Tel Aviv Open

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.[2]

Tel Aviv Open
Tournament information
SponsorWatergen
Founded1978 (1978)
LocationTel Aviv
Israel
VenueExpo Tel Aviv
(2022-current)
Israel Tennis Centers
(1978-1999)
CategoryATP Tour 250
(2022–current)
ATP Challenger Series
(1978, 1998-1999)
ATP World Series
(1990–96)
Grand Prix circuit
(1979-81, 1983-89)
SurfaceHard / Indoors
(2022-current)
Hard / Outdoors
(1978-1999)
Draw28S/28Q/16D
Prize money$949,475 (2022)
Websiteatptour.com
Current champions (2022)
Singles Novak Djokovic
Doubles Rohan Bopanna / Matwé Middelkoop

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 Feigl6-7, 6-4, 6-2
↓  Grand Prix event  ↓
1979 Tom Okker Per Hjertquist6–4, 6–3
1980 Harold Solomon Shlomo Glickstein6–2, 6–3
1981 Mel Purcell Per Hjertquist6–1, 6–1
1982Not held due to the 1982 Lebanon War
1983 Aaron Krickstein Christoph Zipf7–6, 6–3
1984 Aaron Krickstein Shahar Perkiss6–4, 6–1
1985 Brad Gilbert Amos Mansdorf6–3, 6–2
1986 Brad Gilbert Aaron Krickstein7–5, 6–2
1987 Amos Mansdorf Brad Gilbert3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1988 Brad Gilbert Aaron Krickstein4–6, 7–6, 6–2
1989 Jimmy Connors Gilad Bloom2–6, 6–2, 6–1
↓  ATP World Series event  ↓
1990 Andrei Chesnokov Amos Mansdorf6–4, 6–3
1991 Leonardo Lavalle Christo van Rensburg6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1992 Jeff Tarango Stephane Simian4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1993 Stefano Pescosolido Amos Mansdorf7–6, 7–5
1994 Wayne Ferreira Amos Mansdorf7–6, 6–3
1995 Ján Krošlák Javier Sánchez6–3, 6–4
1996 Javier Sánchez Marcos Ondruska6–4, 7–5
1997Not held
↓  ATP Challenger Series event  ↓
1998 Gianluca Pozzi Lior Mor6–1, 6–7, 6–3
1999 Ctislav Doseděl Noam Okun7–6, 6–3
2000–2021Not held; return cancelled due to 2014 Gaza War
↓  ATP Tour 250 event  ↓
2022 Novak Djokovic Marin Čilić6–3, 6–4
2023Not 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
1982Not 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
1997Not 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
2000–2021Not 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
2023Not held due to Israel–Hamas war

References
  1. "News | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  2. "2023 Tel Aviv Watergen Open Cancelled | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
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