Halle Open

Gerry Weber Open
Tournament information
Tour	ATP World Tour
Founded	1993
Location	Halle, Germany
Venue	Gerry Weber Stadion
Category	ATP World Series (1993–1997) ATP International Series (1998–2008) ATP World Tour 250 series (2009–2014) ATP World Tour 500 series (2015 onwards)
Surface	Grass (Outdoor)
Draw	32S/32Q/16D
Prize money	€711,010
Website	gerryweber-open.de
Current champions (2015)
Singles	Roger Federer
Doubles	Raven Klaasen Rajeev Ram

The Halle Open, currently sponsored by Gerry Weber and called the Gerry Weber Open, is a tennis tournament held in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Held since 1993, the event is played on four outdoor grass courts and is a part of the ATP World Tour 500 series on the ATP Tour schedule. The Halle Open, along with Queens (which is held at the same time as Halle), are seen as the two primary warm-up tournaments for the Wimbledon Grand Slam tournament, also on grass courts, which begins towards the end of June. The event has been upgraded as of 2015 from a 250 series to a 500 series tournament.

The Centre Court (the Gerry Weber Stadion) has 12,300 seats and a retractable roof which can be closed in 88 seconds so that tennis games can continue with a closed roof when it begins to rain. The stadium is heated and also used for other sport events (handball, basketball, volleyball and boxing) and concerts.

Past finals

In the singles, Roger Federer (2003–06, 2008, 2013–15) holds the record for most overall titles (eight), most consecutive titles (four), as well as most finals (ten, 2003–06, 2008, 2010, 2012–15). For the doubles, Jonas Björkman (1999, 2003), David Rikl (2002, 2004), Mikhail Youzhny (2008, 2010), Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (2011–12) and Julian Knowle (2007, 2014) co-hold the record for most titles with two, while Björkman holds alone the record for most finals with three (1999, 2002–03).

Singles

Roger Federer won eight titles in Halle (2003–06, 2008, 2013–15), two times without the loss of a set throughout the tournament (2004, 2008).

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1993	Henri Leconte	Andrei Medvedev	6–2, 6–3
1994	Michael Stich	Magnus Larsson	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1995	Marc Rosset	Michael Stich	3–6, 7–6(13–11), 7–6(10–8)
1996	Nicklas Kulti	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4
1997	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Petr Korda	7–6(7–2), 6–7(5–7), 7–6(9–7)
1998	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Magnus Larsson	6–4, 6–4
1999	Nicolas Kiefer	Nicklas Kulti	6–3, 6–2
2000	David Prinosil	Richard Krajicek	6–3, 6–2
2001	Thomas Johansson	Fabrice Santoro	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
2002	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Nicolas Kiefer	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
2003	Roger Federer	Nicolas Kiefer	6–1, 6–3
2004	Roger Federer	Mardy Fish	6–0, 6–3
2005	Roger Federer	Marat Safin	6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–4
2006	Roger Federer	Tomáš Berdych	6–0, 6–7(4–7), 6–2
2007	Tomáš Berdych	Marcos Baghdatis	7–5, 6–4
2008	Roger Federer	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6–3, 6–4
2009	Tommy Haas	Novak Djokovic	6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–1
2010	Lleyton Hewitt	Roger Federer	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
2011	Philipp Kohlschreiber	Philipp Petzschner	7–6(7–5), 2–0 retired
2012	Tommy Haas	Roger Federer	7–6(7–5), 6–4
2013	Roger Federer	Mikhail Youzhny	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4
2014	Roger Federer	Alejandro Falla	7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3)
2015	Roger Federer	Andreas Seppi	7–6(7–1), 6–4

Doubles

Jonas Björkman (right, pictured here with 2003 champion Todd Woodbridge, left) made a record three finals in Halle (1999, 2002–03), taking the title twice (1999, 2003).

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1993	Petr Korda Cyril Suk	Mike Bauer Marc-Kevin Goellner	7–6, 5–7, 6–3
1994	Olivier Delaître Guy Forget	Henri Leconte Gary Muller	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
1995	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Andrei Olhovskiy	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1996	Byron Black Grant Connell	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	6–1, 7–5
1997	Karsten Braasch Michael Stich	David Adams Marius Barnard	7–6, 6–3
1998	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	John-Laffnie de Jager Marc-Kevin Goellner	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
1999	Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter	Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer	6–3, 7–5
2000	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	Mahesh Bhupathi David Prinosil	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
2001	Daniel Nestor Sandon Stolle	Max Mirnyi Patrick Rafter	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–1
2002	David Prinosil David Rikl	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
2003	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	6–3, 6–4
2004	Leander Paes David Rikl	Tomáš Cibulec Petr Pála	6–2, 7–5
2005	Roger Federer Yves Allegro	Joachim Johansson Marat Safin	7–5, 6–7(6–8), 6–3
2006	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	Michael Kohlmann Rainer Schüttler	6–0, 6–4
2007	Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2008	Mikhail Youzhny Mischa Zverev	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	4–6, 6–3, [10–3]
2009	Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber	Andreas Beck Marco Chiudinelli	6–3, 6–4
2010	Sergiy Stakhovsky Mikhail Youzhny	Martin Damm Filip Polášek	4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
2011	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Robin Haase Milos Raonic	7–6(10–8), 3–6, [11–9]
2012	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer	Treat Conrad Huey Scott Lipsky	6–3, 6–4
2013	Santiago González Scott Lipsky	Daniele Bracciali Jonathan Erlich	6–2, 7–6(7–3)
2014	Andre Begemann Julian Knowle	Marco Chiudinelli Roger Federer	1–6, 7–5, [12–10]
2015	Raven Klaasen Rajeev Ram	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea	7–6(7–5), 6–2

Statistics

Multiple championships

Competed in 2014  +

Player	Singles	Doubles	Total	Years
Roger Federer (SUI) +	8	1	9	2003 (S), 2004 (S), 2005 (S), 2005 (D), 2006 (S), 2008 (S), 2013 (S), 2014 (S), 2015 (S)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS)	3	0	3	1997 (S), 1998 (S), 2002 (S)
Tommy Haas (GER) +	2	0	2	2009 (S), 2012 (S)
Nicklas Kulti (SWE)	1	1	2	1996 (S), 2000 (D)
David Prinosil (GER)	1	1	2	2000 (S), 2002 (D)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) +	1	1	2	2009 (D), 2011 (S)
Jonas Björkman (SWE)	0	2	2	1999 (D), 2003 (D)
David Rikl (CZE)	0	2	2	2002 (D), 2004 (D)
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) +	0	2	2	2008 (D), 2010 (D)
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)	0	2	2	2011 (D), 2012 (D)
Julian Knowle (AUT) +	0	2	2	2007 (D), 2014 (D)

Championships by country

Country	Singles	First	Last	Doubles	First	Last	Overall
Germany (GER)	6	1994	2012	5	1997	2014	11
Switzerland (SUI)	9	1995	2015	1	2005	2005	10
Sweden (SWE)	2	1996	2001	4	1999	2007	6
Russia (RUS)	3	1997	2002	2	2008	2010	5
Czech Republic (CZE)	1	2007	2007	3	1993	2004	4
Australia (AUS)	1	2010	2010	3	1999	2003	4
France (FRA)	1	1993	1993	2	1994	2006	3
United States (USA)	0	N/A	N/A	3	1998	2015	3
Canada (CAN)	0	N/A	N/A	2	1996	2001	2
India (IND)	0	N/A	N/A	2	2004	2011	2
Netherlands (NED)	0	N/A	N/A	2	1995	2012	2
Pakistan (PAK)	0	N/A	N/A	2	2011	2012	2
Austria (AUT)	0	N/A	N/A	2	2007	2014	2
South Africa (RSA)	0	N/A	N/A	2	1998	2015	2
Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	N/A	N/A	1	1996	1996	1
Serbia (SER)	0	N/A	N/A	1	2006	2006	1
Ukraine (UKR)	0	N/A	N/A	1	2010	2010	1
Mexico (MEX)	0	N/A	N/A	1	2013	2013	1

External links

• Official tournament website
• ATP tournament profile