Eurocard Open

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

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.

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

Doubles

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

Exhibition

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

External links

• ATP Masters 1000 Stuttgart