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Am Rothenbaum is the site of the main
tennis court A tennis court is the venue where the sport of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the centre. The same surface can be used to play both Types of tennis match, doubles and singles matches. A variet ...
of the German Open Tennis Championships, played in the Harvestehude quarter of
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. Though the site is called "Tennisstadion am Rothenbaum" (lit. ''Tennis Stadium at the Rothenbaum''), it is today officially located in the Harvestehude quarter of Hamburg.Villenviertel zwischen Alster und Isebekkanal
Hamburg.de, in German


History

The International German Open has been played at the "Rothenbaum" since
1892 In Samoa, this was the only leap year spanned to 367 days as July 4 repeated. This means that the International Date Line was drawn from the east of the country to go west. Events January * January 1 – Ellis Island begins processing imm ...
, making it Germany's longest-running tennis tournament. The current stadium was built in 1999 and holds 13,200 spectators, making it Germany's largest tennis venue. Today, it is one of the only two tournaments on German soil to be part of the
ATP Tour 500 The ATP 500 tournaments (previously known as the ''ATP World Tour 500'' tournaments, ''ATP International Series Gold'', and ''ATP Championship Series'') are the fourth highest tier of annual men's tennis tournament after the four Grand Slam (tenni ...
(the other being Halle Open), and one of the twenty largest
tennis tournaments List of current and past men's and women's tennis tournaments. Criteria for inclusion: *The tournament is notable enough to have its own article on Wikipedia *Historic tournaments are included if notability can be established by reliable third-par ...
in the world.


Location

"Tennisstadion am Rothenbaum" is located in Harvestehude at Hallerstraße 89, between Rothenbaumchaussee and Mittelweg. Nearest rapid transit station is Hallerstraße, directly next to the tennis park. The Außenalster, Hamburg's popular lake, is some 600 m apart.


Gallery

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See also

*
List of tennis stadiums by capacity The following is a list of notable tennis stadiums by capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators they can regularly accommodate. Notes: * Stadiums ordered by their capacity (if equal, by the first stadium to reach the capacity) * Some of ...


References


External links


DTB site

German Open Tennis Championships

Venue details
at bet-at-home-open.com
Venue details
at worldstadiums.com
Center Court Lounge im Tennisstadion Rothenbaum
Tennis venues in Germany Sports venues in Hamburg Buildings and structures in Eimsbüttel 1892 establishments in Germany Sports venues completed in 1892 Volleyball venues in Germany Outdoor arenas Retractable-roof stadiums in Europe {{Hamburg-struct-stub