Barcelona Open | |
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Tournament information | |
Founded | 1953 |
Editions | 70 (2023) |
Location | Barcelona Spain |
Venue | Real Club de Tenis Barcelona |
Category | ATP Tour 500 / ATP Championship Series (since 1990) Grand Prix Tour (1972–1989) |
Surface | Clay (outdoor) |
Draw | 48S / 24Q / 16D (from 2013) 56S / 28Q / 24D (until 2012) |
Prize money | €2,722,480 (2023) |
Website | Official website |
Current champions (2023) | |
Singles | ![]() |
Doubles | ![]() ![]() |
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The Barcelona Open (currently sponsored by Banc Sabadell) is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players. The event was founded in 1953 as a combined men's and women's tournament until 1980. It is played at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain on clay courts. The event is also known as Torneo Barcelona.
History
The tournament was created at the initiative of Carlos Godó Valls, Count of Godó, after the tennis club moved to its new location in Pedralbes, a neighborhood in Les Corts district of Barcelona.[1] Vic Seixas won the first singles title as well as the doubles title, partnering Enrique Morea.[2] It was an event of the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1970 until 1989, except in 1971 when it was part of the World Championship Tennis (WCT) circuit, but also open to non-WCT players. The tournament is currently part of the ATP Tour 500 series on the ATP Tour.
It is Spain's second most prestigious tournament on the ATP Tour after the Madrid Open and the event generally takes place in the last week of April, when temperatures in Barcelona average a daily high of 19 °C (66 °F).[3]
Native Spaniard Rafael Nadal has won the singles title a record twelve times (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2021), and in 2017 the center court of the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona was renamed Pista Rafa Nadal (Rafa Nadal Arena).[4]
Past finals
Singles
Doubles
Seniors
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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2006 | ![]() 6–1, 6–4 | ![]() | ![]() 6–7(6–8), 6–4, [10–7] | ![]() |
2007 | ![]() 4–6, 6–1, [10–2] | ![]() | ![]() 6–2, 7–5 | ![]() |
2008 | ![]() 6–3, 6–3 | ![]() | ![]() 7–6(7–5), 3–1, ret. | ![]() |
2009 | ![]() 6–4, 6–1 | ![]() | ![]() 6–7(3–7), 6–2, [11–9] | ![]() |
2010 | ![]() 6–4, 6–4 | ![]() | ![]() 6–0, 6–3 | ![]() |
Statistics
Most singles titles
Rafael Nadal: 12 (2005–2009, 2011–2013, 2016–2018 and 2021)
Most singles finals
Rafael Nadal: 12
Most matches played
Rafael Nadal: 70
Most matches won
Rafael Nadal: 66
Most matches won %
Rafael Nadal: 94.3%
Most appearances
Feliciano López: 22 (1998, 2001–2012, 2014–2019 and 2021–2023)
Winner of most doubles titles
Doubles teams winners of most titles
Roy Emerson / Neale Fraser: 3 (1959, 1960 and 1962)
Anders Järryd / Hans Simonsson: 3 (1981–1983)
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan: 3 (2003, 2008 and 2016)
Winners of both singles and doubles titles in the same year
Vic Seixas: 1953
Tony Trabert: 1954
Neale Fraser: 1959
Roy Emerson: 1963 and 1964
Manuel Orantes: 1969 and 1970
Ilie Năstase: 1973 and 1974
Björn Borg: 1975
Ivan Lendl: 1980
Andrés Gómez: 1990
See also
Notes
References
- ↑ "Torneo Conde de Godó". Catalunya.com (in Spanish).
- ↑ "Seixas is victor in Barcelona net play". The Fresno Bee. UP. 8 June 1953. p. 5-B – via Newspapers.com.
Vic Seixas of Philadelphia won the men's singles title in the Godo Cup International Tennis Tourney, beating Enrique Morea of Argentina 6-2, 6-4, 22-20.
- ↑ "El crecimiento global del Trofeo Conde de Godó de tenis". EAE (in Spanish). 11 April 2009.
[...] Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, el segundo torneo más prestigioso de España.
- ↑ "Nadal Has Barcelona Centre Court Named After Him | ATP Tour | Tennis".
External links
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