ATP Basel
 Swiss Indoors
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Basel Switzerland
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| First run | 1970 |
| category | Tour 500 |
| Tournament type | Indoor tournament |
| Game surface | Hard court |
| draw | 32E / 16Q / 16D / 4QD |
| Prize money | € 2,082,655 |
| Center Court | 9,200 spectators |
| Website | Official website |
| Status: October 27, 2019 | |
The ATP tournament in Basel (officially Swiss Indoors ) is a tennis tournament in the ATP Tour 500 category . The tournament takes place every year in late autumn in Münchenstein near Basel . It is the largest sporting event in Switzerland and the third largest indoor tournament in the world.
history
The event was held for the first time in 1970 in a specially built air dome . The winner received a wristwatch as a prize. In 1975 the event moved to the newly built St. Jakobshalle . In 1977 the tournament suddenly gained popularity when it succeeded in signing the then world-class player Björn Borg . The trading company Oettinger Davidoff Group had been the title sponsor of the tournament with the Davidoff brand since 1994 - title sponsorship with tobacco advertising was discontinued after 17 years, however, as this led to massive restrictions insofar as tobacco advertising can be subject to various restrictions.
The tournament has been part of the ATP Tour 500 category since 2009 . The prize money was doubled from 850,000 to over 1.7 million euros, and the date was postponed from October to the beginning of November. In May 2012 it was announced that the ATP had extended its status as an ATP 500 tournament to 2018 for the tournament in Basel. The prize money was increased by around ten percent to EUR 1.935 million and thus adjusted to inflation. With a budget of CHF 14 million, it is the largest regular sporting event in Switzerland. The tournament also offers players one of the last opportunities to qualify for participation in the ATP Finals .
Roger Federer has won his home tournament ten times so far, two of them three times in a row. Since 2000 he has made it into the final 15 times - from 2006 to 2015 ten times in a row, both records in the Open Era. This makes him the most successful player in Basel to date.
Previous winners
singles
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Double
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b ATP World Tour 500. In: www.swissindoorsbasel.ch. Retrieved August 29, 2016 .
- ^ Alan Cassidy: Swiss Indoors threatens new hardship. In: bazonline.ch. May 31, 2010, accessed August 29, 2016 .
Web links
Rotterdam | Rio de Janeiro | Acapulco | Dubai | Barcelona | Hall | Queen's Club | Hamburg | Washington | Beijing | Tokyo | Vienna | Basel
Former tournaments of the ATP Tour 500 series:
Memphis |
Valencia
Former tournaments of the ATP International Series Gold :
Antwerp |
London |
Philadelphia |
Stuttgart |
Kitzbühel |
Indianapolis |
New Haven |
Singapore
Former ATP Championship Series tournaments :
Milan |
Toronto Indoor |
Brussels |
Stuttgart Indoor |
Sydney Indoor |
Tokyo Indoor