ATP Shenzhen Open

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Shenzhen Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded2014;10 years ago (2014)
Location Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Venue Shenzhen Longgang Tennis Center
Category ATP World Tour 250 series
Surface Hard - outdoors
Websiteshenzhenopen.cn

The Shenzhen Open was a professional outdoor hardcourts men's tennis tournament in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, from 2014 to 2018.

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It was played at the Shenzhen Longgang Tennis Center, which has 32 outdoor and indoor courts and a 4,000-seat stadium. [1] In late 2013, the Association of Tennis Professionals announced that Shenzhen had won the ATP Thailand Open franchise, holding its inaugural ATP tournament in September 2014. [2]

Past finals

Men's singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2014 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray Flag of Spain.svg Tommy Robredo 5–7, 7–6(11–9), 6–1
2015 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Berdych Flag of Spain.svg Guillermo García-López 6–3, 7–6(9–7)
2016 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Berdych (2) Flag of France.svg Richard Gasquet 7–6(7–5), 6–7(2–7), 6–3
2017 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg David Goffin Flag of Ukraine.svg Alexandr Dolgopolov 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
2018 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshihito Nishioka Flag of France.svg Pierre-Hugues Herbert 7–5, 2–6, 6–4

Men's doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2014 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jean-Julien Rojer
Flag of Romania.svg Horia Tecău
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sam Groth
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Guccione
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2015 Flag of Israel.svg Jonathan Erlich
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin Fleming
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Guccione
Flag of Brazil.svg André Sá
6–1, 6–7(3–7), [10–6]
2016 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Fognini
Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Lindstedt
Flag of Austria.svg Oliver Marach
Flag of France.svg Fabrice Martin
7–6(7–4), 6–3
2017 Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Peya
Flag of the United States.svg Rajeev Ram
Flag of Croatia.svg Nikola Mektić
Flag of the United States.svg Nicholas Monroe
6–3, 6–2
2018 Flag of Japan.svg Ben McLachlan
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joe Salisbury
Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Lindstedt
Flag of the United States.svg Rajeev Ram
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)

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References

  1. "Event Fact Sheet". www.shenzhenopentennis.com. 29 December 2012. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  2. "New Shenzhen event strengthens ATP's China presence". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 20 November 2013.