ATP Tel Aviv

Negev Israel Open
ATP tour
venue	Tel Aviv Israel
First run	1979
category	Tour 250
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 16Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 1,000,000
Center Court	6,000 spectators
Status: July 3, 2014

The tournament venue, Canada Stadium at the Israel Tennis Center

The ATP tournament from Tel Aviv (officially Negev Israel Open , before Tel Aviv Open , in the years 1990-1991 Riklis Classic ) was a men tennis tournament as part of the ATP World Tour , which in 1979-1996 Tel Aviv , Israel was held . The game was played outdoors on hard courts, the venue was the Canada Stadium in the Israel Tennis Center ( Hebrew : המרכז לטניס בישראל) in Ramat Hasharon , a suburb of Tel Aviv. The tournament ran until it was discontinued in 1996 as part of the ATP World Series , the predecessor of the ATP World Tour 250 . In 2014 the tournament was supposed to be held again as the successor to the St. Petersburg tournament, but was canceled on August 4th due to the uncertain political situation in Israel. In the years 1998-1999 the tournament took place as part of the ATP Challenger Tour .

The record winner in singles with three titles is Brad Gilbert , in doubles only Ilie Năstase was able to win more than once. Amos Mansdorf reached the individual finals five times and won in 1987 for the first and last time, making him the only Israeli individual winner. Tennis legend Jimmy Connors won his last title in Tel Aviv and the tournament still holds the record for the youngest tournament winner with Aaron Krickstein (Krickstein was 16 years and two months old when he won in 1983).

Winners list

singles

year	winner	Final opponent	Final result
1996	Javier Sánchez	Marcos Ondruska	6: 4, 7: 5
1995	Ján Krošlák	Javier Sánchez	6: 3, 6: 4
1994	Wayne Ferreira	Amos Mansdorf	7: 6, 6: 3
1993	Stefano Pescosolido	Amos Mansdorf	7: 6, 7: 5
1992	Jeff Tarango	Stéphane Simian	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
1991	Leonardo Lavalle	Christo van Rensburg	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 3
1990	Andrei Chesnokov	Amos Mansdorf	6: 4, 6: 3
1989	Jimmy Connors	Gilad Bloom	2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 1
1988	Brad Gilbert (3)	Aaron Krickstein	4: 6, 7: 6, 6: 2
1987	Amos Mansdorf	Brad Gilbert	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
1986	Brad Gilbert (2)	Aaron Krickstein	7: 5, 6: 2
1985	Brad Gilbert (1)	Amos Mansdorf	6: 3, 6: 2
1984	Aaron Krickstein (2)	Shahar Perkiss	6: 4, 6: 1
1983	Aaron Krickstein (1)	Christoph Zipf	7: 6, 6: 3
1982	not carried out
1981	Mel Purcell	Per Hjertquist	6: 1, 6: 1
1980	Harold Solomon	Shlomo Glickstein	6: 2, 6: 3
1979	Tom Okker	Per Hjertquist	6: 4, 6: 3

Double

year	winner	Final opponent	Final result
1996	Marcos Ondruska Grant Stafford	Noam Behr Eyal Erlich	6: 3, 6: 2
1995	Jim Grabb Jared Palmer	Kent Kinnear David Wheaton	6: 4, 7: 5
1994	Lan Bale John-Laffnie de Jager	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	6: 7, 6: 2, 7: 6
1993	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	Mike Bauer David Rikl	6: 4, 6: 4
1992	Mike Bauer João Cunha e Silva	Mark Koevermans Tobias Svantesson	6: 3, 6: 4
1991	David Rikl Michiel Schapers	Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle	6: 2, 6: 7, 6: 3
1990	Nduka Odizor Christo van Rensburg	Ronnie Båthman Rikard Bergh	6: 3, 6: 4
1989	Jeremy Bates Patrick Baur	Rikard Bergh Per Henricsson	6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 1
1988	Roger Smith Paul Wekesa	Patrick Baur Alexander Mronz	6: 3, 6: 3
1987	Gilad Bloom Shahar Perkiss	Wolfgang Popp Huub van Boeckel	6: 2, 6: 4
1986	John Letts Peter Lundgren	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
1985	Brad Gilbert Ilie Năstase (2)	Michael Robertson Florin Segărceanu	6: 3, 6: 2
1984	Peter Doohan Brian Levine	Colin Dowdeswell Jakob Hlasek	6: 3, 6: 4
1983	Colin Dowdeswell Zoltán Kuhárszky	Peter Elter Peter Feigl	6: 3, 7: 5
1982	not carried out
1981	Steve Master Van Winitsky	John Feaver Steve Krulevitz	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
1980	Per Hjertquist Steve Krulevitz	Eric Fromm Cary Leeds	7: 6, 6: 3
1979	Ilie Năstase (1) Tom Okker	Mike Cahill Colin Dibley	7: 5, 6: 4

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gaza conflict prompts ATP to cancel Tel Aviv tournament. In: Reuters. August 14, 2014, accessed December 7, 2017 .