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Tennis tournament
The Tel Aviv Open (also known as the Tel Aviv Watergen Open due to sponsorship reasons) is an
ATP Tour -affiliated
tennis tournament. It was first played from 1978 through 1999 (skipping 1982 due to the
1982 Lebanon War and 1997 as it transitioned back to the Challenger Series) and was to be resumed in 2014 as a replacement for the
St. Petersburg Open ,
[1] however its return was cancelled due to security concerns arising from the
2014 Gaza War and scrapped permanently in 2015. On June 21, 2022, it was announced that the tournament would return later that year, albeit in a different venue than previous editions. The tournament was planned to continue in 2023, but was cancelled due to the
Israel–Hamas war .
Israeli tennis player
Amos Mansdorf appeared in the final five times, winning in 1987, making him the only Israeli to win the event.
Jimmy Connors won his final career singles title at the event in 1989.
In 1990 and 1991 the tournament was known as the Riklis Classic and in 1996 it was known as the Eisenberg Israel Open .
The tournament still holds the ATP record for the youngest winner of an ATP event (
Aaron Krickstein in 1983, at the age of 16 and 2 months).
Finals
Singles
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
↓
ATP Challenger Series event ↓
1978
Tom Okker
Peter Feigl
6-7, 6-4, 6-2
↓
Grand Prix event ↓
1979
Tom Okker
Per Hjertquist
6–4, 6–3
1980
Harold Solomon
Shlomo Glickstein
6–2, 6–3
1981
Mel Purcell
Per Hjertquist
6–1, 6–1
1982
Not held due to the
1982 Lebanon War
1983
Aaron Krickstein
Christoph Zipf
7–6, 6–3
1984
Aaron Krickstein
Shahar Perkiss
6–4, 6–1
1985
Brad Gilbert
Amos Mansdorf
6–3, 6–2
1986
Brad Gilbert
Aaron Krickstein
7–5, 6–2
1987
Amos Mansdorf
Brad Gilbert
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1988
Brad Gilbert
Aaron Krickstein
4–6, 7–6, 6–2
1989
Jimmy Connors
Gilad Bloom
2–6, 6–2, 6–1
↓
ATP World Series event ↓
1990
Andrei Chesnokov
Amos Mansdorf
6–4, 6–3
1991
Leonardo Lavalle
Christo van Rensburg
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1992
Jeff Tarango
Stephane Simian
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1993
Stefano Pescosolido
Amos Mansdorf
7–6, 7–5
1994
Wayne Ferreira
Amos Mansdorf
7–6, 6–3
1995
Ján Krošlák
Javier Sánchez
6–3, 6–4
1996
Javier Sánchez
Marcos Ondruska
6–4, 7–5
1997
Not held
↓
ATP Challenger Series event ↓
1998
Gianluca Pozzi
Lior Mor
6–1, 6–7, 6–3
1999
Ctislav Doseděl
Noam Okun
7–6, 6–3
2000–2021
Not held; return cancelled due to
2014 Gaza War
↓
ATP Tour 250 event ↓
2022
Novak Djokovic
Marin Čilić
6–3, 6–4
2023-2024
Not held due to
Israel–Hamas war
Doubles
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
↓
ATP Challenger Series event ↓
1978
Peter Feigl
Eric Friedler
Mike Fishbach
Tom Okker
6-3, 6-7, 6-3
↓
Grand Prix event ↓
1979
Ilie Năstase
Tom Okker
Mike Cahill
Colin Dibley
7–5, 6–4
1980
Per Hjertquist
Steve Krulevitz
Eric Fromm
Cary Leeds
7–6, 6–3
1981
Steve Meister
Van Winitsky
John Feaver
Steve Krulevitz
3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1982
Not held due to the
1982 Lebanon War
1983
Colin Dowdeswell
Zoltán Kuhárszky
Peter Elter
Peter Feigl
6–3, 7–5
1984
Peter Doohan
Brian Levine
Colin Dowdeswell
Jakob Hlasek
6–3, 6–4
1985
Brad Gilbert
Ilie Năstase
Michael Robertson
Florin Segărceanu
6–3, 6–2
1986
John Letts
Peter Lundgren
Christo Steyn
Danie Visser
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1987
Gilad Bloom
Shahar Perkiss
Wolfgang Popp
Huub van Boeckel
6–2, 6–4
1988
Roger Smith
Paul Wekesa
Patrick Baur
Alexander Mronz
6–3, 6–3
1989
Jeremy Bates
Patrick Baur
Rikard Bergh
Per Henricsson
6–1, 4–6, 6–1
↓
ATP World Series event ↓
1990
Nduka Odizor
Christo van Rensburg
Ronnie Båthman
Rikard Bergh
6–3, 6–4
1991
David Rikl
Michiel Schapers
Javier Frana
Leonardo Lavalle
6–2, 6–7, 6–3
1992
Mike Bauer
João Cunha Silva
Mark Koevermans
Tobias Svantesson
6–3, 6–4
1993
Sergio Casal
Emilio Sánchez
Mike Bauer
David Rikl
6–4, 6–4
1994
Lan Bale
John-Laffnie de Jager
Jan Apell
Jonas Björkman
6–7, 6–2, 7–6
1995
Jim Grabb
Jared Palmer
Kent Kinnear
David Wheaton
6–4, 7–5
1996
Marcos Ondruska
Grant Stafford
Noam Behr
Eyal Erlich
6–3, 6–2
1997
Not held
↓
ATP Challenger Series event ↓
1998
Radek Štěpánek
Michal Tabara
Noam Okun
Nir Welgreen
7–6, 6–3
1999
Noam Behr
Eyal Ran
Amir Hadad
Andrew Ilie
6–3, 6–2
2000–2021
Not held; return cancelled due to
2014 Gaza War
↓
ATP Tour 250 event ↓
2022
Rohan Bopanna
Matwé Middelkoop
Santiago González
Andrés Molteni
6–2, 6–4
2023-2024
Not held due to
Israel–Hamas war
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