Tour ATP World Tour Venue Gerry Weber Stadion | Editions 24 (2016) | |
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Founded 1993; 24 years ago (1993) Location Halle (Westfalen), Germany 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) | ||
The Halle Open, 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).