ATP Auckland Open

For the Women's event, see WTA Auckland Open.

For other uses, see Heineken Open (disambiguation).

ATP Auckland Open
ATP Tour
Founded	1886
Location	Auckland New Zealand
Venue	ASB Tennis Centre
Category	International Series (1998–2008) ATP World Tour 250 series (2009–current)
Surface	Grass (1956–1977) Hard [lower-alpha 1] (1978–current)
Draw	28S/32Q/16D
Prize money	$713,495 (2023)
Website	Auckland Open
Current champions (2024)
Men's singles	Alejandro Tabilo
Men's doubles	Nikola Mektić Wesley Koolhof

The ATP Auckland Open, commonly known by its sponsored name ASB Classic, is a professional men's tennis tournament in Auckland, New Zealand. The tournament is played at the ASB Tennis Centre, in Parnell. It is part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour. The tournament is held annually in January a week before the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, the Australian Open.

The ASB Classic returned in 2023 after the 2021 and 2022 events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing travel restrictions for international visitors to New Zealand. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

History

In the 1920s major new tennis venues were built in Auckland for the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association (now Tennis Auckland), Wellington and Christchurch in the 1920s comprising both grass and hard courts. ^[4] In 1920 when the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association (now Tennis Auckland) was looking for a permanent base, the only available site was a tip in Stanley Street. The local clubs raised the-then significant sum of 1,800 pounds to prepare the site and build new courts. For the next 30 years the Tennis Centre in Stanley Street was home to local tennis matches. In 1956 Auckland hosted its first permanent international tournament, the 'Auckland Invitation'. ^[5] The tournament was a joint men's and women's event until 1981. ^[6]

From 1969, the first edition in the open era of tennis, until 1995 the tournament was known under its sponsored name 'Benson and Hedges Open'. From 1998 until 2015 it was named the 'Heineken Open'. ^[7]

By the 1960s the shuttle bus fare from town to Stanley Street was sixpence. Admission was five shillings for the first three days and 7/6 for finals and semifinals – a whole tournament for the equivalent of $4.^{[ citation needed ]} By the 1970s, 25 cents got you all-day parking next door at Carlaw Park.^{[ citation needed ]} The tournament was played on outdoor grass courts from its inaugural edition in 1956 until 1977, switching to hard courts in 1978. ^{[8] [9]} Between 1979 and 1989 it was a tournament of the Grand Prix tennis circuit.

After being separated for 34 years, the WTA and ATP merged the event in 2016 and both tournaments are now known collectively as the ASB Classic. Heineken will still be a sponsor but will have a diminished role in anticipation of new tennis regulations restricting alcohol sponsorship. ^[10]

Both the 2021 and 2022 Auckland Open were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In regards to the 2022 cancellation, organizers cited New Zealand's strict quarantine rules as making it intractable for players, officials, and all other required staff to be admitted into the country. ^{[11] [12]}

Past finals

The ASB Tennis Centre

Men's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1956	Robert Perry	Allan Burns	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1957	Final not played due to rain
1958	Trevor Fancutt	Robert Mark	2–6, 6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
1959	Jeff Robson	Roy Emerson	6–2, 6–4, 8–6
1960	Roy Emerson	Ronald McKenzie	6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1961	Rod Laver	Roy Emerson	4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
1962	Ken Fletcher	Lew Gerrard	6–3, 8–10, 7–5, 6–2
1963	Fred Stolle	Bob Hewitt	2–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–2
1964	Fred Stolle (2)	Lew Gerrard	6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1965	Roy Emerson (2)	Pierre Barthès	3–6, 8–6, 7–5, 6–3
1966	Roy Emerson (3)	Roger Taylor	6–4, 6–3, 6–1
1967	Roy Emerson (4)	Owen Davidson	6–4, 6–2, 7–5
1968	Barry Phillips-Moore	Onny Parun	6–3, 6–8, 1–6, 6–3, 6–2
↓   Open Era   ↓
1969	Tony Roche	Rod Laver	6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1970	Roger Taylor	Tom Okker	6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1971	Robert Carmichael	Allan Stone	7–6, 7–6, 6–3
1972	Ray Ruffels	John Alexander	6–4, 6–4, 7–6
1973	Onny Parun	Patrick Proisy	4–6, 6–7, 6–2, 6–0, 7–6
1974	Björn Borg	Onny Parun	6–4, 6–3, 6–1
1975	Onny Parun (2)	Brian Fairlie	4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–7, 6–4
1976	Onny Parun (3)	Brian Fairlie	6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1977	Vijay Amritraj	Tim Wilkison	7–6, 5–7, 6–1, 6–2
1978	Eliot Teltscher	Onny Parun	6–3, 7–5, 6–1
1979	Tim Wilkison	Peter Feigl	6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2
1980	John Sadri	Tim Wilkison	6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1981	Bill Scanlon	Tim Wilkison	6–7, 6–3, 3–6, 7–6, 6–0
1982	Tim Wilkison (2)	Russell Simpson	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1983	John Alexander	Russell Simpson	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1984	Danny Saltz	Chip Hooper	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1985	Chris Lewis	Wally Masur	7–5, 6–0, 2–6, 6–4
1986	Mark Woodforde	Bud Schultz	6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1987	Miloslav Mečíř	Michiel Schapers	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
1988	Amos Mansdorf	Ramesh Krishnan	6–3, 6–4
1989	Ramesh Krishnan	Amos Mansdorf	6–4, 6–0
1990	Scott Davis	Andrei Chesnokov	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
1991	Karel Nováček	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
1992	Jaime Yzaga	MaliVai Washington	7–6(8–6), 6–4
1993	Alexander Volkov	MaliVai Washington	7–6(7–2), 6–4
1994	Magnus Gustafsson	Patrick McEnroe	6–4, 6–0
1995	Thomas Enqvist	Chuck Adams	6–2, 6–1
1996	Jiří Novák	Brett Steven	6–4, 6–4
1997	Jonas Björkman	Kenneth Carlsen	7–6, 6–0
1998	Marcelo Ríos	Richard Fromberg	4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
1999	Sjeng Schalken	Tommy Haas	6–4, 6–4
2000	Magnus Norman	Michael Chang	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2001	Dominik Hrbatý	Francisco Clavet	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
2002	Greg Rusedski	Jérôme Golmard	6–7, 6–4, 7–5
2003	Gustavo Kuerten	Dominik Hrbatý	6–3, 7–5
2004	Dominik Hrbatý (2)	Rafael Nadal	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
2005	Fernando González	Olivier Rochus	6–4, 6–2
2006	Jarkko Nieminen	Mario Ančić	6–2, 6–2
2007	David Ferrer	Tommy Robredo	6–4, 6–2
2008	Philipp Kohlschreiber	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7–6(7–4), 7–5
2009	Juan Martín del Potro	Sam Querrey	6–4, 6–4
2010	John Isner	Arnaud Clément	6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–2)
2011	David Ferrer (2)	David Nalbandian	6–3, 6–2
2012	David Ferrer (3)	Olivier Rochus	6–3, 6–4
2013	David Ferrer (4)	Philipp Kohlschreiber	7–6(7–5), 6–1
2014	John Isner (2)	Lu Yen-hsun	7–6(7–4), 7–6(9–7)
2015	Jiří Veselý	Adrian Mannarino	6–3, 6–2
2016	Roberto Bautista Agut	Jack Sock	6–1, 1–0, Ret.
2017	Jack Sock	João Sousa	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
2018	Roberto Bautista Agut (2)	Juan Martín del Potro	6–1, 4–6, 7–5
2019	Tennys Sandgren	Cameron Norrie	6–4, 6–2
2020	Ugo Humbert	Benoît Paire	7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022
2023	Richard Gasquet	Cameron Norrie	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2024	Alejandro Tabilo	Taro Daniel	6–2, 7–5

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1968	Dick Crealy Barry Phillips-Moore
1969	Raymond Moore Roger Taylor	Mal Anderson Toomas Leius	13–15, 6–3, 8–6, 8–6
1970	Dick Crealy (2) Ray Ruffels
1971	Bob Carmichael Ray Ruffels	Brian Fairlie Raymond Moore	6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1972	Bob Carmichael (2) Ray Ruffels (2)
1973	Brian Fairlie Allan Stone
1974	Syd Ball Bob Giltinan	Ray Ruffels Allan Stone	6–1, 6–4
1975	Bob Carmichael (3) Ray Ruffels (3)	Brian Fairlie Onny Parun	7–6, Ret.
1976	Not completed
1977	Chris Lewis Russell Simpson	Peter Langsford Jonathan Smith	7–6, 6–4
1978	Chris Lewis (2) Russell Simpson (2)	Rod Frawley Karl Meiler	6–1, 7–6
1979	Bernard Mitton Kim Warwick	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1980	Peter Feigl Rod Frawley	John Sadri Tim Wilkison	6–2, 7–5
1981	Ferdi Taygan Tim Wilkison	Tony Graham Bill Scanlon	7–5, 6–1
1982	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith	Larry Stefanki Robert Van't Hof	7–5, 7–6
1983	Chris Lewis (2) Russell Simpson (2)	David Graham Laurie Warder	7–6, 6–3
1984	Brian Levine John Van Nostrand	Brad Drewett Chip Hooper	7–5, 6–2
1985	John Fitzgerald Chris Lewis (3)	Broderick Dyke Wally Masur	7–6, 6–2
1986	Broderick Dyke Wally Masur	Karl Richter Rick Rudeen	6–3, 6–4
1987	Kelly Jones Brad Pearce	Carl Limberger Mark Woodforde	7–6, 7–6
1988	Marty Davis Tim Pawsat	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Jim Grabb	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1989	Steve Guy Shuzo Matsuoka	John Letts Bruce Man-Son-Hing	7–6, 7–6
1990	Kelly Jones (2) Robert Van't Hof	Gilad Bloom Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 6–0
1991	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1992	Wayne Ferreira Jim Grabb	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6–4, 6–3
1993	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	Alex Antonitsch Alexander Volkov	6–3, 7–6
1994	Patrick McEnroe Jared Palmer	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1995	Grant Connell (2) Patrick Galbraith (2)	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	6–4, 6–3
1996	Marcos Ondruska Jack Waite	Jonas Björkman Brett Steven	W/O
1997	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith (3)	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
1998	Patrick Galbraith (4) Brett Steven	Tom Nijssen Jeff Tarango	6–4, 6–2
1999	Jeff Tarango Daniel Vacek	Jiří Novák David Rikl	7–5, 7–5
2000	Ellis Ferreira (2) Rick Leach	Olivier Delaître Jeff Tarango	7–5, 6–4
2001	Marius Barnard Jim Thomas	David Adams Martín García	7–6, 6–4
2002	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	Martín García Cyril Suk	7–6, 7–6
2003	David Adams Robbie Koenig	Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl	7–6, 4–6, 6–3
2004	Mahesh Bhupathi Fabrice Santoro	Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
2005	Yves Allegro Michael Kohlmann	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	6–4, 7–6
2006	Andrei Pavel Rogier Wassen	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	6–3, 5–7, [10–4]
2007	Jeff Coetzee Rogier Wassen (2)	Simon Aspelin Chris Haggard	6–7, 6–3, [10–2]
2008	Luis Horna Juan Mónaco	Xavier Malisse Jürgen Melzer	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
2009	Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt	Scott Lipsky Leander Paes	7–5, 6–4
2010	Marcus Daniell Horia Tecău	Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares	7–5, 6–4
2011	Marcel Granollers Tommy Robredo	Johan Brunström Stephen Huss	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
2012	Oliver Marach Alexander Peya	František Čermák Filip Polášek	6–3, 6–2
2013	Colin Fleming Bruno Soares	Johan Brunström Frederik Nielsen	7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–2)
2014	Julian Knowle Marcelo Melo	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2015	Raven Klaasen Leander Paes	Dominic Inglot Florin Mergea	7–6(7–1), 6–4
2016	Mate Pavić Michael Venus	Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky	7–5, 6–4
2017	Marcin Matkowski Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Jonathan Erlich Scott Lipsky	1–6, 6–2, [10–3]
2018	Oliver Marach (2) Mate Pavić (2)	Max Mirnyi Philipp Oswald	6–4, 5–7, [10–7]
2019	Ben McLachlan Jan-Lennard Struff	Raven Klaasen Michael Venus	6–3, 6–4
2020	Luke Bambridge Ben McLachlan (2)	Marcus Daniell Philipp Oswald	7–6(7–3), 6–3
2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022
2023	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić (3)	Nathaniel Lammons Jackson Withrow	6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–6]
2024	Nikola Mektić (2) Wesley Koolhof	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]

See also

• List of tennis tournaments
• WTA Auckland Open – women's tournament
• BP National Championships – men's tournament

Notes

1. Currently played on Plexicushion.

References

1. "2021 ASB Classic cancelled". Stuff. 6 October 2020. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
2. "Tennis: ASB Classic cancelled for second straight year". NZ Herald-NZ. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
3. "ASB Classic to return to Auckland after 2-year hiatus". 1 News . 7 June 2022. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
4. Romanos, Joseph (5 September 2013). "Tennis: Consolidation, 1920s to 1940s". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
5. Romanos (2013)
6. Joseph Romanos (8 January 2005). "Our tennis open". NOTED.co.nz. New Zealand Listener. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
7. "Tennis: Net profits the name of the game". New Zealand Herald . 5 January 2002.
8. "All-weather surface for courts". The Press. 5 November 1976. p. 10 – via Papers Past.
9. John Brooks (16 February 1978). "Davis Cup venue change hinted". The Press. p. 30 – via Papers Past. The new surface in Auckland was installed at a cost of $300,000 because the grass courts get so little use during a year and were subject to frequent wash-outs.
10. "ATP and WTA Auckland events merge". Tennisnews.com. 28 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
11. "2021 ASB Classic cancelled". Stuff. 6 October 2020. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
12. "Tennis: ASB Classic cancelled for second straight year". NZ Herald-NZ. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

External links

• Official website
• ATP Auckland Open at the Association of Tennis Professionals

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