The Prague Open is a defunct
Grand Prix
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affiliated men's
tennis
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tournament played from 1987 to 1999. It was held in
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
in the
Czech Republic
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(formerly
Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
) and played on
outdoor clay courts.
Karel Nováček
Karel Nováček (born 30 March 1965) is a retired Czech former top ten tennis player born in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic). In his career, Nováček won 13 singles titles and six doubles titles. His highest singles ranking was Wo ...
and
Sergi Bruguera
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were singles title holders as they won two editions each one.
Vojtěch Flégl
Vojtěch Flégl (born 24 June 1967) is a former professional tennis player from the former Czechoslovakia and later Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as ...
,
Karel Nováček
Karel Nováček (born 30 March 1965) is a retired Czech former top ten tennis player born in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic). In his career, Nováček won 13 singles titles and six doubles titles. His highest singles ranking was Wo ...
and
Daniel Vacek
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were the doubles title record holders with two victories each one.
Karel Nováček
Karel Nováček (born 30 March 1965) is a retired Czech former top ten tennis player born in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic). In his career, Nováček won 13 singles titles and six doubles titles. His highest singles ranking was Wo ...
was also a singles and doubles winner in the same year, and so was
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov ( rus, Евгений Александрович Кафельников, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈkafʲɪlʲnʲɪkəf, a=Ru-Yevgeny-Kafelnikov.ogg; born 18 February 1974) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis ...
.
Results
Singles
Doubles
See also
*
I.ČLTK Prague Open
The I.ČLTK Prague Open is a tennis tournament held in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. The tournament has been part of the ATP Challenger Tour since 1991 (with an interruption in the years 2000, 2009–10) and part of the ITF Women' ...
References
External links
ATP results archive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Prague Open (1987-1999)
Clay court tennis tournaments
Grand Prix tennis circuit
ATP Tour
Defunct tennis tournaments in the Czech Republic