ATP Athens

Athens International
ATP tour
venue	Athens Greece
First run	1986
Last event	1994
category	World Series
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
draw	32E / 16Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 213,750
As of April 21, 2012

The Athens ATP tournament (officially Athens Open , most recently Athens International ) is a former men's tennis tournament that was held in the Greek capital from 1986 to 1994 . The game was played outdoors on clay courts, the venue was the Athens Lawn Tennis Club , where the tennis competition of the 1896 Summer Olympics was held. The tournament was part of the ATP World Series , the predecessor of the ATP World Tour 250 . The record winner is the Spaniard Jordi Arrese , who won the individual competition twice, while the Spaniard Javier Sánchez is the record winner in doubles, also with two titles.

Since 2008 a tournament has been held in Athens under the name Status Athens Open as part of the ATP Challenger Tour . However, the game is played on outdoor hard courts and no longer in the Athens Lawn Tennis Club , but in the Olympic Tennis Center in the Athens Olympic Sports Complex , where the 2004 Summer Olympics were held.

Winners list

singles

year	winner	Final opponent	Final result
1994	Alberto Berasategui	Óscar Martínez	4: 6, 7: 6, 6: 3
1993	Jordi Arrese (2)	Alberto Berasategui	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3
1992	Jordi Arrese (1)	Sergi Bruguera	7: 5, 3: 0, up.
1991	Sergi Bruguera	Jordi Arrese	7: 5, 6: 3
1990	Mark Koevermans	Franco Davín	5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 1
198	Ronald Agénor	Kent Carlsson	6: 3, 6: 4
1988	Horst Skoff	Bruno Orešar	6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 2
1987	Guillermo Pérez Roldán	Tore Meinecke	6: 2, 6: 3
1986	Henrik Sundström	Francisco Maciel	6-0, 7-5

Double

year	winner	Final opponent	Final result
1994	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez (2)	Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan	5: 7, 6: 1, 6: 4
1993	Horacio de la Peña Jorge Lozano	Royce Deppe John Sullivan	3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2
1992	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	Marcelo Filippini Mark Koevermans	6: 3, 6: 4
1991	Jacco Eltingh Mark Koevermans	Menno Oosting Olli Rahnasto	5: 7, 7: 6, 7: 5
1990	Sergio Casal Javier Sanchez (1)	Tom Kempers Richard Krajicek	4: 6, 7: 6, 6: 3
1989	Claudio Panatta Tomáš Šmíd	Gustavo Giussani Gerardo Mirad	6: 3, 6: 2
1988	Rikard Bergh Per Henricsson	Pablo Arraya Karel Nováček	6: 4, 7: 5
1987	Tore Meinecke Ricki Osterthun	Jaroslav Navrátil Tom Nijssen	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 2
1986	Libor Pimek Blaine Willenborg	Carlos di Laura Claudio Panatta	5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 2

See also

• WTA Athens

Web links

• ATP tournament profile (English)