European Open (tennis)

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European Open
ATP Tour
Event nameEuropean Open
Tour ATP Tour (since 2016)
Founded2016;9 years ago (2016)
Location Brussels
Belgium
Category ATP 250 series
Surface Hard (indoor) [1]
Draw28S / 16Q / 16D [1]
Prize money 711,275 (2019) [1]
Website europeanopen.be
NotesTournament director: Dick Norman
Current champions (2024)
Singles Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Bautista Agut
Doubles Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Erler
Flag of Austria.svg Lucas Miedler

The European Open is a men's ATP Tour 250 tennis tournament that takes place in Brussels, Belgium. It was introduced for the 2016 ATP World Tour. [2] [3] The tournament took place in Antwerp from 2016 to 2024. [4]

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Past finals

Singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2016 Flag of France.svg Richard Gasquet Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Schwartzman 7−6(7−4), 6−1
2017 Flag of France.svg Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Schwartzman 6−3, 7−5
2018 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kyle Edmund Flag of France.svg Gaël Monfils 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)
2019 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stan Wawrinka 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2020 Flag of France.svg Ugo Humbert Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex de Minaur 6–1, 7–6(7–4)
2021 Flag of Italy.svg Jannik Sinner Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Schwartzman 6−2, 6−2
2022 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Félix Auger-Aliassime Flag of the United States.svg Sebastian Korda 6−3, 6−4
2023 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Alexander Bublik Flag of France.svg Arthur Fils 6−4, 6−4
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Bautista Agut Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Lehečka 7−5, 6−1

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2016 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor
Flag of France.svg Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Flag of France.svg Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Mahut
6–4, 6–4
2017 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Lipsky
Flag of India.svg Divij Sharan
Flag of Mexico.svg Santiago González
Flag of Chile.svg Julio Peralta
6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
2018 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Mahut
Flag of France.svg Édouard Roger-Vasselin (2)
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Demoliner
Flag of Mexico.svg Santiago González
6–4, 7–5
2019 Flag of Germany.svg Kevin Krawietz
Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Mies
Flag of the United States.svg Rajeev Ram
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joe Salisbury
7–6(7–1), 6–3
2020 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Peers
Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Venus
Flag of India.svg Rohan Bopanna
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Matwé Middelkoop
6–3, 6–4
2021 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Mahut (2)
Flag of France.svg Fabrice Martin
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wesley Koolhof
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jean-Julien Rojer
6–0, 6–1
2022 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tallon Griekspoor
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Botic van de Zandschulp
Flag of India.svg Rohan Bopanna
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Matwé Middelkoop
3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2023 Flag of Greece.svg Petros Tsitsipas
Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas
Flag of Uruguay.svg Ariel Behar
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Pavlásek
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–8]
2024 Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Erler
Flag of Austria.svg Lucas Miedler
Flag of the United States.svg Robert Galloway
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Aleksandr Nedovyesov
6–4, 1–6, [10–8]

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