Prague Open

The Prague Open is a tennis tournament held in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. The tournament is part of the ATP Challenger Tour since 1996 (with an interruption in the years 2009–10). Between 1992 and 2010, the Prague Open also hosted the WTA events, and since 2011 it has been part of the ITF Women's Circuit.

Prague Open
Tournament information
LocationPrague
Czech Republic
VenueI. Czech Lawn Tennis Club
TK Sparta Praha (2014-present)
CategoryATP Challenger Tour
SurfaceClay / outdoors
Draw32S / 32Q / 16D
Prize money42,500+H
Websitehttp://www.pragueopen.cz/

The Prague Open was founded in 1986 and is held at the tennis arena on Štvanice island. Some events were also held at the TK Sparta Praha arena, a tennis club founded in 1905, at Prague's Bubeneč.

Development of the name

Exterior of Tennis arena Štvanice
Martina Navratilova during 2006 ECM Prague Open, at Štvanice arena
Interior of Tennis arena Štvanice, 2015
  • 1987–1999: Čedok Czechoslovakia Open, Škoda Czechoslovakia Open, Škoda Czech Open
  • ECM Prague Open
  • 2011: Strabag Prague Open
  • 2012: CNGvitall Prague Open
  • 2013–present: Advantage Cars Prague Open

Past finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1996 Galo Blanco Gustavo Kuerten6–1, 6–2
1997 Albert Portas Fernando Vicente6–1, 6–4
1998 Michal Tabara Wolfgang Schranz6–2, 6–1
1999 Michal Tabara Jean-René Lisnard6–4, 6–1
2000 Jan Vacek Ivo Heuberger6–7(7–9), 7–5, 6–3
2001 Ctislav Doseděl Jan Hernych6–2, 4–6, 6–1
2002 Olivier Patience Todd Larkham4–6, 7–5, 6–3
2003 Sjeng Schalken Albert Montañés1–6, 6–1, 6–4
2004 Jan Hernych Ivo Minář6–1, 6–4
2005 Jan Hernych Jiří Vaněk3–6, 6–4, 6–3
2006 Robin Vik Jan Hájek6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2007 Dušan Lojda Jiří Vaněk6–7(3–7), 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
2008 Jan Hernych Lukáš Dlouhý4–6, 6–2, 6–4
2011 Lukáš Rosol Alex Bogomolov Jr.7–6(7–1), 5–2 ret.
2012 Horacio Zeballos Martin Kližan1–6, 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
2013 Oleksandr Nedovyesov Javier Martí6–0, 6–1
2014 Lukáš Rosol Jiří Veselý3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2015 Norbert Gombos Albert Montañés7–6(7–5), 5–7, 7–6(7–2)
2016 Adam Pavlásek Stéphane Robert6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1996 Donald Johnson
Francisco Montana
Aleksandar Kitinov
Sébastien Leblanc
3–6, 6–3, 6–1
1997 Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes
Devin Bowen
Tuomas Ketola
6–4, 6–0
1998 Joan Balcells
Nenad Zimonjić
Jiří Novák
Radek Štěpánek
7–6, 7–6
1999 Michal Tabara
Radomír Vašek
Tomáš Cibulec
Petr Pála
6–2, 6–0
2000 Kristian Pless
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Ivo Heuberger
Ville Liukko
6–4, 6–4
2001 Jaroslav Levinský
Michal Navrátil
Noam Behr
Andy Ram
6–3, 6–1
2002 František Čermák
Ota Fukárek
Jaroslav Levinský
David Škoch
6–4, 6–3
2003 Tomáš Berdych
Michal Navrátil
Martín García
Sebastián Prieto
6–4, 3–6, 6–4
2004 Karol Kučera
Cyril Suk
Martin Damm
Dušan Karol
6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
2005 Jordan Kerr
Sebastián Prieto
Travis Parrott
Rogier Wassen
6–4, 6–3
2006 Petr Pála
David Škoch
Ramón Delgado
Sergio Roitman
6–0, 6–0
2007 Tomáš Cibulec
Jordan Kerr
Leoš Friedl
David Škoch
6–4, 6–2
2008 Lukáš Dlouhý
Petr Pála
Dušan Karol
Jaroslav Pospíšil
6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–6]
2011 František Čermák
Lukáš Rosol
Christopher Kas
Alexander Peya
6–3, 6–4
2012 Lukáš Rosol
Horacio Zeballos
Martin Kližan
Igor Zelenay
7–5, 2–6, [12–10]
2013 Lee Hsin-han
Peng Hsien-yin
Vahid Mirzadeh
Denis Zivkovic
6–4, 4–6, [10–5]
2014 Roman Jebavý
Jiří Veselý
Lee Hsin-han
Zhang Ze
6–1, 6–3
2015 Mateusz Kowalczyk
Igor Zelenay
Roberto Maytín
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
6–2, 7–6(7–5)
2016 Tomasz Bednarek
Nikola Mektić
Zdeněk Kolář
Matěj Vocel
6–4, 5–7, [10–7]

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1992 Radka Zrubáková Kateřina Šišková6–3, 7–5
1993 Natalia Medvedeva Meike Babel6–3, 6–2
1994 Amanda Coetzer Åsa Svensson6–1, 7–6(16–14)
1995 Julie Halard Ludmila Richterová6–4, 6–4
1996 Ruxandra Dragomir Patty Schnyder6–2, 3–6, 6–4
1997 Joannette Kruger Marion Maruska6–1, 6–1
1998 Jana Novotná Sandrine Testud6–3, 6–0
2005 Dinara Safina Zuzana Ondrášková7–6(7–2), 6–3
2006 Shahar Pe'er Samantha Stosur4–6, 6–2, 6–1
2007 Akiko Morigami Marion Bartoli6–1, 6–3
2008 Vera Zvonareva Victoria Azarenka7–6(7–2), 6–2
2009 Sybille Bammer Francesca Schiavone7–6(7–4), 6–2
2010 Ágnes Szávay Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová6–2, 1–6, 6–2
2011 Lucie Hradecká Paula Ormaechea4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1992 Karin Kschwendt
Petra Schwarz
Eva Švíglerová
Noëlle van Lottum
6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1993 Inés Gorrochategui
Patricia Tarabini
Laura Golarsa
Caroline Vis
6–2, 6–1
1994 Amanda Coetzer
Linda Wild
Kristie Boogert
Laura Golarsa
6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1995 Chanda Rubin
Linda Wild (2)
Maria Lindström
Maria Strandlund
6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–2
1996 Karina Habšudová
Helena Suková
Eva Martincová
Elena Wagner
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1997 Ruxandra Dragomir
Karina Habšudová (2)
Eva Martincová
Helena Vildová
6–1, 5–7, 6–2
1998 Silvia Farina Elia
Karina Habšudová (3)
Květa Peschke
Michaela Paštiková
2–6, 6–1, 6–2
2005 Émilie Loit
Nicole Pratt
Barbora Strýcová
Jelena Kostanić
6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4
2006 Marion Bartoli
Shahar Pe'er
Ashley Harkleroad
Bethanie Mattek
6–4, 6–4
2007 Petra Cetkovská
Andrea Hlaváčková
Ji Chunmei
Sun Shengnan
7–6(7–9), 6–2
2008 Andrea Hlaváčková (2)
Lucie Hradecká
Jill Craybas
Michaëlla Krajicek
1–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2009 Alona Bondarenko
Kateryna Bondarenko
Iveta Benešová
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
6–1, 6–2
2010 Timea Bacsinszky
Tathiana Garbin
Monica Niculescu
Ágnes Szávay
7–5, 7–6(7–4)
2011 Darya Kustova
Arina Rodionova
Olga Savchuk
Lesia Tsurenko
2–6, 6–1, [10–7]

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