Tennis tournament
The Tel Aviv Open is an ATP World Tour affiliated tennis tournament. It was played from 1978 through 1981 and 1983 through 1996 and was to be resumed in 2014, marking the end of the tournament in St. Petersburg ,[1] ongoing war with the neighboring Gaza Strip , the event was scrapped permanently in 2015. On June 21, 2022, it was announced that the tournament would take place in 2022, albeit in a different venue than previous editions.
The tournament is held at the Israel Tennis Center in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat HaSharon , Israel and is played on outdoor hard courts . The tournament was played as an ATP Challenger Series event in 1978, 1998 and 1999. Israeli tennis player Amos Mansdorf appeared in the final five times, winning in 1987, making him the only Israeli to win the event. Jimmy Connors won his final career singles title at the event in 1989.
In 1990 and 1991 the tournament was known as the Riklis Classic before reverting to the Tel Aviv Open for the remainder of its existence.
The tournament still holds the ATP record for the youngest winner of an ATP event (Aaron Krickstein in 1983, at the age of 16 and 2 months).
Finals Singles
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
↓ ATP World Tour 250 event ↓
1978
Tom Okker Peter Feigl 6-7, 6-4, 6-2
1979
Tom Okker Per Hjertquist 6–4, 6–3
1980
Harold Solomon Shlomo Glickstein 6–2, 6–3
1981
Mel Purcell Per Hjertquist 6–1, 6–1
1982
not held
1983 Aaron Krickstein Christoph Zipf 7–6, 6–3
1984 Aaron Krickstein Shahar Perkiss 6–4, 6–1
1985 Brad Gilbert Amos Mansdorf 6–3, 6–2
1986 Brad Gilbert Aaron Krickstein 7–5, 6–2
1987 Amos Mansdorf Brad Gilbert 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1988 Brad Gilbert Aaron Krickstein 4–6, 7–6, 6–2
1989 Jimmy Connors Gilad Bloom 2–6, 6–2, 6–1
1990 Andrei Chesnokov Amos Mansdorf 6–4, 6–3
1991 Leonardo Lavalle Christo van Rensburg 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1992 Jeff Tarango Stephane Simian 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1993 Stefano Pescosolido Amos Mansdorf 7–6, 7–5
1994 Wayne Ferreira Amos Mansdorf 7–6, 6–3
1995 Ján Krošlák Javier Sánchez 6–3, 6–4
1996 Javier Sánchez Marcos Ondruska 6–4, 7–5
1997
Not held
↓ ATP Challenger Series event ↓
1998
Gianluca Pozzi Lior Mor 6–1, 6–7, 6–3
1999
Ctislav Doseděl Noam Okun 7–6, 6–3
2000–2021
Not held
↓ ATP Tour 250 event ↓
2022 Novak Djokovic Marin Čilić 6–3, 6–4
Doubles
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
↓ ATP World Tour event ↓
1979 Ilie Năstase Tom Okker Mike Cahill Colin Dibley 7–5, 6–4
1980 Per Hjertquist Steve Krulevitz Eric Fromm Cary Leeds 7–6, 6–3
1981 Steve Meister Van Winitsky John Feaver Steve Krulevitz 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1982
not held
1983 Colin Dowdeswell Zoltán Kuhárszky Peter Elter Peter Feigl 6–3, 7–5
1984 Peter Doohan Brian Levine Colin Dowdeswell Jakob Hlasek 6–3, 6–4
1985 Brad Gilbert Ilie Năstase Michael Robertson Florin Segărceanu 6–3, 6–2
1986 John Letts Peter Lundgren Christo Steyn Danie Visser 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1987 Gilad Bloom Shahar Perkiss Wolfgang Popp Huub van Boeckel 6–2, 6–4
1988 Roger Smith Paul Wekesa Patrick Baur Alexander Mronz 6–3, 6–3
1989 Jeremy Bates Patrick Baur Rikard Bergh Per Henricsson 6–1, 4–6, 6–1
1990 Nduka Odizor Christo van Rensburg Ronnie Båthman Rikard Bergh 6–3, 6–4
1991 David Rikl Michiel Schapers Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle 6–2, 6–7, 6–3
1992 Mike Bauer João Cunha Silva Mark Koevermans Tobias Svantesson 6–3, 6–4
1993 Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez Mike Bauer David Rikl 6–4, 6–4
1994 Lan Bale John-Laffnie de Jager Jan Apell Jonas Björkman 6–7, 6–2, 7–6
1995 Jim Grabb Jared Palmer Kent Kinnear David Wheaton 6–4, 7–5
1996 Marcos Ondruska Grant Stafford Noam Behr Eyal Erlich 6–3, 6–2
1997
Not held
↓ ATP Challenger Series event ↓
1998
Radek Štěpánek Michal Tabara Noam Okun Nir Welgreen 7–6, 6–3
1999
Noam Behr Eyal Ran Amir Hadad Andrew Ilie 6–3, 6–2
2000–2021
Not held
↓ ATP Tour 250 event ↓
2022 Rohan Bopanna Matwé Middelkoop Santiago González Andrés Molteni 6–2, 6–4
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