Serbia Open

Coordinates: 44°49′46″N 20°27′05″E / 44.82944°N 20.45139°E / 44.82944; 20.45139

Serbia Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded 2009
Abolished 2012
Location Belgrade
Serbia
Venue SRPC Milan Gale Muškatirović
Category ATP World Tour 250 series
Surface Clay / Outdoors
Draw 32S / 12Q / 16D
Website www.serbiaopen.rs

The Serbia Open (Serbian: Отворено првенство Србије, Otvoreno prvenstvo Srbije) was an ATP World Tour 250 series men's tennis tournament held in Belgrade, Serbia and played on outdoor clay courts. The event was held for the first time in 2009, from May 4–10.[1] It was the first for Serbia, as the country never before hosted an Association of Tennis Professionals or a Women's Tennis Association tournament.

Andreas Seppi was the event's last singles champion, having won the tournament in 2012.

The tournament was owned and run by the family of Novak Djokovic, who through their company Family Sport purchased the ATP Tour date from the organizers of the Dutch Open in 2008, then arranged with the local city of Belgrade authorities for the plot of land where the venue was built, and convinced the Serbian government under prime minister Mirko Cvetković to support the event through state-owned enterprises, primarily Telekom Srbija. At the time of their purchase in 2008, Djokovic was the #3 player in the world having won his first Grand Slam title earlier that year.

Djokovic's uncle Goran was the tournament director from its inception,[2] until he resigned the post in late May 2012,[3] a month after the tournament's 2012 edition. Djokovic won the tournament twice, in 2009. and 2011.

In 2013, Serbia Open was replaced on the ATP schedule by the newly established Power Horse Cup in Düsseldorf.

Past finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2009Serbia Novak DjokovicPoland Łukasz Kubot6–3, 7–6(7–0)
2010United States Sam QuerreyUnited States John Isner3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
2011Serbia Novak DjokovicSpain Feliciano López7–6(7–4), 6–2
2012Italy Andreas SeppiFrance Benoît Paire6–3, 6–2

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2009Poland Łukasz Kubot
Austria Oliver Marach		Sweden Johan Brunström
Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer		6–2, 7–6(7–3)
2010Mexico Santiago González
United States Travis Rettenmaier		Poland Tomasz Bednarek
Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk		7–6(8–6), 6–1
2011Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Filip Polášek		Austria Oliver Marach
Austria Alexander Peya		7–5, 6–2
2012Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram		Germany Martin Emmrich
Sweden Andreas Siljeström		4–6, 6–2, [10–6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ ATP World Tour To Feature New Belgrade Tournament In 2009
  2. ↑ Harman, Neil (2009-05-04). "The Net Post: Novak Djoković is glowing with pride at hosting his own tournament". The Times. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  3. ↑ Srbija open pred gašenjem?;Večernje novosti, 22 May 2012


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