Steffi Graf Stadium
| Steffi Graf Stadium | |
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| Steffi Graf Stadium 2005 | |
| Earlier names | |
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Berlin tennis arena |
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| Data | |
| place |
 Berlin-Grunewald , Germany
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 29 '5.7 " N , 13 ° 15' 28" E |
| opening | 1996 |
| surface | sand |
| costs | 20 million DM |
| capacity | 7000 |
| Events | |
The Steffi-Graf-Stadion is a tennis stadium in the Berlin district of Grunewald , Germany , which was built in 1996 and has a capacity of 7,000 seats. The construction costs amounted to 20 million marks . The stadium replaced the old grandstand system from 1983, which only held around 3500 spectators. On September 25, 2004, the stadium, which was previously called the Berlin Tennis Arena, was renamed after the German tennis player Steffi Graf .
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The facility was the venue for the WTA Berlin , a tennis tournament in the Tier I category of the WTA Tour for women.
From September 16 to 18, 2016, the Davis Cup relegation match between the German team and Poland was played in the stadium.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rot-Weiß Berlin website ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Tennis: exhibition match between Graf and Sabatini. Retrieved January 7, 2015 .
- ↑ In no man's land. Retrieved January 7, 2015 .
