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The Copenhagen Open was a men's tennis tournament on the
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(WCT) circuit and
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held in
Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
, Denmark. It was first held in February 1973 as part of the WCT tour and featured renowned players such as
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,
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, Arthur Ashe and
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. It was played indoors on a carpet surface. The tournament was not held the following two years but returned on the calendar in 1976 without any of the first-tier players. After 1976 the tournament was discontinued. It was re-introduced in 1991 as part of the
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and was halted again in 2003. The only player to win the Copenhagen Open more than once was Magnus Gustafsson (1998, 1999). The only Danish winner was Lars Elvstrøm.


Finals


Singles


Doubles


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{{ATP International Series tournaments ATP Tour Carpet court tennis tournaments Hard court tennis tournaments Indoor tennis tournaments International sports competitions in Copenhagen Tennis tournaments in Denmark Defunct tennis tournaments in Europe Defunct sports competitions in Denmark 1973 establishments in Denmark Recurring sporting events established in 1973 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2003 2003 disestablishments in Denmark