Zagreb Open | |||||||||
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2024 Zagreb Open | |||||||||
Tournament information | |||||||||
Event name | Zagreb Open | ||||||||
Location | Zagreb, Croatia | ||||||||
Venue | Sportski park Mladost (1996-2011) Tenis centar Maksimir (2021-2022) SRC Šalata (2024-) | ||||||||
Surface | Clay | ||||||||
Website | www.zagrebopen.com | ||||||||
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The Zagreb Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and of the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It was held annually at the Sportski park Mladost in Zagreb, Croatia, from 1996 to 2011. The men's tournament returned in 2021 and was played for two years at the Tenis centar Maksimir. [1] After another break in 2023 the tournament moved in 2024 to the Sportsko rekreacijski centar Šalata. [2] The women's tournament returned in 2024, played also at the SRC Šalata. [3]
Tom Vanhoudt is the doubles record holder with two titles, along with Ágnes Szávay on the women's counterpart with one single and one doubles title.
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score | |
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2024 | Damir Džumhur | Luka Mikrut | 7–5, 6–0 | |
2023 | not held | |||
2022 | Filip Misolic | Mili Poljičak | 6–3, 7–6(8–6) | |
2021 | Sebastián Báez | Juan Pablo Varillas | 3–6, 6–3, 6–1 | |
2012–2020 | not held | |||
2011 | Diego Junqueira | João Souza | 6–3, 6–4 | |
2010 | Yuri Schukin | Santiago Ventura | 6–3, 7–5 | |
2009 | Marcos Daniel | Olivier Rochus | 6–3, 6–4 | |
2008 | Christophe Rochus | Carlos Berlocq | 6–3, 6–4 | |
2007 | Janko Tipsarević | Júlio Silva | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 | |
2006 | Daniel Elsner | Victor Crivoi | 6–3, 7–6(7–3) | |
2005 | Ivan Ljubičić | Jan Minář | 6–4, 6–2 | |
2004 | Adrián García | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | 6–3, 7–5 | |
2003 | Kristof Vliegen | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | 6–1, 4–6, 6–0 | |
2002 | Luis Horna | Dominik Hrbatý | 6–2, 6–1 | |
2001 | Jacobo Díaz | Albert Montañés | 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–2 | |
2000 | Gastón Etlis | Agustín Calleri | 6–3, 7–5 | |
1999 | Andrea Gaudenzi | Julien Boutter | 6–1, 6–4 | |
1998 | Jiří Novák | Mariano Puerta | 7–5, 6–1 | |
1997 | Alberto Berasategui | Ivan Ljubičić | 6–1, 6–2 | |
1996 | Sargis Sargsian | Marcos Aurelio Gorriz | 6–4, 6–4 |
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score | |
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2024 | Giorgia Pedone | Elena Pridankina | 2–6, 6–2, 7–5 | |
2012-2023 | not held | |||
2011 | Nathalie Piquion | Doroteja Erić | 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 | |
2010 | not held | |||
2009 | Polona Hercog | Maša Zec Peškirič | 7–5, 6–2 | |
2008 | Sofia Arvidsson | Séverine Brémond | 7–6(7–0), 6–2 | |
2007 | Ágnes Szávay | Nika Ožegović | 6–0, 7–6(7–2) |
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | |
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2024 | Živa Falkner Amarissa Tóth | Lia Karatancheva Sapfo Sakellaridi | 6–4, 6–3 | |
2012-2023 | not held | |||
2011 | Elitsa Kostova Barbara Sobaszkiewicz | Ani Mijačika Ana Vrljić | 1–6, 6–3, [12–10] | |
2010 | not held | |||
2009 | Petra Martić Ajla Tomljanović | Ksenia Milevskaya Anastasia Pivovarova | 6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–5] | |
2008 | Melinda Czink Sunitha Rao | Stéphanie Foretz Jelena Kostanić Tošić | 6–4, 6–2 | |
2007 | Emma Laine Ágnes Szávay | Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska | 6–1, 6–2 |
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