Stockholm Open

If Stockholm Open

The If Stockholm Open is a tennis event on the ATP Tour held in Stockholm, Sweden in the end of October or beginning of November each year. The organizer of the tournament is The Royal Lawn Tennis Club of Stockholm.

The first Stockholm Open was held in 1969 and it has been played each year ever since. The tournament is played on indoor hard court and features both men's singles and doubles tournament. In 1975, 1979, and 1980, a short-lived women's competition was held, which was played on carpet.

History

Stockholm Open was first held in 1969 in Kungliga tennishallen in Stockholm. It has been held there ever since except for the years 1989 to 1994 when it was held in the Stockholm Globe Arena. Between 1970 and 1989 it was a major ranking tournament of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour as part of the Grand Prix Championship Series (except from 1981 to 1983, when it was briefly downgraded).

From 1990 until 1994 it was an ATP Championship Series Single Week event. Since 1995, the tournament has been downgraded from Super 9 status offering $1.72 million in prize money to ATP World Tour 250 series level with €600,000 prize money.

Past finals

Men

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1969	Nikola Pilić	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1970	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
1971	Arthur Ashe	Jan Kodeš	6–1, 3–6, 6–2, 1–6, 6–4
1972	Stan Smith	Tom Okker	6–4, 6–3
1973	Tom Gorman	Björn Borg	6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)
1974	Arthur Ashe	Tom Okker	6–2, 6–2
1975	Adriano Panatta	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
1976	Mark Cox	Manuel Orantes	4–6, 7–5, 7–6
1977	Sandy Mayer	Raymond Moore	6–2, 6–4
1978	John McEnroe	Tim Gullikson	6–2, 6–2
1979	John McEnroe	Gene Mayer	6–7, 6–3, 6–3
1980	Björn Borg	John McEnroe	6–3, 6–4
1981	Gene Mayer	Sandy Mayer	6–4, 6–2
1982	Henri Leconte	Mats Wilander	7–6, 6–3
1983	Mats Wilander	Tomáš Šmíd	6–1, 7–5
1984	John McEnroe	Mats Wilander	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
1985	John McEnroe	Anders Järryd	6–1, 6–2
1986	Stefan Edberg	Mats Wilander	6–2, 6–1, 6–1
1987	Stefan Edberg	Jonas Svensson	7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1988	Boris Becker	Peter Lundgren	6–4, 6–1, 6–1
1989	Ivan Lendl	Magnus Gustafsson	7–5, 6–0, 6–3
1990	Boris Becker	Stefan Edberg	6–4, 6–0, 6–3
1991	Boris Becker	Stefan Edberg	3–6, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2
1992	Goran Ivanišević	Guy Forget	7–6(7–2), 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2
1993	Michael Stich	Goran Ivanišević	4–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–3), 6–2
1994	Boris Becker	Goran Ivanišević	4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
1995	Thomas Enqvist	Arnaud Boetsch	7–5, 6–4
1996	Thomas Enqvist	Todd Martin	7–5, 6–4, 7–6(7–0)
1997	Jonas Björkman	Jan Siemerink	3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–2, 6–4
1998	Todd Martin	Thomas Johansson	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1999	Thomas Enqvist	Magnus Gustafsson	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
2000	Thomas Johansson	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–2, 6–4, 6–4
2001	Sjeng Schalken	Jarkko Nieminen	3–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
2002	Paradorn Srichaphan	Marcelo Ríos	6–7(2–7), 6–0, 6–3, 6–2
2003	Mardy Fish	Robin Söderling	7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
2004	Thomas Johansson	Andre Agassi	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2005	James Blake	Paradorn Srichaphan	6–1, 7–6(8–6)
2006	James Blake	Jarkko Nieminen	6–4, 6–2
2007	Ivo Karlović	Thomas Johansson	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
2008	David Nalbandian	Robin Söderling	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
2009	Marcos Baghdatis	Olivier Rochus	6–1, 7–5
2010	Roger Federer	Florian Mayer	6–4, 6–3
2011	Gaël Monfils	Jarkko Nieminen	7–5, 3–6, 6–2
2012	Tomáš Berdych	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	4–6, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1969	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	Andrés Gimeno Graham Stilwell	6–4, 6–2
1970	Arthur Ashe Stan Smith	Bob Carmichael Owen Davidson	6–0, 5–7, 7–5
1971	Stan Smith Tom Gorman	Arthur Ashe Bob Lutz	6–3, 6–4
1972	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	Roy Emerson Colin Dibley	7–5, 7–6
1973	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	6–3, 6–7, 6–2
1974	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1975	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	Charlie Pasarell Roscoe Tanner	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1976	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1977	Tom Okker Wojciech Fibak	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–3
1978	Tom Okker Wojciech Fibak	Stan Smith Bob Lutz	6–3, 6–2
1979	John McEnroe Peter Fleming	Tom Okker Wojciech Fibak	6–4, 6–4
1980	Heinz Günthardt Paul McNamee	Stan Smith Bob Lutz	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
1981	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	6–7, 6–4, 6–0
1982	Jan Gunnarsson Mark Dickson	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
1983	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	Johan Kriek Peter Fleming	6–3, 6–4
1984	Henri Leconte Tomáš Šmíd	Vijay Amritraj Ilie Năstase	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
1985	Guy Forget Andrés Gómez	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	6–3, 6–4
1986	Sherwood Stewart Kim Warwick	Pat Cash Slobodan Živojinović	6–4, 6–4
1987	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	Jim Grabb Jim Pugh	6–3,6–4
1988	Kevin Curren Jim Grabb	Paul Annacone John Fitzgerald	7–5, 6–4
1989	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
1990	Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–4, 6–2
1991	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	7–5, 6–2
1992	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	6–3, 6–4
1993	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	Gary Muller Danie Visser	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
1994	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	6–3, 6–4
1995	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	3–6, 6–2, 7–6
1996	Patrick Galbraith Jonathan Stark	Todd Martin Chris Woodruff	7–6, 6–4
1997	Marc-Kevin Goellner Richey Reneberg	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
1998	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	Chris Haggard Peter Nyborg	7–5, 3–6, 7–5
1999	Piet Norval Kevin Ullyett	Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries	7–5, 6–3
2000	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	6–3, 6–2
2001	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
2002	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	6–4, 2–6, 7–6(4)
2003	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	6–3, 6–4
2004	Fernando Verdasco Feliciano López	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	6–4, 6–4
2005	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	Leander Paes Nenad Zimonjić	5–3, 5–3
2006	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	Olivier Rochus Kristof Vliegen	7–6(2), 6–4
2007	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	6–4, 6–4
2008	Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett	Johan Brunström Michael Ryderstedt	6–1, 6–3
2009	Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett	Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley	6–4, 7–6(4)
2010	Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer	Johan Brunström Jarkko Nieminen	6–3, 6–4
2011	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares	6–1, 6–3
2012	Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares	Robert Lindstedt Nenad Zimonjic	6–7(4), 7–5, [10–6]

Women

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1975	Virginia Wade	Françoise Durr	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
1976-78	Not held
1979	Billie Jean King	Betty Stöve	6–3, 6–7, 7–5
1980	Hana Mandliková	Bettina Bunge	6–2, 6–2

Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1975	Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	Evonne Goolagong Cawley Virginia Wade	6–3, 6–4
1976-78	Not held
1979	Betty Stöve Wendy Turnbull	Billie Jean King Ilana Kloss	7–5, 7–6
1980	Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	Hana Mandliková Betty Stöve	6–2, 6–1

Sponsors

2010

• Sampo Group
• Intrum Justitia
• BMW
• Sheraton Hotels
• Ricoh
• Case Asset Management
• JMS Mediasystem
• Matric
• Monini
• DB Brand
• Jacob's Creek
• Telia
• Vinge
• Axe
• SVT

External links

• Official Stockholm Open website Template:Sv