The Geneva Open is an
ATP Tour
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(formerly
Grand Prix
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Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to:
Arts and entertainment ...
) affiliated
tennis
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tournament that was held annually from 1980 to 1991 in
Geneva
Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situ ...
,
Switzerland on
clay court
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T ...
s.
In November 2014 the ATP announced that the
Düsseldorf tournament would be moved to Geneva where it would be held in 2015 as a 250 tournament.
Mats Wilander
Mats Arne Olof Wilander (; born 22 August 1964) is a Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player. From 1982 to 1988, he won seven major singles titles (three at the French Open, three at the Australian Open, and one at the US Open), and one majo ...
,
Stan Wawrinka
Stanislas "Stan" Wawrinka (; born 28 March 1985) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 3 for the first time on 27 January 2014. His career highlight ...
, and
Casper Ruud
Casper Ruud (born 22 December 1998) is a Norwegian professional tennis player. Ruud has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2, achieved on 12 September 2022, making him the highest-ranked Norwegian tennis player in history. He has won nine ...
are the singles record-holders, each with two back-to-back editions won.
Mate Pavić
Mate Pavić (; born 4 July 1993) is a Croatian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.
He is a five-time Grand Slam champion, having won three titles in men's doubles: the 2018 Australian Open with Oliver Marach, th ...
is the doubles record-holder with three wins, two with
Oliver Marach
Oliver Marach (born 16 July 1980) is an Austrian professional tennis player who primarily specialises in doubles.
He achieved his highest singles ranking of world No. 82 in August 2005, but achieved most of his success in doubles where he reache ...
and one with
Nikola Mektić
Nikola Mektić (born 24 December 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.
He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2021 Wimbledon Championships in men's doubles partnering compatriot M ...
.
Balázs Taróczy
Balázs Taróczy ( hu, Taróczy Balázs; born 9 May 1954) is a retired tennis player from Hungary. The right-hander won 13 singles titles in his career, and achieved a career-high singles ranking
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is the only player to win both singles and doubles title the same year.
Past finals
Singles
Doubles
External links
Official Website
{{ATP World Series tournaments
Tennis tournaments in Switzerland
Clay court tennis tournaments
Grand Prix tennis circuit
ATP Tour
1980 establishments in Switzerland
1991 disestablishments in Switzerland
Recurring sporting events established in 1980
Recurring events disestablished in 1991
Annual sporting events in Switzerland
2015 establishments in Switzerland
Recurring sporting events established in 2015
Sports competitions in Geneva