St. Petersburg Open

St. Petersburg Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1995 (1995)
Abolished2021
LocationSaint Petersburg
Russia
VenuePetersburg Sports and Concert Complex
(1995–2013)
Sibur Arena
(2015–2021)
CategoryATP World Series /
ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 series
(1995–2019, 2021)
ATP Tour 500
(2020)
SurfaceCarpet / indoor
(1995–99/2004–07)
Hard / indoor
(2000–03/2008–2021)
Draw28S/16Q/16D
Prize money$932,370 (2021)
Websitespbopen.ru

The St. Petersburg Open (Russian: Открытый Санкт-Петербург) was a professional men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. The tournament was held annually at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in Saint Petersburg, Russia, since 1995. The tournament takes place in mid to late September, following the conclusion of the US Open. The singles competition features 28 male competitors, while the doubles one features 16 duo teams. The competition has a total prize money pool of $1,180,000 USD.

2002 Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson and former World No. 1s Marat Safin and Andy Murray are the only players to have won the singles titles more than once. Five Russian players have won the singles title: Yevgeny Kafelnikov in 1995, Marat Safin in 2000 and 2001, Mikhail Youzhny in 2004, Daniil Medvedev in 2019, and Andrey Rublev in 2020. The event was not held in 2014 but resumed in 2015, at the Sibur Arena. The event was exceptionally held as an ATP 500 tournament in the 2020 edition.

In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the ATP moved the 2022 St. Petersburg Open from Saint Petersburg to Kazakhstan.[1]

Past finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓  ATP Tour 250[a]  ↓
1995 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Guillaume Raoux 6–2, 6–2
1996 Magnus Gustafsson Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
1997 Thomas Johansson Renzo Furlan 6–3, 6–4
1998 Richard Krajicek Marc Rosset 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
1999 Marc Rosset David Prinosil 6–3, 6–4
2000 Marat Safin Dominik Hrbatý 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
2001 Marat Safin (2) Rainer Schüttler 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
2002 Sébastien Grosjean Mikhail Youzhny 7–5, 6–4
2003 Gustavo Kuerten Sargis Sargsian 6–4, 6–3
2004 Mikhail Youzhny Karol Beck 6–2, 6–2
2005 Thomas Johansson (2) Nicolas Kiefer 6–4, 6–2
2006 Mario Ančić Thomas Johansson 7–5, 7–6(7–2)
2007 Andy Murray Fernando Verdasco 6–2, 6–3
2008 Andy Murray (2) Andrey Golubev 6–1, 6–1
2009 Sergiy Stakhovsky Horacio Zeballos 2–6, 7–6(10–8), 7–6(9–7)
2010 Mikhail Kukushkin Mikhail Youzhny 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
2011 Marin Čilić Janko Tipsarević 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
2012 Martin Kližan Fabio Fognini 6–2, 6–3
2013 Ernests Gulbis Guillermo García-López 3–6, 6–4, 6–0
2014 Not held
2015 Milos Raonic João Sousa 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2016 Alexander Zverev Stan Wawrinka 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
2017 Damir Džumhur Fabio Fognini 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
2018 Dominic Thiem Martin Kližan 6–3, 6–1
2019 Daniil Medvedev Borna Ćorić 6–3, 6–1
↓  ATP Tour 500  ↓
2020 Andrey Rublev Borna Ćorić 7–6(7–5), 6–4
↓  ATP Tour 250  ↓
2021 Marin Čilić (2) Taylor Fritz 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–4
2022–
2025
Not held due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ATP Tour 250[a]  ↓
1995 Martin Damm
Anders Järryd
Jakob Hlasek
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
6–4, 6–2
1996 Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Andrei Olhovskiy
Nicklas Kulti
Peter Nyborg
6–3, 6–4
1997 Andrei Olhovskiy (2)
Brett Steven
David Prinosil
Daniel Vacek
6–4, 6–3
1998 Nicklas Kulti
Mikael Tillström
Marius Barnard
Brent Haygarth
3–6, 6–3, 7–6
1999 Jeff Tarango
Daniel Vacek
Menno Oosting
Andrei Pavel
3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2000 Daniel Nestor
Kevin Ullyett
Thomas Shimada
Myles Wakefield
7–6(7–5), 7–5
2001 Denis Golovanov
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (2)
Irakli Labadze
Marat Safin
7–5, 6–4
2002 David Adams
Jared Palmer
Irakli Labadze
Marat Safin
7–6(10–8), 6–3
2003 Julian Knowle
Nenad Zimonjić
Michael Kohlmann
Rainer Schüttler
7–6(7–1), 6–3
2004 Arnaud Clément
Michaël Llodra
Dominik Hrbatý
Jaroslav Levinský
6–3, 6–2
2005 Julian Knowle
Jürgen Melzer
Jonas Björkman
Max Mirnyi
4–6, 7–5, 7–5
2006 Simon Aspelin
Todd Perry
Julian Knowle
Jürgen Melzer
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
2007 Daniel Nestor (2)
Nenad Zimonjić (2)
Jürgen Melzer
Todd Perry
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
2008 Travis Parrott
Filip Polášek
Rohan Bopanna
Max Mirnyi
3–6, 7–6(4–7), [10–8]
2009 Colin Fleming
Ken Skupski
Jérémy Chardy
Richard Gasquet
2–6, 7–5, [10–4]
2010 Daniele Bracciali
Potito Starace
Rohan Bopanna
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5)
2011 Colin Fleming (2)
Ross Hutchins
Michail Elgin
Alexandre Kudryavtsev
6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]
2012 Rajeev Ram
Nenad Zimonjić (3)
Lukáš Lacko
Igor Zelenay
6–2, 4–6, [10-6]
2013 David Marrero
Fernando Verdasco
Dominic Inglot
Denis Istomin
7–6(8–6), 6–3
2014 Not held
2015 Treat Huey
Henri Kontinen
Julian Knowle
Alexander Peya
7–5, 6–3
2016 Dominic Inglot
Henri Kontinen (2)
Andre Begemann
Leander Paes
4–6, 6–3, [12–10]
2017 Roman Jebavý
Matwé Middelkoop
Julio Peralta
Horacio Zeballos
6–4, 6–4
2018 Matteo Berrettini
Fabio Fognini
Roman Jebavý
Matwé Middelkoop
7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)
2019 Divij Sharan
Igor Zelenay
Matteo Berrettini
Simone Bolelli
6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
↓  ATP Tour 500  ↓
2020 Jürgen Melzer (2)
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Marcelo Demoliner
Matwé Middelkoop
6–2, 7–6(7–4)
↓  ATP Tour 250  ↓
2021 Jamie Murray
Bruno Soares
Andrey Golubev
Hugo Nys
6–3, 6–4
2022–
2025
Not held due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Notes

  1. ^ a b Known as World Series from 1990 till 1999 and International Series from 2000 till 2008.

References

  1. ^ Sankar, Vimal (24 February 2022). "ATP relocates St Petersburg Open to Nur-Sultan". Inside The Games. Retrieved 25 February 2022.

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