The Halle Open (known as the Terra Wortmann Open for sponsorship reasons) is a men's
tennis
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tournament
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held in
Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Held since 1993, the event is played on four outdoor
grass court
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s and is a part of the
ATP Tour 500
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series on the
ATP Tour
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schedule.
Between 1993 and 2018 it was sponsored by
Gerry Weber. It was sponsored by Noventi from 2019 to 2021. In December 2021, a change of primary sponsor and name was announced. In 2022, the name of the
ATP tournament was changed from the Noventi Open to the Terra Wortmann Open, as the company Wortmann AG secured the naming rights.
The Halle Open is held at the same time as the
Queens Club Championships, and the two are seen as the primary warm-up tournaments for the
Wimbledon
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Grand Slam tournament, also on grass courts, which begins towards the end of June. The event was upgraded in 2015 from a
250 series to a
500 series tournament.
The Centre Court (the
OWL Arena) has 12,300 seats and a retractable roof which can be closed in 88 seconds so that tennis matches can continue with a closed roof when it begins to rain. The stadium is heated and also used for other sport events (
handball
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,
basketball
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,
volleyball
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and
boxing
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) and concerts.
Past finals
In singles,
Roger Federer
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(2003–06, 2008, 2013–15, 2017, 2019) holds the record for most overall titles (ten, out of thirteen finals), and most consecutive titles (four, in 2003–06). In doubles,
Raven Klaasen
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He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7 in August 2019, and has won 19 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, includi ...
(2015–16, 2019) and
Marcelo Melo
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(2017–18, 2023) co-hold the record for most titles with three each, and co-hold the one for consecutive titles with
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
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(2011–12),
Rajeev Ram
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(2015–16),
Łukasz Kubot
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He is a two-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2014 Australian Open with Robert Lindstedt, as well as the ...
(2017–18) and Melo (2017–18), at two.
Singles
Doubles
Statistics
Multiple championships
Championships by country
Notes
References
External links
Official tournament websiteATP tournament profile
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Recurring sporting events established in 1993
ATP Tour 250
1993 establishments in Germany