Sparkassen Open

Sparkassen Open
2016 Sparkassen Open
ATP Challenger Tour
Event name	Braunschweig
Location	Braunschweig, Germany
Venue	Braunschweiger Tennis und Hockey Club
Category	ATP Challenger Tour
Surface	Clay (Red)
Draw	32S/26Q/16D
Prize money	€106,500+H
Website	Website

The 2008 singles champion, Nicolas Devilder from France, defeated Argentine Sergio Roitman in the final

Spanish player Óscar Hernández reached three singles finals, winning in 2005, 2007, and 2009, and two doubles finals, losing in 2007 before winning in 2008

The Sparkassen Open, known as Nord/LB Open until 2010, is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Braunschweiger Tennis- und Hockey Club in Braunschweig, Germany, since 1994.

In 2005 and 2014, the tournament received the ATP Challenger of the Year award from the Association of Tennis Professionals.^[1]

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2015	Filip Krajinović	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6–2, 6–4
2014	Alexander Zverev	Paul-Henri Mathieu	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
2013	Florian Mayer	Jiří Veselý	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
2012	Thomaz Bellucci	Tobias Kamke	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
2011	Lukáš Rosol	Evgeny Donskoy	7–5, 7–6^(7–2)
2010	Mikhail Kukushkin	Marcos Daniel	6–2, 3–0, RET.
2009	Óscar Hernández	Teymuraz Gabashvili	6–1, 3–6, 6–4
2008	Nicolas Devilder	Sergio Roitman	6–4, 6–4
2007	Óscar Hernández	Florian Mayer	6–2, 1–6, 6–1
2006	Jan Hájek	Fernando Vicente	6–1, 6–3
2005	Óscar Hernández	Nicolás Lapentti	6–3, 6–3
2004	Tomáš Berdych	Daniel Elsner	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
2003	Werner Eschauer	Igor Andreev	6–1, 7–6(2)
2002	David Sánchez	José Acasuso	5–1 retired
2001	Andrea Gaudenzi	Younes El Aynaoui	3–6, 7–6(5), 6–4
2000	Gastón Gaudio	Franco Squillari	6–4, 6–7(2), 6–4
1999	Jens Knippschild	Franco Squillari	7–5, 7–6(6)
1998	Franco Squillari	Lucas Arnold Ker	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
1997	Francisco Roig	Félix Mantilla Botella	6–2, 2–6, 6–2
1996	Alberto Berasategui	Jozsef Krocsko	6–2, 6–2
1995	Magnus Gustafsson	Stefano Pescosolido	4–6, 6–0, 7–6()
1994	Gilbert Schaller	Javier Sánchez	6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2015	Sergey Betov Michail Elgin	Damir Džumhur Franko Škugor	3–6, 6–1, [10–5]
2014	Andreas Siljeström Igor Zelenay	Rameez Junaid Michal Mertiňák	7–5, 6–4
2013	Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk	Andreas Siljeström Igor Zelenay	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
2012	Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk	Harri Heliövaara Denys Molchanov	7–5, 6–7^(1–7), [10–8]
2011	Martin Emmrich Andreas Siljeström	Olivier Charroin Stéphane Robert	0–6, 6–4, [10–7]
2010	Leonardo Tavares Simone Vagnozzi	Igor Kunitsyn Yuri Schukin	7–5, 7–6(4)
2009	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	Brian Dabul Nicolás Massú	7–6(2), 6–4
2008	Marco Crugnola Óscar Hernández	Werner Eschauer Philipp Oswald	7–6(4), 6–2
2007	Tomas Behrend Christopher Kas	Óscar Hernández Carles Poch-Gradin	6–0, 6–2
2006	Tomas Behrend Christopher Kas	Máximo González Sergio Roitman	7–6(5), 6–4
2005	Enzo Artoni Álex López Morón	Massimo Bertolini Tom Vanhoudt	5–7, 6–4, 7–6(12)
2004	Tomas Behrend Emilio Benfele Álvarez	Jaroslav Levinský David Škoch	6–2, 6–7(3), 7–6(10)
2003	Sebastián Prieto Jim Thomas	Juan-Ignacio Carrasco Albert Montañés	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
2002	Mariano Hood Luis Horna	František Čermák Petr Luxa	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
2001	Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild	Feliciano López Francisco Roig	6–1, 6–1
2000	Jens Knippschild Jeff Tarango	Álex López Morón Albert Portas	6–2, 6–2
1999	Albert Portas Germán Puentes-Alcañiz	Tomás Carbonell Nebojsa Djordjevic	6–4, 6–7(3), 6–3
1998	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	Juan Balcells Emanuel Couto	6–2, 7–6
1997	Brandon Coupe Paul Rosner	Nebojsa Djordjevic Óscar Ortiz	6–4, 6–3
1996	Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild	Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori	6–3, 6–4
1995	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	Bill Behrens Brendan Curry	7–6, 6–4
1994	Horacio de la Peña Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Gábor Köves László Markovits	6–4, 7–6

References

1. Braunschweig & Genova Honoured In 2014 ATP Challenger awards, published: 20 February 2015, accessed: 12 March 2015.

External links

• Official website
• ITF search