Serbia Open

The Serbia Open (Serbian: Отворено првенство Србије, romanized: Otvoreno prvenstvo Srbije) is a professional tennis tournament. It is part of the ATP 250 tournaments. Held in Belgrade, Serbia and played on outdoor clay courts, the event was held for the first time in 2009, from May 4–10.[1] It was the first for Serbia, as the country had never before hosted an Association of Tennis Professionals tournament.

Serbia Open
Tournament information
Founded2009
Editions6 (2022)
LocationBelgrade
Serbia
VenueNovak Tennis Center
(formerly: SRPC Milan Gale Muškatirović)
CategoryATP 250
SurfaceClay / Outdoors
Draw32S / 12Q / 16D
Prize money€534,555 (2022)
WebsiteSerbia Open
Current champions (2022)
Men's singles Andrey Rublev
Men's doubles Ariel Behar
Gonzalo Escobar

The tournament was held as a combined men's and women's event as of 2021. This marked the first time in history a WTA tournament was held in Serbia.[2]

History

The tournament is owned and run by the family of Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, who through their company Family Sport purchased the ATP Tour date from the organizers of the Dutch Open in 2008, then arranged with the local city of Belgrade authorities for the plot of land where the venue was built, and convinced the government of Serbia under prime minister Mirko Cvetković to support the event through state-owned enterprises, primarily Telekom Srbija. At the time of their purchase in 2008, Djokovic was the World No. 3 player, having won his first Grand Slam title earlier that year.

Djokovic's uncle Goran Djokovic was the tournament director from its inception,[3] until he resigned the post in late May 2012,[4] a month after the tournament's 2012 edition. In 2013, Serbia Open was replaced on the ATP schedule by the newly established Power Horse Cup in Düsseldorf.

The tournament returned to the calendar in April 2021, replacing the Hungarian Open with its now new director, Djordje Djokovic.

Novak Djokovic won the tournament twice, in 2009 and 2011.

Past finals

Men's singles
Novak Djokovic, a record two-time winner of the tournament
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2009 Novak Djokovic Łukasz Kubot6–3, 7–6(7–0)
2010 Sam Querrey John Isner3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
2011 Novak Djokovic (2) Feliciano López7–6(7–4), 6–2
2012 Andreas Seppi Benoît Paire6–3, 6–2
2013–2020Not held
2021 Matteo Berrettini Aslan Karatsev6–1, 3–6, 7–6(7–0)
2022[lower-alpha 1]Andrey Rublev Novak Djokovic6–2, 6–7(4–7),6–0

Women's singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2021 Paula Badosa Ana Konjuh6–2, 2–0, ret.

Men's doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2009 Łukasz Kubot
Oliver Marach		 Johan Brunström
Jean-Julien Rojer		6–2, 7–6(7–3)
2010 Santiago González
Travis Rettenmaier		 Tomasz Bednarek
Mateusz Kowalczyk		7–6(8–6), 6–1
2011 František Čermák
Filip Polášek		 Oliver Marach
Alexander Peya		7–5, 6–2
2012 Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram		 Martin Emmrich
Andreas Siljeström		4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
2013–2020Not held
2021 Ivan Sabanov
Matej Sabanov		 Ariel Behar
Gonzalo Escobar		6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2022 Ariel Behar
Gonzalo Escobar		 Nikola Mektić
Mate Pavić		6–2, 3–6, [10–7]

Women's doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2021 Aleksandra Krunić
Nina Stojanović		 Greet Minnen
Alison Van Uytvanck		6–0, 6–2

See also

Notes
  1. As of 1 March 2022, the ATP announced that players from Russia and Belarus will not compete under the name or flag of Russia or Belarus due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References
  1. ATP World Tour To Feature New Belgrade Tournament In 2009
  2. Belgrado tendrá también un torneo de categoría WTA 250
  3. Harman, Neil (2009-05-04). "The Net Post: Novak Djoković is glowing with pride at hosting his own tournament". The Times. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  4. Srbija open pred gašenjem?;Večernje novosti, 22 May 2012
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