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tournament played on indoor

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s. Originally an event of the

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(1974–1989), it is currently part of the

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of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour. It is held annually at the Wiener Stadthalle, in

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, Austria, since 1974. The event was also known as the ''Stadthalle Open'', and as the '' Fischer-Grand Prix'' from 1976 to 1985, as the '' CA-TennisTrophy'' from 1986 to 2003, as the '' BA-CA-TennisTrophy'' from 2004 to 2007 and as the '' Bank Austria TennisTrophy'' from 2008 to 2010, before being renamed to '' Erste Bank Open'' in 2011. Austria's most successful tennis player,

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, never won the Vienna Open, but was a runner-up on three occasions (1988, 1993, 1995), and a semi-finalist on another four occasions (1987, 1989, 1990, 1994). Three Austrian players have won the singles title at the Vienna Open:

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in 1988,

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in both 2009 and 2010, and

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in 2019.

Past finals

Singles

Doubles

Notes

References

External links

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ATP Tour tournament profile

{{ATP World Series tournaments Hard court tennis tournaments Indoor tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in Austria