The Kyiv Open is a professional

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tournament played on

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s. It is currently part of the

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. The tournament was held annually in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

, Ukraine from 1995 to 2005. After 15 years of break, the tournament returned in 2021.

History

The Kyiv Open in the status of ATP Challenger competitions was held from 1998 to 2005. During this time, such world tennis stars as

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Irakli Labadze Irakli Labadze ( ka, ირაკლი ლაბაძე, tr, ; born June 9, 1981) is a Georgian retired professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 42, which he attained in July 2004. He is the first Georgian play ...

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, Jan Kroshlyak took part in it. The first steps in the professional arena were taken by Sergey Stakhovsky,

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, Sergey Yaroshenko, Mikhail Filima,

Aleksandr Nedovyesov Aleksandr Nedovyesov (born 15 February 1987), formerly known as Oleksandr Nedovyesov, is a Ukrainian-Kazakhstani professional tennis player. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 72 on 21 April 2014 and his highest doubles ranki ...

. After 15 years of break ATP Challenger competition in Kyiv returned in 2021.

Past finals

Singles

Doubles

References

ATP Challenger Tour Clay court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in Ukraine Sports competitions in Kyiv {{tennis-stub