Eurocard Open

Not to be confused with Stuttgart Open.

The Eurocard Open was an annual tennis tournament for male professional players. The event was held annually in Stuttgart, Germany, and was played on indoor carpet from 1988 to 1997. Before 1990, during years 1988–1989 the tournament was organized as an invitational round-robin exhibition for 8 players. From 1990 to 1995, the Eurocard Open was an ATP Championship Series tournament, and was held every February on the ATP Tour.

Eurocard Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1988
Abolished	2001
Location	Stuttgart (1988–2001) Essen (Oct. 1995)
Category	Exhibition (1988–1989) ATP Championship Series (1990–1995) ATP Super 9 / Tennis Masters Series (1995–2001)
Surface	Carpet / indoor (1988–1997) Hard / indoor (1998–2001)
Draw	48S / 24Q / 16D
Prize money	US$2,950,000

Starting in October 1995, the Eurocard Open was upgraded to ATP Super 9 status. In 1995–1996, the ATP calendar underwent some interesting tournament swaps among indoor events, when the tournament was held on carpet courts. In October 1995, the Stockholm Super 9 event was downgraded to ATP World Series status and moved to November, getting replaced in its old Super 9 slot by the Eurocard Open in Essen. The Antwerp event was dropped from the calendar in 1995 to make room for Stockholm's new slot in November. In 1996, the Eurocard Open retained its Super 9 status but moved from Essen and back to Stuttgart, while Antwerp was again returned to the calendar to replace the Eurocard Open's old slot in February.

In 1998, the Eurocard Open changed surface from indoor carpet to indoor hardcourt. After the last Eurocard Open was held in 2001, the tournament was discontinued, and the eighth ATP Masters Series event of the calendar year was moved to Madrid in 2002.

Past results

Singles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
↓ ATP Tour 500[lower-alpha 1] ↓
Stuttgart	1990	Boris Becker	Ivan Lendl	6–2, 6–2
	1991	Stefan Edberg	Jonas Svensson	6–2, 3–6, 7–5, 6–2
	1992	Goran Ivanišević	Stefan Edberg	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
	1993	Michael Stich	Richard Krajicek	4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 7–5
	1994	Stefan Edberg	Goran Ivanišević	4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
	1995 (Feb)	Richard Krajicek	Michael Stich	7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 1–6, 6–3
↓ ATP Tour Masters 1000[lower-alpha 2] ↓
Essen	1995 (Oct)	Thomas Muster	MaliVai Washington	7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Stuttgart	1996	Boris Becker	Pete Sampras	3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
	1997	Petr Korda	Richard Krajicek	7–6(8–6), 6–2, 6–4
	1998	Richard Krajicek	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
	1999	Thomas Enqvist	Richard Krajicek	6–1, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5
	2000	Wayne Ferreira	Lleyton Hewitt	7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–2), 6–2
	2001	Tommy Haas	Max Mirnyi	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
	2002	succeeded by Madrid Open

Doubles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
↓ ATP Tour 500[lower-alpha 1] ↓
Stuttgart	1990	Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek	Michael Mortensen Tom Nijssen	6–3, 6–2
	1991	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	Jeremy Bates Nick Brown	6–3, 7–5
	1992	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
	1993	Mark Kratzmann Wally Masur	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	6–3, 7–6
	1994	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6–7, 6–4, 7–6
	1995 (Feb)	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek	6–2, 6–2
↓ ATP Tour Masters 1000[lower-alpha 2] ↓
Essen	1995 (Oct)	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek	7–5, 6–4
Stuttgart	1996	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
	1997	Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	6–3, 6–3
	1998	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
	1999	Byron Black Jonas Björkman	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–2), 6–0
	2000	Jiří Novák David Rikl	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
	2001	Max Mirnyi Sandon Stolle	Ellis Ferreira Jeff Tarango	7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–4)
	2002	succeeded by Madrid Open

Exhibition

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Stuttgart	1988	Miloslav Mečíř	Andrés Gómez	6–3, 6–2
	1989	Ivan Lendl	Miloslav Mečíř	6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4

Notes

1. Known as Championship Series from 1990 till 1999.
2. Known as Championship Series, Single Week from 1990 till 1995, Super 9 from 1996 till 1999 and Tennis Masters Series from 2000 onwards

External links

• ATP Masters 1000 Stuttgart