Stuttgart Open

Stuttgart Open
Stuttgart Open
2021 MercedesCup
Tournament information
Tour	ATP Tour
Founded	1916; 106 years ago
Location	Stuttgart, Germany
Venue	Tennis Club Weissenhof
Category	ATP Tour 250
Surface	Clay / outdoor (1916–2014) ; Grass / outdoor (2015–)
Draw	28S/16Q/16D
Prize money	€701,975
Website	mercedescup.de
Current champions (2021)
Singles	Marin Cilic
Doubles	Marcelo Demoliner ; Santiago González

The Stuttgart Open^[a] (currently sponsored by Mercedes Benz and called the MercedesCup) is an ATP Tour 250 series tennis tournament on the ATP Tour. Between 1970 and 1989, the Stuttgart Open was a Grand Prix tennis circuit event. From 1990 to 1999, the Stuttgart Open was an ATP Championship Series tournament. The Championship Series name was changed to ATP International Series Gold in 2000, and the Stuttgart Open was a part of this series from 2000–2001 and 2003–2008. In 2002, the Stuttgart Open was briefly demoted for one year to ATP International Series status. In 2009, the series was renamed to the ATP Tour 250 series status, which the Stuttgart Open has retained ever since.

Held since 1916 in Stuttgart, Germany, the Stuttgart Open was played on clay up to and including 2014. Starting in 2015, the tournament is played on grass. Along with the move to grass courts, the tournament is now staged in the week after the French Open finishes.^[1]

Thomas Muster of Austria won the title twice in consecutive years (1995 and 1996).

The tournament awards the title winner a Mercedes car, in addition to the prize money.

Past finals[]

Singles[]

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Information unavailable 1916–1948
Clay court
1949			6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
1950			2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–1
1951			6–3, 6–3
1952			4–6, 10–8, 7–5, ret.
1953	Torben Ulrich	Bengt Axelsson	2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–0
1954	Gottfried von Cramm	Robert Bédard	6–4, 6–8, 6–2
1955	Hugh Stewart		6–2, 8–6, 6–4
1956	Jack Arkinstall		6–2, 8–6, 6–4
1957	Ladislav Legenstein
1958	Ulf Schmidt	Jacques Brichant	6–4, 6–4, 7–9, 6–1
1959	Warren Woodcock	Torben Ulrich	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1960	Ulf Schmidt (2)	Warren Woodcock	6–2, 2–6, 6–4, 1–6, 6–3
1961	Warren Woodcock (2)	Barry Phillips-Moore	2–6, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 7–5
1962	Ulf Schmidt (3)	Jan-Erik Lundqvist	6–4, 7–5
1963	Gordon Forbes	Warren Woodcock	6–1, 8–6, 6–3
1964	Cliff Drysdale	Keith Diepraam	6–1, 6–3
1965	Cliff Drysdale (2)	Wilhelm Bungert	6–0, 6–1, 6–1
1966	Frew McMillan	Keith Diepraam	6–4, 7–5
1967	Roy Emerson	Ion Țiriac	1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1968	Ramanathan Krishnan		6–2, 6–8, 6–4, retired
1969	Christian Kuhnke	Wilhelm Bungert	2–6, 6–2, 6–0, 6–2
1970	Not held
1971	Barry Phillips-Moore	István Gulyás	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1972	Attila Korpás		6–8, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4
1973	Harald Elschenbroich	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	2–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–4
1974	Hans-Joachim Plötz	Jacques Thamin	6–1, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1975		Jürgen Fassbender Richard Crealy	Final interrupted
1976	Attila Korpás (2)
1977	Jürgen Fassbender	Attila Korpás
1978	Ulrich Pinner	Kim Warwick	6–4, 6–2, 7–6
1979	Tomáš Šmíd	Ulrich Pinner	6–4, 6–0, 6–2
1980	Vitas Gerulaitis	Wojtek Fibak	6–2, 7–5, 6–2
1981	Björn Borg	Ivan Lendl	1–6, 7–6, 6–2, 6–4
1982	Ramesh Krishnan	Sandy Mayer	5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 7–6
1983	José Higueras	Heinz Günthardt	6–1, 6–1, 7–6
1984	Henri Leconte	Gene Mayer	7–6, 6–0, 1–6, 6–1
1985	Ivan Lendl	Brad Gilbert	6–4, 6–0
1986	Martín Jaite	Jonas Svensson	7–5, 6–2
1987	Miloslav Mečíř	Jan Gunnarsson	6–0, 6–2
1988	Andre Agassi	Andrés Gómez	6–4, 6–2
1989	Martín Jaite	Goran Prpić	6–3, 6–2
1990	Goran Ivanišević	Guillermo Pérez Roldán	6–7, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6
1991	Michael Stich	Alberto Mancini	1–6, 7–6^(11–9), 6–4, 6–2
1992	Andrei Medvedev	Wayne Ferreira	6–1, 6–4, 6–7(^5–7), 2–6, 6–1
1993	Magnus Gustafsson	Michael Stich	6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4
1994	Alberto Berasategui	Andrea Gaudenzi	7–5, 6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
1995	Thomas Muster	Jan Apell	6–2, 6–2
1996	Thomas Muster (2)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1997	Álex Corretja	Karol Kučera	6–2, 7–5
1998	Gustavo Kuerten	Karol Kučera	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1999	Magnus Norman	Tommy Haas	6–7^(6–8), 4–6, 7–6^(9–7), 6–0, 6–3
2000	Franco Squillari	Gastón Gaudio	6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
2001	Gustavo Kuerten (2)	Guillermo Cañas	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
2002	Mikhail Youzhny	Guillermo Cañas	6–3, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2003	Guillermo Coria	Tommy Robredo	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
2004	Guillermo Cañas	Gastón Gaudio	5–7, 6–2, 6–0, 1–6, 6–3
2005	Rafael Nadal	Gastón Gaudio	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
2006	David Ferrer	José Acasuso	6–4, 3–6, 6–7^(3–7), 7–5, 6–4
2007	Rafael Nadal (2)	Stanislas Wawrinka	6–4, 7–5
2008	Juan Martín del Potro	Richard Gasquet	6–4, 7–5
2009	Jérémy Chardy	Victor Hănescu	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
2010	Albert Montañés	Gaël Monfils	6–2, 1–2, RET.
2011	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Pablo Andújar	6–4, 6–0
2012	Janko Tipsarević	Juan Mónaco	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
2013	Fabio Fognini	Philipp Kohlschreiber	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
2014	Roberto Bautista Agut	Lukáš Rosol	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Grass court
2015	Rafael Nadal (3)	Viktor Troicki	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
2016	Dominic Thiem	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6–7^(2–7), 6–4, 6–4
2017	Lucas Pouille	Feliciano López	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–4
2018	Roger Federer	Milos Raonic	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
2019	Matteo Berrettini	Felix Auger-Aliassime	6–4, 7–6^(13–11)
2020	Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Marin Čilić	Felix Auger-Aliassime	7–6^(7–2), 6–3

Doubles[]

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Clay court
1978	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd	Carlos Kirmayr Belus Prajoux	6–3, 7–6
1979	Colin Dowdeswell Frew McMillan	Wojtek Fibak Pavel Složil	6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
1980	Colin Dowdeswell Frew McMillan	Chris Lewis John Yuill	6–3, 6–4
1981	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	Mark Edmondson Mike Estep	2–6, 6–4, 7–6
1982	Mark Edmondson Brian Teacher	Andreas Maurer Wolfgang Popp	6–3, 6–1
1983	Anand Amritraj Mike Bauer	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
1984	Sandy Mayer Andreas Maurer	Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan	7–6, 6–4
1985	Ivan Lendl Tomáš Šmíd	Andy Kohlberg João Soares	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1986	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	Mansour Bahrami Diego Pérez	6–4, 6–3
1987	Rick Leach Tim Pawsat	Mikael Pernfors Magnus Tideman	6–3, 6–4
1988	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	Anders Järryd Michael Mortensen	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1989	Petr Korda Tomáš Šmíd	Florin Segărceanu Cyril Suk	6–3, 6–4
1990	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	Per Henricsson Nicklas Utgren	6–3, 6–4
1991	Wally Masur Emilio Sánchez	Omar Camporese Goran Ivanišević	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1992	Glenn Layendecker Byron Talbot	Marc Rosset Javier Sánchez	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1993	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	Gary Muller Piet Norval	7–6, 6–3
1994	Scott Melville Piet Norval	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 7–5
1995	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	Ellis Ferreira Jan Siemerink	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1996	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
1997	Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	6–4, 6–4
1998	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	Joshua Eagle Jim Grabb	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
1999	Jaime Oncins Daniel Orsanic	Aleksandar Kitinov Jack Waite	6–2, 6–1
2000	Jiří Novák David Rikl	Lucas Arnold Ker Donald Johnson	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
2001	Guillermo Cañas Rainer Schüttler	Michael Hill Jeff Tarango	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
2002	Joshua Eagle David Rikl	David Adams Gastón Etlis	6–3, 6–4
2003	Tomáš Cibulec Pavel Vízner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Kevin Ullyett	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
2004	Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	6–2, 6–4
2005	José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto	Mariano Hood Tommy Robredo	7–6, 6–3
2006	Gastón Gaudio Max Mirnyi	Yves Allegro Robert Lindstedt	7–5, 6–7, [12–10]
2007	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	Guillermo García-López Fernando Verdasco	6–4, 6–4
2008	Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber	Michael Berrer Mischa Zverev	6–3, 6–4
2009	František Čermák Michal Mertiňák	Victor Hănescu Horia Tecău	7–5, 6–4
2010	Carlos Berlocq Eduardo Schwank	Christopher Kas Philipp Petzschner	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(8–6)
2011	Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6–3, 6–4
2012	Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot	Michal Mertiňák André Sá	6–1, 6–3
2013	Facundo Bagnis Thomaz Bellucci	Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk	2–6, 6–4, [11–9]
2014	Mateusz Kowalczyk Artem Sitak	Guillermo García-López Philipp Oswald	2–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Grass court
2015	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	5–7, 6–2, [10–7]
2016	Marcus Daniell Artem Sitak	Oliver Marach Fabrice Martin	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, [10–8]
2017	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	Oliver Marach Mate Pavić	6–7^(4–7), 7–5, [10–5]
2018	Philipp Petzschner Tim Pütz	Robert Lindstedt Marcin Matkowski	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
2019	John Peers Bruno Soares (2)	Rohan Bopanna Denis Shapovalov	7–5, 6–3
2020	Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Marcelo Demoliner Santiago González	Ariel Behar Gonzalo Escobar	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]

Notes[]

^ Not to be confused with the Eurocard Open. The Stuttgart Open has always been played outdoors, while the Eurocard Open was a tournament that was played indoors in Stuttgart from 1988–2001, with the exception of 1995 when it was played in Essen. The Eurocard Open was also the eighth Super 9 event on the ATP Tour from 1995–2001.

References[]

^ "Stuttgart to make switch to grass courts in 2015". ATP. 29 March 2013.

External links[]

Coordinates: 48°47′46″N 9°10′08″E / 48.796°N 9.169°E / 48.796; 9.169

[eurocard_open-1] Not to be confused with the Eurocard Open. The Stuttgart Open has always been played outdoors, while the Eurocard Open was a tournament that was played indoors in Stuttgart from 1988–2001, with the exception of 1995 when it was played in Essen. The Eurocard Open was also the eighth Super 9 event on the ATP Tour from 1995–2001.

[2] "Stuttgart to make switch to grass courts in 2015". ATP. 29 March 2013.

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