VSZ Slovak Open

VSZ Slovak Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name Košice
Tour ATP Challenger Series
Founded 1993
Abolished 1998
Location Košice, Slovakia
Surface Clay (Red)
1996 runner-up, Dominik Hrbatý became the first Slovak singles champion in 1997, and won again in 1998
1988 Wimbledon Championships titlist Pat Cash from Australia took the doubles title with Andrew Kratzmann in 1997

The VSZ Slovak Open is a defunct professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Series. It was held annually in Košice, Slovakia, from 1993 to 1998.

Past finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1998 Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý Brazil Fernando Meligeni 7–5, 6–4
1997 Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti 6–4, 6–4
1996 Spain Marcos Aurelio Gorriz Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý 6–4, 6–3
1995 Romania Adrian Voinea Spain Roberto Carretero-Diaz 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
1994 Austria Horst Skoff Slovenia Iztok Bozik 6–3, 6–3
1993 Czech Republic David Rikl Romania Dinu-Mihai Pescariu 7–6, 5–7, 6–3

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1998 Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nebojsa Djordjevic
South Africa Marcos Ondruska
7–6, 6–4
1997 Australia Pat Cash
Australia Andrew Kratzmann
South Africa Brent Haygarth
Belarus Max Mirnyi
4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1996 France Olivier Delaître
United States Jeff Tarango
Czech Republic Jan Kodeš
Czech Republic Petr Pála
7–6, 6–3
1995 Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl
United States Jeff Tarango
Romania Adrian Voinea
7–6, 6–2
1994 United States Tommy Ho
Sweden Mikael Tillström
Portugal Emanuel Couto
Portugal Bernardo Mota
7–6, 6–1
1993 Slovakia Branislav Stankovic
Slovakia Marián Vajda
Spain Alejo Mancisidor
Spain Federico Sanchez
6–2, 6–1

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