Swiss Indoors

The Swiss Indoors is a professional men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.

Swiss Indoors
ATP Tour
Founded	1970; 54 years ago (1970)
Editions	53 (2024)
Location	Basel Switzerland
Venue	St. Jakobshalle
Category	ATP Tour 500 (2009-present) ATP World Series / ATP International Series (1990-2008) Grand Prix tennis circuit (1977-1989)
Surface	Carpet – indoors (1970–77, 97, 1999–2006) Hard (indoor) (1978–96, 98, 2007–present)[1][2][3][4]
Draw	32S / 16Q / 16D
Prize money	€2,276,105 (2022)
Website	swissindoorsbasel.ch
Current champions (2024)
Singles	Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
Doubles	Jamie Murray John Peers

History

The historical precursor event to this tournament was called the Swiss International Covered Courts that ran from 1920 to 1959, that was a fully open event for international players. To fill that gap this tournament was created in 1970 by Roger Brennwald and originally featured mainly Swiss top players.^[5] It became an event on the Grand Prix tennis circuit in 1977, when Björn Borg won the title and stayed until 1989. Since 2009 it has been part of the World Tour 500 Series of the ATP Tour. Before 2009, it was part of the ATP World Series from 1990 until 1999 which became the ATP International Series in 2000. It has been held annually at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, in October, since 1995. The budget is 17 million francs.^[6] No other sporting event in Switzerland records such high investments and reach.^[7]

Basel native Roger Federer holds the record for most singles titles, having won the tournament ten times, in 2006–2008, 2010–2011, 2014–2015 and 2017–2019. Federer has reached the final record fifteen times (2000–2001, 2006–2015, 2017–2019), which is also an Open Era record for most finals reached at a single ATP event.

Besides Federer, two other Swiss players have won the singles title: Michel Burgener, in 1972, and Jakob Hlasek, in 1991. The tournament was played on its unique red-colored indoor courts until 2010; starting in 2011 the court color was changed to the uniform blue courts of most other tournaments in the European fall indoor season.

The tournament has been sponsored in the past by Ebel and Davidoff.^[8]

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1970[a]	Klaus Berger	Ernst Schori	6–3, 6–1
1971[a]	Jiří Zahradníček	Helmut Kuner	1-6, 6–2, 6–3
1972[a]	Michel Burgener	Petr Kanderal	7–5, 4–6, 6–0
1973[a]	Jean-Claude Barclay	Leonardo Manta	6–3, 7–5
1974[a]	Roger Taylor	Petr Kanderal	6–4, 6–2
1975	Jiří Hřebec	Ilie Năstase	6–1, 7–6, 2–6, 6–3
1976	Jan Kodeš	Jiří Hřebec	6–4, 6–2, 6–3
↓  Grand Prix circuit  ↓
1977	Björn Borg	John Lloyd	6–4, 6–2, 6–3
1978	Guillermo Vilas	John McEnroe	6–3, 5–7, 7–5, 6–4
1979	Brian Gottfried	Johan Kriek	7–5, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
1980	Ivan Lendl	Björn Borg	6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 0–6, 6–4
1981	Ivan Lendl (2)	José Luis Clerc	6–2, 6–3, 6–0
1982	Yannick Noah	Mats Wilander	6–4, 6–2, 6–3
1983	Vitas Gerulaitis	Wojtek Fibak	4–6, 6–1, 7–5, 5–5 retired
1984	Joakim Nyström	Tim Wilkison	6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1985	Stefan Edberg (1)	Yannick Noah	6–7, 6–4, 7–6, 6–1
1986	Stefan Edberg (2)	Yannick Noah	7–6, 6–2, 6–7, 7–6
1987	Yannick Noah (2)	Ronald Agénor	7–6, 6–4, 6–4
1988	Stefan Edberg (3)	Jakob Hlasek	7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1989	Jim Courier	Stefan Edberg	7–6, 3–6, 2–6, 6–0, 7–5
↓  ATP Tour 250[b]  ↓
1990	John McEnroe	Goran Ivanišević	6–7, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3, 6–4
1991	Jakob Hlasek	John McEnroe	7–6(7–4), 6–0, 6–3
1992	Boris Becker	Petr Korda	3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
1993	Michael Stich	Stefan Edberg	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–2
1994	Wayne Ferreira	Patrick McEnroe	4–6, 6–2, 7–6(9–7), 6–3
1995	Jim Courier (2)	Jan Siemerink	6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–2, 7–5
1996	Pete Sampras	Hendrik Dreekmann	7–5, 6–2, 6–0
1997	Greg Rusedski	Mark Philippoussis	6–3, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–3)
1998	Tim Henman	Andre Agassi	6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1999	Karol Kučera	Tim Henman	6–4, 7–6(12–10), 4–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–2)
2000	Thomas Enqvist	Roger Federer	6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 1–6, 6–1
2001	Tim Henman (2)	Roger Federer	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
2002	David Nalbandian	Fernando González	6–4, 6–3, 6–2
2003	Guillermo Coria	David Nalbandian	walkover
2004	Jiří Novák	David Nalbandian	5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2
2005	Fernando González	Marcos Baghdatis	6–7(8–10), 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
2006	Roger Federer	Fernando González	6–3, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
2007	Roger Federer (2)	Jarkko Nieminen	6–3, 6–4
2008	Roger Federer (3)	David Nalbandian	6–3, 6–4
↓  ATP Tour 500  ↓
2009	Novak Djokovic	Roger Federer	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
2010	Roger Federer (4)	Novak Djokovic	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
2011	Roger Federer (5)	Kei Nishikori	6–1, 6–3
2012	Juan Martín del Potro	Roger Federer	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3)
2013	Juan Martín del Potro (2)	Roger Federer	7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–4
2014	Roger Federer (6)	David Goffin	6–2, 6–2
2015	Roger Federer (7)	Rafael Nadal	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
2016	Marin Čilić	Kei Nishikori	6–1, 7–6(7–5)
2017	Roger Federer (8)	Juan Martín del Potro	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–3
2018	Roger Federer (9)	Marius Copil	7–6(7–5), 6–4
2019	Roger Federer (10)	Alex de Minaur	6–2, 6–2
2020	No competition (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2021
2022	Félix Auger-Aliassime	Holger Rune	6–3, 7–5
2023	Félix Auger-Aliassime (2)	Hubert Hurkacz	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
2024	Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard	Ben Shelton	6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1976	Frew McMillan Tom Okker	Jiří Hřebec Jan Kodeš	6–4, 7–6, 6–4
↓  Grand Prix circuit  ↓
1977	Mark Cox Buster Mottram	John Feaver John James	7–5, 6–4, 6–3
1978	Wojtek Fibak John McEnroe	Bruce Manson Andrew Pattison	7–6, 7–5
1979	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan (2)	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–4
1980	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
1981	José Luis Clerc Ilie Năstase	Markus Günthardt Pavel Složil	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
1982	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	Fritz Buehning Pavel Složil	6–2, 6–2
1983	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	Stefan Edberg Florin Segărceanu	6–1, 3–6, 7–6
1984	Pavel Složil (2) Tomáš Šmíd (2)	Stefan Edberg Tim Wilkison	7–6, 6–2
1985	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	Mark Dickson Tim Wilkison	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1986	Guy Forget Yannick Noah (2)	Jan Gunnarsson Tomáš Šmíd	7–6, 6–4
1987	Anders Järryd Tomáš Šmíd (3)	Stanislav Birner Jaroslav Navrátil	6–4, 6–3
1988	Jakob Hlasek Tomáš Šmíd (4)	Jeremy Bates Peter Lundgren	6–3, 6–1
1989	Udo Riglewski Michael Stich	Omar Camporese Claudio Mezzadri	6–3, 4–6, 6–0
↓  ATP Tour 250[b]  ↓
1990	Stefan Kruger Christo van Rensburg	Neil Broad Gary Muller	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
1991	Jakob Hlasek (2) Patrick McEnroe	Petr Korda John McEnroe	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
1992	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	Karel Nováček David Rikl	6–3, 6–4
1993	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	Brad Pearce Dave Randall	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
1994	Patrick McEnroe (2) Jared Palmer	Lan Bale John-Laffnie de Jager	6–3, 7–6
1995	Cyril Suk (2) Daniel Vacek	Mark Keil Peter Nyborg	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1996	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek (2)	David Adams Menno Oosting	6–3, 6–4
1997	Tim Henman Marc Rosset	Karsten Braasch Jim Grabb	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
1998	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	Piet Norval Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 7–6
1999	Brent Haygarth Aleksandar Kitinov	Jiří Novák David Rikl	0–6, 6–4, 7–5
2000	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	Roger Federer Dominik Hrbatý	7–6(11–9), 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
2001	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	7–6(7–3), 6–4
2002	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–6(7–1), 7–5
2003	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	6–4, 6–2
2004	Bob Bryan (2) Mike Bryan (2)	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	7–6(11–9), 6–2
2005	Agustín Calleri Fernando González	Stephen Huss Wesley Moodie	7–5, 7–5
2006	Mark Knowles (2) Daniel Nestor (2)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
2007	Bob Bryan (3) Mike Bryan (3)	James Blake Mark Knowles	6–1, 6–1
2008	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles (3)	Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber	6–3, 6–3
↓  ATP Tour 500  ↓
2009	Daniel Nestor (3) Nenad Zimonjić	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–2, 6–3
2010	Bob Bryan (4) Mike Bryan (4)	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6–3, 3–6, [10–3]
2011	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić (2)	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	6–4, 7–5
2012	Daniel Nestor (4) Nenad Zimonjić (3)	Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot	7–5, 6–7(4–7), [10–5]
2013	Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot	Julian Knowle Oliver Marach	6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
2014	Vasek Pospisil Nenad Zimonjić (4)	Marin Draganja Henri Kontinen	7–6(15–13), 1–6, [10–5]
2015	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	Jamie Murray John Peers	7–5, 7–5
2016	Marcel Granollers Jack Sock	Robert Lindstedt Michael Venus	6–3, 6–4
2017	Ivan Dodig Marcel Granollers (2)	Fabrice Martin Édouard Roger-Vasselin	7–5, 7–6(8–6)
2018	Dominic Inglot (2) Franko Škugor	Alexander Zverev Mischa Zverev	6–2, 7–5
2019	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	Taylor Fritz Reilly Opelka	7–5, 6–3
2020	No competition (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2021
2022	Ivan Dodig (2) Austin Krajicek	Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2023	Santiago González Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Hugo Nys Jan Zieliński	6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–3), [10–1]
2024	Jamie Murray John Peers	Wesley Koolhof Nikola Mektić	6–3, 7–5

Statistics

Records

• Most singles titles: 10
  • Roger Federer (2006–2008, 2010–2011, 2014–2015, 2017–2019)
• Most singles finals: 15 (10 titles, 5 runner-ups)
  • Roger Federer (2000–2001, 2006–2015, 2017–2019)
• Most consecutive singles finals: 10
  • Roger Federer (2006–2015)
• Most matches played: 84
  • Roger Federer (1999–2019)
• Most matches won: 75
  • Roger Federer (1999–2019)
• Most tournament appearances: 19
  • Roger Federer (1999–2019)

See also

• Swiss Open

Notes

1. Tournament recognized as minor title by ATP.
2. Known as World Series from 1990 till 1999 and International Series from 2000 till 2008.

References

1. "Heinz Gunthardt | Player Activity | ATP Tour | Tennis".
2. "Jakob Hlasek | Player Activity | ATP Tour | Tennis".
3. "Marc Rosset | Player Activity | ATP Tour | Tennis".
4. "Roger Federer | Player Activity | ATP Tour | Tennis".
5. "Tennis-Pionier Roger Brennwald: «Vielleicht fällt einmal ein neuer Federer vom Himmel"". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). 23 October 2017.
6. "Swiss Indoors Basel". SwissTopSport (in German). n.d. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
7. "Analyse: Swiss Indoors ist bedeutendster Sportevent". persoenlich.com (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2023-08-17.
8. Chris Chase (11 August 2010). "Relationship between tennis and tobacco goes back a long way". Yahoo! Sports.

External links

• Official website
• Profile on atptour.com

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, Champion Swiss Indoors Basel 2024

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