Rotterdam Open

The Rotterdam Open[1] (also known by its sponsored name ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament) is a professional men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is part of the ATP Tour 500 series on the ATP Tour and has been held annually at the Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
Tournament information
Tour	ATP Tour
Founded	1972 (1972)
Editions	47 (2020)
Location	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Venue	Rotterdam Ahoy
Category	ATP Tour 500
Surface	Hard / indoor (1999–)
Draw	32S / 16Q / 16D
Prize money	€2,155,295 (2020)
Website	abnamrowtt.nl
Current champions (2020)
Singles	Gaël Monfils (2nd title)
Doubles	Pierre-Hugues Herbert (2nd title) Nicolas Mahut (4th title)

History

The first Rotterdam Open tennis tournament was held in November 1972 and was won by Arthur Ashe. The following year the tournament was not organized because it switched to a March date. Originally the Rotterdam Open was an event of the World Championship Tennis circuit and in 1978 became part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. Since 1990 it has been part of the ATP Tour.

In 1984 the singles final between Ivan Lendl and Jimmy Connors was interrupted in the 2nd set (6–0, 1–0) due to a bomb alarm and the match was not finished as Lendl was not prepared to play on.[2]

Since 2004, former Dutch tennis player Richard Krajicek has been the tournament director.

A record 115,894 people attended the 2012 edition tournament when Roger Federer returned for the first time in seven years.[3] This record was broken in 2018 when 120,000 fans attended after Federer accepted a wildcard into the event after a five year absence.[4]

Past finals

In the singles, Arthur Ashe (1972, 1975–76) and Roger Federer (2005, 2012 and 2018) hold the record for most titles with three, while Ashe, Stefan Edberg (1986–87), Nicolas Escudé (2001–02), Robin Söderling (2010–11) and Gaël Monfils (2019–20) co-hold the record for most consecutive titles with two. Federer (2001, 2005, 2012, and 2018) and Jimmy Connors (1978, 1981–82, and 1984) co-hold the record for most finals contested at four.

In the doubles, Anders Järryd (1987, 1991, 1993, 1995), Nenad Zimonjić (2009–10, 2012–13) and Nicolas Mahut (2014, 2016, 2018, 2020) co-hold the record for most titles with four, while Frew McMillan holds the record for most back-to-back titles with three straight wins (1974–76).

Singles

Arthur Ashe (pictured here during the 1975 tournament) holds the joint-record for most singles titles with three wins (1972, 1975–76).

Roger Federer holds the joint-record for most singles titles with three wins (2005, 2012, and 2018).

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1972	Arthur Ashe	Tom Okker	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
1973	Not Held
1974	Tom Okker	Tom Gorman	3–6, 7–6^(7–2), 6–1
1975	Arthur Ashe (2)	Tom Okker	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1976	Arthur Ashe (3)	Robert Lutz	6–3, 6–3
1977	Dick Stockton	Ilie Năstase	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
1978	Jimmy Connors	Raúl Ramírez	7–5, 7–5
1979	Björn Borg	John McEnroe	6–4, 6–2
1980	Heinz Günthardt	Gene Mayer	6–2, 6–4
1981	Jimmy Connors (2)	Gene Mayer	6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1982	Guillermo Vilas	Jimmy Connors	0–6, 6–2, 6–4
1983	Gene Mayer	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 7–6
1984	No winner	Ivan Lendl and Jimmy Connors	6–0, 1–0 Final abandoned
1985	Miloslav Mečíř	Jakob Hlasek	6–1, 6–2
1986	Joakim Nyström	Anders Järryd	6–0, 6–3
1987	Stefan Edberg	John McEnroe	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
1988	Stefan Edberg (2)	Miloslav Mečíř	7–6, 6–2
1989	Jakob Hlasek	Anders Järryd	6–1, 7–5
1990	Brad Gilbert	Jonas Svensson	6–1, 6–3
1991	Omar Camporese	Ivan Lendl	3–6, 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–4)
1992	Boris Becker	Alexander Volkov	7–6^(11–9), 4–6, 6–2
1993	Anders Järryd	Karel Nováček	6–3, 7–5
1994	Michael Stich	Wayne Ferreira	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
1995	Richard Krajicek	Paul Haarhuis	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
1996	Goran Ivanišević	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1997	Richard Krajicek (2)	Daniel Vacek	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–5)
1998	Jan Siemerink	Thomas Johansson	7–6^(7–2), 6–2
1999	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Tim Henman	6–2, 7–6^(7–3)
2000	Cédric Pioline	Tim Henman	6–7^(3–7), 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
2001	Nicolas Escudé	Roger Federer	7–5, 3–6, 7–6^(7–5)
2002	Nicolas Escudé (2)	Tim Henman	3–6, 7–6^(9–7), 6–4
2003	Max Mirnyi	Raemon Sluiter	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
2004	Lleyton Hewitt	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–7^(1–7), 7–5, 6–4
2005	Roger Federer	Ivan Ljubičić	5–7, 7–5, 7–6^(7–5)
2006	Radek Štěpánek	Christophe Rochus	6–0, 6–3
2007	Mikhail Youzhny	Ivan Ljubičić	6–2, 6–4
2008	Michaël Llodra	Robin Söderling	6–7^(3–7), 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
2009	Andy Murray	Rafael Nadal	6–3, 4–6, 6–0
2010	Robin Söderling	Mikhail Youzhny	6–4, 2–0, retired
2011	Robin Söderling (2)	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2012	Roger Federer (2)	Juan Martín del Potro	6–1, 6–4
2013	Juan Martín del Potro	Julien Benneteau	7–6^(7–2), 6–3
2014	Tomáš Berdych	Marin Čilić	6–4, 6–2
2015	Stan Wawrinka	Tomáš Berdych	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2016	Martin Kližan	Gaël Monfils	6–7^(1–7), 6–3, 6–1
2017	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	David Goffin	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
2018	Roger Federer (3)	Grigor Dimitrov	6–2, 6–2
2019	Gaël Monfils	Stan Wawrinka	6–3, 1–6, 6–2
2020	Gaël Monfils (2)	Félix Auger-Aliassime	6–2, 6–4

Doubles

Anders Järryd was the first player to take four doubles titles in Rotterdam (1987, 1991, 1993, 1995).

Nenad Zimonjić reached five consecutive finals (2009–13), winning a record four times (2009–10, 2012–13).

Reigning champion Nicolas Mahut also won the title four times (2014, 2016, 2018, 2020).

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1972	Roy Emerson John Newcombe	Arthur Ashe Robert Lutz	6–2, 6–3
1973	Not Held
1974	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	Pierre Barthès Ilie Năstase	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
1975	Bob Hewitt (2) Frew McMillan (2)	José Higueras Balázs Taróczy	6–2, 6–2
1976	Rod Laver Frew McMillan (3)	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	6–1, 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–5)
1977	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	Vijay Amritraj Dick Stockton	6–4, 6–4
1978	Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–2, 6–3
1979	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	Heinz Günthardt Bernard Mitton	6–4, 6–4
1980	Vijay Amritraj Stan Smith	Bill Scanlon Brian Teacher	6–4, 6–3
1981	Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	7–6, 1–6, 6–4
1982	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	Fritz Buehning Kevin Curren	7–5, 6–2
1983	Fritz Buehning (2) Tom Gullikson	Peter Fleming Pavel Složil	7–6, 4–6, 7–6
1984	Kevin Curren Wojtek Fibak (2)	Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan	6–4, 6–4
1985	Tomáš Šmíd Pavel Složil	Vitas Gerulaitis Paul McNamee	6–4, 6–4
1986	Stefan Edberg Slobodan Živojinović	Wojtek Fibak Matt Mitchell	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
1987	Stefan Edberg (2) Anders Järryd	Chip Hooper Mike Leach	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1988	Patrik Kühnen Tore Meinecke	Magnus Gustafsson Diego Nargiso	7–6, 7–6
1989	Miloslav Mečíř Milan Šrejber	Jan Gunnarsson Magnus Gustafsson	7–6, 6–0
1990	Leonardo Lavalle Jorge Lozano	Diego Nargiso Nicolás Pereira	6–3, 7–6
1991	Patrick Galbraith Anders Järryd (2)	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	7–6, 6–2
1992	Marc-Kevin Goellner David Prinosil	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	6–2, 6–7, 7–6
1993	Henrik Holm Anders Järryd (3)	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	6–4, 7–6
1994	Jeremy Bates Jonas Björkman	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–4, 6–1
1995	Martin Damm Anders Järryd (4)	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6–3, 6–2
1996	David Adams Marius Barnard	Hendrik Jan Davids Cyril Suk	6–3, 5–7, 7–6
1997	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
1998	Jacco Eltingh (2) Paul Haarhuis (2)	Neil Broad Piet Norval	7–6, 6–3
1999	David Adams (2) John-Laffnie de Jager	Neil Broad Peter Tramacchi	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 6–4
2000	David Adams (3) John-Laffnie de Jager (2)	Tim Henman Yevgeny Kafelnikov	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
2001	Jonas Björkman (2) Roger Federer	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	6–3, 6–0
2002	Roger Federer (2) Max Mirnyi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
2003	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	Roger Federer Max Mirnyi	7–6^(7–4), 6–2
2004	Paul Hanley (2) Radek Štěpánek	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	5–7, 7–6^(7–5), 7–5
2005	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	Cyril Suk Pavel Vízner	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
2006	Paul Hanley (3) Kevin Ullyett	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–2)
2007	Martin Damm (2) Leander Paes	Andrei Pavel Alexander Waske	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), [10–7]
2008	Tomáš Berdych Dmitry Tursunov	Philipp Kohlschreiber Mikhail Youzhny	7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
2009	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6–2, 7–5
2010	Daniel Nestor (2) Nenad Zimonjić (2)	Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley	6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
2011	Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
2012	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić (3)	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	4–6, 7–5, [16–14]
2013	Robert Lindstedt Nenad Zimonjić (4)	Thiemo de Bakker Jesse Huta Galung	5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
2014	Michaël Llodra (2) Nicolas Mahut	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
2015	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	Jamie Murray John Peers	3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
2016	Nicolas Mahut (2) Vasek Pospisil	Philipp Petzschner Alexander Peya	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
2017	Ivan Dodig Marcel Granollers	Wesley Koolhof Matwe Middelkoop	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
2018	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut (3)	Oliver Marach Mate Pavić	2–6, 6–2, [10–7]
2019	Jérémy Chardy Henri Kontinen	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–4)
2020	Pierre-Hugues Herbert (2) Nicolas Mahut (4)	Henri Kontinen Jan-Lennard Struff	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, [10–7]

† [5][6]

Tour history

Since its inception in 1972 the Rotterdam Open has been part of three major tennis circuits: WCT circuit (1972–1977), Grand Prix circuit (1978–1989) and ATP Tour (1990–).

• 1972–1977 : WCT circuit
• 1978–1989 : Grand Prix circuit
• 1990–1998 : ATP World Series
• 1999–2008 : ATP Championship Series / International Series Gold
• 2009–current : ATP Tour 500

Sponsors

• ABN AMRO – main sponsor
• Rotterdam Ahoy – licence holder

References

1. "Live Tennis Guide Rotterdam Open". Retrieved February 17, 2012.
2. "Bomb Scare Ends Rotterdam Final". NY Times. March 19, 1984. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
3. "ABN AMRO WTT History". Retrieved March 18, 2012.
4. "Federer gewinnt ATP-500-Turnier in Rotterdam - NZZ". 18 February 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018 – via NZZ.
5. "Past winners from official site". Retrieved February 17, 2012.
6. "scores retrieved form Worldwidetennisdatabase". Retrieved February 17, 2012.

External links

• Official website
• atpworldtour.com tournament profile