Men's professional tennis tournament in North Carolina
Tennis tournament
The Winston-Salem Open is a men's professional tennis tournament played on the ATP Tour at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in the United States. It made its debut at Winston-Salem in 2011 and is part of the 250 tier of events.[ 1] The tournament was previously staged in Long Island and New Haven before it was sold and relocated to Winston-Salem, creating a new tournament.[ 2]
The Winston-Salem Open was awarded the 2016 ATP Tour 250 Tournament of the Year.
The event started on Long Island's Jericho hamlet as a four-player singles exhibition in 1981, the event, first known as the Hamlet Challenge Cup , developed into a larger draw competition, and saw winning numerous top players in the 1980s, including Ivan Lendl and an eighteen-year-old Andre Agassi in 1988.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] In 1990, the Long Island tournament became part of the tour as it entered the newly created Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour , being sponsored by numerous companies including; Norstar Bank in 1990 and 1991,[ 12] Waldbaum's from 1992 to 1995 and from 1997 to 2000,[ 12] Genovese Drug Stores in 1996,[ 13] and TD Waterhouse from 2002 until the move to New Haven,[ 14] adding names like Stefan Edberg , Yevgeny Kafelnikov , Magnus Norman , Paradorn Srichaphan and Lleyton Hewitt to its list of champions.
In 2005 the USTA decided to purchase the men's tournament of Long Island , New York and merge it with the Women's event at New Haven .[ 15] This move created the first large joint ATP –WTA tournament leading to the US Open .[ 16] The tournament remained a joint event until 2011 when the men's and women's events became separated, and the men's tournament relocated to Winston-Salem.[ 2] The tournament will ignore its history with the ATP calling it a new event.[ 1]
The tournament is part of the US Open Series and is typically held in August the week prior to the US Open. It used to be one of six 250 level events on tour played in the United States but from 2025 it is one of only three. In 2016, the tournament received recognition as one of the ATP World Tour 250 Tournaments of the Year.
Ivan Lendl holds the record for most singles titles at five, winning in 1984–1986, 1989 and 1991; he also holds the record for most singles titles won in a row, at three. The only doubles team to win back-to-back titles is Jonathan Stark and Kevin Ullyett .
Location
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
Long Island (exhibition)
1981
Brian Teacher
Yannick Noah
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1982
Gene Mayer
Johan Kriek
6–2, 6–3
1983
Gene Mayer
Heinz Günthardt
6–7(9–11) , 6–4, 6–0
1984
Ivan Lendl
Andrés Gómez
6–2, 6–4
1985
Ivan Lendl
Jimmy Connors
6–1, 6–3
1986
Ivan Lendl
John McEnroe
6–2, 6–4
1987
Jonas Svensson
David Pate
7–6, 3–6, 6–3
1988
Andre Agassi
Yannick Noah
6–3, 0–6, 6–4
1989
Ivan Lendl
Mikael Pernfors
4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Long Island
1990
Stefan Edberg
Goran Ivanišević
7–6, 6–3
1991
Ivan Lendl
Stefan Edberg
6–3, 6–2
1992
Petr Korda
Ivan Lendl
6–2, 6–2
1993
Marc Rosset
Michael Chang
6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1994
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Cédric Pioline
5–7, 6–1, 6–2
1995
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Jan Siemerink
7–6(7–0) , 6–2
1996
Andrei Medvedev
Martin Damm
7–5, 6–3
1997
Carlos Moyá
Patrick Rafter
6–4, 7–6(7–1)
1998
Patrick Rafter
Félix Mantilla
7–6(7–3) , 6–2
1999
Magnus Norman
Àlex Corretja
7–6(7–4) , 4–6, 6–3
2000
Magnus Norman
Thomas Enqvist
6–3, 5–7, 7–5
2001
Tommy Haas
Pete Sampras
6–3, 3–6, 6–2
2002
Paradorn Srichaphan
Juan Ignacio Chela
5–7, 6–2, 6–2
2003
Paradorn Srichaphan
James Blake
6–2, 6–4
2004
Lleyton Hewitt
Luis Horna
6–3, 6–1
New Haven
2005
James Blake
Feliciano López
3–6, 7–5, 6–1
2006
Nikolay Davydenko
Agustín Calleri
6–4, 6–3
2007
James Blake
Mardy Fish
7–5, 6–4
2008
Marin Čilić
Mardy Fish
6–4, 4–6, 6–2
2009
Fernando Verdasco
Sam Querrey
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
2010
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Denis Istomin
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winston-Salem
2011
John Isner
Julien Benneteau
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2012
John Isner
Tomáš Berdych
3–6, 6–4, 7–6(11–9)
2013
Jürgen Melzer
Gaël Monfils
6–3, 2–1, ret.
2014
Lukáš Rosol
Jerzy Janowicz
3–6, 7–6(7–3) , 7–5
2015
Kevin Anderson
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
6–4, 7–5
2016
Pablo Carreño Busta
Roberto Bautista Agut
6–7(6–8) , 7–6(7–1) , 6–4
2017
Roberto Bautista Agut
Damir Džumhur
6–4, 6–4
2018
Daniil Medvedev
Steve Johnson
6–4, 6–4
2019
Hubert Hurkacz
Benoît Paire
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2021
Ilya Ivashka
Mikael Ymer
6–0, 6–2
2022
Adrian Mannarino
Laslo Djere
7–6(7–1) , 6–4
2023
Sebastián Báez
Jiří Lehečka
6–4, 6–3
Location
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
Long Island
1990
Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek
Udo Riglewski Michael Stich
2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1991
Eric Jelen Carl-Uwe Steeb
Doug Flach Diego Nargiso
0–6, 6–4, 7–6
1992
Francisco Montana Greg Van Emburgh
Gianluca Pozzi Olli Rahnasto
6–4, 6–2
1993
Marc-Kevin Goellner David Prinosil
Arnaud Boetsch Olivier Delaître
6–7, 7–5, 6–2
1994
Olivier Delaître Guy Forget
Andrew Florent Mark Petchey
6–4, 7–6
1995
Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek
Rick Leach Scott Melville
5–7, 7–6, 7–6
1996
Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen
Hendrik Dreekmann Alexander Volkov
6–3, 7–6
1997
Marcos Ondruska David Prinosil
Mark Keil T.J. Middleton
6–4, 6–4
1998
Julian Alonso Javier Sánchez
Brandon Coupe Dave Randall
6–4, 6–4
1999
Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro
Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries
7–5, 6–4
2000
Jonathan Stark Kevin Ullyett
Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries
6–4, 6–4
2001
Jonathan Stark Kevin Ullyett
Leoš Friedl Radek Štěpánek
6–1, 6–4
2002
Mahesh Bhupathi Mike Bryan
Petr Pála Pavel Vízner
6–3, 6–4
2003
Robbie Koenig Martín Rodríguez
Martin Damm Cyril Suk
6–3, 7–6
2004
Antony Dupuis Michaël Llodra
Yves Allegro Michael Kohlmann
6–2, 6–4
New Haven
2005
Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez
Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds
6–4, 6–3
2006
Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram
Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski
6–3, 6–3
2007
Mahesh Bhupathi Nenad Zimonjić
Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski
6–3, 6–3
2008
Marcelo Melo André Sá
Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles
7–5, 6–2
2009
Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer
Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2010
Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău
Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
6–4, 7–5
Winston-Salem
2011
Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram
Christopher Kas Alexander Peya
7–6(7–2) , 6–4
2012
Santiago González Scott Lipsky
Pablo Andújar Leonardo Mayer
6–3, 4–6, [10–2]
2013
Daniel Nestor Leander Paes
Treat Huey Dominic Inglot
7–6(12–10) , 7–5
2014
Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah
Jamie Murray John Peers
6–3, 6–4
2015
Dominic Inglot Robert Lindstedt
Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky
6–2, 6–4
2016
Guillermo García-López Henri Kontinen
Andre Begemann Leander Paes
4–6, 7–6(8–6) , [10–8]
2017
Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău
Julio Peralta Horacio Zeballos
6–3, 6–4
2018
Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău
James Cerretani Leander Paes
6–4, 6–2
2019
Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo
Nicholas Monroe Tennys Sandgren
6–7(6–8) , 6–1, [10–3]
2021
Marcelo Arévalo Matwé Middelkoop
Ivan Dodig Austin Krajicek
6–7(5–7) , 7–5, [10–6]
2022
Matthew Ebden Jamie Murray
Hugo Nys Jan Zieliński
6–4, 6–2
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