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Gerry Weber Open

The Halle Open is a men's tennis tournament held in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Held since 1993, the event is played on four outdoor grass courts and is a part of the ATP Tour 500 series on the ATP Tour schedule.

Between 1993 and 2018 it was sponsored by Gerry Weber. It was sponsored by Noventi from 2019 to 2021. In December 2021, a change of primary sponsor and name was announced. In 2022, the name of the ATP tournament was changed from the Noventi Open to the Terra Wortmann Open, as the company Wortmann AG secured the naming rights.

The Halle Open is held at the same time as the Queens Club Championships, and the two are seen as the primary warm-up tournaments for the Wimbledon Grand Slam tournament, also on grass courts, which begins towards the end of June. The event was upgraded in 2015 from a 250 series to a 500 series tournament.

The Centre Court (the OWL Arena) has 12,300 seats and a retractable roof which can be closed in 88 seconds so that tennis matches can continue with a closed roof when it begins to rain. The stadium is heated and also used for other sport events (handball, basketball, volleyball and boxing) and concerts.

Past finals

In singles, Roger Federer (2003–06, 2008, 2013–15, 2017, 2019) holds the record for most overall titles (ten, out of thirteen finals), and most consecutive titles (four, in 2003–06). In doubles, Raven Klaasen (2015–16, 2019) and Marcelo Melo (2017–18, 2023) co-hold the record for most titles with three each, and co-hold the one for consecutive titles with Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (2011–12), Rajeev Ram (2015–16), Łukasz Kubot (2017–18) and Melo (2017–18), at two.

Singles

Roger Federer won ten titles in Halle (2003–06, 2008, 2013–15, 2017, 2019), three times without the loss of a set throughout the tournament (2004, 2008, 2017).
Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓  ATP Tour 250  ↓
1993 France Henri Leconte Ukraine Andrei Medvedev 6–2, 6–3
1994 Germany Michael Stich Sweden Magnus Larsson 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1995 Switzerland Marc Rosset Germany Michael Stich 3–6, 7–6, 7–6
1996 Sweden Nicklas Kulti Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–7, 6–3, 6–4
1997 Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Czech Republic Petr Korda 7–6, 6–7, 7–6
1998 Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov (2) Sweden Magnus Larsson 6–4, 6–4
1999 Germany Nicolas Kiefer Sweden Nicklas Kulti 6–3, 6–2
2000 Germany David Prinosil Netherlands Richard Krajicek 6–3, 6–2
2001 Sweden Thomas Johansson France Fabrice Santoro 6–3, 6–7, 6–2
2002 Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov (3) Germany Nicolas Kiefer 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
2003 Switzerland Roger Federer Germany Nicolas Kiefer 6–1, 6–3
2004 Switzerland Roger Federer (2) United States Mardy Fish 6–0, 6–3
2005 Switzerland Roger Federer (3) Russia Marat Safin 6–4, 6–7, 6–4
2006 Switzerland Roger Federer (4) Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 6–0, 6–7, 6–2
2007 Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis 7–5, 6–4
2008 Switzerland Roger Federer (5) Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber 6–3, 6–4
2009 Germany Tommy Haas Serbia Novak Djokovic 6–3, 6–7, 6–1
2010 Australia Lleyton Hewitt Switzerland Roger Federer 3–6, 7–6, 6–4
2011 Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber Germany Philipp Petzschner 7–6, 2–0 retired
2012 Germany Tommy Haas (2) Switzerland Roger Federer 7–6, 6–4
2013 Switzerland Roger Federer (6) Russia Mikhail Youzhny 6–7, 6–3, 6–4
2014 Switzerland Roger Federer (7) Colombia Alejandro Falla 7–6, 7–6
↓  ATP Tour 500  ↓
2015 Switzerland Roger Federer (8) Italy Andreas Seppi 7–6, 6–4
2016 Germany Florian Mayer Germany Alexander Zverev 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
2017 Switzerland Roger Federer (9) Germany Alexander Zverev 6–1, 6–3
2018 Croatia Borna Ćorić Switzerland Roger Federer 7–6, 3–6, 6–2
2019 Switzerland Roger Federer (10) Belgium David Goffin 7–6, 6–1
2020 Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 France Ugo Humbert Russia Andrey Rublev 6–3, 7–6
2022 Poland Hubert Hurkacz Daniil Medvedev 6–1, 6–4
2023 Kazakhstan Alexander Bublik Andrey Rublev 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2024 Italy Jannik Sinner Poland Hubert Hurkacz 7–6, 7–6

Doubles

Jonas Björkman (right, pictured here with 2003 champion Todd Woodbridge, left) share a record of three finals in Halle (1999, 2002–03), taking the title twice (1999, 2003).
Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ATP Tour 250  ↓
1993 Czech Republic Petr Korda
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
United States Mike Bauer
Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner
7–6, 5–7, 6–3
1994 France Olivier Delaître
France Guy Forget
France Henri Leconte
South Africa Gary Muller
6–4, 6–7, 6–4
1995 Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1996 Zimbabwe Byron Black
Canada Grant Connell
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
6–1, 7–5
1997 Germany Karsten Braasch
Germany Michael Stich
South Africa David Adams
South Africa Marius Barnard
7–6, 6–3
1998 South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Rick Leach
South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager
Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner
4–6, 6–4, 7–6
1999 Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Patrick Rafter
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
United States Jared Palmer
6–3, 7–5
2000 Sweden Nicklas Kulti
Sweden Mikael Tillström
India Mahesh Bhupathi
Germany David Prinosil
7–6, 7–6
2001 Canada Daniel Nestor
Australia Sandon Stolle
Belarus Max Mirnyi
Australia Patrick Rafter
6–4, 6–7, 6–1
2002 Germany David Prinosil
Czech Republic David Rikl
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Todd Woodbridge
4–6, 7–6, 7–5
2003 Sweden Jonas Björkman (2)
Australia Todd Woodbridge
Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
6–3, 6–4
2004 India Leander Paes
Czech Republic David Rikl (2)
Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
Czech Republic Petr Pála
6–2, 7–5
2005 Switzerland Yves Allegro
Switzerland Roger Federer
Sweden Joachim Johansson
Russia Marat Safin
7–5, 6–7, 6–3
2006 France Fabrice Santoro
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
Germany Michael Kohlmann
Germany Rainer Schüttler
6–0, 6–4
2007 Sweden Simon Aspelin
Austria Julian Knowle
France Fabrice Santoro
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6–4, 7–6
2008 Russia Mikhail Youzhny
Germany Mischa Zverev
Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
India Leander Paes
3–6, 6–4, [10–3]*
2009 Germany Christopher Kas
Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber
Germany Andreas Beck
Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli
6–3, 6–4
2010 Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky
Russia Mikhail Youzhny (2)
Czech Republic Martin Damm
Slovakia Filip Polášek
4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
2011 India Rohan Bopanna
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Netherlands Robin Haase
Canada Milos Raonic
7–6, 3–6, [11–9]
2012 Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (2)
Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Philippines Treat Conrad Huey
United States Scott Lipsky
6–3, 6–4
2013 Mexico Santiago González
United States Scott Lipsky
Italy Daniele Bracciali
Israel Jonathan Erlich
6–2, 7–6
2014 Germany Andre Begemann
Austria Julian Knowle (2)
Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli
Switzerland Roger Federer
1–6, 7–5, [12–10]
↓  ATP Tour 500  ↓
2015 South Africa Raven Klaasen
United States Rajeev Ram
India Rohan Bopanna
Romania Florin Mergea
7–6, 6–2
2016 South Africa Raven Klaasen (2)
United States Rajeev Ram (2)
Poland Łukasz Kubot
Austria Alexander Peya
7–6, 6–2
2017 Poland Łukasz Kubot
Brazil Marcelo Melo
Germany Mischa Zverev
Germany Alexander Zverev
5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
2018 Poland Łukasz Kubot (2)
Brazil Marcelo Melo (2)
Germany Mischa Zverev
Germany Alexander Zverev
7–6, 6–4
2019 South Africa Raven Klaasen (3)
New Zealand Michael Venus
Poland Łukasz Kubot
Brazil Marcelo Melo
4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
2020 Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Germany Kevin Krawietz
Romania Horia Tecău
Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime
Poland Hubert Hurkacz
7–6, 6–4
2022 Argentina Horacio Zeballos
Spain Marcel Granollers
Germany Tim Pütz
New Zealand Michael Venus
6-4, 6-7, [14-12]
2023 Brazil Marcelo Melo (3)
Australia John Peers
Italy Simone Bolelli
Italy Andrea Vavassori
7–6, 3–6, [10–6]
2024 Italy Simone Bolelli
Italy Andrea Vavassori
Germany Kevin Krawietz
Germany Tim Pütz
7–6, 7–6

Statistics

Multiple championships

Player Singles Doubles Total Years
 Roger Federer (SUI) + 10 1 11 2003 (S), 2004 (S), 2005 (S), 2005 (D), 2006 (S), 2008 (S), 2013 (S), 2014 (S), 2015 (S), 2017 (S), 2019 (S)
 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS) 3 0 3 1997 (S), 1998 (S), 2002 (S)
 Marcelo Melo (BRA) + 0 3 3 2017 (D), 2018 (D), 2023 (D)
 Raven Klaasen (RSA) + 0 3 3 2015 (D), 2016 (D), 2019 (D)
 Tommy Haas (GER) + 2 0 2 2009 (S), 2012 (S)
 Nicklas Kulti (SWE) 1 1 2 1996 (S), 2000 (D)
 David Prinosil (GER) 1 1 2 2000 (S), 2002 (D)
 Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) + 1 1 2 2009 (D), 2011 (S)
 Jonas Björkman (SWE) 0 2 2 1999 (D), 2003 (D)
 David Rikl (CZE) 0 2 2 2002 (D), 2004 (D)
 Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) + 0 2 2 2008 (D), 2010 (D)
 Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) + 0 2 2 2011 (D), 2012 (D)
 Julian Knowle (AUT) + 0 2 2 2007 (D), 2014 (D)
 Rajeev Ram (USA) + 0 2 2 2015 (D), 2016 (D)
 Łukasz Kubot (POL) + 0 2 2 2017 (D), 2018 (D)

Championships by country

Country Singles First Last Doubles First Last Overall
 Germany (GER) 7 1994 2016 6 1997 2021 13
  Switzerland (SUI) 11 1995 2019 1 2005 2005 12
 Sweden (SWE) 2 1996 2001 4 1999 2007 6
 Russia (RUS) 3 1997 2002 2 2008 2010 5
 Australia (AUS) 1 2010 2010 4 1999 2023 5
 France (FRA) 2 1993 2021 2 1994 2006 4
 Czech Republic (CZE) 1 2007 2007 3 1993 2004 4
 South Africa (RSA) 0 4 1998 2019 4
 United States (USA) 0 4 1998 2016 4
 Brazil (BRA) 0 3 2017 2023 3
 Poland (POL) 1 2022 2022 2 2017 2018 3
 Italy (ITA) 1 2024 2024 1 2024 2024 2
 Canada (CAN) 0 2 1996 2001 2
 India (IND) 0 2 2004 2011 2
 Netherlands (NED) 0 2 1995 2012 2
 Pakistan (PAK) 0 2 2011 2012 2
 Austria (AUT) 0 2 2007 2014 2
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) 1 2023 2023 0 1
 Croatia (CRO) 1 2018 2018 0 1
 New Zealand (NZL) 0 1 2019 2019 1
 Zimbabwe (ZIM) 0 1 1996 1996 1
 Serbia (SER) 0 1 2006 2006 1
 Ukraine (UKR) 0 1 2010 2010 1
 Mexico (MEX) 0 1 2013 2013 1
 Romania (ROU) 0 1 2021 2021 1

Notes

  1. ^ Known as World Series from 1990 till 1999. International Series from 2000 till 2008.
  2. ^ Competed under no nationality due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

  1. ^ "Gerry Weber Open Renamed As NOVENTI Open". Tennis TourTalk. 8 June 2019. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Hurkacz verpflichtet: TERRA WORTMANN OPEN mit sechs Top Ten-Spielern・Wortmann AG bleibt Titelsponsor". www.terrawortmann-open.de (in German). 2024-05-02. Retrieved 2024-10-23.

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