Copenhagen Open

The Copenhagen Open was a men's tennis tournament on the World Championship Tennis (WCT) circuit and ATP Tour held in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was first held in February 1973 as part of the WCT tour and featured renowned players such as Ken Rosewall, Fred Stolle, Arthur Ashe and Tom Okker. It was played indoors on a carpet surface.[1]

Copenhagen Open
Defunct tennis tournament
TourATP Tour (1991–2003)
WCT Tour (1973)
Founded1973
Abolished2003
Editions15
LocationCopenhagen, Denmark
SurfaceCarpet (i) (1973–1999)
Hard (i) (2000–2003)

The tournament was not held the following two years but returned on the calendar in 1976 without any of the first-tier players. After 1976 the tournament was discontinued. It was re-introduced in 1991 as part of the ATP Tour and was halted again in 2003. The only player to win the Copenhagen Open more than once was Magnus Gustafsson (1998, 1999). The only Danish winner was Lars Elvstrøm.

Finals

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1973United Kingdom Roger TaylorUnited States Marty Riessen6–2, 6–3, 7–6
1974–75Not Held
1976Denmark Lars ElvstrømFrance Jean-François Caujolle6–4, 6–4
1977–90Not Held
1991Sweden Jonas SvenssonSweden Anders Järryd6–7(5-7), 6–2, 6–2
1992Sweden Magnus LarssonSweden Anders Järryd6–4, 7–6(7-5)
1993Russia Andrei OlhovskiySweden Nicklas Kulti7–5, 3–6, 6–2
1994Russia Yevgeny KafelnikovCzech Republic Daniel Vacek6–3, 7–5
1995Germany Martin SinnerRussia Andrei Olhovskiy6–7(3-7), 7–6(10-8), 6–3
1996France Cédric PiolineDenmark Kenneth Carlsen6–2, 7–6(9-7)
1997Sweden Thomas JohanssonCzech Republic Martin Damm6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1998Sweden Magnus GustafssonGermany David Prinosil3–6, 6–1, 6–1
1999Sweden Magnus GustafssonFrance Fabrice Santoro6–4, 6–1
2000Sweden Andreas VinciguerraSweden Magnus Larsson6–3, 7–6(7-5)
2001United Kingdom Tim HenmanSweden Andreas Vinciguerra6–3, 6–4
2002Germany Lars BurgsmüllerBelgium Olivier Rochus6–3, 6–3
2003Slovakia Karol KučeraBelgium Olivier Rochus7–6(7-4), 6–4

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1973United States Tom Gorman
United States Erik van Dillen
United Kingdom Mark Cox
United Kingdom Graham Stilwell
6–4, 6–4
1974–90Not Held
1991Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
France Mansour Bahrami
Soviet Union Andrei Olhovskiy
6–3, 6–1
1992Sweden Nicklas Kulti
Sweden Magnus Larsson
Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids
Belgium Libor Pimek
6–3, 6–4
1993South Africa David Adams
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1994Czech Republic Martin Damm
New Zealand Brett Steven
Germany David Prinosil
Germany Udo Riglewski
6–3, 6–4
1995United States Mark Keil
Sweden Peter Nyborg
France Guillaume Raoux
Canada Greg Rusedski
6–7, 6–4, 7–6
1996Belgium Libor Pimek
South Africa Byron Talbot
Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Andrew Kratzmann
7–6, 3–6, 6–3
1997Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
New Zealand Brett Steven
Denmark Kenneth Carlsen
Denmark Frederik Fetterlein
6–4, 6–2
1998Netherlands Tom Kempers
Netherlands Menno Oosting
New Zealand Brett Steven
Netherlands Jan Siemerink
6–4, 7–6
1999Belarus Max Mirnyi
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner
Germany David Prinosil
6–7, 7–6, 6–1
2000Czech Republic Martin Damm
Germany David Prinosil
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Canada Sébastien Lareau
6–1, 5–7, 7–5
2001Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl
6–3, 6–3
2002Germany Michael Kohlmann
Austria Julian Knowle
Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
7–6, 7–5
2003Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
Germany Michael Kohlmann
Austria Julian Knowle
7–5, 5–7, 6–2

References

  1. "ATP - 1973 Copenhagen Event Draw". ATP. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
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