Copenhagen Open

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Copenhagen Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour ATP Tour (1991–2003)
WCT Tour (1973)
Founded1973
Abolished2003
Editions15
Location Copenhagen, Denmark
Surface Carpet (i) (1973–1999)
Hard (i) (2000–2003)

The Copenhagen Open was a men's tennis tournament on the World Championship Tennis (WCT) circuit and ATP Tour held in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was first held in February 1973 as part of the WCT tour and featured renowned players such as Ken Rosewall, Fred Stolle, Arthur Ashe and Tom Okker. It was played indoors on a carpet surface. [1]

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The tournament was not held the following two years but returned on the calendar in 1976 without any of the first-tier players. After 1976 the tournament was discontinued. It was re-introduced in 1991 as part of the ATP Tour and was halted again in 2003. The only player to win the Copenhagen Open more than once was Magnus Gustafsson (1998, 1999). The only Danish winner was Lars Elvstrøm.

Finals

Singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1973 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roger Taylor Flag of the United States.svg Marty Riessen 6–2, 6–3, 7–6
1974–75Not Held
1976 Flag of Denmark.svg Lars Elvstrøm Flag of France.svg Jean-François Caujolle 6–4, 6–4
1977–90Not Held
1991 Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Järryd 6–7(5-7), 6–2, 6–2
1992 Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Larsson Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Järryd 6–4, 7–6(7-5)
1993 Flag of Russia (1991-1993).svg Andrei Olhovskiy Flag of Sweden.svg Nicklas Kulti 7–5, 3–6, 6–2
1994 Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Daniel Vacek 6–3, 7–5
1995 Flag of Germany.svg Martin Sinner Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Olhovskiy 6–7(3-7), 7–6(10-8), 6–3
1996 Flag of France.svg Cédric Pioline Flag of Denmark.svg Kenneth Carlsen 6–2, 7–6(9-7)
1997 Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Johansson Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Damm 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1998 Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Gustafsson Flag of Germany.svg David Prinosil 3–6, 6–1, 6–1
1999 Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Gustafsson Flag of France.svg Fabrice Santoro 6–4, 6–1
2000 Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Vinciguerra Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Larsson 6–3, 7–6(7-5)
2001 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Henman Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Vinciguerra 6–3, 6–4
2002 Flag of Germany.svg Lars Burgsmüller Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Olivier Rochus 6–3, 6–3
2003 Flag of Slovakia.svg Karol Kučera Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Olivier Rochus 7–6(7-4), 6–4

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1973 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Gorman
Flag of the United States.svg Erik van Dillen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Cox
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Stilwell
6–4, 6–4
1974–90Not Held
1991 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Woodforde
Flag of France.svg Mansour Bahrami
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Andrei Olhovskiy
6–3, 6–1
1992 Flag of Sweden.svg Nicklas Kulti
Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Larsson
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hendrik Jan Davids
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Libor Pimek
6–3, 6–4
1993 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg David Adams
Flag of Russia (1991-1993).svg Andrei Olhovskiy
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Damm
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Daniel Vacek
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1994 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Damm
Flag of New Zealand.svg Brett Steven
Flag of Germany.svg David Prinosil
Flag of Germany.svg Udo Riglewski
6–3, 6–4
1995 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Keil
Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Nyborg
Flag of France.svg Guillaume Raoux
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Greg Rusedski
6–7, 6–4, 7–6
1996 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Libor Pimek
Flag of South Africa.svg Byron Talbot
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Arthurs
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Kratzmann
7–6, 3–6, 6–3
1997 Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Olhovskiy
Flag of New Zealand.svg Brett Steven
Flag of Denmark.svg Kenneth Carlsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Fetterlein
6–4, 6–2
1998 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Kempers
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Menno Oosting
Flag of New Zealand.svg Brett Steven
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Siemerink
6–4, 7–6
1999 Flag of Belarus.svg Max Mirnyi
Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Olhovskiy
Flag of Germany.svg Marc-Kevin Goellner
Flag of Germany.svg David Prinosil
6–7, 7–6, 6–1
2000 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Damm
Flag of Germany.svg David Prinosil
Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sébastien Lareau
6–1, 5–7, 7–5
2001 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Wayne Black
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Kevin Ullyett
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Novák
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg David Rikl
6–3, 6–3
2002 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kohlmann
Flag of Austria.svg Julian Knowle
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Novák
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Radek Štěpánek
7–6, 7–5
2003 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Cibulec
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Vízner
Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kohlmann
Flag of Austria.svg Julian Knowle
7–5, 5–7, 6–2

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References

  1. "ATP - 1973 Copenhagen Event Draw". ATP. Retrieved 2 April 2012.