The 1990 Riklis Classic, also known as the Tel Aviv Open, was a men's

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

tournament played on outdoor hard courts that was part of the

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of the

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. It was the 11th edition of the

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and was played at the

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in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat HaSharon,

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

from October 8 through October 15, 1990. First-seeded

Andrei Chesnokov Andrei Eduardovich Chesnokov (russian: Андрей Эдуардович Чесноков, links=no; born 2 February 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. Career Chesnokov's highest singles ranking was World No. 9 in 1991. ...

won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

defeated Amos Mansdorf 6–4, 6–3 * It was Chesnokov's 2nd singles title of the year and the 6th of his career.

Doubles

Nduka Odizor Nduka Emmanuel Odizor (born 28 August 1958) is a former tennis player from Nigeria, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and lar ...

Christo van Rensburg Christo van Rensburg (born 23 October 1962) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. Van Rensburg turned professional in 1983. He won his first doubles title on ATP Tour later that year at Cleveland. Van Rensburg won 20 top-l ...

defeated

Ronnie Båthman Ronnie Båthman (born 24 April 1959) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won three doubles titles and finished as a runner-up four times. He achiev ...

Rikard Bergh Rikard Bergh (born 14 June 1966) is a former professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a ten ...

6–3, 6–4 * It was Odizor's 2nd title of the year and the 8th of his career. It was van Rensburg's 2nd title of the year and the 16th of his career.

References

External links

ITF tournament edition details
Tel Aviv Open Riklis Classic Tennis tournaments in Israel {{ATPtour-competition-stub