Eurocard Open

The Eurocard Open was an annual tennis tournament for male professional players. The event was held annually in Stuttgart, Germany, and was played on indoor carpet from 1988 to 1997. Before 1990, during years 1988–1989 the tournament was organized as an invitational round-robin exhibition for 8 players. From 1990 to 1995, the Eurocard Open was an ATP Championship Series tournament, and was held every February on the ATP Tour.

Not to be confused with Stuttgart Open.
Eurocard Open
Tournament information
Founded1988
Abolished2001
LocationStuttgart (1990–2001)
Essen (1995)
CategoryATP Championship Series
(1990–1995)
ATP Super 9 (1995–1999)
Tennis Masters Series (2000–2001)
SurfaceCarpet / indoor (1990–1997)
Hard / indoor (1998–2001)
Draw48S / 24Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$2,950,000

Starting in October 1995, the Eurocard Open was upgraded to ATP Super 9 status. In 1995–1996, the ATP calendar underwent some interesting tournament swaps among indoor events. In October 1995, the Stockholm Super 9 event was downgraded to ATP World Series status and moved to November, getting replaced in its old Super 9 slot by the Eurocard Open in Essen. The Antwerp event was dropped from the calendar in 1995 to make room for Stockholm's new slot in November. In 1996, the Eurocard Open retained its Super 9 status but moved from Essen and back to Stuttgart, while Antwerp was again returned to the calendar to replace the Eurocard Open's old slot in February.

In 1998, the Eurocard Open changed surface from indoor carpet to indoor hardcourt. After the last Eurocard Open was held in 2001, the tournament was discontinued, and the eighth ATP Masters Series event of the calendar year was moved to Madrid in 2002.

Past results

Key
ATP Super 9
Tennis Masters Series
ATP Championship Series, Double-Week
ATP Championship Series
Exhibition

Singles
Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Stuttgart 1988 Miloslav Mečíř Andrés Gómez6–3, 6–2
1989 Ivan Lendl Miloslav Mečíř6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
1990 Boris Becker Ivan Lendl6–2, 6–2
1991 Stefan Edberg Jonas Svensson6–2, 3–6, 7–5, 6–2
1992 Goran Ivanišević Stefan Edberg6-7(5-7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1993 Michael Stich Richard Krajicek4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 7–5
1994 Stefan Edberg Goran Ivanišević4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1995 (Feb) Richard Krajicek Michael Stich7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 1–6, 6–3
Essen 1995 (Oct) Thomas Muster MaliVai Washington7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Stuttgart 1996 Boris Becker Pete Sampras3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1997 Petr Korda Richard Krajicek7–6(8–6), 6–2, 6–4
1998 Richard Krajicek Yevgeny Kafelnikov6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1999 Thomas Enqvist Richard Krajicek6–1, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5
2000 Wayne Ferreira Lleyton Hewitt7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–2), 6–2
2001 Tommy Haas Max Mirnyi6–2, 6–2, 6–2
2002succeeded by Madrid Open

Doubles
Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Stuttgart 2001 Max Mirnyi
Sandon Stolle		 Ellis Ferreira
Jeff Tarango		7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–4)
2000 Jiří Novák
David Rikl		 Donald Johnson
Piet Norval		3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1999 Byron Black
Jonas Björkman		 David Adams
John-Laffnie de Jager		6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–2), 6–0
1998 Sébastien Lareau
Alex O'Brien		 Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes		6–3, 3–6, 7–5
1997 Mark Woodforde
Todd Woodbridge		 Rick Leach
Jonathan Stark		6–3, 6–3
1996 Sébastien Lareau
Alex O'Brien		 Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis		3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Essen 1995 (Oct) Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis		 Cyril Suk
Daniel Vacek		6–2, 6–2
Stuttgart 1995 (Feb) Grant Connell
Patrick Galbraith		 Cyril Suk
Daniel Vacek		7–5, 6–4
1994 David Adams
Andrei Olhovskiy		 Grant Connell
Patrick Galbraith		6–7, 6–4, 7–6
1993 Mark Kratzmann
Wally Masur		 Steve DeVries
David Macpherson		6–3, 7–6
1992 Tom Nijssen
Cyril Suk		 John Fitzgerald
Anders Järryd		6–3, 6–7, 6–3
1991 Sergio Casal
Emilio Sánchez		 Jeremy Bates
Nick Brown		6–3, 7–5
1990 Guy Forget
Jakob Hlasek		 Michael Mortensen
Tom Nijssen		6–3, 6–2
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