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Winston-Salem Open

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]

Winston-Salem Open
Tournament information
LocationWinston-Salem, North Carolina
United States
VenueWake Forest University
Category Tour 250
SurfaceHardcourt / outdoor
Draw48S / 32Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$823,420 (2022)
Websitewinstonsalemopen.com
Current champions (2023)
SinglesArgentina Sebastián Báez
DoublesUnited States Nathaniel Lammons
United States Jackson Withrow

The Winston-Salem Open was awarded the 2016 ATP Tour 250 Tournament of the Year.

History edit

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]

Tournament edit

The tournament is part of the US Open Series and is typically held in August the week prior to the US Open. It is one of six 250 level events on tour played in the United States. 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.

Past finals edit

Singles edit

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

Doubles edit

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

References edit

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  16. ^ USTA (May 10, 2005). "USTA purchases ATP men's tournament to create first combined summer event". Retrieved October 19, 2010.

External links edit

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