China Open (tennis)

China Open
	2012 China Open (tennis)
Location	Beijing; China
Venue	National Tennis Center (2009–present); Beijing Tennis Center (2004–2008)
Surface	Hard / Outdoors
	chinaopen.com.cn
ATP World Tour
Category	500 Series
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize Money	US$2,100,000
WTA Tour
Category	Premier Mandatory
Draw	60S/32Q/28D
Prize Money	US$4,500,000

The China Open (formerly the Beijing Salem Open) is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Beijing, China. The men's singles and doubles events were first held in 1993, the year in which the Qatar Open and Dubai Tennis Championships were also introduced to the men's tour, as the ATP opened a series of new tournaments in Asia.

In 1998, the tournament was dropped from the ATP tour calendar, but was reinstated in 2004, the same year as the WTA Tour women's singles and doubles events, previously held in Shanghai, were moved to Beijing.

In 2006, the China Open became the first tournament outside of the United States to utilize the Hawk-Eye system in match play.^[3]^{[dead link]}

Michael Chang and Novak Djokovic are the only men to have won the singles competition more than once, both having won three times each. Chang holds the record for consecutive wins with three titles. In doubles, the Bryan Brothers are the only doubles pair to have won consecutive titles.

Past finals [edit]

Men's Singles [edit]

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2012	Novak Djokovic	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	7–6^(7–4), 6–2
2011	Tomáš Berdych	Marin Čilić	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
2010	Novak Djokovic	David Ferrer	6–2, 6–4
2009	Novak Djokovic	Marin Čilić	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
2008	Andy Roddick	Dudi Sela	6–4, 6–7^(6–8), 6–3
2007	Fernando González	Tommy Robredo	6–1, 3–6, 6–1
2006	Marcos Baghdatis	Mario Ančić	6–4, 6–0
2005	Rafael Nadal	Guillermo Coria	5–7, 6–1, 6–2
2004	Marat Safin	Mikhail Youzhny	7–6^(7–4), 7–5
1998–2003	No tournament
1997	Jim Courier	Magnus Gustafsson	7–6^(12–10), 3–6, 6–3
1996	Greg Rusedski	Martin Damm	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
1995	Michael Chang	Renzo Furlan	7–5, 6–3
1994	Michael Chang	Anders Järryd	7–5, 7–5
1993	Michael Chang	Greg Rusedski	7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(6–8), 6–4

2006 [edit]

Marcus Baghdatis, the third seed, beat Mario Ančić, the fourth seed, in the final of the 2006 China Open. Both the first seed, Ivan Ljubičić, and the second seed, Nikolay Davydenko, were knocked out in the second round. The two retirements from this tournament was Ivo Karlović with a problem with his left knee, and Nikolay Davydenko who had a virus.

2005 [edit]

Rafael Nadal, the top seed for this tournament, beat Guillermo Coria, the second seed, in the 2005 final.

2004 [edit]

Marat Safin, the fifth seed, beat the unseeded Mikhail Youzhny in the 2004 final. Mikhail had between fourth seed Rainer Schüttler, eight seed Dominik Hrbatý, and sixth seed Paradorn Srichaphan on his way to the final. Another seed that was knocked out early on was Carlos Moyà, the top seed, who has defeated by qualifier Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round.

1997 [edit]

Jim Courier, the top seed for the tournament, beat Magnus Gustafsson in the 1997 final. In the first round there were knock outs for two seeded players. Second seed Mark Woodforde was beaten by Kenneth Carlsen in straight sets, and eighth seed Richey Reneberg was beaten by Ján Krošlák.

1996 [edit]

Unseeded Greg Rusedski beat unseeded Martin Damm in the 1997 final. On his way Greg had defeated Andrei Olhovskiy, Jean Philippe-Fleurian, Gustavo Kuerten, and fourth seed Byron Black. Martin, though, defeated in the first round top seed Michael Chang, then Scott Draper and finally Thomas Johansson.

1995 [edit]

Top seed Michael Chang defeated second seed Renzo Furlan in the 1995 final. The only surprise in that year's 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.

1994 [edit]

Top seed Michael Chang beat unseeded Anders Järryd in the 1994 final. Jarryd had beat second seed David Wheaton in the second round.

1993 [edit]

In the first China Open Michael Chang beat Greg Rusedski. Chang, the number one seed, defeated the unseeded Rusedski by 7–6, 6–7, 6–1. On his way to the final Greg beat eighth seed Jamie Morgan, second seed Magnus Gustafsson and fourth seed Brad Gilbert.

Men's Doubles [edit]

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2012	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Carlos Berlocq Denis Istomin	6–3, 6–2
2011	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(7–4)
2010	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–1, 7–6^(7–5)
2009	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Mark Knowles Andy Roddick	6–4, 6–2
2008	Stephen Huss Ross Hutchins	Ashley Fisher Bobby Reynolds	7–5, 6–4
2007	Rik de Voest Ashley Fisher	Chris Haggard Lu Yen-hsun	6–7, 6–0, [10–6]
2006	Mahesh Bhupathi Mario Ančić	Michael Berrer Kenneth Carlsen	6–4, 6–3
2005	Justin Gimelstob Nathan Healey	Dmitry Tursunov Mikhail Youzhny	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
2004	Justin Gimelstob Graydon Oliver	Alex Bogomolov Jr. Taylor Dent	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
1998–2003	No tournament
1997	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	Jim Courier Alex O'Brien	7–5, 7–6
1996	Martin Damm Andrei Olhovskiy	Patrik Kühnen Gary Muller	6–4, 7–5
1995	Tommy Ho Sébastien Lareau	Dick Norman Fernon Wibier	7–6, 7–6
1994	Tommy Ho Kent Kinnear	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	7–6, 6–3
1993	Paul Annacone Doug Flach	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 6–3

Women Singles [edit]

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2012	Victoria Azarenka	Maria Sharapova	6–3, 6–1
2011	Agnieszka Radwańska	Andrea Petkovic	7–5, 0–6, 6–4
2010	Caroline Wozniacki	Vera Zvonareva	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2009	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Agnieszka Radwańska	6–2, 6–4
2008	Jelena Janković	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–3, 6–2
2007	Ágnes Szávay	Jelena Janković	6–7^(7–9), 7–5, 6–2
2006	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Amélie Mauresmo	6–4, 6–0
2005	Maria Kirilenko	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	6–3, 6–4
2004	Serena Williams	Svetlana Kuznetsova	4–6, 7–5, 6–4

2008 [edit]

In the 2008 final, top seeded Jelena Janković beat fourth seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova. Janković saved two set points in her quarterfinal with Daniela Hantuchová and defeated Vera Zvonareva in three sets in her semifinal, while Kuznetsova got past China's Zheng Jie in two tight sets in the last four.

2007 [edit]

In the 2007 final, sixth seed Ágnes Szávay beat top seed Jelena Janković, after Janković served for the match twice in the 2nd set. Szávay had defeated Shuai Peng in the semis, after Peng had defeated Martina Hingis and Amélie Mauresmo.