The St. Petersburg Open (Russian : Открытый Санкт-Петербург ) is a professional men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts . It is part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour . The tournament was held annually at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in St. Petersburg , Russia, since 1995. The tournament takes place in mid to late September, following the conclusion of the US Open . The singles competition features 28 male competitors, while the doubles one features 16 duo teams. The competition has a total prize money pool of $1,180,000 USD.[citation needed
2002 Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson and former World No. 1s Marat Safin and Andy Murray are the only players to have won the singles titles more than once. Five Russian players have won the singles title: Yevgeny Kafelnikov in 1995, Marat Safin in 2000 and 2001, Mikhail Youzhny in 2004, Daniil Medvedev in 2019, and Andrey Rublev in 2020. The event was not held in 2014 but resumed in 2015, at the Sibur Arena . The event was exceptionally held as an ATP 500 tournament in the 2020 edition.[citation needed
In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , the ATP moved the 2022 St. Petersburg Open from Saint Petersburg to Kazakhstan .[1]
Past finals
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Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score
↓ ATP Tour 250 [a]
1995 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Guillaume Raoux 6–2, 6–2
1996 Magnus Gustafsson Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
1997 Thomas Johansson Renzo Furlan 6–3, 6–4
1998 Richard Krajicek Marc Rosset 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
1999 Marc Rosset David Prinosil 6–3, 6–4
2000 Marat Safin Dominik Hrbatý 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
2001 Marat Safin Rainer Schüttler 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
2002 Sébastien Grosjean Mikhail Youzhny 7–5, 6–4
2003 Gustavo Kuerten Sargis Sargsian 6–4, 6–3
2004 Mikhail Youzhny Karol Beck 6–2, 6–2
2005 Thomas Johansson Nicolas Kiefer 6–4, 6–2
2006 Mario Ančić Thomas Johansson 7–5, 7–6(7–2)
2007 Andy Murray Fernando Verdasco 6–2, 6–3
2008 Andy Murray Andrey Golubev 6–1, 6–1
2009 Sergiy Stakhovsky Horacio Zeballos 2–6, 7–6(10–8) , 7–6(9–7)
2010 Mikhail Kukushkin Mikhail Youzhny 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
2011 Marin Čilić Janko Tipsarević 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
2012 Martin Kližan Fabio Fognini 6–2, 6–3
2013 Ernests Gulbis Guillermo García-López 3–6, 6–4, 6–0
2014
Not held
2015 Milos Raonic João Sousa 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2016 Alexander Zverev Stan Wawrinka 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
2017 Damir Džumhur Fabio Fognini 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
2018 Dominic Thiem Martin Kližan 6–3, 6–1
2019 Daniil Medvedev Borna Ćorić 6–3, 6–1
↓ ATP Tour 500 ↓
2020 Andrey Rublev Borna Ćorić 7–6(7–5) , 6–4
↓ ATP Tour 250 ↓
2021 Marin Čilić Taylor Fritz 7–6(7–3) , 4–6, 6–4
2022
Not held due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
2023
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
↓ ATP Tour 250 [a]
1995 Martin Damm Anders Järryd Jakob Hlasek Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–4, 6–2
1996 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Andrei Olhovskiy Nicklas Kulti Peter Nyborg 6–3, 6–4
1997 Andrei Olhovskiy Brett Steven David Prinosil Daniel Vacek 6–4, 6–3
1998 Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström Marius Barnard Brent Haygarth 3–6, 6–3, 7–6
1999 Jeff Tarango Daniel Vacek Menno Oosting Andrei Pavel 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2000 Daniel Nestor Kevin Ullyett Thomas Shimada Myles Wakefield 7–6(7–5) , 7–5
2001 Denis Golovanov Yevgeny Kafelnikov Irakli Labadze Marat Safin 7–5, 6–4
2002 David Adams Jared Palmer Irakli Labadze Marat Safin 7–6(10–8) , 6–3
2003 Julian Knowle Nenad Zimonjić Michael Kohlmann Rainer Schüttler 7–6(7–1) , 6–3
2004 Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra Dominik Hrbatý Jaroslav Levinský 6–3, 6–2
2005 Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi 4–6, 7–5, 7–5
2006 Simon Aspelin Todd Perry Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
2007 Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić Jürgen Melzer Todd Perry 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
2008 Travis Parrott Filip Polášek Rohan Bopanna Max Mirnyi 3–6, 7–6(4–7) , [10–8]
2009 Colin Fleming Ken Skupski Jérémy Chardy Richard Gasquet 2–6, 7–5, [10–4]
2010 Daniele Bracciali Potito Starace Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 7–6(8–6) , 7–6(7–5)
2011 Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins Michail Elgin Alexandre Kudryavtsev 6–3, 6–7(5–7) , [10–8]
2012 Rajeev Ram Nenad Zimonjić Lukáš Lacko Igor Zelenay 6–2, 4-6, [10-6]
2013 David Marrero Fernando Verdasco Dominic Inglot Denis Istomin 7–6(8–6) , 6–3
2014
Not held
2015 Treat Huey Henri Kontinen Julian Knowle Alexander Peya 7–5, 6–3
2016 Dominic Inglot Henri Kontinen Andre Begemann Leander Paes 4–6, 6–3, [12–10]
2017 Roman Jebavý Matwé Middelkoop Julio Peralta Horacio Zeballos 6–4, 6–4
2018 Matteo Berrettini Fabio Fognini Roman Jebavý Matwé Middelkoop 7–6(8–6) , 7–6(7–4)
2019 Divij Sharan Igor Zelenay Matteo Berrettini Simone Bolelli 6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
↓ ATP Tour 500 ↓
2020 Jürgen Melzer Édouard Roger-Vasselin Marcelo Demoliner Matwé Middelkoop 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
↓ ATP Tour 250 ↓
2021 Jamie Murray Bruno Soares Andrey Golubev Hugo Nys 6–3, 6–4
2022
Not held due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
2023
Prize pool
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The prize pool for this tournament consists of $1,000,000 USD. It is an ATP 500 level tournament, thus the men's singles champion receives 500 ATP ranking points.[citation needed
^ a b Known as World Series from 1990 till 1999 and International Series from 2000 till 2008.
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