Gerry Weber Open

Gerry Weber Open
ATP World Tour
Location	Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Venue	Gerry Weber Stadion
Category	ATP World Series (1993–1997) ATP International Series (1998–2008) ATP World Tour 250 series (2009–current)
Surface	Grass / Outdoors
Draw	32S/32Q/16D
Prize money	€750,000
Website	gerryweber-open.de

The Gerry Weber Open is a tennis tournament held in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Held since 1993, the tournament is played on four outdoor grass courts and is a part of the ATP World Tour 250 series on the ATP Tour schedule.

The Centre Court (the Gerry Weber Stadion) has 12,300 seats and a retractable roof which can be closed in 88 seconds so that tennis games can continue with a closed roof when it begins to rain. The stadium is heated and also used for other sport events (handball, basketball, volleyball and boxing) and concerts.

Swiss World No. 3 Roger Federer has won the Halle tournament five times (2003–06, 2008) and holds the record for most singles titles. Federer also won four of them in consecutive years, and every time Federer won the title except in 2008, he went on to win the title at the Wimbledon Championships. Federer withdrew from the 2007, 2009 and 2011 tournaments, citing fatigue after the French Open. After Federer released his statement regarding his withdrawal from the 2011 tournament, Ralf Weber, the tournament director, released a statement that was considered to be very critical of Federer, and potentially damaging to their relationship.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2011	Philipp Kohlschreiber	Philipp Petzschner	7–6(5), 2–0 ret.
2010	Lleyton Hewitt	Roger Federer	3–6, 7–6(4), 6–4
2009	Tommy Haas	Novak Djokovic	6–3, 6–7(4), 6–1
2008	Roger Federer	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6–3, 6–4
2007	Tomáš Berdych	Marcos Baghdatis	7–5, 6–4
2006	Roger Federer	Tomáš Berdych	6–0, 6–7(4), 6–2
2005	Roger Federer	Marat Safin	6–4, 6–7(6), 6–4
2004	Roger Federer	Mardy Fish	6–0, 6–3
2003	Roger Federer	Nicolas Kiefer	6–1, 6–3
2002	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Nicolas Kiefer	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
2001	Thomas Johansson	Fabrice Santoro	6–3, 6–7(5), 6–2
2000	David Prinosil	Richard Krajicek	6–3, 6–2
1999	Nicolas Kiefer	Nicklas Kulti	6–3, 6–2
1998	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Magnus Larsson	6–4, 6–4
1997	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Petr Korda	7–6(2), 6–7(5), 7–6(7)
1996	Nicklas Kulti	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–7(5), 6–3, 6–4
1995	Marc Rosset	Michael Stich	3–6, 7–6(11), 7–6(8)
1994	Michael Stich	Magnus Larsson	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1993	Henri Leconte	Andrei Medvedev	6–2, 6–3

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2011	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Robin Haase Milos Raonic	7–6(8), 3–6, [11–9]
2010	Sergiy Stakhovsky Mikhail Youzhny	Martin Damm Filip Polášek	4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
2009	Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber	Andreas Beck Marco Chiudinelli	6–3, 6–4
2008	Mikhail Youzhny Michael Zverev	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	4–6, 6–3, 10–3
2007	Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 7–6(5)
2006	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	Michael Kohlmann Rainer Schüttler	6–0, 6–4
2005	Roger Federer Yves Allegro	Joachim Johansson Marat Safin	7–5, 6–7(6), 6–3
2004	Leander Paes David Rikl	Tomáš Cibulec Petr Pála	6–2, 7–5
2003	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	6–3, 6–4
2002	David Prinosil David Rikl	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	4–6, 7–6(5), 7–5
2001	Daniel Nestor Sandon Stolle	Max Mirnyi Patrick Rafter	6–4, 6–7(5), 6–1
2000	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	Mahesh Bhupathi David Prinosil	7–6(4), 7–6(4)
1999	Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter	Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer	6–3, 7–5
1998	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	John-Laffnie de Jager Marc-Kevin Goellner	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
1997	Karsten Braasch Michael Stich	David Adams Marius Barnard	7–6, 6–3
1996	Byron Black Grant Connell	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	6–1, 7–5
1995	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Andrei Olhovskiy	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1994	Olivier Delaître Guy Forget	Henri Leconte Gary Muller	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
1993	Petr Korda Cyril Suk	Mike Bauer Marc-Kevin Goellner	7–6, 5–7, 6–3

External links

• Official website
• Official videowebsite
• Description and News of the Label (german)