Winston-Salem Open
Tournament information
LocationWinston-Salem, North Carolina
United States
VenueWake Forest University
Category Tour 250
SurfaceHardcourt / outdoor
Draw48S / 32Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$823,420 (2022)
Websitewinstonsalemopen.com
Current champions (2023)
SinglesArgentina Sebastián Báez
DoublesUnited States Nathaniel Lammons
United States Jackson Withrow

The Winston-Salem Open is a men's professional tennis tournament played on the ATP Tour at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in the United States. It made its debut at Winston-Salem in 2011 and is part of the 250 tier of events.[1] The tournament was previously staged in Long Island and New Haven before it was sold and relocated to Winston-Salem, creating a new tournament.[2]

The Winston-Salem Open was awarded the 2016 ATP Tour 250 Tournament of the Year.

History

The event started on Long Island's Jericho hamlet as a four-player singles exhibition in 1981, the event, first known as the Hamlet Challenge Cup, developed into a larger draw competition, and saw winning numerous top players in the 1980s, including Ivan Lendl and an eighteen-year-old Andre Agassi in 1988.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] In 1990, the Long Island tournament became part of the tour as it entered the newly created Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour, being sponsored by numerous companies including; Norstar Bank in 1990 and 1991,[12] Waldbaum's from 1992 to 1995 and from 1997 to 2000,[12] Genovese Drug Stores in 1996,[13] and TD Waterhouse from 2002 until the move to New Haven,[14] adding names like Stefan Edberg, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Magnus Norman, Paradorn Srichaphan and Lleyton Hewitt to its list of champions.

In 2005 the USTA decided to purchase the men's tournament of Long Island, New York and merge it with the Women's event at New Haven.[15] This move created the first large joint ATPWTA tournament leading to the US Open.[16] The tournament remained a joint event until 2011 when the men's and women's events became separated, and the men's tournament relocated to Winston-Salem.[2] The tournament will ignore its history with the ATP calling it a new event.[1]

Tournament

The tournament is part of the US Open Series and is typically held in August the week prior to the US Open. It is one of six 250 level events on tour played in the United States. In 2016, the tournament received recognition as one of the ATP World Tour 250 Tournaments of the Year.

Ivan Lendl holds the record for most singles titles at five, winning in 19841986, 1989 and 1991; he also holds the record for most singles titles won in a row, at three. The only doubles team to win back-to-back titles is Jonathan Stark and Kevin Ullyett.

Past finals

Singles

Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Long Island
(exhibition)
1981United States Brian TeacherFrance Yannick Noah4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1982United States Gene MayerUnited States Johan Kriek6–2, 6–3
1983United States Gene MayerSwitzerland Heinz Günthardt6–7(9–11), 6–4, 6–0
1984Czech Republic Ivan LendlEcuador Andrés Gómez6–2, 6–4
1985Czech Republic Ivan LendlUnited States Jimmy Connors6–1, 6–3
1986Czech Republic Ivan LendlUnited States John McEnroe6–2, 6–4
1987Sweden Jonas SvenssonUnited States David Pate7–6, 3–6, 6–3
1988United States Andre AgassiFrance Yannick Noah6–3, 0–6, 6–4
1989Czech Republic Ivan LendlSweden Mikael Pernfors4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Long Island 1990Sweden Stefan EdbergSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Ivanišević7–6, 6–3
1991Czech Republic Ivan LendlSweden Stefan Edberg6–3, 6–2
1992Czech Republic Petr KordaUnited States Ivan Lendl6–2, 6–2
1993Switzerland Marc RossetUnited States Michael Chang6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1994Russia Yevgeny KafelnikovFrance Cédric Pioline5–7, 6–1, 6–2
1995Russia Yevgeny KafelnikovNetherlands Jan Siemerink7–6(7–0), 6–2
1996Ukraine Andrei MedvedevCzech Republic Martin Damm7–5, 6–3
1997Spain Carlos MoyáAustralia Patrick Rafter6–4, 7–6(7–1)
1998Australia Patrick RafterSpain Félix Mantilla7–6(7–3), 6–2
1999Sweden Magnus NormanSpain Àlex Corretja7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
2000Sweden Magnus NormanSweden Thomas Enqvist6–3, 5–7, 7–5
2001Germany Tommy HaasUnited States Pete Sampras6–3, 3–6, 6–2
2002Thailand Paradorn SrichaphanArgentina Juan Ignacio Chela5–7, 6–2, 6–2
2003Thailand Paradorn SrichaphanUnited States James Blake6–2, 6–4
2004Australia Lleyton HewittPeru Luis Horna6–3, 6–1
New Haven 2005United States James BlakeSpain Feliciano López3–6, 7–5, 6–1
2006Russia Nikolay DavydenkoArgentina Agustín Calleri6–4, 6–3
2007United States James BlakeUnited States Mardy Fish7–5, 6–4
2008Croatia Marin ČilićUnited States Mardy Fish6–4, 4–6, 6–2
2009Spain Fernando VerdascoUnited States Sam Querrey6–4, 7–6(8–6)
2010Ukraine Sergiy StakhovskyUzbekistan Denis Istomin3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winston-Salem 2011United States John IsnerFrance Julien Benneteau4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2012United States John IsnerCzech Republic Tomáš Berdych3–6, 6–4, 7–6(11–9)
2013Austria Jürgen MelzerFrance Gaël Monfils6–3, 2–1, ret.
2014Czech Republic Lukáš RosolPoland Jerzy Janowicz3–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–5
2015South Africa Kevin AndersonFrance Pierre-Hugues Herbert6–4, 7–5
2016Spain Pablo Carreño BustaSpain Roberto Bautista Agut6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–1), 6–4
2017Spain Roberto Bautista AgutBosnia and Herzegovina Damir Džumhur6–4, 6–4
2018Russia Daniil MedvedevUnited States Steve Johnson6–4, 6–4
2019Poland Hubert HurkaczFrance Benoît Paire6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2021Belarus Ilya IvashkaSweden Mikael Ymer6–0, 6–2
2022France Adrian MannarinoSerbia Laslo Djere7–6(7–1), 6–4
2023Argentina Sebastián BáezCzech Republic Jiří Lehečka6–4, 6–3

Doubles

Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Long Island 1990France Guy Forget
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
Germany Udo Riglewski
Germany Michael Stich
2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1991Germany Eric Jelen
Germany Carl-Uwe Steeb
United States Doug Flach
Italy Diego Nargiso
0–6, 6–4, 7–6
1992United States Francisco Montana
United States Greg Van Emburgh
Italy Gianluca Pozzi
Finland Olli Rahnasto
6–4, 6–2
1993Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner
Germany David Prinosil
France Arnaud Boetsch
France Olivier Delaître
6–7, 7–5, 6–2
1994France Olivier Delaître
France Guy Forget
Australia Andrew Florent
United Kingdom Mark Petchey
6–4, 7–6
1995Czech Republic Cyril Suk
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
United States Rick Leach
United States Scott Melville
5–7, 7–6, 7–6
1996United States Luke Jensen
United States Murphy Jensen
Germany Hendrik Dreekmann
Russia Alexander Volkov
6–3, 7–6
1997South Africa Marcos Ondruska
Germany David Prinosil
United States Mark Keil
United States T.J. Middleton
6–4, 6–4
1998Spain Julian Alonso
Spain Javier Sánchez
United States Brandon Coupe
United States Dave Randall
6–4, 6–4
1999France Olivier Delaître
France Fabrice Santoro
United States Jan-Michael Gambill
United States Scott Humphries
7–5, 6–4
2000United States Jonathan Stark
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
United States Jan-Michael Gambill
United States Scott Humphries
6–4, 6–4
2001United States Jonathan Stark
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
6–1, 6–4
2002India Mahesh Bhupathi
United States Mike Bryan
Czech Republic Petr Pála
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
6–3, 6–4
2003South Africa Robbie Koenig
Argentina Martín Rodríguez
Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
6–3, 7–6
2004France Antony Dupuis
France Michaël Llodra
Switzerland Yves Allegro
Germany Michael Kohlmann
6–2, 6–4
New Haven 2005Argentina Gastón Etlis
Argentina Martín Rodríguez
United States Rajeev Ram
United States Bobby Reynolds
6–4, 6–3
2006Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
6–3, 6–3
2007India Mahesh Bhupathi
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
6–3, 6–3
2008Brazil Marcelo Melo
Brazil André Sá
India Mahesh Bhupathi
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
7–5, 6–2
2009Austria Julian Knowle
Austria Jürgen Melzer
Brazil Bruno Soares
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2010Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Romania Horia Tecău
India Rohan Bopanna
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
6–4, 7–5
Winston-Salem 2011Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
Germany Christopher Kas
Austria Alexander Peya
7–6(7–2), 6–4
2012Mexico Santiago González
United States Scott Lipsky
Spain Pablo Andújar
Argentina Leonardo Mayer
6–3, 4–6, [10–2]
2013Canada Daniel Nestor
India Leander Paes
Philippines Treat Huey
United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
7–6(12–10), 7–5
2014Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah
United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Australia John Peers
6–3, 6–4
2015United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
United States Eric Butorac
United States Scott Lipsky
6–2, 6–4
2016Spain Guillermo García-López
Finland Henri Kontinen
Germany Andre Begemann
India Leander Paes
4–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–8]
2017Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău
Chile Julio Peralta
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
6–3, 6–4
2018Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău
United States James Cerretani
India Leander Paes
6–4, 6–2
2019Poland Łukasz Kubot
Brazil Marcelo Melo
United States Nicholas Monroe
United States Tennys Sandgren
6–7(6–8), 6–1, [10–3]
2021El Salvador Marcelo Arévalo
Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop
Croatia Ivan Dodig
United States Austin Krajicek
6–7(5–7), 7–5, [10–6]
2022Australia Matthew Ebden
United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Monaco Hugo Nys
Poland Jan Zieliński
6–4, 6–2

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