The Serbia Open ( sr, Отворено првенство Србије, Otvoreno prvenstvo Srbije) is a professional tennis tournament. It is part of the ATP 250 tournaments. Held in

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and played on outdoor

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s, the event was held for the first time in

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, from May 4–10. It was the first for

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, as the country had never before hosted an

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tournament. The tournament was held as a combined men's and women's event as of 2021. This marked the first time in history a WTA tournament was held in

History

The tournament is owned and run by the family of Serbian tennis player

Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl, Новак Ђоковић, translit=Novak Đoković, ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. ...

, who through their company Family Sport purchased the ATP Tour date from the organizers of the

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in 2008, then arranged with the local city of Belgrade authorities for the plot of land where the venue was built, and convinced the

government of Serbia The Government of Serbia ( sr, Влада Србије, Vlada Srbije), formally the Government of the Republic of Serbia ( sr, Влада Републике Србије, Vlada Republike Srbije), commonly abbreviated to Serbian Government ( sr, � ...

under prime minister

Mirko Cvetković Mirko Cvetković ( sr-Cyr, Мирко Цветковић, ; born 16 August 1950) is a Serbian economist and former politician who served as the prime minister of Serbia from 2008 to 2012 and as finance minister from 2007 to 2008, and again from ...

to support the event through state-owned enterprises, primarily

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. At the time of their purchase in 2008, Djokovic was the World No. 3 player, having won his first Grand Slam title earlier that year. Djokovic's uncle Goran Djokovic was the tournament director from its inception, until he resigned the post in late May 2012,Srbija open pred gašenjem?
''Večernje novosti'', 22 May 2012 a month after the tournament's 2012 edition. In 2013, Serbia Open was replaced on the ATP schedule by the newly established Power Horse Cup in

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. The tournament returned to the calendar in April 2021, replacing the

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with its now new director,

Djordje Djokovic Djordje Djokovic ( sr-cyr, Ђорђе Ђоковић, translit=Đorđe Đoković; born 17 July 1995) is a Serbian inactive tennis player and tournament director of the Serbia Open, held at his brother Novak's Novak Tennis Center. He is the young ...

. Novak Djokovic won the tournament twice, in 2009 and 2011.

Past finals

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Notes

References

External links

Official website(ATP) tournament profile
Tennis tournaments in Serbia Clay court tennis tournaments Sport in Belgrade ATP Tour WTA Tour Recurring sporting events established in 2009 2009 establishments in Serbia {{Serbia-sport-stub