BMW Ljubljana Open

BMW Ljubljana Open
BMW Ljubljana Open
2024 Zavarovalnica Sava Ljubljana
Tournament information
Event name	Zavarovalnica Sava Ljubljana
Location	Domžale / Ljubljana, Slovenia
Venue	Ten-Ten Domžale (ATP 1990–2000); TC Tivoli (ATP 2002–05, WTA 2023–); TC ZTK Ljubljana (ATP 2007–11)
Surface	Clay
Current champions (2024)
Women's singles	Jil Teichmann
Women's doubles	Nuria Brancaccio ; Leyre Romero Gormaz
Category
ATP Tour
Category	ATP Challenger
Draw	32S/30Q/16D
Prize money	€42,500 (2011)
Category
WTA Tour
Category	WTA 125
Draw	32S / 8Q / 16D
Prize money	US$115,000 (2024)

Last updated November 29, 2024

The BMW Ljubljana Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is currently part of the WTA 125 series of the WTA Tour. In the past, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) organized an ATP Challenger which was last held in 2011. The tournament was first held in 1990 in Domžale, Slovenia (former Yugoslavia), before moving to Ljubljana from 2002.

Past finals

Men's singles

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
BMW Ljubljana Open
Ljubljana	2011	Paolo Lorenzi	Grega Žemlja	6–2, 6–4
	2010	Blaž Kavčič ^[1]	David Goffin	6–2, 4–6, 7–5
	2009	Paolo Lorenzi	Grega Žemlja	1–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–2
	2008	Ilija Bozoljac ^[2]	Giancarlo Petrazzuolo	6–4, 6–3
	2007	Marco Mirnegg	Mathieu Montcourt	7–6^(7–5), 7–5
Ljubljana Open
Ljubljana	2005	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	Massimo Dell'Acqua	6–7^(2–7), 5–2, ret.
	2004	Jiří Vaněk	Björn Phau	5–7, 6–1, 7–6^(7–5)
	2003	Jiří Vaněk	Boris Pašanski	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
	2002	Arnaud Di Pasquale	Juan Balcells	6–4, 6–3
Renault Slovenian Open
Ljubljana	2000	Oliver Gross	Juan Balcells	4–6, 6–1, 7–6^(7–3)
Domžale	1999	Vladimir Voltchkov	Dinu Pescariu	7–5, 6–7^(3–7), 6–4
	1998	Dinu Pescariu	Adrian Voinea	7–6, 2–6, 6–3
	1997	Brett Steven	Andrei Pavel	7–6, 6–2
	1996	Hicham Arazi	Marcelo Filippini	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
	1995	Jordi Burillo	Adrian Voinea	6–2, 6–1
	1994	Horst Skoff	Tomás Carbonell	0–6, 6–4, 7–6
	1993	Daniel Orsanic	Andrei Cherkasov	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
	1992	Magnus Larsson	Mikael Tillström	6–4, 6–4
	1991	Slobodan Živojinović	Andrei Olhovskiy	6–7, 7–6, 6–3
	1990	Magnus Larsson	Diego Nargiso	7–5, 6–7, 7–6

Women's singles

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Ljubljana	2023	Marina Bassols Ribera	Zeynep Sönmez	6–0, 7–6^(7–2)
Ljubljana	2024	Jil Teichmann	Nuria Párrizas Díaz	7–6^(10–8), 6–4

Men's doubles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
BMW Ljubljana Open
Ljubljana	2011	Aljaž Bedene Grega Žemlja	Roberto Bautista Agut Iván Navarro	6–3, 6–7^(10–12), [12–10]
	2010	Nikola Mektić Ivan Zovko	Marin Draganja Dino Marcan	3–6, 6–0, [10–3]
	2009	Jamie Delgado Jamie Murray	Stéphane Robert Simone Vagnozzi	6–3, 6–3
	2008	Juan Pablo Brzezicki Mariano Hood	Rameez Junaid Philipp Marx	7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
	2007	Alexander Kudryavtsev Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy	Ivan Dodig Lovro Zovko	7–6^(11–9), 1–6, [10–6]
	2005	Paul Baccanello Lovro Zovko	Andrew Derer Joseph Sirianni	6–3, 6–3
Name of event not clear
Ljubljana	2004	Rik de Voest Giovanni Lapentti	Robert Lindstedt Michael Russell	6–3, 6–4
	2003	Leonardo Azzaro Gergely Kisgyörgy	Ivan Cerović Aleksander Slović	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
	2002	Mariano Hood Edgardo Massa	Luis Horna Sebastián Prieto	7–5, 6–1
Renault Slovenian Open
Ljubljana	2000	Emilio Benfele Álvarez Álex López Morón	Paul Rosner Jason Weir-Smith	6–3, 6–4
Domžale	1999	Massimo Valeri Tom Vanhoudt	Eduardo Nicolás Germán Puentes-Alcañiz	7–6^(10–8), 6–4
	1998	Marius Barnard Stephen Noteboom	Alberto Martín Tomáš Anzari	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
	1997	Lucas Arnold Ker Daniel Orsanic	David Škoch Fernon Wibier	6–0, 6–4
	1996	Pablo Albano Lucas Arnold Ker	Rikard Bergh Shelby Cannon	6–1, 3–6, 6–1
	1995	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	Shelby Cannon Stefan Kruger	6–4, 6–4
	1994	Olivier Delaître Jean-Philippe Fleurian	Kenneth Carlsen Mikael Tillström	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
	1993	Branislav Stanković Richard Vogel	Hendrik Jan Davids Goran Prpić	6–4, 7–6
	1992	Magnus Larsson Mikael Tillström	Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan	6–3, 6–2
	1991	Andrei Olhovskiy Slobodan Živojinović	Richard Vogel Daniel Vacek	7–5, 6–3
	1990	Carlos Costa Francisco Roig	Omar Camporese Mark Koevermans	6–7, 6–4, 6–4

Women's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2023	Amina Anshba Quinn Gleason	Freya Christie Yuliana Lizarazo	6–3, 6–4
2024	Nuria Brancaccio Leyre Romero Gormaz	Lina Gjorcheska Jil Teichmann	5–7, 7–5, [10–7]

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References

↑ "Kavčič dobil ljubljanski challenger". www.zurnal24.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2024-11-28.
↑ "STA: Serbia's Bozoljac Takes Ljubljana Open". english.sta.si. Retrieved 2024-11-28.

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[1] "Kavčič dobil ljubljanski challenger". www.zurnal24.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2024-11-28.

[2] "STA: Serbia's Bozoljac Takes Ljubljana Open". english.sta.si. Retrieved 2024-11-28.

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