European Open | |
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Tournament information | |
Event name | European Open |
Tour | ATP Tour (since 2016) |
Founded | 2016 |
Location | Antwerp Belgium |
Category | ATP 250 series |
Surface | Hard (indoor) [1] |
Draw | 28S / 16Q / 16D [1] |
Prize money | €711,275 (2019) [1] |
Website | europeanopen.be |
Notes | Tournament director: Dick Norman |
Current champions (2023) | |
Singles | Alexander Bublik |
Doubles | Petros Tsitsipas Stefanos Tsitsipas |
The European Open is a men's ATP Tour 250 tennis tournament that takes place in Antwerp, Belgium. It was introduced for the 2016 ATP World Tour. [2] [3]
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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2016 | Richard Gasquet | Diego Schwartzman | 7−6(7−4), 6−1 |
2017 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | Diego Schwartzman | 6−3, 7−5 |
2018 | Kyle Edmund | Gaël Monfils | 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4) |
2019 | Andy Murray | Stan Wawrinka | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
2020 | Ugo Humbert | Alex de Minaur | 6–1, 7–6(7–4) |
2021 | Jannik Sinner | Diego Schwartzman | 6−2, 6−2 |
2022 | Félix Auger-Aliassime | Sebastian Korda | 6−3, 6−4 |
2023 | Alexander Bublik | Arthur Fils | 6−4, 6−4 |
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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2016 | Daniel Nestor Édouard Roger-Vasselin | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut | 6–4, 6–4 |
2017 | Scott Lipsky Divij Sharan | Santiago González Julio Peralta | 6–4, 2–6, [10–5] |
2018 | Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin (2) | Marcelo Demoliner Santiago González | 6–4, 7–5 |
2019 | Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies | Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury | 7–6(7–1), 6–3 |
2020 | John Peers Michael Venus | Rohan Bopanna Matwé Middelkoop | 6–3, 6–4 |
2021 | Nicolas Mahut (2) Fabrice Martin | Wesley Koolhof Jean-Julien Rojer | 6–0, 6–1 |
2022 | Tallon Griekspoor Botic van de Zandschulp | Rohan Bopanna Matwé Middelkoop | 3–6, 6–3, [10–5] |
2023 | Petros Tsitsipas Stefanos Tsitsipas | Ariel Behar Adam Pavlásek | 6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–8] |
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