ATP Tour 250 series tennis tournament on the ATP Tour
Tennis tournament
The Stuttgart Open [ a] (sponsored since 2022 by Hugo Boss and called the BOSS Open ) is an ATP Tour 250 series professional tennis tournament on the ATP Tour . From 1970 to 1989, the Stuttgart Open was a Grand Prix tennis circuit event. From 1990 to 1999, the Stuttgart Open was an ATP Championship Series tournament. The Championship Series name was changed to ATP International Series Gold in 2000, and the Stuttgart Open was a part of this series from 2000–2001 and 2003–2008. In 2002, the Stuttgart Open was briefly demoted for one year to ATP International Series status, which was renamed to the ATP Tour 250 in 2009, and it has retained the classification ever since.
Held since 1916 in Stuttgart , Germany, prior to the beginning of World War II the tournament was known as the Championships of Stuttgart .[ 1] Following the Second World War its was branded as the Stuttgart International Championships or the Stuttgart Weissenhof International .[ 1] The Stuttgart Open was played on clay up to and including 2014. Starting in 2015, the tournament is played on grass. Along with the move to grass courts , the tournament is now staged in the week after the French Open finishes.[ 2]
Under the sponsorship of Mercedes-Benz , the tournament champions were awarded a Mercedes car, in addition to the prize money.[ 3]
Year Champions Runners-up Score Information unavailable 1916–1948 1949 Werner Breuthner Otto Fürst 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 1950 Helmut Gulcz Jan Dostal 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–1 1951 Otto Fürst Peter De Vos 6–3, 6–3 1952 Milan Branović Jacques Thomas 4–6, 10–8, 7–5, ret. 1953 Torben Ulrich Bengt Axelsson 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–0 1954 Gottfried von Cramm Robert Bédard 6–4, 6–8, 6–2 1955 Hugh Stewart Tony Vincent 6–2, 8–6, 6–4 1956 Jack Arkinstall Tony Vincent 6–2, 8–6, 6–4 1957 Ladislav Legenstein Milan Branović 1958 Ulf Schmidt Jacques Brichant 6–4, 6–4, 7–9, 6–1 1959 Warren Woodcock Torben Ulrich 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 1960 Ulf Schmidt (2) Warren Woodcock 6–2, 2–6, 6–4, 1–6, 6–3 1961 Warren Woodcock (2) Barry Phillips-Moore 2–6, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 7–5 1962 Ulf Schmidt (3) Jan-Erik Lundqvist 6–4, 7–5 1963 Gordon Forbes Warren Woodcock 6–1, 8–6, 6–3 1964 Cliff Drysdale Keith Diepraam 6–1, 6–3 1965 Cliff Drysdale (2) Wilhelm Bungert 6–0, 6–1, 6–1 1966 Frew McMillan Keith Diepraam 6–4, 7–5 1967 Roy Emerson Ion Țiriac 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 ↓ Open Era ↓ 1968[ b] Ramanathan Krishnan Detlev Nitsche 6–2, 6–8, 6–4, retired 1969[ b] Christian Kuhnke Wilhelm Bungert 2–6, 6–2, 6–0, 6–2 1970 Not held 1971[ b] Barry Phillips-Moore István Gulyás 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 1972[ b] Attila Korpás Zlatko Ivančić 6–8, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 1973[ b] Harald Elschenbroich Hans-Jürgen Pohmann 2–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–4 1974[ b] Hans-Joachim Plötz Jacques Thamin 6–1, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 1975[ b] Jürgen Fassbender Richard Crealy Final interrupted 1976[ b] Attila Korpás (2) Zlatko Ivančić 1977[ b] Jürgen Fassbender Attila Korpás ↓ Grand Prix circuit ↓ 1978 Ulrich Pinner Kim Warwick 6–4, 6–2, 7–6 1979 Tomáš Šmíd Ulrich Pinner 6–4, 6–0, 6–2 1980 Vitas Gerulaitis Wojtek Fibak 6–2, 7–5, 6–2 1981 Björn Borg Ivan Lendl 1–6, 7–6, 6–2, 6–4 1982 Ramesh Krishnan Sandy Mayer 5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 7–6 1983 José Higueras Heinz Günthardt 6–1, 6–1, 7–6 1984 Henri Leconte Gene Mayer 7–6(11–9) , 6–0, 1–6, 6–1 1985 Ivan Lendl Brad Gilbert 6–4, 6–0 1986 Martín Jaite Jonas Svensson 7–5, 6–2 1987 Miloslav Mečíř Jan Gunnarsson 6–0, 6–2 1988 Andre Agassi Andrés Gómez 6–4, 6–2 1989 Martín Jaite Goran Prpić 6–3, 6–2 ↓ ATP Tour 500 [ c] ↓ 1990 Goran Ivanišević Guillermo Pérez Roldán 6–7(2–7) , 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) 1991 Michael Stich Alberto Mancini 1–6, 7–6(11–9) , 6–4, 6–2 1992 Andrei Medvedev Wayne Ferreira 6–1, 6–4, 6–7(5–7) , 2–6, 6–1 1993 Magnus Gustafsson Michael Stich 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4 1994 Alberto Berasategui Andrea Gaudenzi 7–5, 6–3, 7–6(7–5) 1995 Thomas Muster Jan Apell 6–2, 6–2 1996 Thomas Muster (2) Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–2, 6–2, 6–4 1997 Álex Corretja Karol Kučera 6–2, 7–5 1998 Gustavo Kuerten Karol Kučera 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 1999 Magnus Norman Tommy Haas 6–7(6–8) , 4–6, 7–6(9–7) , 6–0, 6–3 2000 Franco Squillari Gastón Gaudio 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 2001 Gustavo Kuerten (2) Guillermo Cañas 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 ↓ ATP Tour 250 [ d] ↓ 2002 Mikhail Youzhny Guillermo Cañas 6–3, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 ↓ ATP Tour 500 [ c] ↓ 2003 Guillermo Coria Tommy Robredo 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 2004 Guillermo Cañas Gastón Gaudio 5–7, 6–2, 6–0, 1–6, 6–3 2005 Rafael Nadal Gastón Gaudio 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 2006 David Ferrer José Acasuso 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(3–7) , 7–5, 6–4 2007 Rafael Nadal (2) Stan Wawrinka 6–4, 7–5 2008 Juan Martín del Potro Richard Gasquet 6–4, 7–5 ↓ ATP Tour 250 ↓ 2009 Jérémy Chardy Victor Hănescu 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 2010 Albert Montañés Gaël Monfils 6–2, 1–2, RET. 2011 Juan Carlos Ferrero Pablo Andújar 6–4, 6–0 2012 Janko Tipsarević Juan Mónaco 6–4, 5–7, 6–3 2013 Fabio Fognini Philipp Kohlschreiber 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 2014 Roberto Bautista Agut Lukáš Rosol 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 2015 [ e] Rafael Nadal (3) Viktor Troicki 7–6(7–3) , 6–3 2016 Dominic Thiem Philipp Kohlschreiber 6–7(2–7) , 6–4, 6–4 2017 Lucas Pouille Feliciano López 4–6, 7–6(7–5) , 6–4 2018 Roger Federer Milos Raonic 6–4, 7–6(7–3) 2019 Matteo Berrettini Félix Auger-Aliassime 6–4, 7–6(13–11) 2020 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Marin Čilić Félix Auger-Aliassime 7–6(7–2) , 6–3 2022 Matteo Berrettini (2) Andy Murray 6–4, 5–7, 6–3 2023 Frances Tiafoe Jan-Lennard Struff 4–6, 7–6(7–1) , 7–6(10–8) 2024 Jack Draper Matteo Berrettini 3–6, 7–6(7–5) , 6–4
Year Champions Runners-up Score ↓ Grand Prix circuit ↓ 1978 Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd Carlos Kirmayr Belus Prajoux 6–3, 7–6 1979 Colin Dowdeswell Frew McMillan Wojtek Fibak Pavel Složil 6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 1980 Colin Dowdeswell Frew McMillan Chris Lewis John Yuill 6–3, 6–4 1981 Peter McNamara Paul McNamee Mark Edmondson Mike Estep 2–6, 6–4, 7–6 1982 Mark Edmondson Brian Teacher Andreas Maurer Wolfgang Popp 6–3, 6–1 1983 Anand Amritraj Mike Bauer Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 1984 Sandy Mayer Andreas Maurer Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan 7–6, 6–4 1985 Ivan Lendl Tomáš Šmíd Andy Kohlberg João Soares 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 1986 Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez Mansour Bahrami Diego Pérez 6–4, 6–3 1987 Rick Leach Tim Pawsat Mikael Pernfors Magnus Tideman 6–3, 6–4 1988 Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez Anders Järryd Michael Mortensen 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 1989 Petr Korda Tomáš Šmíd Florin Segărceanu Cyril Suk 6–3, 6–4 ↓ ATP Tour 500 [ c] ↓ 1990 Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser Per Henricsson Nicklas Utgren 6–3, 6–4 1991 Wally Masur Emilio Sánchez Omar Camporese Goran Ivanišević 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 1992 Glenn Layendecker Byron Talbot Marc Rosset Javier Sánchez 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 1993 Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk Gary Muller Piet Norval 7–6, 6–3 1994 Scott Melville Piet Norval Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis 7–6, 7–5 1995 Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig Ellis Ferreira Jan Siemerink 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 1996 Libor Pimek Byron Talbot Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 1997 Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni Donald Johnson Francisco Montana 6–4, 6–4 1998 Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro Joshua Eagle Jim Grabb 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 1999 Jaime Oncins Daniel Orsanic Aleksandar Kitinov Jack Waite 6–2, 6–1 2000 Jiří Novák David Rikl Lucas Arnold Ker Donald Johnson 5–7, 6–2, 6–3 2001 Guillermo Cañas Rainer Schüttler Michael Hill Jeff Tarango 4–6, 7–6, 6–4 ↓ ATP Tour 250 [ d] ↓ 2002 Joshua Eagle David Rikl David Adams Gastón Etlis 6–3, 6–4 ↓ ATP Tour 500 [ c] ↓ 2003 Tomáš Cibulec Pavel Vízner Yevgeny Kafelnikov Kevin Ullyett 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 2004 Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek Simon Aspelin Todd Perry 6–2, 6–4 2005 José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto Mariano Hood Tommy Robredo 7–6, 6–3 2006 Gastón Gaudio Max Mirnyi Yves Allegro Robert Lindstedt 7–5, 6–7, [12–10] 2007 František Čermák Leoš Friedl Guillermo García-López Fernando Verdasco 6–4, 6–4 2008 Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber Michael Berrer Mischa Zverev 6–3, 6–4 ↓ ATP Tour 250 ↓ 2009 František Čermák Michal Mertiňák Victor Hănescu Horia Tecău 7–5, 6–4 2010 Carlos Berlocq Eduardo Schwank Christopher Kas Philipp Petzschner 7–6(7–5) , 7–6(8–6) 2011 Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner Marcel Granollers Marc López 6–3, 6–4 2012 Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot Michal Mertiňák André Sá 6–1, 6–3 2013 Facundo Bagnis Thomaz Bellucci Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk 2–6, 6–4, [11–9] 2014 Mateusz Kowalczyk Artem Sitak Guillermo García-López Philipp Oswald 2–6, 6–1, [10–7] 2015 [ e] Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea Alexander Peya Bruno Soares 5–7, 6–2, [10–7] 2016 Marcus Daniell Artem Sitak Oliver Marach Fabrice Martin 6–7(4–7) , 6–4, [10–8] 2017 Jamie Murray Bruno Soares Oliver Marach Mate Pavić 6–7(4–7) , 7–5, [10–5] 2018 Philipp Petzschner Tim Pütz Robert Lindstedt Marcin Matkowski 7–6(7–5) , 6–3 2019 John Peers Bruno Soares Rohan Bopanna Denis Shapovalov 7–5, 6–3 2020 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Marcelo Demoliner Santiago González Ariel Behar Gonzalo Escobar 4–6, 6–3, [10–8] 2022 Hubert Hurkacz Mate Pavić Tim Pütz Michael Venus 7–6(7–3) , 7–6(7–5) 2023 Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić Kevin Krawietz Tim Pütz 7–6(7–2) , 6–3 2024 Rafael Matos Marcelo Melo Julian Cash Robert Galloway 3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
^ Not to be confused with the Eurocard Open . The Stuttgart Open has always been played outdoors, while the Eurocard Open was a tournament that was played indoors in Stuttgart from 1988–2001, with the exception of 1995 when it was played in Essen . The Eurocard Open was also the eighth Super 9 event on the ATP Tour from 1995–2001. ^ a b c d e f g h i Tournament recognized as minor title by ATP. ^ a b c d Known as Championship Series from 1990 till 1999 and International Series Gold from 2000 till 2008. ^ a b Known as World Series from 1990 till 1999 and International Series from 2000 till 2008. ^ a b Tournament surface changed from clay to grass court.
Present Buenos Aires Marseille Delray Beach New Haven / Winston-Salem 2009, 2011–present: Kitzbühel 2009–2010, 2012–present: Lyon / Montpellier 2009–2014, 2017–2019, 2021–present: Eastbourne 2009–2014, 2020–present: Viña del Mar / Santiago 2009–2019, 2024–present: Brisbane 2009–2016, 2024–present: Bucharest Stuttgart Båstad Gstaad Umag Stockholm Metz 2009–2019, 2022–present: Houston Casablanca / Marrakech 's-Hertogenbosch 2009–2020, 2023–present: Auckland 2015–2019, 2021–present: Geneva 2015–2019, 2023–present: Chengdu 2016–present: Antwerp 2016–2019, 2021–present: Los Cabos 2020, 2022–present: Adelaide 2020–2021, 2023–present: Astana/Almaty 2021–present: Mallorca 2021, 2024-present: Belgrade 2 2024-present: Hong Kong Hangzhou Past
Previous tournament categories (1990–2008)
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