Status Athens Open

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Status Athens Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameAthens
Founded2008
Abolished2011
Editions14
Location Athens, Greece
Category ATP Challenger Tour
Surface Hard
Draw32S/32Q/16D
Website Website
Portugal's Rui Machado took the singles title in 2009 Rui-machado.png
Portugal's Rui Machado took the singles title in 2009

The Status Athens Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It was held annually in Athens, Greece, and has been since 2008.

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Lu Yen-hsun was the only player to win both singles and doubles title in the same year.

Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2011 Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Bachinger Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Tursunov walkover
2010 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lu Yen-hsun Flag of Germany.svg Rainer Schüttler 3–6, 7–6(4), 6–4
2009 Flag of Portugal.svg Rui Machado Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Muñoz de la Nava 63, 76(4)
2008 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Martin Verkerk Flag of Romania.svg Adrian Cruciat 63, 63

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2012 Flag of Germany.svg Andre Begemann
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Kerr
Flag of Spain.svg Gerard Granollers
Flag of Greece.svg Alexandros Jakupovic
6–2, 6–3
2011 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin Fleming
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Lipsky
Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Bachinger
Flag of Germany.svg Benjamin Becker
walkover
2010 Flag of South Africa.svg Rik de Voest
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lu Yen-hsun
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Haase
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Igor Sijsling
6–3, 6–4
2009 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rameez Junaid
Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Marx
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jesse Huta Galung
Flag of Portugal.svg Rui Machado
64, 63
2008 Flag of Spain.svg Marc López
Flag of Spain.svg Gabriel Trujillo Soler
Flag of Greece.svg Konstantinos Economidis
Flag of Greece.svg Alex Jakupovic
64, 64

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