Hong Kong Open (tennis)

Hong Kong Open
Hong Kong Open
Tournament information
Event name	Salem Open
Tour	ATP Tour (1990–2002); Grand Prix circuit (1973–1987)
Founded	1973
Location	Hong Kong
Venue	Victoria Park Tennis Centre
Surface	Hard (1973–2002)

Hong Kong Tennis Open
Hong Kong Tennis Open
Tournament information
Founded	1980
Location	Hong Kong
Venue	Victoria Park, Causeway Bay
Category	WTA 250, ATP 250
Surface	Hard / Outdoors
Draw	32S / 16D / 16Q
Prize money	$259,303
Website	hktennisopen.hk
Current champions (2024)
Men's singles	Andrey Rublev
Women's singles	Leylah Fernandez
Men's doubles	Marcelo Arevalo ; Mate Pavić
Women's doubles	Tang Qianhui ; Tsao Chia-yi

Last updated October 24, 2024

The Hong Kong Open is a professional tennis tournament organized by the Hong Kong, China Tennis Association annually at the Victoria Park Tennis Centre in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.

The men's tournament is named the Bank of China Hong Kong Hong Kong Tennis Open, an ATP 250 tournament leading up to the Australian Open, and is held in early January every year starting in 2024. The women's tournament is named the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open, a WTA 250 tournament, and is held in early October every year starting in 2014.

The Hong Kong Tennis Open was previously named the Salem Open that began in 1973 and discontinued in 2002. After a 21-year absence, the men's tournament resumed in January 2024. The women's tournament commenced in 1980 and was discontinued two years later. In 1993, the tournament returned for one year before being discontinued until 2014 where it has become a permanent fixture of the Asian swing on the WTA Tour.

History

The Hong Kong Open (also known as the Salem Open^[1]) was also previously a men's tennis tournament that was held in Hong Kong on the Grand Prix tour from (1973–1987) and the ATP Tour from (1990–2002). Players competed in the Victoria Park Tennis Centre, on outdoor hard courts. Michael Chang held the record number of wins with three titles.

In 2001, as with legislation restricting tobacco sponsorship, organizers controversially altered its official logo to include the logo of Perrier, causing anti-smoking campaigners to claim that the organizers exploited a loophole in its sponsorship clause.^[2]

The men's tournament was replaced in 2003 by the Thailand Open.

A women's competition was also held in Hong Kong from 1980 to 1982; and then once more in 1993, as a Tier IV event on the WTA Tour. Wendy Turnbull won two titles in this competition. Beginning in 2014, the Hong Kong Tennis Open resumed after a two decade absence, sponsored by the Hong Kong-based insurance company Prudential.^[3] The tournament was honored as the WTA International Tournament of the Year in 2018.^[4]

After the 2018 edition, the tournament was cancelled for 4 years due to the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests in 2019,^[5] and the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong from 2020 to 2022.^[6] In 2023, the WTA returned to Hong Kong and held its first edition since 2018 in 2023.^[7]

As announced by the Association of Tennis Professionals in June 2023, the ATP 250 license belonging to Pune, Maharashtra was relocated to Hong Kong.^[8] The first iteration of the tournament took place from 1–7 January on outdoor hard courts with a total prize money of more than $650,000. The tournament, sponsored by the Bank of China (Hong Kong), is expected to be a stop for players on their way to the Australian Open.^[9]

Results

Women's singles

Year	Champion	Runners-up	Score
1980	Wendy Turnbull	Marcie Louie	6–0, 6–2
1981	Wendy Turnbull (2)	Sabina Simmonds	6–3, 6–4
1982	Catrin Jexell	Alycia Moulton	6–3, 7–5
1983–1992	not held
1993	Wang Shi-ting	Marianne Witmeyer	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
1994–2013	not held
2014	Sabine Lisicki	Karolína Plíšková	7–5, 6–3
2015	Jelena Janković	Angelique Kerber	3–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–1
2016	Caroline Wozniacki	Kristina Mladenovic	6–1, 6–7^(4–7), 6–2
2017	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Daria Gavrilova	5–7, 6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
2018	Dayana Yastremska	Wang Qiang	6–2, 6–1
2019–22	Not held
2023	Leylah Fernandez	Kateřina Siniaková	3–6, 6–4, 6–4

Women's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1980	Wendy Turnbull Sharon Walsh	Silvana Urroz Penny Johnson	6–1, 6–2
1981	Ann Kiyomura Sharon Walsh (2)	Anne Hobbs Susan Leo	6–3, 6–4
1982	Alycia Moulton Laura duPont	Yvonne Vermaak Jennifer Mundel-Reinbold	6–2, 4–6, 7–5
1983–1992	Not held
1993	Karin Kschwendt Rachel McQuillan	Debbie Graham Marianne Witmeyer	1–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–2
1994–2013	Not held
2014	Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Arina Rodionova	6–2, 2–6, [12–10]
2015	Alizé Cornet Yaroslava Shvedova	Lara Arruabarrena Andreja Klepač	7–5, 6–4
2016	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	Naomi Broady Heather Watson	6–3, 6–1
2017	Chan Hao-ching (2) Chan Yung-jan (2)	Lu Jiajing Wang Qiang	6–1, 6–1
2018	Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai	Shuko Aoyama Lidziya Marozava	6–4, 6–4
2019–22	Not held
2023	Tang Qianhui Tsao Chia-yi	Oksana Kalashnikova Aliaksandra Sasnovich	7–5, 1–6, [11–9]

Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runners-up	Score
1973	Rod Laver	Charlie Pasarell	6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
1974	Not completed due to rain
1975	Tom Gorman	Sandy Mayer	6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1976	Ken Rosewall	Ilie Năstase	1–6, 6–4, 7–6, 6–0
1977	Ken Rosewall (2)	Tom Gorman	6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
1978	Eliot Teltscher	Pat DuPré	6–4, 6–3, 6–2
1979	Jimmy Connors	Pat DuPré	7–5, 6–3, 6–1
1980	Ivan Lendl	Brian Teacher	5–7, 7–6, 6–3
1981	Van Winitsky	Mark Edmondson	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
1982	Pat DuPré	Morris Skip Strode	6–3, 6–3
1983	Wally Masur	Sammy Giammalva Jr.	6–1, 6–1
1984	Andrés Gómez	Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 6–2
1985	Andrés Gómez (2)	Aaron Krickstein	6–3, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1986	Ramesh Krishnan	Andrés Gómez	7–6, 6–0, 7–5
1987	Eliot Teltscher (2)	John Fitzgerald	6–7, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2, 7–5
1988–89	Not held
1990	Pat Cash	Alex Antonitsch	6–3, 6–4
1991	Richard Krajicek	Wally Masur	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1992	Jim Courier	Michael Chang	7–5, 6–3
1993	Pete Sampras	Jim Courier	6–3, 6–7^(1–7), 7–6^(7–2)
1994	Michael Chang	Pat Rafter	6–1, 6–3
1995	Michael Chang	Jonas Björkman	6–3, 6–1
1996	Pete Sampras (2)	Michael Chang	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1997	Michael Chang (3)	Pat Rafter	6–3, 6–3
1998	Kenneth Carlsen	Byron Black	6–2, 6–0
1999	Andre Agassi	Boris Becker	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–4
2000	Nicolas Kiefer	Mark Philippoussis	7–6^(7–4), 2–6, 6–2
2001	Marcelo Ríos	Rainer Schüttler	7–6^(7–3), 6–2
2002	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Carlos Moyá	6–3, 1–6, 7–6^(7–4)
2003–23	Not held
2024	Andrey Rublev	Emil Ruusuvuori	6–4, 6–4

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1973	Colin Dibley Rod Laver	Paul Gerken Brian Gottfried	6–3, 5–7, 17–15
1974	Not completed due to rain
1975	Tom Okker Ken Rosewall	Bob Carmichael Sandy Mayer	6–3, 6–4
1976	Hank Pfister Butch Walts	Anand Amritraj Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–2
1977	Syd Ball Kim Warwick	Marty Riessen Roscoe Tanner	7–6, 6–3
1978	Mark Edmondson John Marks	Hank Pfister Brad Rowe	5–7, 7–6, 6–1
1979	Pat DuPré Robert Lutz	Steve Denton Mark Turpin	6–3, 6–4
1980	Peter Fleming Ferdi Taygan	Bruce Manson Brian Teacher	7–5, 6–2
1981	Chris Dunk Chris Mayotte	Marty Davis Brad Drewett	6–4, 7–6
1982	Charles Buzz Strode Morris Skip Strode	Kim Warwick Van Winitsky	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1983	Drew Gitlin Craig Miller	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Steve Meister	6–2, 6–2
1984	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	Mark Edmondson Paul McNamee	6–7, 6–3, 7–5
1985	Brad Drewett Kim Warwick	Jakob Hlasek Tomáš Šmíd	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1986	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	Pat Cash Mark Kratzmann	7–6, 6–7, 7–5
1987	Mark Kratzmann Jim Pugh	Marty Davis Brad Drewett	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
1988–89	Not held
1990	Pat Cash Wally Masur	Kevin Curren Joey Rive	6–3, 6–3
1991	Patrick Galbraith Todd Witsken	Glenn Michibata Robert Van't Hof	6–2, 6–4
1992	Brad Gilbert Jim Grabb	Byron Black Byron Talbot	6–2, 6–1
1993	David Wheaton Todd Woodbridge	Sandon Stolle Jason Stoltenberg	6–1, 6–3
1994	Jim Grabb Brett Steven	Jonas Björkman Pat Rafter	W/O
1995	Tommy Ho Mark Philippoussis	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–1, 6–7, 7–6
1996	Patrick Galbraith Andrei Olhovskiy	Kent Kinnear Dave Randall	6–3, 6–7, 7–6
1997	Martin Damm Daniel Vacek	Karsten Braasch Jeff Tarango	6–3, 6–4
1998	Byron Black Alex O'Brien	Neville Godwin Tuomas Ketola	7–5, 6–1
1999	James Greenhalgh Grant Silcock	Andre Agassi David Wheaton	W/O
2000	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	Dominik Hrbatý David Prinosil	6–1, 6–2
2001	Karsten Braasch André Sá	Petr Luxa Radek Štěpánek	6–0, 7–5
2002	Jan-Michael Gambill Graydon Oliver	Wayne Arthurs Andrew Kratzmann	6–7, 6–4, 7–6
2003–23	Not held
2024	Marcelo Arévalo Mate Pavić	Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen	7–6^(7–3), 6–4

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v t e WTA 250 tournaments (since 2021)
Active	Auckland Hobart Hua Hin Cluj-Napoca 2 Austin Bogotá Rouen Rabat Rosmalen Nottingham Birmingham Palermo Budapest Iași Prague Cleveland Monastir Ningbo Osaka Guangzhou Nanchang Mérida Hong Kong
Defunct	2021: Melbourne 4 Nur-Sultan Chicago Charleston 2 Cluj-Napoca Tenerife Courmayeur Luxembourg Belgrade 2021-22: Parma Portorož Guadalajara İstanbul 2021-23: Linz Lyon Monterrey Strasbourg Bad Homburg Lausanne Gdynia/Warsaw Hamburg 2022: Tallinn Chennai 2022-23: Seoul

v t e ATP Tour 250 (since 2009)
Present	Buenos Aires Marseille Delray Beach New Haven / Winston-Salem 2009, 2011–present: Kitzbühel 2009–2010, 2012–present: Lyon / Montpellier 2009–2014, 2017–2019, 2021–present: Eastbourne 2009–2014, 2020–present: Viña del Mar / Santiago 2009–2019, 2024–present: Brisbane 2009–2016, 2024–present: Bucharest Stuttgart Båstad Gstaad Umag Stockholm Metz 2009–2019, 2022–present: Houston Casablanca / Marrakech 's-Hertogenbosch 2009–2020, 2023–present: Auckland 2015–2019, 2021–present: Geneva 2015–2019, 2023–present: Chengdu 2016–present: Antwerp 2016–2019, 2021–present: Los Cabos 2020, 2022–present: Adelaide 2020–2021, 2023–present: Astana/Almaty 2021–present: Mallorca 2021, 2024-present: Belgrade 2 2024-present: Hong Kong Hangzhou
Past	2009: Indianapolis 2009–2011: Johannesburg 2009–2012: Los Angeles 2009–2012, 2021–2022: Belgrade 2009–2013: San Jose Bangkok 2009–2013, 2015–2019, 2021: St. Petersburg 2009–2014: Halle Estoril (Oeiras) London Vienna 2009–2015: Zagreb Kuala Lumpur 2009-2019: Costa do Sauípe / São Paulo 2009–2019, 2022: Sydney 2009–2019, 2021–2024: Munich 2009–2021: Moscow 2009–2024: Doha Newport 2010–2019, 2021–2024: Atlanta 2010–2016: Nice 2013–2014: Düsseldorf 2013–2015: Bogotá 2014–2017: Memphis 2014–2018: Shenzhen 2015: Valencia 2015–2016: Nottingham 2015–2018: Quito Istanbul 2015-2024: Estoril (Cascais) 2016–2023: Sofia 2017–2019: Budapest 2017–2019, 2021–2024: Lyon 2017–2021: Antalya 2018–2020: New York 2019, 2023: Zhuhai 2019–2024: Córdoba 2020: Cologne Cologne 2 2020–2021: Cagliari 2021: Singapore Marbella Parma 2021–2022: Melbourne San Diego 2022: Florence Naples Seoul Tel Aviv Gijón 2022–2023: Adelaide 2 2022–2024: Dallas 2023: Banja Luka
Predecessors: ATP World Series (1990–1999) ATP International Series (2000–2008)