ATP Birmingham

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tennis Birmingham Open
ATP tour
venue Birmingham United Kingdom
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
First run 1991
Last event 1991
category World Series
Tournament type Indoor tournament
Game surface carpet
draw 32S / 16Q / 16D
Prize money US $ 450,000 
As of July 14, 2012

The Birmingham ATP tournament (officially the Birmingham Open ) is a former men's tennis tournament that took place once in 1991 in the British city ​​of Birmingham . The game was played on carpet in the hall.

The tournament, which was scheduled for November and was one of the last tournaments on the tour calendar, was part of the ATP World Series , the predecessor of the ATP World Tour 250 . Although this was the lowest category on the ATP Tour , the tournament had a relatively high prize money of $ 450,000.

An international tennis tournament, the AEGON Classic , still takes place in Birmingham . The women's tournament is part of the WTA Tour and is played on grass.

Winners list

singles

year winner Final opponent Result
1991 United StatesUnited States Michael Chang FranceFrance Guillaume Raoux 6: 3, 6: 2

Double

year winner Final opponent Result
1991 NetherlandsNetherlands Jacco Eltingh Paul Wekesa
KenyaKenya
SwedenSweden Ronnie Båthman Rikard Bergh
SwedenSweden
7: 5, 7: 5

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