Serbia Open

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Coordinates: 44°49′46″N 20°27′05″E / 44.82944°N 20.45139°E / 44.82944; 20.45139

Serbia Open
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Tournament information
Founded2009
Editions5
LocationBelgrade
Serbia
VenueNovak Tennis Center
(formerly: SRPC Milan Gale Muškatirović)
SurfaceClay / Outdoors
WebsiteSerbia Open
Current champions (2021)
Men's singlesItaly Matteo Berrettini
Women's singlesSpain Paula Badosa
Men's doublesCroatia Ivan Sabanov
Croatia Matej Sabanov
Women's doublesSerbia Aleksandra Krunić
Serbia Nina Stojanović
ATP Tour
CategoryATP World Tour 250 series
Draw32S / 12Q / 16D
Prize money€711,800 (2021)
WTA Tour
CategoryWTA 250
Draw32S / 24Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$235,238 (2021)

The Serbia Open (Serbian: Отворено првенство Србије, romanizedOtvoreno prvenstvo Srbije) is a professional tennis tournament. It is part of the ATP 250 tournaments for men, and the WTA 250 tournaments for women. Held in Belgrade, Serbia and played on outdoor clay courts, the event was held for the first time in 2009, from May 4–10.[1] It was the first for Serbia, as the country has never before hosted an Association of Tennis Professionals tournament.

The tournament was held as a combined men's and women's tournament for 2021. This marked the first time in history a WTA tournament was held in Serbia.[2]

History[]

The tournament was owned and run by the family of Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, who through their company Family Sport purchased the ATP Tour date from the organizers of the Dutch Open in 2008, then arranged with the local city of Belgrade authorities for the plot of land where the venue was built, and convinced the government of Serbia under prime minister Mirko Cvetković to support the event through state-owned enterprises, primarily Telekom Srbija. At the time of their purchase in 2008, Djokovic was the World No. 3 player, having won his first Grand Slam title earlier that year.

Djokovic's uncle Goran was the tournament director from its inception,[3] until he resigned the post in late May 2012,[4] a month after the tournament's 2012 edition. Djokovic won the tournament twice, in 2009 and 2011. Andreas Seppi was the event's last singles champion, having won the tournament in 2012.

In 2013, Serbia Open was replaced on the ATP schedule by the newly established Power Horse Cup in Düsseldorf. The tournament returned to the calendar in April 2021, replacing the Hungarian Open.

Past finals[]

Men's singles[]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2009 Serbia Novak Djokovic Poland Łukasz Kubot 6–3, 7–6(7–0)
2010 United States Sam Querrey United States John Isner 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
2011 Serbia Novak Djokovic (2) Spain Feliciano López 7–6(7–4), 6–2
2012 Italy Andreas Seppi France Benoît Paire 6–3, 6–2
2013–20 Not held
2021 Italy Matteo Berrettini Russia Aslan Karatsev 6–1, 3–6, 7–6(7–0)

Women's singles[]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2021 Spain Paula Badosa Croatia Ana Konjuh 6–2, 2–0, ret.

Men's doubles[]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2009 Poland Łukasz Kubot
Austria Oliver Marach
Sweden Johan Brunström
Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer
6–2, 7–6(7–3)
2010 Mexico Santiago González
United States Travis Rettenmaier
Poland Tomasz Bednarek
Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk
7–6(8–6), 6–1
2011 Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Filip Polášek
Austria Oliver Marach
Austria Alexander Peya
7–5, 6–2
2012 Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
Germany Martin Emmrich
Sweden Andreas Siljeström
4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
2013–20 Not held
2021 Croatia Ivan Sabanov
Croatia Matej Sabanov
Uruguay Ariel Behar
Ecuador Gonzalo Escobar
6–3, 7–6(7–5)

Women's doubles[]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2021 Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
Serbia Nina Stojanović
Belgium Greet Minnen
Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck
6–0, 6–2

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ ATP World Tour To Feature New Belgrade Tournament In 2009
  2. ^ Belgrado tendrá también un torneo de categoría WTA 250
  3. ^ Harman, Neil (2009-05-04). "The Net Post: Novak Djoković is glowing with pride at hosting his own tournament". The Times. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  4. ^ Srbija open pred gašenjem?;Večernje novosti, 22 May 2012

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