Tel Aviv Open

Tel Aviv Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Sponsor	Watergen
Founded	1978;47 years ago (1978)
Location	Tel Aviv Israel
Venue	Expo Tel Aviv (2022-current) Israel Tennis Centers (1978-1999)
Category	ATP Tour 250 (2022–current) ATP Challenger Series (1978, 1998-1999) ATP World Series (1990–96) Grand Prix circuit (1979-81, 1983-89)
Surface	Hard / Indoors (2022-current) Hard / Outdoors (1978-1999)
Draw	28S/28Q/16D
Prize money	$949,475 (2022)
Website	atptour.com
Current champions (2022)
Singles	Novak Djokovic
Doubles	Rohan Bopanna / Matwé Middelkoop

The Tel Aviv Open (also known as the Tel Aviv Watergen Open due to sponsorship reasons) is an ATP Tour-affiliated tennis tournament. It was first played from 1978 through 1999 (skipping 1982 due to the 1982 Lebanon War and 1997 as it transitioned back to the Challenger Series) and was to be resumed in 2014 as a replacement for the St. Petersburg Open, ^[1] however its return was cancelled due to security concerns arising from the 2014 Gaza War and scrapped permanently in 2015. On June 21, 2022, it was announced that the tournament would return later that year, albeit in a different venue than previous editions. The tournament was planned to continue in 2023, but was cancelled due to the Gaza war. ^[2]

Israeli tennis player Amos Mansdorf appeared in the final five times, winning in 1987, making him the only Israeli to win the event. Jimmy Connors won his final career singles title at the event in 1989.

In 1990 and 1991 the tournament was known as the Riklis Classic and in 1996 it was known as the Eisenberg Israel Open.

The tournament still holds the ATP record for the youngest winner of an ATP event (Aaron Krickstein in 1983, at the age of 16 and 2 months).

Finals

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
↓   ATP Challenger Series event  ↓
1978	Tom Okker	Peter Feigl	6-7, 6-4, 6-2
↓   Grand Prix event  ↓
1979	Tom Okker	Per Hjertquist	6–4, 6–3
1980	Harold Solomon	Shlomo Glickstein	6–2, 6–3
1981	Mel Purcell	Per Hjertquist	6–1, 6–1
1982	Not held due to the 1982 Lebanon War
1983	Aaron Krickstein	Christoph Zipf	7–6, 6–3
1984	Aaron Krickstein	Shahar Perkiss	6–4, 6–1
1985	Brad Gilbert	Amos Mansdorf	6–3, 6–2
1986	Brad Gilbert	Aaron Krickstein	7–5, 6–2
1987	Amos Mansdorf	Brad Gilbert	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1988	Brad Gilbert	Aaron Krickstein	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
1989	Jimmy Connors	Gilad Bloom	2–6, 6–2, 6–1
↓   ATP World Series event  ↓
1990	Andrei Chesnokov	Amos Mansdorf	6–4, 6–3
1991	Leonardo Lavalle	Christo van Rensburg	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1992	Jeff Tarango	Stephane Simian	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1993	Stefano Pescosolido	Amos Mansdorf	7–6, 7–5
1994	Wayne Ferreira	Amos Mansdorf	7–6, 6–3
1995	Ján Krošlák	Javier Sánchez	6–3, 6–4
1996	Javier Sánchez	Marcos Ondruska	6–4, 7–5
1997	Not held
↓   ATP Challenger Series event  ↓
1998	Gianluca Pozzi	Lior Mor	6–1, 6–7, 6–3
1999	Ctislav Doseděl	Noam Okun	7–6, 6–3
2000–2021	Not held; return cancelled due to 2014 Gaza War
↓   ATP Tour 250 event  ↓
2022	Novak Djokovic	Marin Čilić	6–3, 6–4
2023	Not held due to Gaza war

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
↓   ATP Challenger Series event  ↓
1978	Peter Feigl Eric Friedler	Mike Fishbach Tom Okker	6-3, 6-7, 6-3
↓   Grand Prix event  ↓
1979	Ilie Năstase Tom Okker	Mike Cahill Colin Dibley	7–5, 6–4
1980	Per Hjertquist Steve Krulevitz	Eric Fromm Cary Leeds	7–6, 6–3
1981	Steve Meister Van Winitsky	John Feaver Steve Krulevitz	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1982	Not held due to the 1982 Lebanon War
1983	Colin Dowdeswell Zoltán Kuhárszky	Peter Elter Peter Feigl	6–3, 7–5
1984	Peter Doohan Brian Levine	Colin Dowdeswell Jakob Hlasek	6–3, 6–4
1985	Brad Gilbert Ilie Năstase	Michael Robertson Florin Segărceanu	6–3, 6–2
1986	John Letts Peter Lundgren	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1987	Gilad Bloom Shahar Perkiss	Wolfgang Popp Huub van Boeckel	6–2, 6–4
1988	Roger Smith Paul Wekesa	Patrick Baur Alexander Mronz	6–3, 6–3
1989	Jeremy Bates Patrick Baur	Rikard Bergh Per Henricsson	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
↓   ATP World Series event  ↓
1990	Nduka Odizor Christo van Rensburg	Ronnie Båthman Rikard Bergh	6–3, 6–4
1991	David Rikl Michiel Schapers	Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
1992	Mike Bauer João Cunha Silva	Mark Koevermans Tobias Svantesson	6–3, 6–4
1993	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	Mike Bauer David Rikl	6–4, 6–4
1994	Lan Bale John-Laffnie de Jager	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	6–7, 6–2, 7–6
1995	Jim Grabb Jared Palmer	Kent Kinnear David Wheaton	6–4, 7–5
1996	Marcos Ondruska Grant Stafford	Noam Behr Eyal Erlich	6–3, 6–2
1997	Not held
↓   ATP Challenger Series event  ↓
1998	Radek Štěpánek Michal Tabara	Noam Okun Nir Welgreen	7–6, 6–3
1999	Noam Behr Eyal Ran	Amir Hadad Andrew Ilie	6–3, 6–2
2000–2021	Not held; return cancelled due to 2014 Gaza War
↓   ATP Tour 250 event  ↓
2022	Rohan Bopanna Matwé Middelkoop	Santiago González Andrés Molteni	6–2, 6–4
2023	Not held due to Gaza war

References

1. "News | ATP Tour | Tennis".
2. "2023 Tel Aviv Watergen Open Cancelled | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2024-06-09.

External links

• Official website
• 2022-present Tournament page at ATPTour.com
• 1998-1999 Tournament page at ATPTour.com
• 1978-1996 Tournament page at ATPTour.com
• ATP Vault