Hungarian Open (tennis)

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Hungarian Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour ATP Tour
Founded2017
Abolished2019
Location Budapest, Hungary
VenueNemzeti Edzés Központ (2017–2018)
Sport11 Sport and Event Center (2019)
Category ATP Tour 250
Surface Clay court (Red) / outdoor
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money€524,340 (2019)
Website hungarianopen.org

The Hungarian Open was a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. It was held annually in April in Budapest, Hungary. [1] This is the first ATP event hosted in Hungary and it run by the Hungarian Tennis Association. [2] 2017 was the inaugural edition and 2019 was the last edition. Matteo Berrettini was the event's last singles champion. The tournament was replaced by the Serbia Open scheduled to return to the calendar in April 2021.

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Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2017 Flag of France.svg Lucas Pouille Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aljaž Bedene 6–3, 6–1
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Cecchinato Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Millman 7–5, 6–4
2019 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Berrettini Flag of Serbia.svg Filip Krajinović 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
2020Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2017 Flag of the United States.svg Brian Baker
Flag of Croatia.svg Nikola Mektić
Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Sebastián Cabal
Flag of Colombia.svg Robert Farah
7–6(7–2), 6–4
2018 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dominic Inglot
Flag of Croatia.svg Franko Škugor
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Matwé Middelkoop
Flag of Argentina.svg Andrés Molteni
6–7(8–10), 6–1, [10–8]
2019 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ken Skupski
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neal Skupski
Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Daniell
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wesley Koolhof
6-3, 6-4
2020Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic

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