Swedish Open

Swedish Open
Founded	1948
Location	Båstad Sweden
Venue	Båstad Tennis Stadium
Surface	Clay / Outdoors
swedishopen.org
ATP World Tour
Category	ATP World Tour 250
Draw	32S / 16Q / 16D
Prize Money	€450,000
WTA Tour
Category	International
Draw	32S / 32Q / 28D
Prize Money	US$250,000

The SkiStar Swedish Open (or Swedish Open Båstad) is an ATP World Tour 250 series tennis tournament on the ATP Tour held in Båstad, Sweden in July each year.

The Collector Swedish Open Women is a tennis tournament held in Båstad, Sweden. Held since 2009, as the successor to the Nordea Nordic Light Open in Stockholm, this WTA Tour event is an international-level tournament and is played on outdoor clay courts.

History

The Swedish Open was first held in 1948 when it was called the International Swedish Hard Court Championships.^[1] Between 1970 and 1989 the men's event was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit and a Grand Prix Super Series event (1970-72).

The first three tournaments were won by Eric Sturgess from South Africa. Other famous champions include Ilie Năstase (1971), Björn Borg (1974, 1978–1979) and Mats Wilander (1982–1983, 1985). The stadium in which the tournament is held underwent reconstruction in 2002 to accommodate the new hotel underneath the seaside bleachers. The stadium is a few hundred yards from the Båstad beach and is very close to Pepe's Bodega, the local restaurant and nightclub.

From 1948 to 1990, there was also a women's singles tournament. After the Nordea Nordic Light Open in Stockholm was sold, it was announced that the women's event would return to Båstad. Since 2009 the Collector Swedish Open Women in Båstad has been an International-level tournament.

Title sponsors

ATP

The tournament has in the latter years been named after its principal sponsor. These sponsors have changed, thus changing the name of the tournament. Title sponsors include:

• Investor Swedish Open (19?? – 1999), sponsored by Investor AB
• Wideyes Swedish Open (2000), sponsored by Wideyes
• Telenordia Swedish Open (2001–2002), sponsored by Telenordia
• Synsam Swedish Open (2003–2006), sponsored by Synsam
• Catella Swedish Open (2007–2009), sponsored by Catella
• SkiStar Swedish Open (2010 – current), sponsored by Skistar

WTA

The tournament is currently sponsored by Collector.

International Series Tournament of the Year

Each year, the players on the ATP Tour vote for the ATP Tournament of the Year. Swedish Open has received this honor ten consecutive years, winning the International Series Tournament of the Year in the ATP World 250 category from 2002 to 2011. The Swedish Open is the only tournament to have won this award ten times.

Past finals

Men's Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1948	Eric Sturgess	Enrique Morea	6–2, 7–5, 6–4
1949	Eric Sturgess	Torsten Johansson	6–1, 6–0, 6–4
1950	Eric Sturgess	Torsten Johansson	5–7, 7–5, 6–3, 6–4
1951	Felicisimo Ampon	Raymundo Deyro	9–7, 6–0, 6–1
1952	Budge Patty	Mervyn Rose	6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1953	Budge Patty	Sven Davidson	6–4, 7–5, 6–8, 6–4
1954	Budge Patty	Rex Hartwig	7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 8–6, 6–4
1955	Ham Richardson	Mervyn Rose	4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
1956	Ken Rosewall	Kurt Nielsen	7–5, 6–3, 6–1
1957	Ulf Schmidt	Sven Davidson	4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1958	Ashley Cooper	Mervyn Rose	2–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1959	Luis Ayala	Ramanathan Krishnan	6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–1
1960	Luis Ayala	Ramanathan Krishnan	6–1, 6–0, 6–4
1961	Ulf Schmidt	Neale Fraser	6–3, 6–4, 7–5
1962	Manuel Santana	Jan-Erik Lundquist	4–6, 5–7, 6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1963	Jan-Erik Lundquist	Boro Jovanović	6–4, 7–5, 6–4
1964	Roy Emerson	Nikola Pilić	1–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–2
1965	Manuel Santana	Roy Emerson	6–1, 6–1, 6–4
1966	Alexander Metreveli	Manuel Santana	3–6, 2–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–4
1967	Martin Mulligan	Emerson, Lundqvist, Okker	Round Robin
1968	Martin Mulligan	Ion Ţiriac	8–6, 6–4, 6–4
1969	Manuel Santana	Ion Ţiriac	8–6, 6–4, 6–1
1970	Dick Crealy	Georges Goven	6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1971	Ilie Năstase	Jan Leschly	6–7, 6–2, 6–1, 6–4
1972	Manuel Orantes	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–3, 6–1
1973	Stan Smith	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 6–2, 7–6
1974	Björn Borg	Adriano Panatta	6–3, 6–0, 6–7, 6–3
1975	Manuel Orantes	José Higueras	6–0, 6–3
1976	Antonio Zugarelli	Corrado Barazzutti	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
1977	Corrado Barazzutti	Balázs Taróczy	7–6, 6–7, 6–2
1978	Björn Borg	Corrado Barazzutti	6–1, 6–2
1979	Björn Borg	Balázs Taróczy	6–1, 7–5
1980	Balázs Taróczy	Tony Giammalva	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
1981	Thierry Tulasne	Anders Järryd	6–2, 6–3
1982	Mats Wilander	Henrik Sundström	6–4, 6–4
1983	Mats Wilander	Anders Järryd	6–1, 6–2
1984	Henrik Sundström	Anders Järryd	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
1985	Mats Wilander	Stefan Edberg	6–1, 6–0
1986	Emilio Sánchez	Mats Wilander	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
1987	Joakim Nyström	Stefan Edberg	4–6, 6–0, 6–3
1988	Marcelo Filippini	Francesco Cancellotti	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1989	Paolo Canè	Bruno Orešar	7–6, 7–6
1990	Richard Fromberg	Magnus Larsson	6–2, 7–6
1991	Magnus Gustafsson	Alberto Mancini	6–1, 6–2
1992	Magnus Gustafsson	Tomás Carbonell	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
1993	Horst Skoff	Ronald Agénor	7–5, 1–6, 6–0
1994	Bernd Karbacher	Horst Skoff	6–4, 6–3
1995	Fernando Meligeni	Christian Ruud	6–4, 6–4
1996	Magnus Gustafsson	Andriy Medvedev	6–1, 6–3
1997	Magnus Norman	Juan Antonio Marín	7–5, 6–2
1998	Magnus Gustafsson	Andriy Medvedev	6–2, 6–3
1999	Juan Antonio Marín	Andreas Vinciguerra	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
2000	Magnus Norman	Andreas Vinciguerra	6–1, 7–6^(8–6)
2001	Andrea Gaudenzi	Bohdan Ulihrach	7–5, 6–3
2002	Carlos Moyà	Younes El Aynaoui	6–3, 2–6, 7–5
2003	Mariano Zabaleta	Nicolás Lapentti	6–3, 6–4
2004	Mariano Zabaleta	Gastón Gaudio	6–1, 4–6, 7–6^(7–4)
2005	Rafael Nadal	Tomáš Berdych	2–6, 6–2, 6–4
2006	Tommy Robredo	Nikolay Davydenko	6–2, 6–1
2007	David Ferrer	Nicolás Almagro	6–1, 6–2
2008	Tommy Robredo	Tomáš Berdych	6–4, 6–1
2009	Robin Söderling	Juan Mónaco	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
2010	Nicolás Almagro	Robin Söderling	7–5, 3–6, 6–2
2011	Robin Söderling	David Ferrer	6–2, 6–2
2012	David Ferrer	Nicolás Almagro	6–2, 6–2
2013	Carlos Berlocq	Fernando Verdasco	7–5, 6–1
2014	Pablo Cuevas	João Sousa	6–2, 6–1
2015	Benoît Paire	Tommy Robredo	7–6^(9–7), 6–3

Champion	Times champion	Year
Magnus Gustafsson	4	1991, 1992, 1996, 1998
Mats Wilander	3	1982, 1983, 1985
Björn Borg	3	1974, 1978, 1979
Manuel Santana	3	1962, 1965, 1969
Budge Patty	3	1952, 1953, 1954
Eric Sturgess	3	1948, 1949, 1950
David Ferrer	2	2007, 2012
Robin Söderling	2	2009, 2011
Tommy Robredo	2	2006, 2008
Mariano Zabaleta	2	2003, 2004
Magnus Norman	2	1997, 2000
Martin Mulligan	2	1967, 1968
Ulf Schmidt	2	1957, 1961
Luis Ayala	2	1959, 1960

Men's Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1954	Ken Rosewall Rex Hartwig	Tony Trabert Budge Patty	12–14, 8–6, 6–1, 6–3
1958	Mervyn Rose Ashley Cooper	Pancho Contreras Mario Llamas	6–2, 6–1, 6–2
1959	Luis Ayala Ramanathan Krishnan	Sven Davidson Torsten Johansson	7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
1969	Ilie Năstase Ion Ţiriac	Manuel Orantes Manuel Santana	6–3, 6–4
1970	Dick Crealy Allan Stone	Željko Franulović Jan Kodeš	6–2, 2–6, 12–10
1971	Ilie Năstase Ion Ţiriac	Jaime Pinto-Bravo Butch Seewagen	7–6, 6–1
1972	not held
1973	Nikola Pilić Stan Smith	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1974	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	Ove Nils Bengtson Björn Borg	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1975	Ove Nils Bengtson Björn Borg	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	7–6, 7–5
1976	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	Wojtek Fibak Juan Gisbert	6–3, 6–4
1977	Mark Edmondson John Marks	Jean-Louis Haillet François Jauffret	6–4, 6–0
1978	Bob Carmichael Mark Edmondson	Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy	7–5, 6–4
1979	Heinz Günthardt Bob Hewitt	Mark Edmondson John Marks	6–2, 6–2
1980	Heinz Günthardt Markus Günthardt	John Feaver Peter McNamara	6–4, 6–4
1981	Mark Edmondson John Fitzgerald	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	2–6, 7–5, 6–0
1982	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	0–6, 6–3, 7–6
1983	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	1–6, 7–6, 7–6
1984	Jan Gunnarsson Michael Mortensen	Juan Avendaño Fernando Roese	6–0, 6–0
1985	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–0, 7–6
1986	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	Craig Campbell Joey Rive	6–4, 6–2
1987	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	Emilio Sánchez Javier Sánchez	7–6, 6–3
1988	Patrick Baur Udo Riglewski	Stefan Edberg Nicklas Kroon	6–7, 6–3, 7–6
1989	Per Henricsson Nicklas Utgren	Josef Čihák Karel Nováček	7–5, 6–2
1990	Ronnie Båthman Rikard Bergh	Jan Gunnarsson Udo Riglewski	6–1, 6–4
1991	Ronnie Båthman Rikard Bergh	Magnus Gustafsson Anders Järryd	6–4, 6–4
1992	Tomás Carbonell Christian Miniussi	Christian Bergström Magnus Gustafsson	6–4, 7–5
1993	Henrik Holm Anders Järryd	Brian Devening Tomas Nydahl	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
1994	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	6–2, 6–3
1995	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	Jon Ireland Andrew Kratzmann	6–3, 6–0
1996	David Ekerot Jeff Tarango	Joshua Eagle Peter Nyborg	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1997	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	Magnus Gustafsson Magnus Larsson	6–0, 6–3
1998	Magnus Gustafsson Magnus Larsson	Lan Bale Piet Norval	6–4, 6–2
1999	David Adams Jeff Tarango	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
2000	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	Andrea Gaudenzi Diego Nargiso	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
2001	Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild	Simon Aspelin Andrew Kratzmann	7–6(3), 4–6, 7–6^(7–5)
2002	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	Paul Hanley Michael Hill	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
2003	Simon Aspelin Massimo Bertolini	Lucas Arnold Mariano Hood	6–7^(3–7), 6–0, 6–4
2004	Mahesh Bhupathi Jonas Björkman	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	4–6, 7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(8–6)
2005	Jonas Björkman Joachim Johansson	José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto	6–2 6–3
2006	Jonas Björkman Thomas Johansson	Christopher Kas Oliver Marach	6–3, 4–6, [10–4]
2007	Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle	Martín García Sebastián Prieto	6–2, 6–4
2008	Jonas Björkman Robin Söderling	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	6–2, 6–2
2009	Jaroslav Levinský Filip Polášek	Robert Lindstedt Robin Söderling	1–6, 6–3, [10–7]
2010	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	Andreas Seppi Simone Vagnozzi	6–4, 7–5
2011	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	Simon Aspelin Andreas Siljeström	6–3, 6–3
2012	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
2013	Nicholas Monroe Simon Stadler	Carlos Berlocq Albert Ramos	6–2, 3–6, [10–3]
2014	Johan Brunström Nicholas Monroe	Jérémy Chardy Oliver Marach	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), [10–7]
2015	Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	6–7^(6–8), 6–3, [10–8]

Women's Singles

1948–1990

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1948	Hilde Sperling	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	8–6, 0–6, 6–1
1949	Thelma Long	Hilde Sperling	6–2, 6–3
1950	Thelma Long (2)	Hilde Sperling	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1951	Nancye Wynne Bolton	Solveig Gustafsson	6–3, 6–1
1952	Hazel Redick-Smith	Julia Wipplinger	6–2, 8–6
1953	Maureen Connolly	Julia Sampson	6–1, 6–3
1954	Birgitta Sandén	Milly Vagn-Nielsen	6–2, 6–2
1955	Doris Hart	Ruth Kaufman	6–3, 9–7
1956	Ann Buxton	Birgit Gullbrandsson	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1957	Shirley Bloomer	Yola Ramírez	7–5, 6–4
1958	Heather Segal	Karol Fageros	2–6, 6–0, 6–0
1959	Beverly Baker Fleitz	Joan Johnson	6–4, 6–1
1960	Lea Pericoli	Silvana Lazzarino	3–6, 7–5, 6–2
1961	Belmar Gundersen
1962	Maria Bueno
1963	Edda Buding
1964	Donna Fales
1965	Christina Sandberg
1966	Christina Sandberg (2)
1967	Françoise Dürr	Rosie Casals	7–5, 2–6, 6–2
1968	Julie Heldman	Kathleen Harter	default
1969	Peaches Bartkowicz	Christina Sandberg	5–7, 6–4, 6–2
1970	Peaches Bartkowicz (2)	Ingrid Bentzer	6–1, 6–1
1971	Helga Masthoff	Ingrid Bentzer	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
1972	Ingrid Bentzer	Christina Sandberg	2–6, 6–3, 8–6
1973	Glynis Coles	Christina Sandberg	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1974	Sue Barker	Marijke Schaar	6–1, 7–5
1975	Sue Barker (2)	Helga Niessen Masthoff	6–4, 6–0
1976	Renáta Tomanová	Helena Anliot	6–3, 6–2
1977	Florenţa Mihai	Struthers	6–4, 6–4
1978	Elly Appel-Vessies	Sylvia Hanika	6–2, 6–4
1979	Elisabeth Ekblom
1980	Virginia Ruzici	Nina Bohm	6–2, 7–5
1981	Lena Sandin
1982	Lena Sandin (2)	Manuela Maleeva	6–7, 7–5, 6–3
1983	Virginia Ruzici (2)
1984	Anette Gulley
1985	Maria Lindström
1986	Catarina Lindqvist
1987	Sandra Cecchini	Catarina Lindqvist	6–4, 6–4
1988	Isabel Cueto	Sandra Cecchini	7–5, 6–1
1989	Katerina Maleeva	Sabine Hack	6–1, 6–3
1990	Sandra Cecchini (2)	Csilla Bartos	6–1, 6–2

2009–present

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2009	María José Martínez Sánchez	Caroline Wozniacki	7–5, 6–4
2010	Aravane Rezaï	Gisela Dulko	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
2011	Polona Hercog	Johanna Larsson	6–4, 7–5
2012	Polona Hercog (2)	Mathilde Johansson	0-6, 6–4, 7–5
2013	Serena Williams	Johanna Larsson	6–4, 6–1
2014	Mona Barthel	Chanelle Scheepers	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
2015	Johanna Larsson	Mona Barthel	6–3, 7–6^(7–2)

Women's Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2009	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	6–2, 0–6, 10–5
2010	Gisela Dulko (2) Flavia Pennetta (2)	Renata Voráčová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	7–6^(7–0), 6–0
2011	Lourdes Domínguez Lino María José Martínez Sánchez	Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–3, 6–3
2012	Catalina Castaño Mariana Duque Mariño	Eva Hrdinová Mervana Jugić-Salkić	4–6, 7–5, [10–5]
2013	Anabel Medina Garrigues Klára Zakopalová	Alexandra Dulgheru Flavia Pennetta	6–1, 6–4
2014	Andreja Klepač María Teresa Torró Flor	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	6-1, 6–1
2015	Johanna Larsson Kiki Bertens	Tatjana Maria Olga Savchuk	7–5, 6–4

References

1. Robertson, Max (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. p. 326. ISBN 9780047960420.

External links

• Official Swedish Open website

Coordinates: 56°26′06″N 12°50′17″E / 56.435°N 12.838°E