Rotterdam Open
Tennis tournament
The Rotterdam Open, also known as the ABN AMRO Open for sponsorship reasons, is a professional men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is part of the ATP Tour 500 series on the ATP Tour and has been held annually at Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
01History
The first Rotterdam Open tennis tournament was held in November 1972 and was won by Arthur Ashe. The following year the tournament was not organized because it switched to a March date. Originally the Rotterdam Open was an event of the World Championship Tennis circuit and, in 1978, became part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. Since 1990, it has been part of the ATP Tour.
In 1984, the singles final between Ivan Lendl and Jimmy Connors was interrupted in the 2nd set (6-0, 1-0) due to a bomb threat and the match was not finished as Lendl was not prepared to play on.
Since 2004, former Dutch tennis player Richard Krajicek has been the tournament director.
A record 115,894 people attended the 2012 edition tournament when Roger Federer returned for the first time in seven years. This record was broken in 2018 when 120,000 fans attended after Federer accepted a wildcard into the event after a five-year absence. It was called the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament (until 2022).
02Past finals
In the singles, Arthur Ashe (1972, 1975-76) and Roger Federer (2005, 2012 and 2018) hold the record for most titles with three, while Ashe, Stefan Edberg (1986-87), Nicolas Escudé (2001-02), Robin Söderling (2010-11) and Gaël Monfils (2019-20) co-hold the record for most consecutive titles with two. Federer (2001, 2005, 2012, and 2018) and Jimmy Connors (1978, 1981-82, and 1984) co-hold the record for most finals contested at four.
In the doubles, Anders Järryd (1987, 1991, 1993, 1995), Nenad Zimonjić (2009-10, 2012-13) and Nicolas Mahut (2014, 2016, 2018, 2020) co-hold the record for most titles with four, while Frew McMillan holds the record for most back-to-back titles with three straight wins (1974-76).
Singles
Doubles
Source: Past winners from official site
Single titles per country
| Titels | Country |
|---|---|
| 8 | United States |
| 7 | Sweden |
| France | |
| 6 | Switzerland |
| 4 | Netherlands |
| 3 | Russia |
| Czechoslovakia Czech Republic | |
| 2 | Argentina |
| Germany | |
| Italy | |
| Australia | |
| 1 | Croatia |
| Belarus | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Slovakia | |
| Canada | |
| Spain |
(until 2026)
03Tour history
Since its inception in 1972 the Rotterdam Open has been part of three major tennis circuits: WCT circuit (1972-1977), Grand Prix circuit (1978-1989) and ATP Tour (1990-present).
- 1972-1977: WCT circuit
- 1978-1989: Grand Prix circuit
- 1990-1998: ATP World Series
- 1999-present: ATP Tour 500
04Sponsors
- ABN AMRO, main sponsor
- Rotterdam Ahoy, licence holder
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- ABN-wereldtennistoernooi in Rotterdam Arthur Ashe in actie, Bestanddeelnr 927-7839.jpg by Rob Bogaerts for Anefo, CC0
- FedLondon2012.jpg by Tim Schofield, CC BY 2.0
- Anders Jarryd.jpg by Carine06 from UK, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Zimonic 2006 Kremlin Cup.jpg by Акутагава, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2014 US Open (Tennis) - Tournament - Nicolas Mahut (14948088449).jpg by Steven Pisano from Brooklyn, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0
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