Soweto Open

The Soweto Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour and the ITF Women's tour as a $50,000+H event. It was held at the Arthur Ashe Tennis Centre in the Soweto urban area of Johannesburg, South Africa, from 2009 to 2011. The event was not held in 2012 and came back to the ITF Women's Circuit and the ATP Challenger Tour in 2013. In 2013 on the ITF Women's Circuit, the even was downgraded from a $100,000+H to $50,000+H.

Soweto Open
Tournament information
Event nameSoweto Open
LocationJohannesburg, South Africa
VenueArthur Ashe Tennis Centre
SurfaceHard
WebsiteWebsite
ATP World Tour
CategoryATP Challenger Tour
Draw32S/17Q/16D
Prize money$100,000+H
WTA Tour
CategoryITF Women's Circuit 50K+H
Draw32S/32Q/16D
Prize money$50,000+H

Past finals

Men's Singles
Year Champion Runner-up Score
2013 Vasek Pospisil Michał Przysiężny6–7(7–9), 6–0, 4–1 ret.
2012Not held
2011 Izak van der Merwe Rik de Voest6–7(2–7), 7–5, 6–3
2010 Dustin Brown Izak van der Merwe7–6(7–2), 6–3
2009 Fabrice Santoro Rik de Voest7–5, 6–4

Women's Singles
Year Champion Runner-up Score
2013 Tímea Babos Chanel Simmonds6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–1
2012Not held
2011 Valeria Savinykh Petra Cetkovská6–1, 6–3
2010 Nina Bratchikova Tamarine Tanasugarn7–5, 7–6(7–4)
2009 Anastasija Sevastova Eva Hrdinová6–2, 6–2

Men's Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2013 Prakash Amritraj
Rajeev Ram		 Purav Raja
Divij Sharan		7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–1)
2012Not held
2011 Michael Kohlmann
Alexander Peya		 Andre Begemann
Matthew Ebden		6–2, 6–2
2010 Nicolas Mahut
Lovro Zovko		 Raven Klaasen
Izak van der Merwe		6–2, 6–2
2009 George Bastl
Chris Guccione		 Michail Elgin
Alexandre Kudryavtsev		6–2, 4–6, [11–9]

Women's Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2013 Magda Linette
Chanel Simmonds		 Samantha Murray
Jade Windley		6–1, 6–3
2012Not held
2011Play cancelled due to heavy rain and flooding.
2010 Vitalia Diatchenko
Irini Georgatou		 Marina Erakovic
Tamarine Tanasugarn		6–3, 5–7, [16–14]
2009 Naomi Cavaday
Lesia Tsurenko		 Kristína Kučová
Anastasija Sevastova		6–2, 2–6, [11–9]
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