Rafa Nadal Open

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Rafa Nadal Open
Tennisball current event.svg 2024 Rafa Nadal Open
ATP Challenger Tour
Event nameRafa Nadal Open
Location Manacor, Spain
Venue Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar
Category ATP Challenger Tour
Surface Hard
Draw32S/32Q/16D
Prize money€43,000
Website official website

The Rafa Nadal Open is a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Rafa Nadal Academy in Manacor, Spain, since 2018.

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Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2024 Flag of Croatia.svg Duje Ajduković Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Gigante 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2023 Flag of Serbia.svg Hamad Medjedovic Flag of France.svg Harold Mayot 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
2022 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Nardi Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Zizou Bergs 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–5
2021 Flag of Slovakia.svg Lukáš Lacko Flag of Japan.svg Yasutaka Uchiyama 5–7, 7–6(10–8), 6–1
2020Not Held
2019 Flag of Finland.svg Emil Ruusuvuori Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Viola 6–0, 6–1
2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bernard Tomic Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Bachinger 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2024 Flag of Austria.svg David Pichler
Flag of Austria.svg Jurij Rodionov
Flag of India.svg Anirudh Chandrasekar
Flag of Spain.svg David Vega Hernández
1–6, 6–3, [10–7]
2023 Flag of Israel.svg Daniel Cukierman
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joshua Paris
Flag of India.svg Sriram Balaji
Flag of India.svg Ramkumar Ramanathan
6–4, 6–4
2022 Flag of India.svg Yuki Bhambri
Flag of India.svg Saketh Myneni
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Marek Gengel
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukáš Rosol
6–2, 6–2
2021 Flag of Poland.svg Karol Drzewiecki
Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Martos Gornés
Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Romboli
Flag of Poland.svg Jan Zieliński
6–4, 4–6, [10–3]
2020Not Held
2019 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sander Arends
Flag of the Netherlands.svg David Pel
Flag of Poland.svg Karol Drzewiecki
Flag of Poland.svg Szymon Walków
7–5, 6–4
2018 Flag of Uruguay.svg Ariel Behar
Flag of Spain.svg Enrique López Pérez
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Evans
Flag of Spain.svg Gerard Granollers
Walkover


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