Istanbul Open

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Istanbul Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded2015
Abolished2018
Editions4
Location Istanbul
Turkey
VenueKoza World of Sports
Category ATP World Tour 250 series
Surface Clay / outdoor
Draw28S / 16D / 32Q
Prize money€439,405
Website istanbulopen.org

The Istanbul Open (also known as the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open for sponsorship purposes) was a men's tennis event on the ATP Tour held in the Turkish city of Istanbul. From 2015 to 2018, it was part of the ATP 250 Series. The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts. [1] This was the first Turkish ATP World Tour event.

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The inaugural tournament was held from 27 April to 3 May 2015 at the "Koza World of Sports" facility, which is promoted as the largest tennis academy in the world. The center court featured a retractable roof and provided seating for 7,500 people. Two other clay show courts raised available seating to 9,500. The tournament was discontinued in 2018. [2] [3]

Finals

Singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2015 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer Flag of Uruguay.svg Pablo Cuevas 6–3, 7–6(13–11)
2016 Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Schwartzman Flag of Bulgaria.svg Grigor Dimitrov 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–0
2017 Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Čilić Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milos Raonic 7–6(7–3), 6–3
2018 Flag of Japan.svg Taro Daniel Flag of Tunisia.svg Malek Jaziri 7–6(7–4), 6–4

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2015 Flag of Moldova.svg Radu Albot
Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Lajović
Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Lindstedt
Flag of Austria.svg Jürgen Melzer
6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2016 Flag of Italy.svg Flavio Cipolla
Flag of Israel.svg Dudi Sela
Flag of Argentina.svg Andrés Molteni
Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Schwartzman
6–3, 5–7, [10–7]
2017 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Jebavý
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Veselý
Flag of Turkey.svg Tuna Altuna
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Motti
6–0, 6–0
2018 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dominic Inglot
Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Lindstedt
Flag of Japan.svg Ben McLachlan
Flag of the United States.svg Nicholas Monroe
3–6, 6–3, [10–8]

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References

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