Serbia Open

The Serbia Open (Serbian: Отворено првенство Србије, Otvoreno prvenstvo Srbije) was an ATP World Tour 250 series men's tennis tournament held in Belgrade, Serbia and played on outdoor clay courts. The event was held for the first time in 2009, from May 4–10.[1] It was the first for Serbia, as the country never before hosted an Association of Tennis Professionals or a Women's Tennis Association tournament.

Serbia Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded2009
Abolished2012
LocationBelgrade
Serbia
VenueSRPC Milan Gale Muškatirović
CategoryATP World Tour 250 series
SurfaceClay / Outdoors
Draw32S / 12Q / 16D
Websitewww.serbiaopen.rs

Andreas Seppi was the event's last singles champion, having won the tournament in 2012.

The tournament was owned and run by the family of Novak Djokovic, who through their company Family Sport purchased the ATP Tour date from the organizers of the Dutch Open in 2008, then arranged with the local city of Belgrade authorities for the plot of land where the venue was built, and convinced the Serbian government under prime minister Mirko Cvetković to support the event through state-owned enterprises, primarily Telekom Srbija. At the time of their purchase in 2008, Djokovic was the #3 player in the world having won his first Grand Slam title earlier that year.

Djokovic's uncle Goran was the tournament director from its inception,[2] until he resigned the post in late May 2012,[3] a month after the tournament's 2012 edition. Djokovic won the tournament twice, in 2009. and 2011.

In 2013, Serbia Open was replaced on the ATP schedule by the newly established Power Horse Cup in Düsseldorf. The tournament return back to calendar in 2021 replacing the Hungarian Open.

Past finals

Singles
Year Champion Runner-up Score
2009 Novak Djokovic Łukasz Kubot6–3, 7–6(7–0)
2010 Sam Querrey John Isner3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
2011 Novak Djokovic Feliciano López7–6(7–4), 6–2
2012 Andreas Seppi Benoît Paire6–3, 6–2
2013–2020Not held
2021

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2009 Łukasz Kubot
Oliver Marach		 Johan Brunström
Jean-Julien Rojer		6–2, 7–6(7–3)
2010 Santiago González
Travis Rettenmaier		 Tomasz Bednarek
Mateusz Kowalczyk		7–6(8–6), 6–1
2011 František Čermák
Filip Polášek		 Oliver Marach
Alexander Peya		7–5, 6–2
2012 Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram		 Martin Emmrich
Andreas Siljeström		4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
2013–2020Not held
2021

See also

References
  1. ATP World Tour To Feature New Belgrade Tournament In 2009
  2. Harman, Neil (2009-05-04). "The Net Post: Novak Djoković is glowing with pride at hosting his own tournament". The Times. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  3. Srbija open pred gašenjem?;Večernje novosti, 22 May 2012


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