Winston-Salem Open

Winston-Salem Open
ATP Tour
LocationWinston-Salem, North Carolina
United States
VenueWake Forest University
Category ATP 250
SurfaceHardcourt / outdoor
Draw48S / 32Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$823,420 (2022)
Websitewinstonsalemopen.com
Current champions (2024)
Singles Lorenzo Sonego
Doubles Nathaniel Lammons
Jackson Withrow

The Winston-Salem Open is a men's professional tennis tournament played on the ATP Tour at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in the United States. It made its debut at Winston-Salem in 2011 and is part of the ATP 250 tournaments.[1] It was previously held in Long Island and New Haven before it was sold and relocated to Winston-Salem, creating a new tournament.[2]

The Winston-Salem Open was awarded the 2016 ATP Tour 250 Tournament of the Year.

History

The event started on Long Island's Jericho hamlet as a four-player singles exhibition in 1981, the event, first known as the Hamlet Challenge Cup, developed into a larger draw competition, and saw winning numerous top players in the 1980s, including Ivan Lendl and an eighteen-year-old Andre Agassi in 1988.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] In 1990, the Long Island tournament became part of the tour as it entered the newly created Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour, being sponsored by numerous companies including; Norstar Bank in 1990 and 1991,[12] Waldbaum's from 1992 to 1995 and from 1997 to 2000,[12] Genovese Drug Stores in 1996,[13] and TD Waterhouse from 2002 until the move to New Haven,[14] adding names like Stefan Edberg, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Magnus Norman, Paradorn Srichaphan and Lleyton Hewitt to its list of champions.

In 2005 the USTA decided to purchase the men's tournament of Long Island, New York and merge it with the Women's event at New Haven.[15] This move created the first large joint ATP–WTA tournament leading to the US Open.[16] The tournament remained a joint event until 2011 when the men's and women's events became separated, and the men's tournament relocated to Winston-Salem.[2] The tournament will ignore its history with the ATP calling it a new event.[1]

Tournament

The tournament is part of the US Open Series and is typically held in August the week prior to the US Open. It used to be one of six 250 level events on tour played in the United States but from 2025 it is one of only three. In 2016, the tournament received recognition as one of the ATP World Tour 250 Tournaments of the Year.

Ivan Lendl holds the record for most singles titles at five, winning in 1984–1986, 1989 and 1991; he also holds the record for most singles titles won in a row, at three. The only doubles team to win back-to-back titles is Jonathan Stark and Kevin Ullyett.

Past finals

Singles

Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Long Island
(exhibition) 		1981 Brian Teacher Yannick Noah 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1982 Gene Mayer Johan Kriek 6–2, 6–3
1983 Gene Mayer Heinz Günthardt 6–7(9–11), 6–4, 6–0
1984 Ivan Lendl Andrés Gómez 6–2, 6–4
1985 Ivan Lendl Jimmy Connors 6–1, 6–3
1986 Ivan Lendl John McEnroe 6–2, 6–4
1987 Jonas Svensson David Pate 7–6, 3–6, 6–3
1988 Andre Agassi Yannick Noah 6–3, 0–6, 6–4
1989 Ivan Lendl Mikael Pernfors 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Long Island 1990 Stefan Edberg Goran Ivanišević 7–6, 6–3
1991 Ivan Lendl Stefan Edberg 6–3, 6–2
1992 Petr Korda Ivan Lendl 6–2, 6–2
1993 Marc Rosset Michael Chang 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1994 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Cédric Pioline 5–7, 6–1, 6–2
1995 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Jan Siemerink 7–6(7–0), 6–2
1996 Andrei Medvedev Martin Damm 7–5, 6–3
1997 Carlos Moyá Patrick Rafter 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
1998 Patrick Rafter Félix Mantilla 7–6(7–3), 6–2
1999 Magnus Norman Àlex Corretja 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
2000 Magnus Norman Thomas Enqvist 6–3, 5–7, 7–5
2001 Tommy Haas Pete Sampras 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
2002 Paradorn Srichaphan Juan Ignacio Chela 5–7, 6–2, 6–2
2003 Paradorn Srichaphan James Blake 6–2, 6–4
2004 Lleyton Hewitt Luis Horna 6–3, 6–1
New Haven 2005 James Blake Feliciano López 3–6, 7–5, 6–1
2006 Nikolay Davydenko Agustín Calleri 6–4, 6–3
2007 James Blake Mardy Fish 7–5, 6–4
2008 Marin Čilić Mardy Fish 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
2009 Fernando Verdasco Sam Querrey 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
2010 Sergiy Stakhovsky Denis Istomin 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winston-Salem 2011 John Isner Julien Benneteau 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2012 John Isner Tomáš Berdych 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(11–9)
2013 Jürgen Melzer Gaël Monfils 6–3, 2–1, ret.
2014 Lukáš Rosol Jerzy Janowicz 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–5
2015 Kevin Anderson Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6–4, 7–5
2016 Pablo Carreño Busta Roberto Bautista Agut 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–1), 6–4
2017 Roberto Bautista Agut Damir Džumhur 6–4, 6–4
2018 Daniil Medvedev Steve Johnson 6–4, 6–4
2019 Hubert Hurkacz Benoît Paire 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2021 Ilya Ivashka Mikael Ymer 6–0, 6–2
2022 Adrian Mannarino Laslo Djere 7–6(7–1), 6–4
2023 Sebastián Báez Jiří Lehečka 6–4, 6–3
2024 Lorenzo Sonego Alex Michelsen 6–0, 6–3

Doubles

Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Long Island 1990 Guy Forget
Jakob Hlasek		 Udo Riglewski
Michael Stich		 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1991 Eric Jelen
Carl-Uwe Steeb		 Doug Flach
Diego Nargiso		 0–6, 6–4, 7–6
1992 Francisco Montana
Greg Van Emburgh		 Gianluca Pozzi
Olli Rahnasto		 6–4, 6–2
1993 Marc-Kevin Goellner
David Prinosil		 Arnaud Boetsch
Olivier Delaître		 6–7, 7–5, 6–2
1994 Olivier Delaître
Guy Forget		 Andrew Florent
Mark Petchey		 6–4, 7–6
1995 Cyril Suk
Daniel Vacek		 Rick Leach
Scott Melville		 5–7, 7–6, 7–6
1996 Luke Jensen
Murphy Jensen		 Hendrik Dreekmann
Alexander Volkov		 6–3, 7–6
1997 Marcos Ondruska
David Prinosil		 Mark Keil
T.J. Middleton		 6–4, 6–4
1998 Julian Alonso
Javier Sánchez		 Brandon Coupe
Dave Randall		 6–4, 6–4
1999 Olivier Delaître
Fabrice Santoro		 Jan-Michael Gambill
Scott Humphries		 7–5, 6–4
2000 Jonathan Stark
Kevin Ullyett		 Jan-Michael Gambill
Scott Humphries		 6–4, 6–4
2001 Jonathan Stark
Kevin Ullyett		 Leoš Friedl
Radek Štěpánek		 6–1, 6–4
2002 Mahesh Bhupathi
Mike Bryan		 Petr Pála
Pavel Vízner		 6–3, 6–4
2003 Robbie Koenig
Martín Rodríguez		 Martin Damm
Cyril Suk		 6–3, 7–6
2004 Antony Dupuis
Michaël Llodra		 Yves Allegro
Michael Kohlmann		 6–2, 6–4
New Haven 2005 Gastón Etlis
Martín Rodríguez		 Rajeev Ram
Bobby Reynolds		 6–4, 6–3
2006 Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram		 Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski		 6–3, 6–3
2007 Mahesh Bhupathi
Nenad Zimonjić		 Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski		 6–3, 6–3
2008 Marcelo Melo
André Sá		 Mahesh Bhupathi
Mark Knowles		 7–5, 6–2
2009 Julian Knowle
Jürgen Melzer		 Bruno Soares
Kevin Ullyett		 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2010 Robert Lindstedt
Horia Tecău		 Rohan Bopanna
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi		 6–4, 7–5
Winston-Salem 2011 Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram		 Christopher Kas
Alexander Peya		 7–6(7–2), 6–4
2012 Santiago González
Scott Lipsky		 Pablo Andújar
Leonardo Mayer		 6–3, 4–6, [10–2]
2013 Daniel Nestor
Leander Paes		 Treat Huey
Dominic Inglot		 7–6(12–10), 7–5
2014 Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah		 Jamie Murray
John Peers		 6–3, 6–4
2015 Dominic Inglot
Robert Lindstedt		 Eric Butorac
Scott Lipsky		 6–2, 6–4
2016 Guillermo García-López
Henri Kontinen		 Andre Begemann
Leander Paes		 4–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–8]
2017 Jean-Julien Rojer
Horia Tecău		 Julio Peralta
Horacio Zeballos		 6–3, 6–4
2018 Jean-Julien Rojer
Horia Tecău		 James Cerretani
Leander Paes		 6–4, 6–2
2019 Łukasz Kubot
Marcelo Melo		 Nicholas Monroe
Tennys Sandgren		 6–7(6–8), 6–1, [10–3]
2021 Marcelo Arévalo
Matwé Middelkoop		 Ivan Dodig
Austin Krajicek		 6–7(5–7), 7–5, [10–6]
2022 Matthew Ebden
Jamie Murray		 Hugo Nys
Jan Zieliński		 6–4, 6–2
2023 Nathaniel Lammons
Jackson Withrow		 Lloyd Glasspool
Neal Skupski		 6–3, 6–4
2024 Nathaniel Lammons
Jackson Withrow		 Julian Cash
Robert Galloway		 6–4, 6–3

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