ATP Qatar Open

Qatar Open

The Qatar Open, currently known as the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for sponsorship reasons, is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour. It is held annually in January at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar, since 1993.

Past finals

Records

• Most singles titles: 3,
  • Roger Federer (2005, 2006, 2011)
• Most consecutive singles titles: 2,
  • Stefan Edberg (1994–1995)
  • Roger Federer (2005–2006)
  • Andy Murray (2008–2009)
• Most singles finals: 3,
  • Roger Federer (2005, 2006, 2011)
  • Ivan Ljubicic (2004, 2005, 2007)
  • Andy Murray (2007, 2008, 2009)
  • Nikolay Davydenko (2010, 2011, 2013)

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2013	Richard Gasquet	Nikolay Davydenko	3-6, 7-6, 6-3
2012	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Gaël Monfils	7–5, 6–3
2011	Roger Federer	Nikolay Davydenko	6–3, 6–4
2010	Nikolay Davydenko	Rafael Nadal	0–6, 7–6(10–8), 6–4
2009	Andy Murray	Andy Roddick	6–4, 6–2
2008	Andy Murray	Stanislas Wawrinka	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
2007	Ivan Ljubičić	Andy Murray	6–4, 6–4
2006	Roger Federer	Gaël Monfils	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2005	Roger Federer	Ivan Ljubičić	6–3, 6–1
2004	Nicolas Escudé	Ivan Ljubičić	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2003	Stefan Koubek	Jan-Michael Gambill	6–4, 6–4
2002	Younes El Aynaoui	Félix Mantilla	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
2001	Marcelo Ríos	Bohdan Ulihrach	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
2000	Fabrice Santoro	Rainer Schüttler	3–6, 7–5, 3–0 ret.
1999	Rainer Schüttler	Tim Henman	6–4, 5–7, 6–1
1998	Petr Korda	Fabrice Santoro	6–0, 6–3
1997	Jim Courier	Tim Henman	7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
1996	Petr Korda	Younes El Aynaoui	7–6(7–5), 2–6, 7–6(7–5)
1995	Stefan Edberg	Magnus Larsson	7–6(7–4), 6–1
1994	Stefan Edberg	Paul Haarhuis	6–3, 6–2
1993	Boris Becker	Goran Ivanišević	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 7–5

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runner-ups	Score
2013	Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber	Julian Knowle Filip Polášek	7–5, 6–4
2012	Filip Polášek Lukáš Rosol	Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber	6–3, 6–4
2011	Marc López Rafael Nadal	Daniele Bracciali Andreas Seppi	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2010	Guillermo García-López Albert Montañés	František Čermák Michal Mertiňák	6–4, 7–5
2009	Marc López Rafael Nadal	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
2008	Philipp Kohlschreiber David Škoch	Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie	6–4, 4–6, [11–9]
2007	Nenad Zimonjić Mikhail Youzhny	Martin Damm Leander Paes	6–1, 7–6(7–3)
2006	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	Christophe Rochus Olivier Rochus	2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
2005	Albert Costa Rafael Nadal	Andrei Pavel Mikhail Youzhny	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
2004	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	Stefan Koubek Andy Roddick	6–2, 6–4
2003	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 7–6(10–8)
2002	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2001	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	Juan Balcells Andrei Olhovskiy	6–3, 6–1
2000	Mark Knowles Max Mirnyi	Alex O'Brien Jared Palmer	6–3, 6–4
1999	Alex O'Brien Jared Palmer	Piet Norval Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 6–4
1998	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1997	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	Patrik Fredriksson Magnus Norman	6–3, 6–2
1996	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 6–3
1995	Stefan Edberg Magnus Larsson	Andrei Olhovskiy Jan Siemerink	7–6, 6–2
1994	Olivier Delaître Stephane Simian	Shelby Cannon Byron Talbot	6–3, 6–3
1993	Boris Becker Patrik Kühnen	Shelby Cannon Scott Melville	6–2, 6–4

Season Opener

The Qatar Open has been the site of the ceremonial opening of the ATP World Tour season since 2009. That year saw Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer (then-World No. 1 and 2, respectively) kick off the season on a tennis court situated on a boat off Doha Bay. The following year saw the duo return, this time playing on a "magic carpet" tennis court in the Souq Waqif. In 2011, the two came back and opened the new season on a court laid in the water of Doha Bay. The 2012 season was once again launched by both Federer and Nadal. This time, they played on a tennis court in the Katara amphitheatre at sunset, amidst more than 4000 burning Roman candles.

External links

• Official website
• atpworldtour.com profile