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Bavarian International Tennis Championships

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The BMW Open (its sponsored name since 1990) or the Bavarian International Tennis Championships (German: Internationale Tennis-Meisterschaften von Bayern) is an ATP Tour 500 tennis event held at the MTTC Iphitos in Munich, Germany. The tournament is played on outdoor clay courts as part of the ATP calendar. In 2025, it was upgraded to an ATP 500 level event. Founded in 1899 as a combined men's and women's event, it is also known as the Bavarian Open and is currently presented by Bitpanda.

01History

In 1899, the tournament's first edition was held by the tennis club Münchner Tennis- und Turnierclub (MTTC) Iphitos, which was the first tennis club in Munich having been formed in 1892 by students. The club only had grass courts, and the first edition was therefore played on grass. The tournament was founded as a combined men's and women's event, until 1973 when the women's tournament was discontinued. From 1969 the tournament was also branded as the Bavarian Open.

The Center Court of the MTTC has been in Aumeisterweg since 1930, and holds 5,600 people. The tournament has offered prize money since 1970, when the total prizes amounted to $20,000.

02Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1899	Richard Blaul	Mr. Stratzer	7-5, 4-6, 6-3.
1900	Rudolf Pummerer	Harold R. Bates	6-0, 9-7.
1904	Zdeněk Žemla	Rudolf Pummerer	6-1, 6-2, 7-5.
1905	Rudolf Pummerer	Otto Paul Lindpaintner	6-1, 6-2, 6-3.
1908	George Logie	Heinrich Kleinschroth	7-5, 6-2, 6-1.
1909	Felix Pipes	Robert Kleinschroth	6-0, ret.
1910	Heinrich Kleinschroth	Hugo Albrecht	6-1, 6-0, 6-1.
1928	Guillermo Robson	Erik Worm	6-3, 5-7, 7-5.
1929	Alberto Del Bono	Erik Worm	6-4, 6-4.
1930	Emmanuel du Plaix	Richard B. Bell	2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.
1931	Hyotaro Sato	Enrique Maier	7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1.
1932	Heinz Remmert	William Lawrence Breese	6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 8-6.
1933	William Lawrence Breese	Edler von der Planitz	6-4, 6-1.
1935	Heinz Tüscher	Eberhard Nourney	4-6, 6-2, 8-6.
1936	Alfred Gerstl	Rolf Göpfert	6-4, 6-3.
1937	Georg von Metaxa	Ludwig Louis Haensch	4-6, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.
1938	Edmund Bartkowiak	Joachim Hildebrandt	6-3, 6-2, 1-1, ret.
1939	Henner Henkel	Engelbert Koch	6-4, 6-4, 6-2.
1940-1945	Not held
1946	Gottfried von Cramm	Roderich Menzel	6-3, 6-0, 6-3.
1947	Roderich Menzel	Gottfried von Cramm	6-2, 6-4, 6-2.
1948	Helmuth Gulcz	Willi Stingl	7-5, retd.
1949	Gottfried von Cramm	Ernst Buchholz	3-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-0.
1950	Gottfried von Cramm	Jan Dostál	6-4, 6-4, 6-1.
1951	Rolando Del Bello	Roderich Menzel	6-2, 1-6, 7-5, 6-2.
1952	Not held
1953	Jaroslav Drobný	Armando Vieira	6-3, 6-1, 6-3.
1954	Budge Patty	Hugh Stewart	6-4, 6-2, 6-4.
1955	Budge Patty	Art Larsen	6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
1956	Budge Patty	Lew Hoad	1-6, 0-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4.
1957	Mervyn Rose	Budge Patty	5-7, 12-10, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4.
1958	Orlando Sirola	Luis Ayala	3-6, 7-5, 1-6, 11-9, 6-4.
1959	Bob Hewitt	Pierre Darmon	6-3, 6-3, 8-6.
1960	Don Candy	Jan-Erik Lundqvist	5-7, 6-3, 6-0, 3-6, 6-2.
1961	Roy Emerson	Bob Hewitt	6-2, 6-3, 6-2.
1962	José Edison Mandarino	Manuel Santana	1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
1963	Patricio Rodríguez	Nikola Pilić	1-6, 4-6, 7-5, 9-7, 6-2.
1964	Manuel Santana	Bob Hewitt	6-2, 6-3, 11-9.
1965	Christian Kuhnke	Ingo Buding	6-4, 6-1, 6-3.
1966	István Gulyás	Wilhelm Bungert	6-4, 4-6, 8-6, 9-7.
1967	Martin Mulligan	Wilhelm Bungert	6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
1968	Martin Mulligan	Ion Țiriac	6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.
↓ Open Era ↓
1969	Bob Hewitt	Christian Kuhnke	6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.
1970	Ion Țiriac	Nikola Pilić	2-6, 9-7, 6-3, 6-4.
1971	Juan Gisbert Sr	Péter Szőke	6-2, 6-4, 6-4.
1972	Not held
1973	Sandy Mayer	Harald Elschenbroich	6-4, 6-3, 6-3
1974	Jürgen Fassbender	François Jauffret	6-2, 5-7, 6-1, 6-4
1975	Guillermo Vilas	Karl Meiler	2-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-3
1976	Manuel Orantes	Karl Meiler	6-1, 6-4, 6-1
1977	Željko Franulović	Víctor Pecci	6-1, 6-1, 6-7, 7-5
1978	Guillermo Vilas	Buster Mottram	6-1, 6-3, 6-3
1979	Manuel Orantes	Wojciech Fibak	6-3, 6-2, 6-4
1980	Rolf Gehring	Christophe Freyss	6-2, 0-6, 6-2, 6-2
1981	Chris Lewis	Christophe Roger-Vasselin	4-6, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1, 6-1
1982	Gene Mayer	Peter Elter	3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
1983	Tomáš Šmíd	Joakim Nyström	6-0, 6-3, 4-6, 2-6, 7-5
1984	Libor Pimek	Gene Mayer	6-4, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4
1985	Joakim Nyström	Hans Schwaier	6-1, 6-0
1986	Emilio Sánchez	Ricki Osterthun	6-1, 6-3
1987	Guillermo Pérez Roldán	Marián Vajda	6-3, 7-6
1988	Guillermo Pérez Roldán	Jonas Svensson	7-5, 6-3
1989	Andrei Chesnokov	Martin Střelba	5-7, 7-6, 6-2
↓ ATP Tour 250 ↓
1990	Karel Nováček	Thomas Muster	6-4, 6-2
1991	Magnus Gustafsson	Guillermo Pérez Roldán	3-6, 6-3, 4-3, retired
1992	Magnus Larsson	Petr Korda	6-4, 4-6, 6-1
1993	Ivan Lendl	Michael Stich	7-6^(7-2), 6-3
1994	Michael Stich	Petr Korda	6-2, 2-6, 6-3
1995	Wayne Ferreira	Michael Stich	7-5, 7-6^(8-6)
1996	Slava Doseděl	Carlos Moyá	6-4, 4-6, 6-3
1997	Mark Philippoussis	Àlex Corretja	7-6^(7-3), 1-6, 6-4
1998	Thomas Enqvist	Andre Agassi	6-7^(4-7), 7-6^(8-6), 6-4
1999	Franco Squillari	Andrei Pavel	6-4, 6-3
2000	Franco Squillari	Tommy Haas	6-4, 6-4
2001	Jiří Novák	Anthony Dupuis	6-4, 7-5
2002	Younes El Aynaoui	Rainer Schüttler	6-4, 6-4
2003	Roger Federer	Jarkko Nieminen	6-1, 6-4
2004	Nikolay Davydenko	Martin Verkerk	6-4, 7-5
2005	David Nalbandian	Andrei Pavel	6-4, 6-1
2006	Olivier Rochus	Kristof Vliegen	6-4, 6-2
2007	Philipp Kohlschreiber	Mikhail Youzhny	2-6, 6-3, 6-4
2008	Fernando González	Simone Bolelli	7-6^(7-4), 6-7^(4-7), 6-3
2009	Tomáš Berdych	Mikhail Youzhny	6-4, 4-6, 7-6^(7-5)
2010	Mikhail Youzhny	Marin Čilić	6-3, 4-6, 6-4
2011	Nikolay Davydenko	Florian Mayer	6-3, 3-6, 6-1
2012	Philipp Kohlschreiber	Marin Čilić	7-6^(10-8), 6-3
2013	Tommy Haas	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-3, 7-6^(7-3)
2014	Martin Kližan	Fabio Fognini	2-6, 6-1, 6-2
2015	Andy Murray	Philipp Kohlschreiber	7-6^(7-4), 5-7, 7-6^(7-4)
2016	Philipp Kohlschreiber	Dominic Thiem	7-6^(9-7), 4-6, 7-6^(7-4)
2017	Alexander Zverev	Guido Pella	6-4, 6-3
2018	Alexander Zverev	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-3, 6-3
2019	Cristian Garín	Matteo Berrettini	6-1, 3-6, 7-6^(7-1)
2020	Not held due to COVID-19
2021	Nikoloz Basilashvili	Jan-Lennard Struff	6-4, 7-6^(7-5)
2022	Holger Rune	Botic van de Zandschulp	3-4, retired
2023	Holger Rune	Botic van de Zandschulp	6-4, 1-6, 7-6^(7-3)
2024	Jan-Lennard Struff	Taylor Fritz	7-5, 6-3
↓ ATP Tour 500 ↓
2025	Alexander Zverev	Ben Shelton	6-2, 6-4
2026	Ben Shelton	Flavio Cobolli	6-2, 7-5

Doubles (since 1974)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1974	Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	2-6, 6-4, 7-6, 6-2
1975	Wojciech Fibak Jan Kodeš	Milan Holeček Karl Meiler	7-5, 6-3
1976	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 2-3, retired
1977	František Pála Balázs Taróczy	Nikki Spear John Whitlinger	6-3, 6-4
1978	Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas	Jürgen Fassbender Tom Okker	3-6, 6-4, 7-6
1979	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker	Jürgen Fassbender Jean-Louis Haillet	7-6, 7-5
1980	Heinz Günthardt Bob Hewitt	David Carter Chris Lewis	7-6, 6-1
1981	David Carter Paul Kronk	Eric Fromm Shlomo Glickstein	6-3, 6-4
1982	Chip Hooper Mel Purcell	Tian Viljoen Danie Visser	6-4, 7-6
1983	Chris Lewis Pavel Složil	Anders Järryd Tomáš Šmíd	6-4, 6-2
1984	Boris Becker Wojciech Fibak	Eric Fromm Florin Segărceanu	6-4, 4-6, 6-1
1985	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	4-6, 7-5, 7-5
1986	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	Broderick Dyke Wally Masur	6-3, 4-6, 6-3
1987	Jim Pugh Blaine Willenborg	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	7-6, 4-6, 6-4
1988	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	Alberto Mancini Christian Miniussi	7-6, 6-1
1989	Javier Sánchez Balázs Taróczy	Peter Doohan Laurie Warder	7-6, 6-3
↓ ATP Tour 250 ↓
1990	Udo Riglewski Michael Stich	Petr Korda Tomáš Šmíd	6-1, 6-4
1991	Patrick Galbraith Todd Witsken	Anders Järryd Danie Visser	7-5, 6-4
1992	David Adams Menno Oosting	Carl Limberger Tomáš Anzari	3-6, 7-5, 6-3
1993	Martin Damm Henrik Holm	Karel Nováček Carl-Uwe Steeb	6-0, 3-6, 7-5
1994	Yevgeny Kafelnikov David Rikl	Boris Becker Petr Korda	7-6, 7-5
1995	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	6-3, 6-4
1996	Lan Bale Stephen Noteboom	Olivier Delaître Diego Nargiso	4-6, 7-6, 6-4
1997	Pablo Albano Àlex Corretja	Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild	3-6, 7-5, 6-2
1998	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	6-0, 6-3
1999	Daniel Orsanic Mariano Puerta	Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi	7-6, 3-6, 7-6
2000	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	Max Mirnyi Nenad Zimonjić	6-4, 6-4
2001	Petr Luxa Radek Štěpánek	Jaime Oncins Daniel Orsanic	5-7, 6-2, 7-6
2002	Petr Luxa Radek Štěpánek	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	6-0, 6-7, [11-9]
2003	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	Joshua Eagle Jared Palmer	6-3, 7-5
2004	James Blake Mark Merklein	Julian Knowle Nenad Zimonjić	6-2, 6-4
2005	Mario Ančić Julian Knowle	Florian Mayer Alexander Waske	6-3, 1-6, 6-3
2006	Andrei Pavel Alexander Waske	Alexander Peya Björn Phau	6-4, 6-2
2007	Philipp Kohlschreiber Mikhail Youzhny	Jan Hájek Jaroslav Levinský	6-1, 6-4
2008	Michael Berrer Rainer Schüttler	Scott Lipsky David Martin	7-5, 3-6, [10-8]
2009	Jan Hernych Ivo Minář	Ashley Fisher Jordan Kerr	6-4, 6-4
2010	Oliver Marach Santiago Ventura	Eric Butorac Michael Kohlmann	5-7, 6-3, [16-14]
2011	Simone Bolelli Horacio Zeballos	Andreas Beck Christopher Kas	7-6^(7-3), 6-4
2012	František Čermák Filip Polášek	Xavier Malisse Dick Norman	6-4, 7-5
2013	Jarkko Nieminen Dmitry Tursunov	Marcos Baghdatis Eric Butorac	6-1, 6-4
2014	Jamie Murray John Peers	Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins	6-4, 6-2
2015	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	Alexander Zverev Mischa Zverev	4-6, 6-1, [10-5]
2016	Henri Kontinen John Peers	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	6-3, 3-6, [10-7]
2017	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	Jérémy Chardy Fabrice Martin	6-3, 6-3
2018	Ivan Dodig Rajeev Ram	Nikola Mektić Alexander Peya	6-3, 7-5
2019	Frederik Nielsen Tim Pütz	Marcelo Demoliner Divij Sharan	6-4, 6-2
2020	Not held due to COVID-19
2021	Kevin Krawietz Wesley Koolhof	Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen	4-6, 6-4, [10-5]
2022	Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies	Rafael Matos David Vega Hernández	4-6, 6-4, [10-7]
2023	Alexander Erler Lucas Miedler	Kevin Krawietz Tim Pütz	6-3, 6-4
2024	Yuki Bhambri Albano Olivetti	Andreas Mies Jan-Lennard Struff	7-6^(8-6), 7-6^(7-5)
↓ ATP Tour 500 ↓
2025	André Göransson Sem Verbeek	Kevin Krawietz Tim Pütz	6-4, 6-4
2026	Jakob Schnaitter Mark Wallner	Théo Arribagé Albano Olivetti	6-4, 6-7^(4-7), [12-10]

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