Defending champion in the singles was Juan Martín del Potro , who defeated local hero Roger Federer in three sets in the previous two finals . Due to a protracted injury to his right wrist, del Potro had ended his season prematurely and was therefore unable to defend his title. His substitute player Richard Gasquet , who was given a wildcard , had to announce his cancellation shortly before the start of the tournament due to an injury. His compatriot Julien Benneteau , who also canceled shortly before the start of the tournament, was also not there .
After having to forego participation in the previous year due to an injury, the former world number one Rafael Nadal competed at the Swiss Indoors Basel this year despite an inflamed appendix. The biggest surprise of the tournament came in the quarter-finals, when Nadal was defeated by wildcard player Borna Ćorić in two sets and this was the first time he reached a semi-final in his second professional season. He lost this against David Goffin , who in turn was clearly defeated in the final by five-time winner Roger Federer in two sets. For Federer, who has already reached the final of his home tournament eleven times, it was the sixth victory in Basel and his 82nd title in his career.
The defending champions Treat Huey and Dominic Inglot were in doubles . While Treat Huey did not play in Basel, Dominic Inglot played alongside Florin Mergea and failed in the semifinals against eventual tournament winners Vasek Pospisil and Nenad Zimonjić . For the Canadian-Serbian duo it was the first joint title on the ATP World Tour. With Pospisil this was the third double title of his career and with Zimonjić the 53rd title as well as his fourth success in Basel after winning the tournament in 2009, 2011 and 2012.
The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs.
The qualification for the Swiss Indoors Basel 2014 took place on October 18th and 19th, 2014 in the St. Jakobshalle . Four qualifying places in the individual competition and one place in the doubles competition were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.
At the Swiss Indoors Basel 2014, the following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who entered the main field from qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. The amounts for the double competition apply per team.
singles
round
Points
Prize money
victory
500
€ 352,355
final
300
€ 158,860
Semifinals
180
€ 75,250
Quarter finals
90
€ 36,310
Round of 16
45
€ 18,515
First round
0
€ 10,180
Qualification individual
round
Points
Prize money
Qualifier
20th
2nd round
10
€ 1,145
1 round
0
€ 635
Double
round
Points
Prize money
victory
500
€ 104,090
final
300
€ 46,960
Semifinals
180
€ 22,140
Quarter finals
90
€ 10,700
First round
0
€ 5,500
Qualification doubles
round
Points
Prize money
Qualifier
45
Qualifying round
25th
0 €
First round
0
0 €
singles
David Goffin and Milos Raonic in the quarter-finals
Juan Martín del Potro
Treat Huey Dominic Inglot
Vasek Pospisil Nenad Zimonjić
Simone Bolelli
Kenny de Schepper
Gastão Elias
G. Muller
J. Janowicz
D. Istomin
J. Nieminen
G. Dimitrov
A. Zverev
I. Karlović
M. Kukushkin
L. Rosol
D. Goffin
D. Thiem
D. Young
E. Gulbis
T. Gabashvili
R. Nadal
