Atp Auckland Open

The tournament is played annually at the ASB Tennis Centre, in Parnell. It is part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour. The tournament is held annually in January a week before the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, the Australian Open.

ATP Auckland Open
Tournament information
Founded	1886
Location	Auckland New Zealand
Venue	ASB Tennis Centre
Category	International Series (1998–2008) ATP World Tour 250 series (2009–current)
Surface	Grass (1956–1977) Hard (1978–current)
Draw	28S/32Q/16D
Prize money	$713,495 (2023)
Website	Auckland Open
Current champions (2024)
Men's singles	Alejandro Tabilo
Men's doubles	Nikola Mektić Wesley Koolhof

The Auckland Open returned in 2023 after the 2021 and 2022 events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing travel restrictions for international visitors to New Zealand.

In the 1920s major new tennis venues were built in Auckland for the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association (now Tennis Auckland), Wellington and Christchurch in the 1920s comprising both grass and hard courts. In 1920 when the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association (now Tennis Auckland) was looking for a permanent base, the only available site was a tip in Stanley Street. Undeterred, the local clubs raised the-then enormous sum of 1,800 pounds to prepare the site and build new courts. For the next 30 years the Tennis Centre in Stanley Street was home to local tennis matches. In 1956 Auckland hosted its first permanent international tournament, the 'Auckland Invitation'. The tournament was a joint men's and women's event until 1981.

From 1969, the first edition in the open era of tennis, until 1995 the tournament was known under its sponsored name 'Benson and Hedges Open'. From 1998 until 2015 it was named the 'Heineken Open'.

By the 1960s the shuttle bus fare from town to Stanley Street was sixpence. Admission was five shillings for the first three days and 7/6 for finals and semifinals – a whole tournament for the equivalent of $4. By the 1970s, 25 cents got you all-day parking next door at Carlaw Park. The tournament was played on outdoor grass courts from its inaugural edition in 1956 until 1977, switching to hard courts in 1978. Between 1979 and 1989 it was a tournament of the Grand Prix tennis circuit.

After being separated for 34 years, the WTA and ATP merged the event in 2016 and both tournaments are now known collectively as the ASB Classic. Heineken will still be a sponsor but will have a diminished role in anticipation of new tennis regulations restricting alcohol sponsorship.

Both the 2021 and 2022 Auckland Open were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In regards to the 2022 cancellation, organizers cited New Zealand's strict quarantine rules as making it intractable for players, officials, and all other required staff to be admitted into the country.

 

Men's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1956	Robert Perry	Allan Burns	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1957	Final not played due to rain
1958	Trevor Fancutt	Robert Mark	2–6, 6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
1959	Jeff Robson	Roy Emerson	6–2, 6–4, 8–6
1960	Roy Emerson	Ronald McKenzie	6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1961	Rod Laver	Roy Emerson	4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
1962	Ken Fletcher	Lew Gerrard	6–3, 8–10, 7–5, 6–2
1963	Fred Stolle	Bob Hewitt	2–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–2
1964	Fred Stolle (2)	Lew Gerrard	6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1965	Roy Emerson (2)	Pierre Barthès	3–6, 8–6, 7–5, 6–3
1966	Roy Emerson (3)	Roger Taylor	6–4, 6–3, 6–1
1967	Roy Emerson (4)	Owen Davidson	6–4, 6–2, 7–5
1968	Barry Phillips-Moore	Onny Parun	6–3, 6–8, 1–6, 6–3, 6–2
↓  Open Era  ↓
1969	Tony Roche	Rod Laver	6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1970	Roger Taylor	Tom Okker	6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1971	Robert Carmichael	Allan Stone	7–6, 7–6, 6–3
1972	Ray Ruffels	John Alexander	6–4, 6–4, 7–6
1973	Onny Parun	Patrick Proisy	4–6, 6–7, 6–2, 6–0, 7–6
1974	Björn Borg	Onny Parun	6–4, 6–3, 6–1
1975	Onny Parun (2)	Brian Fairlie	4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–7, 6–4
1976	Onny Parun (3)	Brian Fairlie	6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1977	Vijay Amritraj	Tim Wilkison	7–6, 5–7, 6–1, 6–2
1978	Eliot Teltscher	Onny Parun	6–3, 7–5, 6–1
1979	Tim Wilkison	Peter Feigl	6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2
1980	John Sadri	Tim Wilkison	6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1981	Bill Scanlon	Tim Wilkison	6–7, 6–3, 3–6, 7–6, 6–0
1982	Tim Wilkison (2)	Russell Simpson	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1983	John Alexander	Russell Simpson	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1984	Danny Saltz	Chip Hooper	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1985	Chris Lewis	Wally Masur	7–5, 6–0, 2–6, 6–4
1986	Mark Woodforde	Bud Schultz	6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1987	Miloslav Mečíř	Michiel Schapers	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
1988	Amos Mansdorf	Ramesh Krishnan	6–3, 6–4
1989	Ramesh Krishnan	Amos Mansdorf	6–4, 6–0
1990	Scott Davis	Andrei Chesnokov	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
1991	Karel Nováček	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
1992	Jaime Yzaga	MaliVai Washington	7–6(8–6), 6–4
1993	Alexander Volkov	MaliVai Washington	7–6(7–2), 6–4
1994	Magnus Gustafsson	Patrick McEnroe	6–4, 6–0
1995	Thomas Enqvist	Chuck Adams	6–2, 6–1
1996	Jiří Novák	Brett Steven	6–4, 6–4
1997	Jonas Björkman	Kenneth Carlsen	7–6, 6–0
1998	Marcelo Ríos	Richard Fromberg	4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
1999	Sjeng Schalken	Tommy Haas	6–4, 6–4
2000	Magnus Norman	Michael Chang	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2001	Dominik Hrbatý	Francisco Clavet	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
2002	Greg Rusedski	Jérôme Golmard	6–7, 6–4, 7–5
2003	Gustavo Kuerten	Dominik Hrbatý	6–3, 7–5
2004	Dominik Hrbatý (2)	Rafael Nadal	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
2005	Fernando González	Olivier Rochus	6–4, 6–2
2006	Jarkko Nieminen	Mario Ančić	6–2, 6–2
2007	David Ferrer	Tommy Robredo	6–4, 6–2
2008	Philipp Kohlschreiber	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7–6(7–4), 7–5
2009	Juan Martín del Potro	Sam Querrey	6–4, 6–4
2010	John Isner	Arnaud Clément	6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–2)
2011	David Ferrer (2)	David Nalbandian	6–3, 6–2
2012	David Ferrer (3)	Olivier Rochus	6–3, 6–4
2013	David Ferrer (4)	Philipp Kohlschreiber	7–6(7–5), 6–1
2014	John Isner (2)	Lu Yen-hsun	7–6(7–4), 7–6(9–7)
2015	Jiří Veselý	Adrian Mannarino	6–3, 6–2
2016	Roberto Bautista Agut	Jack Sock	6–1, 1–0, Ret.
2017	Jack Sock	João Sousa	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
2018	Roberto Bautista Agut (2)	Juan Martín del Potro	6–1, 4–6, 7–5
2019	Tennys Sandgren	Cameron Norrie	6–4, 6–2
2020	Ugo Humbert	Benoît Paire	7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022
2023	Richard Gasquet	Cameron Norrie	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2024	Alejandro Tabilo	Taro Daniel	6–2, 7–5

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1968	Dick Crealy   Barry Phillips-Moore
1969	Raymond Moore   Roger Taylor	Mal Anderson   Toomas Leius	13–15, 6–3, 8–6, 8–6
1970	Dick Crealy (2)   Ray Ruffels
1971	Bob Carmichael   Ray Ruffels	Brian Fairlie   Raymond Moore	6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1972	Bob Carmichael (2)   Ray Ruffels (2)
1973	Brian Fairlie   Allan Stone
1974	Syd Ball   Bob Giltinan	Ray Ruffels   Allan Stone	6–1, 6–4
1975	Bob Carmichael (3)   Ray Ruffels (3)	Brian Fairlie   Onny Parun	7–6, Ret.
1976	Not Completed
1977	Chris Lewis   Russell Simpson	Peter Langsford   Jonathan Smith	7–6, 6–4
1978	Chris Lewis (2)   Russell Simpson (2)	Rod Frawley   Karl Meiler	6–1, 7–6
1979	Bernard Mitton   Kim Warwick	Andrew Jarrett   Jonathan Smith	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1980	Peter Feigl   Rod Frawley	John Sadri   Tim Wilkison	6–2, 7–5
1981	Ferdi Taygan   Tim Wilkison	Tony Graham   Bill Scanlon	7–5, 6–1
1982	Andrew Jarrett   Jonathan Smith	Larry Stefanki   Robert Van't Hof	7–5, 7–6
1983	Chris Lewis (2)   Russell Simpson (2)	David Graham   Laurie Warder	7–6, 6–3
1984	Brian Levine   John Van Nostrand	Brad Drewett   Chip Hooper	7–5, 6–2
1985	John Fitzgerald   Chris Lewis (3)	Broderick Dyke   Wally Masur	7–6, 6–2
1986	Broderick Dyke   Wally Masur	Karl Richter   Rick Rudeen	6–3, 6–4
1987	Kelly Jones   Brad Pearce	Carl Limberger   Mark Woodforde	7–6, 7–6
1988	Marty Davis   Tim Pawsat	Sammy Giammalva Jr.   Jim Grabb	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1989	Steve Guy   Shuzo Matsuoka	John Letts   Bruce Man-Son-Hing	7–6, 7–6
1990	Kelly Jones (2)   Robert Van't Hof	Gilad Bloom   Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 6–0
1991	Sergio Casal   Emilio Sánchez	Grant Connell   Glenn Michibata	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1992	Wayne Ferreira   Jim Grabb	Grant Connell   Glenn Michibata	6–4, 6–3
1993	Grant Connell   Patrick Galbraith	Alex Antonitsch   Alexander Volkov	6–3, 7–6
1994	Patrick McEnroe   Jared Palmer	Grant Connell   Patrick Galbraith	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1995	Grant Connell (2)   Patrick Galbraith (2)	Luis Lobo   Javier Sánchez	6–4, 6–3
1996	Marcos Ondruska   Jack Waite	Jonas Björkman   Brett Steven	W/O
1997	Ellis Ferreira   Patrick Galbraith (3)	Rick Leach   Jonathan Stark	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
1998	Patrick Galbraith (4)   Brett Steven	Tom Nijssen   Jeff Tarango	6–4, 6–2
1999	Jeff Tarango   Daniel Vacek	Jiří Novák   David Rikl	7–5, 7–5
2000	Ellis Ferreira (2)   Rick Leach	Olivier Delaître   Jeff Tarango	7–5, 6–4
2001	Marius Barnard   Jim Thomas	David Adams   Martín García	7–6, 6–4
2002	Jonas Björkman   Todd Woodbridge	Martín García   Cyril Suk	7–6, 7–6
2003	David Adams   Robbie Koenig	Tomáš Cibulec   Leoš Friedl	7–6, 4–6, 6–3
2004	Mahesh Bhupathi   Fabrice Santoro	Jiří Novák   Radek Štěpánek	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
2005	Yves Allegro   Michael Kohlmann	Simon Aspelin   Todd Perry	6–4, 7–6
2006	Andrei Pavel   Rogier Wassen	Simon Aspelin   Todd Perry	6–3, 5–7, [10–4]
2007	Jeff Coetzee   Rogier Wassen (2)	Simon Aspelin   Chris Haggard	6–7, 6–3, [10–2]
2008	Luis Horna   Juan Mónaco	Xavier Malisse   Jürgen Melzer	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
2009	Martin Damm   Robert Lindstedt	Scott Lipsky   Leander Paes	7–5, 6–4
2010	Marcus Daniell   Horia Tecău	Marcelo Melo   Bruno Soares	7–5, 6–4
2011	Marcel Granollers   Tommy Robredo	Johan Brunström   Stephen Huss	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
2012	Oliver Marach   Alexander Peya	František Čermák   Filip Polášek	6–3, 6–2
2013	Colin Fleming   Bruno Soares	Johan Brunström   Frederik Nielsen	7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–2)
2014	Julian Knowle   Marcelo Melo	Alexander Peya   Bruno Soares	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2015	Raven Klaasen   Leander Paes	Dominic Inglot   Florin Mergea	7–6(7–1), 6–4
2016	Mate Pavić   Michael Venus	Eric Butorac   Scott Lipsky	7–5, 6–4
2017	Marcin Matkowski   Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Jonathan Erlich   Scott Lipsky	1–6, 6–2, [10–3]
2018	Oliver Marach (2)   Mate Pavić (2)	Max Mirnyi   Philipp Oswald	6–4, 5–7, [10–7]
2019	Ben McLachlan   Jan-Lennard Struff	Raven Klaasen   Michael Venus	6–3, 6–4
2020	Luke Bambridge   Ben McLachlan (2)	Marcus Daniell   Philipp Oswald	7–6(7–3), 6–3
2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022
2023	Nikola Mektić   Mate Pavić (3)	Nathaniel Lammons   Jackson Withrow	6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–6]
2024	Nikola Mektić (2)   Wesley Koolhof	Marcel Granollers   Horacio Zeballos	6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]

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• WTA Auckland Open – women's tournament
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