MercedesCup

Mercedes Cup
ATP World Tour
Location	Stuttgart Germany
Venue	Tennis Club Weissenhof
Category	ATP Championship Series (1990–97) ATP International Series Gold (1998–2001) / (2003–2008) ATP International Series (2002) ATP World Tour 250 series (2009–current)
Surface	Clay / Outdoors
Draw	32S/24Q/16D
Prize money	€450,000
Website	mercedescup.de

The Mercedes Cup is an ATP World Tour 250 series tennis tournament on the ATP Tour. Held since 1916 in Stuttgart, Germany, the Mercedes Cup is played on clay courts. Between 1970 and 1989 this was a Grand Prix tennis circuit event.

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, on top of the prize money.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2011	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Pablo Andújar	6–4, 6–0
2010	Albert Montañés	Gaël Monfils	6–2, 1–2, RET.
2009	Jérémy Chardy	Victor Hănescu	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
2008	Juan Martín del Potro	Richard Gasquet	6–4, 7–5
2007	Rafael Nadal	Stanislas Wawrinka	6–4, 7–5
2006	David Ferrer	José Acasuso	6–4, 3–6, 63–77, 7–5, 6–4
2005	Rafael Nadal	Gastón Gaudio	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
2004	Guillermo Cañas	Gastón Gaudio	5–7, 6–2, 6–0, 1–6, 6–3
2003	Guillermo Coria	Tommy Robredo	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
2002	Mikhail Youzhny	Guillermo Cañas	6–3, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2001	Gustavo Kuerten	Guillermo Cañas	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
2000	Franco Squillari	Gastón Gaudio	6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1999	Magnus Norman	Tommy Haas	66–78, 4–6, 79–67, 6–0, 6–3
1998	Gustavo Kuerten	Karol Kučera	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1997	Álex Corretja	Karol Kučera	6–2, 7–5
1996	Thomas Muster	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1995	Thomas Muster	Jan Apell	6–2, 6–2
1994	Alberto Berasategui	Andrea Gaudenzi	7–5, 6–3, 7–6(5)
1993	Magnus Gustafsson	Michael Stich	6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4
1992	Andrei Medvedev	Wayne Ferreira	6–1, 6–4, 6–7(5), 2–6, 6–1
1991	Michael Stich	Alberto Mancini	1–6, 7–6(9), 6–4, 6–2
1990	Goran Ivanišević	Guillermo Pérez-Roldán	6–7, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6
1989	Martín Jaite	Goran Prpić	6–3, 6–2
1988	Andre Agassi	Andrés Gómez	6–4, 6–2
1987	Miloslav Mečíř	Jan Gunnarsson	6–0, 6–2
1986	Martín Jaite	Jonas Svensson	7–5, 6–2
1985	Ivan Lendl	Brad Gilbert	6–4, 6–0
1984	Henri Leconte	Gene Mayer	7–6, 6–0, 1–6, 6–1
1983	José Higueras	Heinz Günthardt	6–1, 6–1, 7–6
1982	Ramesh Krishnan	Sandy Mayer	5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 7–6
1981	Björn Borg	Ivan Lendl	1–6, 7–6, 6–2, 6–4
1980	Vitas Gerulaitis	Wojtek Fibak	6–2, 7–5, 6–2
1979	Tomáš Šmíd	Ulrich Pinner	6–4, 6–0, 6–2
1978	Ulrich Pinner	Kim Warwick	6–4, 6–2, 7–6
1977	Jürgen Fassbender
1976	Attila Korpas
1974	Hans-Joachim Plötz
1973	Harald Elschenbroich
1972	Attila Korpas
1971	Barry Phillips-Moore	Istvan Gulyas	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1970	Not Held
1969	Christian Kuhnke	Wilhelm Bungert	2–6, 6–2, 6–0, 6–2
1968	Ramanathan Krishnan
1967	Roy Emerson
1966	Frew McMillan
1965	Cliff Drysdale
1964	Cliff Drysdale	Keith Diepraam	6–1, 6-3
1963	Gordon Forbes
1962	Ulf Schmidt
1961	Warren Woodcock
1960	Ulf Schmidt	Warren Woodcock	6–2, 2-6, 6–4, 1–6, 6–3
1959	Warren Woodcock
1958	Ulf Schmidt	Jacques Brichant	6–4, 6–4, 7–9, 6–1
1957	Ladislav Legenstein
1956	Jack Arkinstall
1955	Hugh Stewart
1954	Gottfried von Cramm
1953	Torben Ulrich
1952	Milan Branovic
1951	. Fürst
1950	Helmut Gulcz
1949	Werner Beuthner

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2011	Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6–3, 6–4
2010	Carlos Berlocq Eduardo Schwank	Christopher Kas Philipp Petzschner	7–6(5), 7–6(6)
2009	František Čermák Michal Mertiňák	Victor Hănescu Horia Tecău	7–5, 6–4
2008	Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber	Michael Berrer Mischa Zverev	6–3, 6–4
2007	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	Guillermo García-López Fernando Verdasco	6–4, 6–4
2006	Gastón Gaudio Max Mirnyi	Yves Allegro Robert Lindstedt	7–5, 6–7, [12–10]
2005	José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto	Mariano Hood Tommy Robredo	7–6, 6–3
2004	Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	6–2, 6–4
2003	Tomáš Cibulec Pavel Vízner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Kevin Ullyett	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
2002	Joshua Eagle David Rikl	David Adams Gastón Etlis	6–3, 6–4
2001	Guillermo Cañas Rainer Schüttler	Michael Hill Jeff Tarango	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
2000	Jiří Novák David Rikl	Lucas Arnold Ker Donald Johnson	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
1999	Jaime Oncins Daniel Orsanic	Aleksandar Kitinov Jack Waite	6–2, 6–1
1998	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	Joshua Eagle Jim Grabb	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
1997	Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	6–4, 6–4
1996	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
1995	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	Ellis Ferreira Jan Siemerink	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1994	Scott Melville Piet Norval	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 7–5
1993	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	Gary Muller Piet Norval	7–6, 6–3
1992	Glenn Layendecker Byron Talbot	Marc Rosset Javier Sánchez	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1991	Wally Masur Emilio Sánchez	Omar Camporese Goran Ivanišević	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1990	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	Per Henricsson Nicklas Utgren	6–3, 6–4
1989	Petr Korda Tomáš Šmíd	Florin Segărceanu Cyril Suk	6–3, 6–4
1988	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	Anders Järryd Michael Mortensen	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1987	Rick Leach Tim Pawsat	Mikael Pernfors Magnus Tideman	6–3, 6–4
1986	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	Mansour Bahrami Diego Pérez	6–4, 6–3
1985	Ivan Lendl Tomáš Šmíd	Andy Kohlberg Joao Soares	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1984	Sandy Mayer Andreas Maurer	Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan	7–6, 6–4
1983	Anand Amritraj Mike Bauer	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
1982	Mark Edmondson Brian Teacher	Andreas Maurer Wolfgang Popp	6–3, 6–1
1981	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	Mark Edmondson Mike Estep	2–6, 6–4, 7–6
1980	Colin Dowdeswell Frew McMillan	Chris Lewis John Yuill	6–3, 6–4
1979	Colin Dowdeswell Frew McMillan	Wojtek Fibak Pavel Složil	6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
1978	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd	Carlos Kirmayr Belus Prajoux	6–3, 7–6

Sponsors

2010

• Mercedes Benz
• Marz
• Stuttgart Marketing
• Stuttgart
• Guinot
• Dinkel Acker
• Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart
• Head
• Maritim
• Stuttgarter Staffele
• Uberkinger
• Regio TV
• Sonnenklar.tv
• Langnese
• Griffner
• Geldermann
• Superfund
• Kitz
• Blumen Flora
• Pacific
• DSF
• Golf Club

See also

• List of tennis tournaments

External links

• Official website