ATP Tashkent Open

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ATP Tashkent Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event namePresident's Cup
Tour ATP Tour
Founded1997
Abolished2002
Editions6
Location Tashkent, Uzbekistan
VenueYunusobod Sport Complex
Surface Hard / outdoor

The ATP Tashkent Open is a defunct ATP Tour affiliated men's tennis tournament played from 1997 to 2002. It was held in Tashkent in Uzbekistan and was played on outdoor hard courts.

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Although no ATP 250 level tournaments have been played in Tashkent since then, there has been, since 2008, a Challenger event played in Tashkent, the Tashkent Challenger.

Finals

Singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1997 [1] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Henman Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Rosset 7–6, 6–4
1998 [2] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Henman Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7–5, 6–4
1999 [3] Flag of Germany.svg Nicolas Kiefer Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg George Bastl 6–4, 6–2
2000 [4] Flag of Russia.svg Marat Safin Flag of Italy.svg Davide Sanguinetti 6–3, 6–4
2001 [5] Flag of Russia.svg Marat Safin Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–2, 6–2
2002 [6] Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Vladimir Voltchkov 7–6(8–6), 7–5

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1997 [1] Flag of Italy.svg Vincenzo Santopadre
Flag of the United States.svg Vince Spadea
Flag of Morocco.svg Hicham Arazi
Flag of Israel.svg Eyal Ran
6–4, 6–7, 6–0
1998 [2] Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Pescosolido
Flag of Italy.svg Laurence Tieleman
Flag of Denmark.svg Kenneth Carlsen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sjeng Schalken
7–5, 4–6, 7–5
1999 [3] Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Oleg Ogorodov
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Rosset
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Keil
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lorenzo Manta
7–6, 7–6
2000 [4] Flag of the United States.svg Justin Gimelstob
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Humphries
Flag of South Africa.svg Marius Barnard
Flag of South Africa.svg Robbie Koenig
6–3, 6–2
2001 [5] Flag of France.svg Julien Boutter
Flag of Slovakia.svg Dominik Hrbatý
Flag of South Africa.svg Marius Barnard
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thomas
6–4, 3–6, [13–11]
2002 [6] Flag of South Africa.svg David Adams
Flag of South Africa.svg Robbie Koenig
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raemon Sluiter
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Martin Verkerk
6–2, 7–5

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