Tel Aviv Open

The Tel Aviv Open is an ATP World Tour affiliated tennis tournament. It was played from 1978 through 1981 and 1983 through 1996 and was to be resumed in 2014, marking the end of the tournament in St. Petersburg,[1] however, the 2014 edition was cancelled due to security concerns arising from Operation Protective Edge.

Tel Aviv
Tournament information
Founded1978
LocationRamat HaSharon
Israel
VenueCanada Stadium
(1978-1996) (2015-present)
CategoryATP Tour (1990–96)
Grand Prix circuit (1979-81, 1983-89)
SurfaceHard / Outdoors
Draw32S/32Q/16D
Prize money$1,065,725
Websiteatpworldtour.com

The tournament is held at the Israel Tennis Center at Ramat HaSharon, near Tel Aviv, Israel and is played on outdoor hard courts. The tournament was played as an ATP Challenger Series event in 1978, 1998 and 1999. Israeli tennis player Amos Mansdorf appeared in the final five times, winning in 1987, making him the only Israeli to win the event. Jimmy Connors won his final career singles title at the event in 1989.

In 1990 and 1991 the tournament was known as the Riklis Classic before reverting to the Tel Aviv Open for the remainder of its existence.

The tournament still holds the ATP record for the youngest winner of an ATP event (Aaron Krickstein in 1983, at the age of 16 and 2 months).

The event was rescheduled to appear in the 2014 ATP World Tour, but with the war along Gaza line and the instability in the country, the event was postponed in 2015.

Results

Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1978 Tom Okker Peter Feigl6-7, 6-4, 6-2
1979 Tom Okker Per Hjertquist6–4, 6–3
1980 Harold Solomon Shlomo Glickstein6–2, 6–3
1981 Mel Purcell Per Hjertquist6–1, 6–1
1982Not held
1983 Aaron Krickstein Christoph Zipf7–6, 6–3
1984 Aaron Krickstein Shahar Perkiss6–4, 6–1
1985 Brad Gilbert Amos Mansdorf6–3, 6–2
1986 Brad Gilbert Aaron Krickstein7–5, 6–2
1987 Amos Mansdorf Brad Gilbert3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1988 Brad Gilbert Aaron Krickstein4–6, 7–6, 6–2
1989 Jimmy Connors Gilad Bloom2–6, 6–2, 6–1
1990 Andrei Chesnokov Amos Mansdorf6–4, 6–3
1991 Leonardo Lavalle Christo van Rensburg6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1992 Jeff Tarango Stephane Simian4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1993 Stefano Pescosolido Amos Mansdorf7–6, 7–5
1994 Wayne Ferreira Amos Mansdorf7–6, 6–3
1995 Ján Krošlák Javier Sánchez6–3, 6–4
1996 Javier Sánchez Marcos Ondruska6–4, 7–5
1997Not held
1998 Gianluca Pozzi Lior Mor6-1, 6-7, 6-3
1999 Slava Dosedel Noam Okun7-6, 6-3
2000-2014Not held

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1979 Ilie Năstase
Tom Okker		 Mike Cahill
Colin Dibley		7–5, 6–4
1980 Per Hjertquist
Steve Krulevitz		 Eric Fromm
Cary Leeds		7–6, 6–3
1981 Steve Meister
Van Winitsky		 John Feaver
Steve Krulevitz		3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1982Not held
1983 Colin Dowdeswell
Zoltán Kuhárszky		 Peter Elter
Peter Feigl		6–3, 7–5
1984 Peter Doohan
Brian Levine		 Colin Dowdeswell
Jakob Hlasek		6–3, 6–4
1985 Brad Gilbert
Ilie Năstase		 Michael Robertson
Florin Segărceanu		6–3, 6–2
1986 John Letts
Peter Lundgren		 Christo Steyn
Danie Visser		6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1987 Gilad Bloom
Shahar Perkiss		 Wolfgang Popp
Huub van Boeckel		6–2, 6–4
1988 Roger Smith
Paul Wekesa		 Patrick Baur
Alexander Mronz		6–3, 6–3
1989 Jeremy Bates
Patrick Baur		 Rikard Bergh
Per Henricsson		6–1, 4–6, 6–1
1990 Nduka Odizor
Christo van Rensburg		 Ronnie Båthman
Rikard Bergh		6–3, 6–4
1991 David Rikl
Michiel Schapers		 Javier Frana
Leonardo Lavalle		6–2, 6–7, 6–3
1992 Mike Bauer
João Cunha Silva		 Mark Koevermans
Tobias Svantesson		6–3, 6–4
1993 Sergio Casal
Emilio Sánchez		 Mike Bauer
David Rikl		6–4, 6–4
1994 Lan Bale
John-Laffnie de Jager		 Jan Apell
Jonas Björkman		6–7, 6–2, 7–6
1995 Jim Grabb
Jared Palmer		 Kent Kinnear
David Wheaton		6–4, 7–5
1996 Marcos Ondruska
Grant Stafford		 Noam Behr
Eyal Erlich		6–3, 6–2
1997-2014Not Held

Challenger Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1998 Gianluca Pozzi Lior Mor6–1, 6–7, 6–3
1999 Ctislav Doseděl Noam Okun7–6, 6–3

Challenger Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1998 Radek Štěpánek
Michal Tabara		 Noam Okun
Nir Welgreen		7–6, 6–3
1999 Noam Behr
Eyal Ran		 Amir Hadad
Andrew Ilie		6–3, 6–2

References
  1. http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2014/04/16/Tel-Aviv-To-Host-ATP-World-Tour-250.aspx?print=true
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