Eurocard Open

The Eurocard Open was an annual tennis tournament for male professional players. The event was held annually in Stuttgart, Germany, and was played on indoor carpet from 1988 to 1997. Before 1990, during years 1988–1989 the tournament was organized as an invitational round-robin exhibition for 8 players. From 1990 to 1995, the Eurocard Open was an ATP Championship Series tournament, and was held every February on the ATP Tour.

Eurocard Open
Tournament information
Founded1988
Abolished2001
LocationStuttgart (1988–2001)
Essen (Oct. 1995)
CategoryExhibition
(1988–1989)
ATP Championship Series
(1990–1995)
ATP Super 9 /
Tennis Masters Series (1995–2001)
SurfaceCarpet / indoor (1988–1997)
Hard / indoor (1998–2001)
Draw48S / 24Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$2,950,000

Starting in October 1995, the Eurocard Open was upgraded to ATP Super 9 status. In 1995–1996, the ATP calendar underwent some interesting tournament swaps among indoor events, when the tournament was held on carpet courts. In October 1995, the Stockholm Super 9 event was downgraded to ATP World Series status and moved to November, getting replaced in its old Super 9 slot by the Eurocard Open in Essen. The Antwerp event was dropped from the calendar in 1995 to make room for Stockholm's new slot in November. In 1996, the Eurocard Open retained its Super 9 status but moved from Essen and back to Stuttgart, while Antwerp was again returned to the calendar to replace the Eurocard Open's old slot in February.

In 1998, the Eurocard Open changed surface from indoor carpet to indoor hardcourt. After the last Eurocard Open was held in 2001, the tournament was discontinued, and the eighth ATP Masters Series event of the calendar year was moved to Madrid in 2002.

Past results

Singles

Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
ATP Tour 500[lower-alpha 1]
Stuttgart 1990Germany Boris BeckerCzechoslovakia Ivan Lendl6–2, 6–2
1991Sweden Stefan EdbergSweden Jonas Svensson6–2, 3–6, 7–5, 6–2
1992Croatia Goran IvaniševićSweden Stefan Edberg6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1993Germany Michael StichNetherlands Richard Krajicek4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 7–5
1994Sweden Stefan EdbergCroatia Goran Ivanišević4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1995 (Feb)Netherlands Richard KrajicekGermany Michael Stich7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 1–6, 6–3
ATP Tour Masters 1000[lower-alpha 2]
Essen 1995 (Oct)Austria Thomas MusterUnited States MaliVai Washington7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Stuttgart 1996Germany Boris BeckerUnited States Pete Sampras3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1997Czech Republic Petr KordaNetherlands Richard Krajicek7–6(8–6), 6–2, 6–4
1998Netherlands Richard KrajicekRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1999Sweden Thomas EnqvistNetherlands Richard Krajicek6–1, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5
2000South Africa Wayne FerreiraAustralia Lleyton Hewitt7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–2), 6–2
2001Germany Tommy HaasBelarus Max Mirnyi6–2, 6–2, 6–2
2002succeeded by Madrid Open

Doubles

Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
ATP Tour 500[lower-alpha 1]
Stuttgart 1990France Guy Forget
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
Denmark Michael Mortensen
Netherlands Tom Nijssen
6–3, 6–2
1991Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
United Kingdom Jeremy Bates
United Kingdom Nick Brown
6–3, 7–5
1992Netherlands Tom Nijssen
Czechoslovakia Cyril Suk
Australia John Fitzgerald
Sweden Anders Järryd
6–3, 6–7, 6–3
1993Australia Mark Kratzmann
Australia Wally Masur
United States Steve DeVries
Australia David Macpherson
6–3, 7–6
1994South Africa David Adams
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
Canada Grant Connell
United States Patrick Galbraith
6–7, 6–4, 7–6
1995 (Feb)Canada Grant Connell
United States Patrick Galbraith
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
6–2, 6–2
ATP Tour Masters 1000[lower-alpha 2]
Essen 1995 (Oct)Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
7–5, 6–4
Stuttgart 1996Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien
Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
3–6, 6–4, 6–3
1997Australia Mark Woodforde
Australia Todd Woodbridge
United States Rick Leach
United States Jonathan Stark
6–3, 6–3
1998Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien
India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
6–3, 3–6, 7–5
1999 Zimbabwe Byron Black
Sweden Jonas Björkman
South Africa David Adams
South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager
6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–2), 6–0
2000Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl
United States Donald Johnson
South Africa Piet Norval
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
2001Belarus Max Mirnyi
Australia Sandon Stolle
South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Jeff Tarango
7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–4)
2002succeeded by Madrid Open

Exhibition

Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Stuttgart 1988Czechoslovakia Miloslav MečířEcuador Andrés Gómez6–3, 6–2
1989Czechoslovakia Ivan LendlCzechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4

Notes

  1. Known as Championship Series from 1990 till 1999.
  2. Known as Championship Series, Single Week from 1990 till 1995, Super 9 from 1996 till 1999 and Tennis Masters Series from 2000 onwards
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