The ABN AMRO Open, also known as the Rotterdam Open, and formerly known as: ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament (until 2022), is a professional men's
tennis tournament played on
indoor hard courts. It is part of the
ATP Tour 500 series on the
ATP Tour and has been held annually at
Rotterdam Ahoy in
Rotterdam, Netherlands.
History
The first ABN AMRO Open tennis tournament was held in November 1972 and was won by
Arthur Ashe. The following year the tournament was not organized because it switched to a March date. Originally the Rotterdam Open was an event of the
World Championship Tennis circuit and in 1978 became part of the
Grand Prix tennis circuit. Since 1990 it has been part of the ATP Tour.
In 1984 the singles final between
Ivan Lendl and
Jimmy Connors was interrupted in the 2nd set (6–0, 1–0) due to a bomb threat and the match was not finished as Lendl was not prepared to play on.[1]
Since 2004, former Dutch tennis player
Richard Krajicek has been the tournament director.
A record 115,894 people attended the 2012 edition tournament when
Roger Federer returned for the first time in seven years.[2] This record was broken in 2018 when 120,000 fans attended after Federer accepted a wildcard into the event after a five-year absence.[3]
Past finals
In the singles,
Arthur Ashe (1972, 1975–76) and
Roger Federer (2005, 2012 and 2018) hold the record for most titles with three, while Ashe,
Stefan Edberg (1986–87),
Nicolas Escudé (2001–02),
Robin Söderling (2010–11) and
Gaël Monfils (2019–20) co-hold the record for most consecutive titles with two. Federer (2001, 2005, 2012, and 2018) and
Jimmy Connors (1978, 1981–82, and 1984) co-hold the record for most finals contested at four.
In the doubles,
Anders Järryd (1987, 1991, 1993, 1995),
Nenad Zimonjić (2009–10, 2012–13) and
Nicolas Mahut (2014, 2016, 2018, 2020) co-hold the record for most titles with four, while
Frew McMillan holds the record for most back-to-back titles with three straight wins (1974–76).
Singles
Arthur Ashe (pictured here during the
1975 tournament) holds the joint-record for most singles titles with three wins (1972, 1975–76).Roger Federer holds the joint-record for most singles titles with three wins (2005, 2012, and 2018).
Anders Järryd was the first player to take four doubles titles in Rotterdam (1987, 1991, 1993, 1995).Nenad Zimonjić reached five consecutive finals (2009–13), winning a record four times (2009–10, 2012–13).Nicolas Mahut also won the title four times (2014, 2016, 2018, 2020).
Since its inception in 1972 the Rotterdam Open has been part of three major tennis circuits:
WCT circuit (1972–1977),
Grand Prix circuit (1978–1989) and
ATP Tour (1990–).
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abKnown as Championship Series from 1990 till 1999 and International Series Gold from 2000 till 2008.
^As of 1 March 2022, the ATP announced that players from Russia and Belarus will not compete under the name or flag of Russia or Belarus due to the
Russian invasion of Ukraine.