Istanbul Open

The Istanbul Open (also known as the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open for sponsorship purposes) was a men's tennis event on the ATP Tour held in the Turkish city of Istanbul. From 2015 to 2018, it was part of the ATP 250 Series. The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts.[1] This was the first Turkish ATP World Tour event.

Istanbul Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded2015
Abolished2018
Editions4
LocationIstanbul
Turkey
VenueKoza World of Sports
CategoryATP World Tour 250 series
SurfaceClay / outdoor
Draw28S / 16D / 32Q
Prize money€439,405
Websiteistanbulopen.org

The inaugural tournament was held from 27 April to 3 May 2015 at the "Koza World of Sports" facility, which is promoted as the largest tennis academy in the world. The center court featured a retractable roof and provided seating for 7,500 people. Two other clay show courts raised available seating to 9,500. The tournament was discontinued in 2018.[2][3]

Finals

Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2015 Roger Federer Pablo Cuevas 6–3, 7–6(13–11)
2016 Diego Schwartzman Grigor Dimitrov 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–0
2017 Marin Čilić Milos Raonic 7–6(7–3), 6–3
2018 Taro Daniel Malek Jaziri 7–6(7–4), 6–4

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2015 Radu Albot
Dušan Lajović		 Robert Lindstedt
Jürgen Melzer		 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2016 Flavio Cipolla
Dudi Sela		 Andrés Molteni
Diego Schwartzman		 6–3, 5–7, [10–7]
2017 Roman Jebavý
Jiří Veselý		 Tuna Altuna
Alessandro Motti		 6–0, 6–0
2018 Dominic Inglot
Robert Lindstedt		 Ben McLachlan
Nicholas Monroe		 3–6, 6–3, [10–8]

See also

References
  1. "ATP tournament info". Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  2. "ATP 2019 calendar: Córdoba replaces Quito and the Istanbul tournament disappears". Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. 13 November 2018.
  3. Luigi Gatto (31 January 2018). "ATP 2019 Calendar released: Istanbul is not there!". Tennis World.


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