Prague Open

The Prague Open is a tennis tournament held in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. The tournament is part of the ATP Challenger Tour since 1996 (with an interruption in the years 2009–10). Between 1992 and 2010, the Prague Open also hosted the WTA events, and since 2011 it has been part of the ITF Women's Circuit.

Prague Open
Tournament information
Location	Prague Czech Republic
Venue	I. Czech Lawn Tennis Club TK Sparta Praha (2014-present)
Category	ATP Challenger Tour
Surface	Clay / outdoors
Draw	32S / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	€42,500+H
Website	http://www.pragueopen.cz/

The Prague Open was founded in 1986 and is held at the tennis arena on Štvanice island. Some events were also held at the TK Sparta Praha arena, a tennis club founded in 1905, at Prague's Bubeneč.

Development of the name

Exterior of Tennis arena Štvanice

Martina Navratilova during 2006 ECM Prague Open, at Štvanice arena

Interior of Tennis arena Štvanice, 2015

• 1987–1999: Čedok Czechoslovakia Open, Škoda Czechoslovakia Open, Škoda Czech Open
• ECM Prague Open
• 2011: Strabag Prague Open
• 2012: CNGvitall Prague Open
• 2013–present: Advantage Cars Prague Open

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1996	Galo Blanco	Gustavo Kuerten	6–1, 6–2
1997	Albert Portas	Fernando Vicente	6–1, 6–4
1998	Michal Tabara	Wolfgang Schranz	6–2, 6–1
1999	Michal Tabara	Jean-René Lisnard	6–4, 6–1
2000	Jan Vacek	Ivo Heuberger	6–7^(7–9), 7–5, 6–3
2001	Ctislav Doseděl	Jan Hernych	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
2002	Olivier Patience	Todd Larkham	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
2003	Sjeng Schalken	Albert Montañés	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
2004	Jan Hernych	Ivo Minář	6–1, 6–4
2005	Jan Hernych	Jiří Vaněk	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
2006	Robin Vik	Jan Hájek	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
2007	Dušan Lojda	Jiří Vaněk	6–7^(3–7), 6–2, 7–6^(7–5)
2008	Jan Hernych	Lukáš Dlouhý	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
2011	Lukáš Rosol	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	7–6^(7–1), 5–2 ret.
2012	Horacio Zeballos	Martin Kližan	1–6, 6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
2013	Oleksandr Nedovyesov	Javier Martí	6–0, 6–1
2014	Lukáš Rosol	Jiří Veselý	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2015	Norbert Gombos	Albert Montañés	7–6^(7–5), 5–7, 7–6^(7–2)
2016	Adam Pavlásek	Stéphane Robert	6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1996	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	Aleksandar Kitinov Sébastien Leblanc	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
1997	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	Devin Bowen Tuomas Ketola	6–4, 6–0
1998	Joan Balcells Nenad Zimonjić	Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek	7–6, 7–6
1999	Michal Tabara Radomír Vašek	Tomáš Cibulec Petr Pála	6–2, 6–0
2000	Kristian Pless Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Ivo Heuberger Ville Liukko	6–4, 6–4
2001	Jaroslav Levinský Michal Navrátil	Noam Behr Andy Ram	6–3, 6–1
2002	František Čermák Ota Fukárek	Jaroslav Levinský David Škoch	6–4, 6–3
2003	Tomáš Berdych Michal Navrátil	Martín García Sebastián Prieto	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
2004	Karol Kučera Cyril Suk	Martin Damm Dušan Karol	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–3
2005	Jordan Kerr Sebastián Prieto	Travis Parrott Rogier Wassen	6–4, 6–3
2006	Petr Pála David Škoch	Ramón Delgado Sergio Roitman	6–0, 6–0
2007	Tomáš Cibulec Jordan Kerr	Leoš Friedl David Škoch	6–4, 6–2
2008	Lukáš Dlouhý Petr Pála	Dušan Karol Jaroslav Pospíšil	6–7^(2–7), 6–4, [10–6]
2011	František Čermák Lukáš Rosol	Christopher Kas Alexander Peya	6–3, 6–4
2012	Lukáš Rosol Horacio Zeballos	Martin Kližan Igor Zelenay	7–5, 2–6, [12–10]
2013	Lee Hsin-han Peng Hsien-yin	Vahid Mirzadeh Denis Zivkovic	6–4, 4–6, [10–5]
2014	Roman Jebavý Jiří Veselý	Lee Hsin-han Zhang Ze	6–1, 6–3
2015	Mateusz Kowalczyk Igor Zelenay	Roberto Maytín Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	6–2, 7–6^(7–5)
2016	Tomasz Bednarek Nikola Mektić	Zdeněk Kolář Matěj Vocel	6–4, 5–7, [10–7]

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1992	Radka Zrubáková	Kateřina Šišková	6–3, 7–5
1993	Natalia Medvedeva	Meike Babel	6–3, 6–2
1994	Amanda Coetzer	Åsa Svensson	6–1, 7–6^(16–14)
1995	Julie Halard	Ludmila Richterová	6–4, 6–4
1996	Ruxandra Dragomir	Patty Schnyder	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
1997	Joannette Kruger	Marion Maruska	6–1, 6–1
1998	Jana Novotná	Sandrine Testud	6–3, 6–0
2005	Dinara Safina	Zuzana Ondrášková	7–6^(7–2), 6–3
2006	Shahar Pe'er	Samantha Stosur	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
2007	Akiko Morigami	Marion Bartoli	6–1, 6–3
2008	Vera Zvonareva	Victoria Azarenka	7–6^(7–2), 6–2
2009	Sybille Bammer	Francesca Schiavone	7–6^(7–4), 6–2
2010	Ágnes Szávay	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–2, 1–6, 6–2
2011	Lucie Hradecká	Paula Ormaechea	4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1992	Karin Kschwendt Petra Schwarz	Eva Švíglerová Noëlle van Lottum	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1993	Inés Gorrochategui Patricia Tarabini	Laura Golarsa Caroline Vis	6–2, 6–1
1994	Amanda Coetzer Linda Wild	Kristie Boogert Laura Golarsa	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1995	Chanda Rubin Linda Wild (2)	Maria Lindström Maria Strandlund	6–7^(3–7), 6–3, 6–2
1996	Karina Habšudová Helena Suková	Eva Martincová Elena Wagner	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1997	Ruxandra Dragomir Karina Habšudová (2)	Eva Martincová Helena Vildová	6–1, 5–7, 6–2
1998	Silvia Farina Elia Karina Habšudová (3)	Květa Peschke Michaela Paštiková	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
2005	Émilie Loit Nicole Pratt	Barbora Strýcová Jelena Kostanić	6–7^(6–8), 6–4, 6–4
2006	Marion Bartoli Shahar Pe'er	Ashley Harkleroad Bethanie Mattek	6–4, 6–4
2007	Petra Cetkovská Andrea Hlaváčková	Ji Chunmei Sun Shengnan	7–6^(7–9), 6–2
2008	Andrea Hlaváčková (2) Lucie Hradecká	Jill Craybas Michaëlla Krajicek	1–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2009	Alona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–1, 6–2
2010	Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin	Monica Niculescu Ágnes Szávay	7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
2011	Darya Kustova Arina Rodionova	Olga Savchuk Lesia Tsurenko	2–6, 6–1, [10–7]

See also

• WTA Prague Open
• List of tennis tournaments

External links

• Official website - June 2014 Tournament (in Czech and English)

References