The Stuttgart Open (sponsored since 2022 by
Hugo Boss
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and called the BOSS Open) is an
ATP Tour 250
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series professional
tennis
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tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concen ...
on the
ATP Tour
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. From 1970 to 1989, the Stuttgart Open was a
Grand Prix tennis circuit
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event. From 1990 to 1999, the Stuttgart Open was an
ATP Championship Series tournament. The Championship Series name was changed to
ATP International Series Gold
ATP International Series Gold (known from 1990 to 1999 as the ATP Championship Series) was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally between 2000 and 2008 that were part of the ATP Tour. The tournaments were positioned below ...
in 2000, and the Stuttgart Open was a part of this series from 2000–2001 and 2003–2008. In 2002, the Stuttgart Open was briefly demoted for one year to
ATP International Series
The ATP International Series (known from 1990 to 1999 as the ATP World Series) was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally as part of the ATP Tour from 2000 to 2008.
The series was renamed ATP Tour 250 in 2009. Interna ...
status, which was renamed to the ATP Tour 250 in 2009, and it has retained the classification ever since.
Held since 1916 in
Stuttgart
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, Germany, prior to the beginning of
World War II
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the tournament was known as the ''Championships of Stuttgart''.
Following the Second World War its was branded as the ''Stuttgart International Championships'' or the ''Stuttgart Weissenhof International''.
The Stuttgart Open was played on clay up to and including 2014. Starting in 2015, the tournament is played on grass. Along with the move to
grass court
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While grass courts are more tra ...
s, the tournament is now staged in the week after the
French Open
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finishes.
Under the sponsorship of
Mercedes-Benz
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, the tournament champions were awarded a Mercedes car, in addition to the prize money.
Past finals
Singles
Doubles
See also
*
List of tennis tournaments
List of current and past men's and women's tennis tournaments.
Criteria for inclusion:
*The tournament is notable enough to have its own article on Wikipedia
*Historic tournaments are included if notability can be established by reliable third-par ...
Notes
References
External links
*
ATP tournament profile
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Tennis tournaments in Germany
Clay court tennis tournaments
1916 establishments in Germany
Recurring sporting events established in 1916
Grass court tennis tournaments
20th-century establishments in Württemberg