BMW Open | |
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ATP Tour | |
Founded | 1899 |
Location | Munich Germany |
Venue | MTTC Iphitos |
Category | ATP 250 / ATP International Series / ATP World Series (1990–2024) ATP 500 (2025-present) |
Surface | Clay / outdoors |
Draw | 28S / 16D |
Prize money | €481,270 (2021) |
Website | bmwopen.de |
Current champions (2024) | |
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The Bavarian International Tennis Championships (German : Internationale Tennis-Meisterschaften von Bayern, known since 1990 by its sponsored name BMW Open) is a men's tennis tournament held at the MTTC Iphitos in Munich, Germany. Founded in 1899 as a combined men's and women's event, [1] [2] [3] it is also known as the Bavarian Open. [1] The tournament is played on outdoor clay courts and is a part of the ATP Tour schedule. [4] In 2025, the tournament was upgraded to an ATP 500 level event. [5]
In 1899, the tournament's first edition was held by the tennis club Münchner Tennis- und Turnierclub (MTTC) Iphitos, [6] which was the first tennis club in Munich having been formed in 1892 by students. [1] The club only had grass courts, and the first edition was therefore played on grass. The tournament was founded as a combined men's and women's event, until 1973 when the women's tournament was discontinued. From 1969 the tournament was also branded as the Bavarian Open. [1]
The Center Court of the MTTC has been in Aumeisterweg since 1930, and holds 5,600 people. The tournament has offered prize money since 1970, when the total prizes amounted to $20,000.
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