Winston-Salem Open

Winston-Salem Open
Tournament information
Location	Winston-Salem, North Carolina United States
Venue	Wake Forest University
Category	World Tour 250
Surface	Hardcourt / outdoor
Draw	48S / 32SQ / 16D
Prize money	US$ 625,000
Website	www.winstonsalemopen.com
Current champions
Singles	Kevin Anderson
Doubles	Dominic Inglot Robert Lindstedt

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]

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 ATP–WTA 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. It is one of six 250 level events on tour played in the United States. Ivan Lendl holds the record for most singles titles at five, winning in 1984–1986, 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.

Results

Singles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Winston-Salem	2016	Pablo Carreño Busta	Roberto Bautista Agut	6–7^(6–8), 7–6^(7–1), 6–4
	2015	Kevin Anderson	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	6–4, 7–5
	2014	Lukáš Rosol	Jerzy Janowicz	3–6, 7–6^(7–3), 7–5
	2013	Jürgen Melzer	Gaël Monfils	6–3, 2–1, ret.
	2012	John Isner	Tomáš Berdych	3–6, 6–4, 7–6^(11–9)
	2011	John Isner	Julien Benneteau	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
New Haven	2010	Sergiy Stakhovsky	Denis Istomin	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
	2009	Fernando Verdasco	Sam Querrey	6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
	2008	Marin Čilić	Mardy Fish	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
	2007	James Blake	Mardy Fish	7–5, 6–4
	2006	Nikolay Davydenko	Agustín Calleri	6–4, 6–3
	2005	James Blake	Feliciano López	3–6, 7–5, 6–1
Long Island	2004	Lleyton Hewitt	Luis Horna	6–3, 6–1
	2003	Paradorn Srichaphan	James Blake	6–2, 6–4
	2002	Paradorn Srichaphan	Juan Ignacio Chela	5–7, 6–2, 6–2
	2001	Tommy Haas	Pete Sampras	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
	2000	Magnus Norman	Thomas Enqvist	6–3, 5–7, 7–5
	1999	Magnus Norman	Àlex Corretja	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
	1998	Patrick Rafter	Félix Mantilla	7–6^(7–3), 6–2
	1997	Carlos Moyá	Patrick Rafter	6–4, 7–6^(7–1)
	1996	Andrei Medvedev	Martin Damm	7–5, 6–3
	1995	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jan Siemerink	7–6^(7–0), 6–2
	1994	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Cédric Pioline	5–7, 6–1, 6–2
	1993	Marc Rosset	Michael Chang	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
	1992	Petr Korda	Ivan Lendl	6–2, 6–2
	1991	Ivan Lendl	Stefan Edberg	6–3, 6–2
	1990	Stefan Edberg	Goran Ivanišević	7–6, 6–3
Long Island (exhibition)	1989	Ivan Lendl	Mikael Pernfors	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
	1988	Andre Agassi	Yannick Noah	6–3, 0–6, 6–4
	1987	Jonas Svensson	David Pate	7–6, 3–6, 6–3
	1986	Ivan Lendl	John McEnroe	6–2, 6–4
	1985	Ivan Lendl	Jimmy Connors	6–1, 6–3
	1984	Ivan Lendl	Andrés Gómez	6–2, 6–4
	1983	Gene Mayer	Heinz Günthardt	6–7^(9–11), 6–4, 6–0
	1982	Gene Mayer	Johan Kriek	6–2, 6–3
	1981	Brian Teacher	Yannick Noah	4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Winston-Salem	2016	Guillermo García-López Henri Kontinen	Andre Begemann Leander Paes	4–6, 7–6^(8–6), [10–8]
	2015	Dominic Inglot Robert Lindstedt	Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky	6–2, 6–4
	2014	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	Jamie Murray John Peers	6–3, 6–4
	2013	Daniel Nestor Leander Paes	Treat Huey Dominic Inglot	7–6^(12–10), 7–5
	2012	Santiago González Scott Lipsky	Pablo Andújar Leonardo Mayer	6–3, 4–6, [10–2]
	2011	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	Christopher Kas Alexander Peya	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
New Haven	2010	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–4, 7–5
	2009	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
	2008	Marcelo Melo André Sá	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	7–5, 6–2
	2007	Mahesh Bhupathi Nenad Zimonjić	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–3, 6–3
	2006	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–3, 6–3
	2005	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds	6–4, 6–3
Long Island	2004	Antony Dupuis Michaël Llodra	Yves Allegro Michael Kohlmann	6–2, 6–4
	2003	Robbie Koenig Martín Rodríguez	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	6–3, 7–6
	2002	Mahesh Bhupathi Mike Bryan	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	6–3, 6–4
	2001	Jonathan Stark Kevin Ullyett	Leoš Friedl Radek Štěpánek	6–1, 6–4
	2000	Jonathan Stark Kevin Ullyett	Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries	6–4, 6–4
	1999	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries	7–5, 6–4
	1998	Julian Alonso Javier Sánchez	Brandon Coupe Dave Randall	6–4, 6–4
	1997	Marcos Ondruska David Prinosil	Mark Keil T.J. Middleton	6–4, 6–4
	1996	Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen	Hendrik Dreekmann Alexander Volkov	6–3, 7–6
	1995	Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek	Rick Leach Scott Melville	5–7, 7–6, 7–6
	1994	Olivier Delaître Guy Forget	Andrew Florent Mark Petchey	6–4, 7–6
	1993	Marc-Kevin Goellner David Prinosil	Arnaud Boetsch Olivier Delaître	6–7, 7–5, 6–2
	1992	Francisco Montana Greg Van Emburgh	Gianluca Pozzi Olli Rahnasto	6–4, 6–2
	1991	Eric Jelen Carl-Uwe Steeb	Doug Flach Diego Nargiso	0–6, 6–4, 7–6
	1990	Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek	Udo Riglewski Michael Stich	2–6, 6–3, 6–4

References

1. "Winston-Salem To Host New Tournament". ATP. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
2. http://www.usopenseries.com/atp_world_tour_event_relocated_from_new_haven_to_winston-salem/
3. Judy Weinberg. "LI Sports: A Chronology". Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
4. "Mayer Beats Kriek". The New York Times. 1982-08-30. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
5. "Gene Mayer Wins, Beating Gunthardt". The New York Times. 1983-08-29. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
6. "Gomez Is Beaten By Lendl, 6-2, 6-4". The New York Times. 1984-08-27. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
7. "Lendl Defeats Connors". The New York Times. 1985-10-11. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
8. "Lendl Dominates McEnroe To Win Final". The New York Times. 1986-08-25. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
9. "Tennis; Manuela Maleeva Defeats Hanika". The New York Times. 1987-08-31. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
10. "Agassi, Graf Win Final Tune-Ups; Both Say They Are Ready for Beginning of U.S. Open Today". The Washington Post. 1988-08-29. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
11. "U.S. OPEN '89; Lendl Tested in Final But Prevails as Usual". The New York Times. 1989-08-28. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
12. http://longislandtennismagazine.com/article/girls-are-back-town
13. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/GENOVESE+DRUG+STORES%2c+INC.+TO+SPONSOR+HAMLET+CUP%3b+WORLD'S+TOP+PLAYERS...-a017114916
14. http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2002/08/Issue-221/Sponsorships-Advertising-Marketing/TD-Waterhouse-Inks-Title-Deal-For-Atps-Stop-On-The-Island.aspx
15. "USTA buys ATP event, moves it to New Haven". USA Today. Associated Press. 2005-05-09. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
16. USTA (2005-05-10). "USTA purchases ATP men's tournament to create first combined summer event". Retrieved 2010-10-19.

External links

• Official website
• ATP tournament profile

Coordinates: 36°08′06″N 80°16′34″W / 36.135°N 80.276°W