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Swiss Open (tennis)

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Location
  
Gstaad Switzerland

Draw
  
32S/32Q/16D

Prize money
  
494,310 EUR (2015)

Surface
  
Clay / Outdoors

Website
  
Official website

Venue
  
Roy Emerson Arena

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Founded
  
1915; 102 years ago (1915)

Category
  
ATP World Series (1990–1997) ATP International Series (1998–2008) ATP World Tour 250 series (2009–current)

Instances
  
2016 Swiss Open Gstaad, 2015 Swiss Open Gstaad

The Swiss Open (currently sponsored by J. Safra Sarasin and called the J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Gstaad) is a tennis tournament held in Gstaad, Switzerland. Held since 1915, the tournament is played on outdoor clay courts. Between 1970 and 1989 it was an event of the Grand Prix tennis circuit and is now a part of the ATP Tour schedule as an ATP World Tour 250 series event.

The first edition of the tournament was played in 1915 at the Gstaad Palace Hotel, which was known at the time as the Royal Hotel, Winter & Gstaad Palace, and was organized in collaboration with the Lawn Tennis Club (LTC) Gstaad. The event was played on clay courts and was won by Victor de Coubasch.

Gstaad is located located 1,050 metres (3,450 feet) above sea level. It is the highest venue for ATP World Tour events in Europe, although much lower than the Ecuador Open and the former Colombia Open, both held at the Andes.

References

Swiss Open (tennis) Wikipedia