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Mercedes Cup ATP World Tour Location Stuttgart
Germany
Venue Tennis Club Weissenhof Category ATP Championship Series
(1990–97)
ATP International Series Gold
(1998–2001) / (2003–2008)
ATP International Series
(2002)
ATP World Tour 250 series
(2009–current)Surface Clay / Outdoors Draw 32S/24Q/16D Prize money €450,000 Website mercedescup.de The Mercedes Cup is an ATP World Tour 250 series tennis tournament on the ATP Tour. Held since 1916 in Stuttgart, Germany, the Mercedes Cup is played on clay courts. Between 1970 and 1989 this was a Grand Prix tennis circuit event.
Thomas Muster of Austria won the title twice in consecutive years (1995 and 1996).
This tournament is famous for awarding the title winner with a Mercedes car, on top of the prize money.
Contents
Past finals
Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score 2011 Juan Carlos Ferrero
Pablo Andújar
6–4, 6–0 2010 Albert Montañés
Gaël Monfils
6–2, 1–2, RET. 2009 Jérémy Chardy
Victor Hănescu
1–6, 6–3, 6–4 2008 Juan Martín del Potro
Richard Gasquet
6–4, 7–5 2007 Rafael Nadal
Stanislas Wawrinka
6–4, 7–5 2006 David Ferrer
José Acasuso
6–4, 3–6, 63–77, 7–5, 6–4 2005 Rafael Nadal
Gastón Gaudio
6–3, 6–3, 6–4 2004 Guillermo Cañas
Gastón Gaudio
5–7, 6–2, 6–0, 1–6, 6–3 2003 Guillermo Coria
Tommy Robredo
6–2, 6–2, 6–1 2002 Mikhail Youzhny
Guillermo Cañas
6–3, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 2001 Gustavo Kuerten
Guillermo Cañas
6–3, 6–2, 6–4 2000 Franco Squillari
Gastón Gaudio
6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 1999 Magnus Norman
Tommy Haas
66–78, 4–6, 79–67, 6–0, 6–3 1998 Gustavo Kuerten
Karol Kučera
4–6, 6–2, 6–4 1997 Álex Corretja
Karol Kučera
6–2, 7–5 1996 Thomas Muster
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
6–2, 6–2, 6–4 1995 Thomas Muster
Jan Apell
6–2, 6–2 1994 Alberto Berasategui
Andrea Gaudenzi
7–5, 6–3, 7–6(5) 1993 Magnus Gustafsson
Michael Stich
6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4 1992 Andrei Medvedev
Wayne Ferreira
6–1, 6–4, 6–7(5), 2–6, 6–1 1991 Michael Stich
Alberto Mancini
1–6, 7–6(9), 6–4, 6–2 1990 Goran Ivanišević
Guillermo Pérez-Roldán
6–7, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6 1989 Martín Jaite
Goran Prpić
6–3, 6–2 1988 Andre Agassi
Andrés Gómez
6–4, 6–2 1987 Miloslav Mečíř
Jan Gunnarsson
6–0, 6–2 1986 Martín Jaite
Jonas Svensson
7–5, 6–2 1985 Ivan Lendl
Brad Gilbert
6–4, 6–0 1984 Henri Leconte
Gene Mayer
7–6, 6–0, 1–6, 6–1 1983 José Higueras
Heinz Günthardt
6–1, 6–1, 7–6 1982 Ramesh Krishnan
Sandy Mayer
5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 7–6 1981 Björn Borg
Ivan Lendl
1–6, 7–6, 6–2, 6–4 1980 Vitas Gerulaitis
Wojtek Fibak
6–2, 7–5, 6–2 1979 Tomáš Šmíd
Ulrich Pinner
6–4, 6–0, 6–2 1978 Ulrich Pinner
Kim Warwick
6–4, 6–2, 7–6 1977 Jürgen Fassbender
1976 Attila Korpas
1974 Hans-Joachim Plötz
1973 Harald Elschenbroich
1972 Attila Korpas
1971 Barry Phillips-Moore
Istvan Gulyas
6–4, 6–3, 6–4 1969 Christian Kuhnke
Wilhelm Bungert
2–6, 6–2, 6–0, 6–2 1968 Ramanathan Krishnan
1967 Roy Emerson
1966 Frew McMillan
1965 Cliff Drysdale
1964 Cliff Drysdale
1963 Gordon Forbes
1962 Ulf Schmidt
1961 Warren Woodcock
1960 Ulf Schmidt
1959 Warren Woodcock
1958 Ulf Schmidt
1957 Ladislav Legenstein
1956 Jack Arkinstall
1955 Hugh Stewart
1954 Gottfried von Cramm
1953 Torben Ulrich
1952 Milan Branovic
1951 . Fürst
1950 Helmut Gulcz
1949 Werner Beuthner
Doubles
Sponsors
2010
- Mercedes Benz
- Marz
- Stuttgart Marketing
- Stuttgart
- Guinot
- Dinkel Acker
- VVS
- Head
- Maritim
- Stuttgarter Staffele
- Uberkinger
- Regio TV
- Sonnenklar.tv
- Langnese
- Griffner
- Geldermann
- Superfund
- Kitz
- Blumen Flora
- Pacific
- DSF
- Golf Club
See also
External links
Stuttgart tournaments ATP World Tour 250 series (2009–current) 2009–current Doha • Chennai • Brisbane • Sydney • Auckland • Viña del Mar/Santiago • Zagreb • Johannesburg • Costa do Sauípe • San Jose • Marseille • Buenos Aires
Delray Beach • Houston • Casablanca • Estoril • Belgrade • Munich • Nice • Halle • London • 's-Hertogenbosch • Eastbourne • Newport • Båstad • Stuttgart
Atlanta/Indianapolis • Los Angeles • Gstaad • Umag • New Haven/Winston-Salem • Metz • Bucharest • Bangkok • Kuala Lumpur • Stockholm • Moscow • Lyon/Montpellier • Vienna • St. Petersburg
2009/2011–current KitzbühelATP International Series Gold (1998–2008) 1998–2008 Memphis · Barcelona · Tokyo · Vienna · 1998–2001/2003–2008 Stuttgart · 1998 Antwerp · Philadelphia · New Haven · 1998–1999 Singapore
1998–2000 London · 1998–2002 Washington · Indianapolis · 1999–2008 Rotterdam · Kitzbühel · 2000–2008 Mexico City/Acapulco · 2001–2008 DubaiATP Championship Series (1990–1997) 1990–1997 Philadelphia · Barcelona · Tokyo Outdoor · Stuttgart Outdoor · Washington · Indianapolis · New Haven · 1990 Toronto Indoor · 1990–1992 Brussels
1990–1994 Sydney Indoor · 1990–1995 Tokyo Indoor · Stuttgart Indoor · 1991–1997 Memphis · 1993–1997 Milan · 1996–1997 Antwerp · Vienna · 1997 SingaporeCategories:- Mercedes Cup
- Tennis tournaments in Germany
- Clay court tennis tournaments
- ATP Tour
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