Winston-Salem Open

Winston-Salem Open
Tournament information
Location Winston-Salem, North Carolina
United States
Venue Wake Forest University
Category World Tour 250
Surface Hardcourt / outdoor
Draw 48S / 32SQ / 16D
Prize money US$ 625,000
Website www.winstonsalemopen.com
Current champions
Singles South Africa Kevin Anderson
Doubles United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
Sweden Robert Lindstedt

The Winston-Salem Open is a men's professional tennis tournament played on the ATP Tour at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in the United States. It made its debut at Winston-Salem in 2011 and is part of the 250 tier of events.[1] The tournament was previously staged in Long Island and New Haven before it was sold and relocated to Winston-Salem, creating a new tournament.[2]

History

The event started on Long Island's Jericho hamlet as a four-player singles exhibition in 1981, the event, first known as the Hamlet Challenge Cup, developed into a larger draw competition, and saw winning numerous top players in the 1980s, including Ivan Lendl and an eighteen-year-old Andre Agassi in 1988.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] In 1990, the Long Island tournament became part of the tour as it entered the newly created Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour, being sponsored by numerous companies including; Norstar Bank in 1990 and 1991,[12] Waldbaum's from 1992 to 1995 and from 1997 to 2000,[12] Genovese Drug Stores in 1996,[13] and TD Waterhouse from 2002 until the move to New Haven,[14] adding names like Stefan Edberg, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Magnus Norman, Paradorn Srichaphan and Lleyton Hewitt to its list of champions.

In 2005 the USTA decided to purchase the men's tournament of Long Island, New York and merge it with the Women's event at New Haven.[15] This move created the first large joint ATPWTA tournament leading to the US Open.[16] The tournament remained a joint event until 2011 when the men's and women's events became separated, and the men's tournament relocated to Winston-Salem.[2] The tournament will ignore its history with the ATP calling it a new event.[1]

Tournament

The tournament is part of the US Open Series and is typically held in August. It is one of six 250 level events on tour played in the United States. Ivan Lendl holds the record for most singles titles at five, winning in 19841986, 1989 and 1991; he also holds the record for most singles titles won in a row, at three. The only doubles team to win back-to-back titles is Jonathan Stark and Kevin Ullyett.

Results

Singles

Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Winston-Salem 2016 Spain Pablo Carreño Busta Spain Roberto Bautista Agut 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–1), 6–4
2015 South Africa Kevin Anderson France Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6–4, 7–5
2014 Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol Poland Jerzy Janowicz 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–5
2013 Austria Jürgen Melzer France Gaël Monfils 6–3, 2–1, ret.
2012 United States John Isner Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(11–9)
2011 United States John Isner France Julien Benneteau 46, 63, 64
New Haven 2010 Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky Uzbekistan Denis Istomin 36, 63, 64
2009 Spain Fernando Verdasco United States Sam Querrey 64, 76(8–6)
2008 Croatia Marin Čilić United States Mardy Fish 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
2007 United States James Blake United States Mardy Fish 7–5, 6–4
2006 Russia Nikolay Davydenko Argentina Agustín Calleri 6–4, 6–3
2005 United States James Blake Spain Feliciano López 3–6, 7–5, 6–1
Long Island 2004 Australia Lleyton Hewitt Peru Luis Horna 6–3, 6–1
2003 Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan United States James Blake 6–2, 6–4
2002 Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela 5–7, 6–2, 6–2
2001 Germany Tommy Haas United States Pete Sampras 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
2000 Sweden Magnus Norman Sweden Thomas Enqvist 6–3, 5–7, 7–5
1999 Sweden Magnus Norman Spain Àlex Corretja 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
1998 Australia Patrick Rafter Spain Félix Mantilla 7–6(7–3), 6–2
1997 Spain Carlos Moyá Australia Patrick Rafter 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
1996 Ukraine Andrei Medvedev Czech Republic Martin Damm 7–5, 6–3
1995 Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Netherlands Jan Siemerink 7–6(7–0), 6–2
1994 Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov France Cédric Pioline 5–7, 6–1, 6–2
1993 Switzerland Marc Rosset United States Michael Chang 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1992 Czech Republic Petr Korda United States Ivan Lendl 6–2, 6–2
1991 Czech Republic Ivan Lendl Sweden Stefan Edberg 6–3, 6–2
1990 Sweden Stefan Edberg Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Ivanišević 7–6, 6–3
Long Island
(exhibition)
1989 Czech Republic Ivan Lendl Sweden Mikael Pernfors 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1988 United States Andre Agassi France Yannick Noah 6–3, 0–6, 6–4
1987 Sweden Jonas Svensson United States David Pate 7–6, 3–6, 6–3
1986 Czech Republic Ivan Lendl United States John McEnroe 6–2, 6–4
1985 Czech Republic Ivan Lendl United States Jimmy Connors 6–1, 6–3
1984 Czech Republic Ivan Lendl Ecuador Andrés Gómez 6–2, 6–4
1983 United States Gene Mayer Switzerland Heinz Günthardt 6–7(9–11), 6–4, 6–0
1982 United States Gene Mayer United States Johan Kriek 6–2, 6–3
1981 United States Brian Teacher France Yannick Noah 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles

Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Winston-Salem 2016 Spain Guillermo García-López
Finland Henri Kontinen
Germany Andre Begemann
India Leander Paes
4–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–8]
2015 United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
United States Eric Butorac
United States Scott Lipsky
6–2, 6–4
2014 Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah
United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Australia John Peers
6–3, 6–4
2013 Canada Daniel Nestor
India Leander Paes
Philippines Treat Huey
United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
7–6(12–10), 7–5
2012 Mexico Santiago González
United States Scott Lipsky
Spain Pablo Andújar
Argentina Leonardo Mayer
6–3, 4–6, [10–2]
2011 Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
Germany Christopher Kas
Austria Alexander Peya
7–6(7–2), 6–4
New Haven 2010 Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Romania Horia Tecău
India Rohan Bopanna
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
64, 75
2009 Austria Julian Knowle
Austria Jürgen Melzer
Brazil Bruno Soares
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
64, 76(7–3)
2008 Brazil Marcelo Melo
Brazil André Sá
India Mahesh Bhupathi
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
7–5, 6–2
2007 India Mahesh Bhupathi
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
6–3, 6–3
2006 Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
6–3, 6–3
2005 Argentina Gastón Etlis
Argentina Martín Rodríguez
United States Rajeev Ram
United States Bobby Reynolds
6–4, 6–3
Long Island 2004 France Antony Dupuis
France Michaël Llodra
Switzerland Yves Allegro
Germany Michael Kohlmann
6–2, 6–4
2003 South Africa Robbie Koenig
Argentina Martín Rodríguez
Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
6–3, 7–6
2002 India Mahesh Bhupathi
United States Mike Bryan
Czech Republic Petr Pála
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
6–3, 6–4
2001 United States Jonathan Stark
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
6–1, 6–4
2000 United States Jonathan Stark
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
United States Jan-Michael Gambill
United States Scott Humphries
6–4, 6–4
1999 France Olivier Delaître
France Fabrice Santoro
United States Jan-Michael Gambill
United States Scott Humphries
7–5, 6–4
1998 Spain Julian Alonso
Spain Javier Sánchez
United States Brandon Coupe
United States Dave Randall
6–4, 6–4
1997 South Africa Marcos Ondruska
Germany David Prinosil
United States Mark Keil
United States T.J. Middleton
6–4, 6–4
1996 United States Luke Jensen
United States Murphy Jensen
Germany Hendrik Dreekmann
Russia Alexander Volkov
6–3, 7–6
1995 Czech Republic Cyril Suk
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
United States Rick Leach
United States Scott Melville
5–7, 7–6, 7–6
1994 France Olivier Delaître
France Guy Forget
Australia Andrew Florent
United Kingdom Mark Petchey
6–4, 7–6
1993 Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner
Germany David Prinosil
France Arnaud Boetsch
France Olivier Delaître
6–7, 7–5, 6–2
1992 United States Francisco Montana
United States Greg Van Emburgh
Italy Gianluca Pozzi
Finland Olli Rahnasto
6–4, 6–2
1991 Germany Eric Jelen
Germany Carl-Uwe Steeb
United States Doug Flach
Italy Diego Nargiso
0–6, 6–4, 7–6
1990 France Guy Forget
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
Germany Udo Riglewski
Germany Michael Stich
2–6, 6–3, 6–4

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Coordinates: 36°08′06″N 80°16′34″W / 36.135°N 80.276°W / 36.135; -80.276

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