Rotterdam Open

ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament

The Rotterdam Open (sponsored by ABN AMRO and NOW called the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament) is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is part of the 500 series of the ATP Tour. It has been held annually at the Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

History

The first Rotterdam Open tennis tournament was held in November 1972 and was won by Arthur Ashe. The following year the tournament was not organized because it switched to a March date. Originally the Rotterdam Open was an event of the World Championship Tennis circuit and in 1978 became part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. Since 1990 it has been part of the ATP Tour.

In 1984 the singles final between Ivan Lendl and Jimmy Connors was interrupted in the 2nd set (6–0, 1–0) due to a bomb alarm and the match was not finished as Lendl was not prepared to play on.

Since 2004, former Dutch tennis player Richard Krajicek has been the tournament director.

A record 115,894 people attended the 2012 edition tournament.

Past finals

In the singles, Arthur Ashe (1972, 1975–76) holds the record for most titles with three, and co-holds with Stefan Edberg (1986–87), Nicolas Escudé (2001–02) and Robin Söderling (2010–11) the record for most consecutive titles with two. In the doubles, four-time winners Anders Järryd (1987, 1991, 1993, 1995) and Nenad Zimonjić (2009–10, 2012–13) co-hold the record for most titles, while Frew McMillan, with three straight wins (1974–76), holds the record for most back-to-back titles.

Singles

Arthur Ashe (pictured here during the 1975 tournament) holds the record for most singles titles with three wins (1972, 1975–76).

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1972	Arthur Ashe	Tom Okker	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
1973	Not Held
1974	Tom Okker	Tom Gorman	3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–1
1975	Arthur Ashe	Tom Okker	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1976	Arthur Ashe	Robert Lutz	6–3, 6–3
1977	Dick Stockton	Ilie Năstase	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
1978	Jimmy Connors	Raúl Ramírez	7–5, 7–5
1979	Björn Borg	John McEnroe	6–4, 6–2
1980	Heinz Günthardt	Gene Mayer	6–2, 6–4
1981	Jimmy Connors	Gene Mayer	6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1982	Guillermo Vilas	Jimmy Connors	0–6, 6–2, 6–4
1983	Gene Mayer	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 7–6
1984		Ivan Lendl Jimmy Connors	6–0, 1–0 Final interrupted
1985	Miloslav Mečíř	Jakob Hlasek	6–1, 6–2
1986	Joakim Nyström	Anders Järryd	6–0, 6–3
1987	Stefan Edberg	John McEnroe	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
1988	Stefan Edberg	Miloslav Mečíř	7–6, 6–2
1989	Jakob Hlasek	Anders Järryd	6–1, 7–5
1990	Brad Gilbert	Jonas Svensson	6–1, 6–3
1991	Omar Camporese	Ivan Lendl	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
1992	Boris Becker	Alexander Volkov	7–6(9–7), 4–6, 6–2
1993	Anders Järryd	Karel Nováček	6–3, 7–5
1994	Michael Stich	Wayne Ferreira	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
1995	Richard Krajicek	Paul Haarhuis	7–6(7–5), 6–4
1996	Goran Ivanišević	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1997	Richard Krajicek	Daniel Vacek	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
1998	Jan Siemerink	Thomas Johansson	7–6(7–2), 6–2
1999	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Tim Henman	6–2, 7–6(7–3)
2000	Cédric Pioline	Tim Henman	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2001	Nicolas Escudé	Roger Federer	7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
2002	Nicolas Escudé	Tim Henman	3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
2003	Max Mirnyi	Raemon Sluiter	7–6(7–3), 6–4
2004	Lleyton Hewitt	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–7(1–7), 7–5, 6–4
2005	Roger Federer	Ivan Ljubičić	5–7, 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
2006	Radek Štěpánek	Christophe Rochus	6–0, 6–3
2007	Mikhail Youzhny	Ivan Ljubičić	6–2, 6–4
2008	Michaël Llodra	Robin Söderling	6–7(3–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2009	Andy Murray	Rafael Nadal	6–3, 4–6, 6–0
2010	Robin Söderling	Mikhail Youzhny	6–4, 2–0, retired
2011	Robin Söderling	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2012	Roger Federer	Juan Martín del Potro	6–1, 6–4
2013	Juan Martín del Potro	Julien Benneteau	7–6(7–2), 6–3
2014	Tomáš Berdych	Marin Čilić	6–4, 6–2
2015	Stan Wawrinka	Tomáš Berdych	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2016	Martin Kližan	Gaël Monfils	6–7(1–7), 6–3, 6–1

Doubles

Anders Järryd was the first to take four doubles titles in Rotterdam (1987, 1991, 1993, 1995).

Nenad Zimonjić reached five consecutive finals in Rotterdam (2009–13), winning a record four times (2009–10, 2012–13).

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1972	Roy Emerson John Newcombe	Arthur Ashe Robert Lutz	6–2, 6–3
1973	Not Held
1974	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	Pierre Barthès Ilie Năstase	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
1975	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	José Higueras Balázs Taróczy	6–2, 6–2
1976	Rod Laver Frew McMillan	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	6–1, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5)
1977	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	Vijay Amritraj Dick Stockton	6–4, 6–4
1978	Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–2, 6–3
1979	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	Heinz Günthardt Bernard Mitton	6–4, 6–4
1980	Vijay Amritraj Stan Smith	Bill Scanlon Brian Teacher	6–4, 6–3
1981	Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	7–6, 1–6, 6–4
1982	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	Fritz Buehning Kevin Curren	7–5, 6–2
1983	Fritz Buehning Tom Gullikson	Peter Fleming Pavel Složil	7–6, 4–6, 7–6
1984	Kevin Curren Wojtek Fibak	Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan	6–4, 6–4
1985	Tomáš Šmíd Pavel Složil	Vitas Gerulaitis Paul McNamee	6–4, 6–4
1986	Stefan Edberg Slobodan Živojinović	Wojtek Fibak Matt Mitchell	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
1987	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	Chip Hooper Mike Leach	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1988	Patrik Kühnen Tore Meinecke	Magnus Gustafsson Diego Nargiso	7–6, 7–6
1989	Miloslav Mečíř Milan Šrejber	Jan Gunnarsson Magnus Gustafsson	7–6, 6–0
1990	Leonardo Lavalle Jorge Lozano	Diego Nargiso Nicolás Pereira	6–3, 7–6
1991	Patrick Galbraith Anders Järryd	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	7–6, 6–2
1992	Marc-Kevin Goellner David Prinosil	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	6–2, 6–7, 7–6
1993	Henrik Holm Anders Järryd	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	6–4, 7–6
1994	Jeremy Bates Jonas Björkman	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–4, 6–1
1995	Martin Damm Anders Järryd	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6–3, 6–2
1996	David Adams Marius Barnard	Hendrik Jan Davids Cyril Suk	6–3, 5–7, 7–6
1997	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot	7–6(7–5), 6–4
1998	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	Neil Broad Piet Norval	7–6, 6–3
1999	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	Neil Broad Peter Tramacchi	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4
2000	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	Tim Henman Yevgeny Kafelnikov	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
2001	Jonas Björkman Roger Federer	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	6–3, 6–0
2002	Roger Federer Max Mirnyi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
2003	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	Roger Federer Max Mirnyi	7–6(7–4), 6–2
2004	Paul Hanley Radek Štěpánek	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	5–7, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
2005	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	Cyril Suk Pavel Vízner	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
2006	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2)
2007	Martin Damm Leander Paes	Andrei Pavel Alexander Waske	6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
2008	Tomáš Berdych Dmitry Tursunov	Philipp Kohlschreiber Mikhail Youzhny	7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
2009	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6–2, 7–5
2010	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley	6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
2011	Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
2012	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	4–6, 7–5, [16–14]
2013	Robert Lindstedt Nenad Zimonjić	Thiemo de Bakker Jesse Huta Galung	5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
2014	Michaël Llodra Nicolas Mahut	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
2015	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	Jamie Murray John Peers	3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
2016	Nicolas Mahut Vasek Pospisil	Philipp Petzschner Alexander Peya	7–6(7–2), 6–4

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Tour history

Since its inception in 1972 the Rotterdam Open has been part of three major tennis circuits: WCT circuit (1972–1977), Grand Prix circuit (1978–1989) and ATP Tour (1990–).

• 1972–1977 : WCT circuit
• 1978–1989 : Grand Prix circuit
• 1990–1999 : ATP World Series
• 2000–2008 : ATP International Series Gold
• 2009–current : ATP World Tour 500

Sponsors

• ABN AMRO
• Ahoy Rotterdam

External links

• Official website
• atpworldtour.com profile