Tel Aviv Open

The Tel Aviv Open is an ATP World Tour affiliated tennis tournament. It was played from 1978 through 1981 and 1983 through 1996 and was to be resumed in 2014, marking the end of the tournament in St. Petersburg,[1] however, the 2014 edition was cancelled due to security concerns arising from the ongoing war with the neighboring Gaza Strip, the event was scrapped permanently in 2015. On June 21, 2022, it was announced that the tournament would take place in 2022, albeit in a different venue than previous editions.

Tel Aviv
Tournament information
Founded1978 (1978)
LocationRamat HaSharon, Tel Aviv District
Israel
VenueExpo Tel Aviv
(2022-current)
Canada Stadium
(1978-1996)
CategoryATP Tour 250
(2022–current)
ATP Tour
(1990–96)
Grand Prix circuit
(1979-81, 1983-89)
SurfaceHard / Outdoors
Draw28S/28Q/16D
Prize money$949,475 (2022)
Websiteatpworldtour.com

The tournament is held at the Israel Tennis Center in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat HaSharon, Israel and is played on outdoor hard courts. The tournament was played as an ATP Challenger Series event in 1978, 1998 and 1999. Israeli tennis player Amos Mansdorf appeared in the final five times, winning in 1987, making him the only Israeli to win the event. Jimmy Connors won his final career singles title at the event in 1989.

In 1990 and 1991 the tournament was known as the Riklis Classic before reverting to the Tel Aviv Open for the remainder of its existence.

The tournament still holds the ATP record for the youngest winner of an ATP event (Aaron Krickstein in 1983, at the age of 16 and 2 months).

Finals

Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ATP Challenger Series event  ↓
1977
↓  ATP World Tour 250 event  ↓
1978Netherlands Tom OkkerAustria Peter Feigl6-7, 6-4, 6-2
1979Netherlands Tom OkkerSweden Per Hjertquist6–4, 6–3
1980United States Harold SolomonIsrael Shlomo Glickstein6–2, 6–3
1981United States Mel PurcellSweden Per Hjertquist6–1, 6–1
1982not held
1983United States Aaron KricksteinWest Germany Christoph Zipf7–6, 6–3
1984United States Aaron KricksteinIsrael Shahar Perkiss6–4, 6–1
1985United States Brad GilbertIsrael Amos Mansdorf6–3, 6–2
1986United States Brad GilbertUnited States Aaron Krickstein7–5, 6–2
1987Israel Amos MansdorfUnited States Brad Gilbert3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1988United States Brad GilbertUnited States Aaron Krickstein4–6, 7–6, 6–2
1989United States Jimmy ConnorsIsrael Gilad Bloom2–6, 6–2, 6–1
1990Soviet Union Andrei ChesnokovIsrael Amos Mansdorf6–4, 6–3
1991Mexico Leonardo LavalleSouth Africa Christo van Rensburg6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1992United States Jeff TarangoFrance Stephane Simian4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1993Italy Stefano PescosolidoIsrael Amos Mansdorf7–6, 7–5
1994South Africa Wayne FerreiraIsrael Amos Mansdorf7–6, 6–3
1995Slovakia Ján KrošlákSpain Javier Sánchez6–3, 6–4
1996Spain Javier SánchezSouth Africa Marcos Ondruska6–4, 7–5
1997Not held
↓  ATP Challenger Series event  ↓
1998Italy Gianluca PozziIsrael Lior Mor6–1, 6–7, 6–3
1999Czech Republic Ctislav DosedělIsrael Noam Okun7–6, 6–3
2000–2021Not held
↓  ATP Tour 250 event  ↓
2022Serbia Novak DjokovicCroatia Marin Čilić6–3, 6–4

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ATP World Tour event  ↓
1979Romania Ilie Năstase
Netherlands Tom Okker		United States Mike Cahill
Australia Colin Dibley		7–5, 6–4
1980Sweden Per Hjertquist
Israel Steve Krulevitz		United States Eric Fromm
United States Cary Leeds		7–6, 6–3
1981United States Steve Meister
United States Van Winitsky		United Kingdom John Feaver
United States Steve Krulevitz		3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1982not held
1983United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell
Hungary Zoltán Kuhárszky		West Germany Peter Elter
Austria Peter Feigl		6–3, 7–5
1984Australia Peter Doohan
South Africa Brian Levine		United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek		6–3, 6–4
1985United States Brad Gilbert
Romania Ilie Năstase		South Africa Michael Robertson
Romania Florin Segărceanu		6–3, 6–2
1986United States John Letts
Sweden Peter Lundgren		South Africa Christo Steyn
South Africa Danie Visser		6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1987Israel Gilad Bloom
Israel Shahar Perkiss		West Germany Wolfgang Popp
Netherlands Huub van Boeckel		6–2, 6–4
1988The Bahamas Roger Smith
Kenya Paul Wekesa		West Germany Patrick Baur
West Germany Alexander Mronz		6–3, 6–3
1989United Kingdom Jeremy Bates
West Germany Patrick Baur		Sweden Rikard Bergh
Sweden Per Henricsson		6–1, 4–6, 6–1
1990Nigeria Nduka Odizor
South Africa Christo van Rensburg		Sweden Ronnie Båthman
Sweden Rikard Bergh		6–3, 6–4
1991Czechoslovakia David Rikl
Netherlands Michiel Schapers		Argentina Javier Frana
Mexico Leonardo Lavalle		6–2, 6–7, 6–3
1992United States Mike Bauer
Portugal João Cunha Silva		Netherlands Mark Koevermans
Sweden Tobias Svantesson		6–3, 6–4
1993Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez		United States Mike Bauer
Czech Republic David Rikl		6–4, 6–4
1994South Africa Lan Bale
South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager		Sweden Jan Apell
Sweden Jonas Björkman		6–7, 6–2, 7–6
1995United States Jim Grabb
United States Jared Palmer		United States Kent Kinnear
United States David Wheaton		6–4, 7–5
1996South Africa Marcos Ondruska
South Africa Grant Stafford		Israel Noam Behr
Israel Eyal Erlich		6–3, 6–2
1997Not held
↓  ATP Challenger Series event  ↓
1998Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
Czech Republic Michal Tabara		Israel Noam Okun
Israel Nir Welgreen		7–6, 6–3
1999Israel Noam Behr
Israel Eyal Ran		Israel Amir Hadad
Australia Andrew Ilie		6–3, 6–2
2000–2021Not held
↓  ATP Tour 250 event  ↓
2022India Rohan Bopanna
Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop		Mexico Santiago González
Argentina Andrés Molteni		6–2, 6–4

References
  1. "News | ATP Tour | Tennis".
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