 250 series tennis tournament on the ATP Tour. Between 1970 and 1989, the Stuttgart Open was a Grand Prix tennis circuit event. From 1990 to 1999, the Stuttgart Open was an ATP Championship Series tournament. The Championship Series name was changed to ATP International Series Gold in 2000, and the Stuttgart Open was a part of this series from 2000–2001 and 2003–2008. In 2002, the Stuttgart Open was briefly demoted for one year to ATP International Series status. In 2009, the Stuttgart Open was demoted again to the newly named ATP World Tour 250 series status, which it has retained ever since.
Held since 1916 in Stuttgart, Germany, the Stuttgart Open was played on clay up to and including 2014. Starting in 2015, the tournament is played on grass. Along with the move to grass-courts, the tournament is now staged in the week after the French Open finishes.[1]
Thomas Muster of Austria won the title twice in consecutive years (1995 and 1996).
This tournament is famous for awarding the title winner with a Mercedes car, in addition to the prize money.
The Stuttgart Open should not be confused with the Eurocard Open. The Stuttgart Open has always been played outdoors, while the Eurocard Open was a tournament that was played indoors in Stuttgart from 1988–2001, with the exception of 1995 when it was played in Essen. The Eurocard Open was also the eighth Super 9 event on the ATP Tour from 1995–2001.
Roger Federer has signed a deal to compete in Stuttgart for 2016 and 2017.[2] It will be Federer's first appearance in Stuttgart since the Stuttgart Masters in 2001.
Past finals
Singles
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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1949 | Werner Beuthner | Otto Fürst | 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 |
1950 | Helmut Gulcz | Jan Dostal | 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 |
1951 | Otto Fürst | Peter De Vos | 6-3, 6-3 |
1952 | Milan Branovic | Jacques Thomas | 4-6, 10-8, 7-5, ret. |
1953 | Torben Ulrich | Bengt Axelsson | 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 |
1954 | Gottfried von Cramm | Robert Bédard | 6–4, 6–8, 6–2 |
1955 | Hugh Stewart | Tony Vincent | 6–2, 8–6, 6–4 |
1956 | Jack Arkinstall | Tony Vincent | 6-2, 8-6, 6-4 |
1957 | Ladislav Legenstein | Milan Branovic | |
1958 | Ulf Schmidt | Jacques Brichant | 6–4, 6–4, 7–9, 6–1 |
1959 | Warren Woodcock | Torben Ulrich | 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 |
1960 | Ulf Schmidt | Warren Woodcock | 6–2, 2–6, 6–4, 1–6, 6–3 |
1961 | Warren Woodcock | Barry Phillips-Moore | 2-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 |
1962 | Ulf Schmidt | Jan-Erik Lundquist | 6-4, 7-5 |
1963 | Gordon Forbes | Warren Woodcock | 6-1, 8-6, 6-3 |
1964 | Cliff Drysdale | Keith Diepraam | 6–1, 6–3 |
1965 | Cliff Drysdale | Wilhelm Bungert | 6-0, 6-1, 6-1 |
1966 | Frew McMillan | Keith Diepraam | 6-4, 7-5 |
1967 | Roy Emerson | Ion Țiriac | 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 |
1968 | Ramanathan Krishnan | Detlev Nitsche | 6-2, 6-8, 6-4, retired |
1969 | Christian Kuhnke | Wilhelm Bungert | 2–6, 6–2, 6–0, 6–2 |
1970 | Not Held | ||
1971 | Barry Phillips-Moore | István Gulyás | 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 |
1972 | Attila Korpas | Zlatko Ivančić | 6-8, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 |
1973 | Harald Elschenbroich | Hans-Jürgen Pohmann | 2-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-4 |
1974 | Hans-Joachim Plötz | Jacques Thamin | 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 |
1975 | Jürgen Fassbender Richard Crealy |
Final interrupted | |
1976 | Attila Korpas | Zlatko Ivančić | |
1977 | Jürgen Fassbender | Attila Korpas | |
1978 | Ulrich Pinner |
Kim Warwick | 6–4, 6–2, 7–6 |
1979 | Tomáš Šmíd | Ulrich Pinner | 6–4, 6–0, 6–2 |
1980 | Vitas Gerulaitis | Wojtek Fibak | 6–2, 7–5, 6–2 |
1981 | Björn Borg | Ivan Lendl | 1–6, 7–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
1982 | Ramesh Krishnan | Sandy Mayer | 5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 7–6 |
1983 | José Higueras | Heinz Günthardt | 6–1, 6–1, 7–6 |
1984 | Henri Leconte | Gene Mayer | 7–6, 6–0, 1–6, 6–1 |
1985 | Ivan Lendl | Brad Gilbert | 6–4, 6–0 |
1986 | Martín Jaite | Jonas Svensson | 7–5, 6–2 |
1987 | Miloslav Mečíř | Jan Gunnarsson | 6–0, 6–2 |
1988 | Andre Agassi | Andrés Gómez | 6–4, 6–2 |
1989 | Martín Jaite | Goran Prpić | 6–3, 6–2 |
1990 | Goran Ivanišević | Guillermo Pérez Roldán | 6–7, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6 |
1991 | Michael Stich | Alberto Mancini | 1–6, 7–6(11-9), 6–4, 6–2 |
1992 | Andrei Medvedev | Wayne Ferreira | 6–1, 6–4, 6–7(5-7), 2–6, 6–1 |
1993 | Magnus Gustafsson | Michael Stich | 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4 |
1994 | Alberto Berasategui | Andrea Gaudenzi | 7–5, 6–3, 7–6(7-5) |
1995 | Thomas Muster | Jan Apell | 6–2, 6–2 |
1996 | Thomas Muster | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6–2, 6–2, 6–4 |
1997 | Álex Corretja | Karol Kučera | 6–2, 7–5 |
1998 | Gustavo Kuerten | Karol Kučera | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
1999 | Magnus Norman | Tommy Haas | 6-7(6-8), 4–6, 7-6(9-7), 6–0, 6–3 |
2000 | Franco Squillari | Gastón Gaudio | 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
2001 | Gustavo Kuerten | Guillermo Cañas | 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 |
2002 | Mikhail Youzhny | Guillermo Cañas | 6–3, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
2003 | Guillermo Coria | Tommy Robredo | 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 |
2004 | Guillermo Cañas | Gastón Gaudio | 5–7, 6–2, 6–0, 1–6, 6–3 |
2005 | Rafael Nadal | Gastón Gaudio | 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 |
2006 | David Ferrer | José Acasuso | 6–4, 3–6, 6-7(3-7), 7–5, 6–4 |
2007 | Rafael Nadal | Stanislas Wawrinka | 6–4, 7–5 |
2008 | Juan Martín del Potro | Richard Gasquet | 6–4, 7–5 |
2009 | Jérémy Chardy | Victor Hănescu | 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
2010 | Albert Montañés | Gaël Monfils | 6–2, 1–2, RET. |
2011 | Juan Carlos Ferrero | Pablo Andújar | 6–4, 6–0 |
2012 | Janko Tipsarević | Juan Mónaco | 6–4, 5–7, 6–3 |
2013 | Fabio Fognini | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 |
2014 | Roberto Bautista Agut | Lukáš Rosol | 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 |
Changed from Clay to Grass Court | |||
2015 | Rafael Nadal | Viktor Troicki | 7–6 (7–3), 6–3 |
2016 | Dominic Thiem | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 6–7 (2–7), 6–4, 6–4 |
2017 | Lucas Pouille | Feliciano López | 4–6, 7–6 (7–5), 6–4 |
Doubles
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Coordinates: 48°47′46″N 9°10′08″E / 48.796°N 9.169°E