ATP Tel Aviv
Negev Israel Open | |
ATP tour | |
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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 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 |
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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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gaza conflict prompts ATP to cancel Tel Aviv tournament. In: Reuters. August 14, 2014, accessed December 7, 2017 .