Stuttgart Open

Mercedes Cup
2015 MercedesCup
Tournament information
Location	Stuttgart Germany
Venue	Tennis Club Weissenhof
Category	ATP Championship Series (1990–1999) ATP International Series Gold (2000–2001) / (2003–2008) ATP International Series (2002) ATP World Tour 250 series (2009–current)
Surface	Clay (1916–2014) Grass (starting 2015)
Draw	32S/24Q/16D
Prize money	€426,605
Website	MercedesCup.de
Current champions
Men's singles	Rafael Nadal
Men's doubles	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea

The Stuttgart Open (currently sponsored by Mercedes and called the Mercedes Cup) is an ATP World Tour 250 series tennis tournament on the ATP Tour. Between 1970 and 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. In 2009, the Stuttgart Open was demoted again to the newly named ATP World Tour 250 series status, which it has retained ever since.

Held since 1916 in Stuttgart, Germany, the Stuttgart Open was played on clay up to and including 2014. In 2015, the tournament will be played on grass. Along with the move to grass-courts, the tournament will be staged in the week after the French Open finishes.^[1]

Thomas Muster of Austria won the title twice in consecutive years (1995 and 1996).

This tournament is famous for awarding the title winner with a Mercedes car, in addition to the prize money.

The Stuttgart Open should not 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.

Roger Federer has signed a deal to compete in Stuttgart for 2016 and 2017.^[2] It will be Federer's first appearance in Stuttgart since the Stuttgart Masters in 2001.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1949	Werner Beuthner	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	H. J. De Voss	6-3, 6-3
1952	Milan Branovic	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 Branovic
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	Warren Woodcock	6–2, 2–6, 6–4, 1–6, 6–3
1961	Warren Woodcock	Barry Phillips-Moore	2-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 7-5
1962	Ulf Schmidt	Jan-Erik Lundquist	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	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
1968	Ramanathan Krishnan	Detlev Nitsche	6-2, 6-8, 6-4, retired
1969	Christian Kuhnke	Wilhelm Bungert	2–6, 6–2, 6–0, 6–2
1970	Not Held
1971	Barry Phillips-Moore	István Gulyás	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1972	Attila Korpas	Zlatko Ivancic	6-8, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
1973	Harald Elschenbroich	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	2-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-4
1974	Hans-Joachim Plötz	Jacques Thamin	6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
1975		Jürgen Fassbender Richard Crealy	Final interrupted
1976	Attila Korpas	Zlatko Ivancic
1977	Jürgen Fassbender	Attila Korpas
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, 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
1990	Goran Ivanišević	Guillermo Pérez-Roldán	6–7, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6
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	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	Guillermo Cañas	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
2002	Mikhail Youzhny	Guillermo Cañas	6–3, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
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	Stanislas Wawrinka	6–4, 7–5
2008	Juan Martín del Potro	Richard Gasquet	6–4, 7–5
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	Rafael Nadal	Viktor Troicki	7-6 ^(7-3), 6-3

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
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
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
2002	Joshua Eagle David Rikl	David Adams Gastón Etlis	6–3, 6–4
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
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	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	5-7, 6-2, [10-7]

See also

• List of tennis tournaments

References

1. "Stuttgart to make switch to grass courts in 2015". ATP. 29 March 2013.
2. http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2015/11/federer-agrees-to-play-stuttgart-tournament-through-2017/56855/#.Vk92VYSaLzJ

External links

• Official website
• ATP tournament profile

Coordinates: 48°47′46″N 9°10′08″E / 48.796°N 9.169°E