The St. Petersburg Open () was a professional men's

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tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was part of the

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series of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. The tournament was held annually at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in

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, Russia, since 1995. The tournament takes place in mid to late September, following the conclusion of the US Open. The singles competition features 28 male competitors, while the doubles one features 16 duo teams. The competition has a total prize money pool of $1,180,000 USD. 2002 Australian Open champion

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and former World No. 1s

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and

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are the only players to have won the singles titles more than once. Five Russian players have won the singles title:

Yevgeny Kafelnikov Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov ( rus, Евгений Александрович Кафельников, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈkafʲɪlʲnʲɪkəf, a=Ru-Yevgeny-Kafelnikov.ogg; born 18 February 1974) is a Russian former professional tennis p ...

in 1995, Marat Safin in 2000 and 2001,

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in 2004, Daniil Medvedev in 2019, and Andrey Rublev in 2020. The event was not held in 2014 but resumed in 2015, at the Sibur Arena. The event was exceptionally held as an ATP 500 tournament in the 2020 edition. In reaction to the

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, the ATP moved the 2022 St. Petersburg Open from Saint Petersburg to

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Past finals

Singles

Doubles

Notes

References

External links

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ATP tournament profile
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