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The ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament is a tennis tournament held in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Held since 1972, the event was until 1999 played on indoor carpet, starting 2000 the surface is indoor hard court. It is a part of the International Series Gold on the ATP Tour schedule.
American Arthur Ashe won the tournament three times (1972, 1975-76) and holds the record for most singles titles. In 1984 the final between Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl was interrupted in the 2nd set due to a bomb alarm and the match was not finished. Both players were declared runner-ups.
Since 2004 former Dutch tennis player Richard Krajicek has been the tournament director.
[edit] Past winners
[edit] Singles
| Year |
Champion |
Runner-up |
Score |
| 1972 |
 Arthur Ashe |
 Tom Okker |
4-6, 6-2, 6-1 |
| 1974 |
Tom Okker |
Tom Gorman |
3-6, 7-62, 6-1 |
| 1975 |
Arthur Ashe |
Tom Okker |
3-6, 6-2, 6-4 |
| 1976 |
Arthur Ashe |
Robert Lutz |
6-3, 6-3 |
| 1977 |
Dick Stockton |
.svg/22px-Flag_of_Romania_(1965-1989).svg.png) Ilie Năstase |
2-6, 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1978 |
Jimmy Connors |
 Raúl Ramírez |
7-5, 7-5 |
| 1979 |
 Björn Borg |
John McEnroe |
6-4, 6-2 |
| 1980 |
 Heinz Günthardt |
Gene Mayer |
6-2, 6-4 |
| 1981 |
Jimmy Connors |
Gene Mayer |
6-1, 2-6, 6-2 |
| 1982 |
 Guillermo Vilas |
Jimmy Connors |
0-6, 6-2, 6-4 |
| 1983 |
Gene Mayer |
Guillermo Vilas |
6-1, 7-6 |
| 1984 |
— |
 Ivan Lendl
Jimmy Connors |
6-0, 1-0 ab. |
| 1985 |
Miloslav Mečíř |
Jakob Hlasek |
6-1, 6-2 |
| 1986 |
Joakim Nyström |
Anders Järryd |
6-0, 6-3 |
| 1987 |
Stefan Edberg |
John McEnroe |
3-6, 6-3, 6-1 |
| 1988 |
Stefan Edberg |
Miloslav Mečíř |
7-6, 6-2 |
| 1989 |
Jakob Hlasek |
Anders Järryd |
6-1, 7-5 |
| 1990 |
Brad Gilbert |
Jonas Svensson |
6-1, 6-3 |
| 1991 |
 Omar Camporese |
Ivan Lendl |
3-6, 7-64, 7-64 |
| 1992 |
 Boris Becker |
 Alexander Volkov |
7-69, 4-6, 6-2 |
| 1993 |
Anders Järryd |
 Karel Nováček |
6-3, 7-5 |
| 1994 |
Michael Stich |
 Wayne Ferreira |
4-6, 6-3, 6-0 |
| 1995 |
Richard Krajicek |
Paul Haarhuis |
7-65, 6-4 |
| 1996 |
 Goran Ivanišević |
Yevgeni Kafelnikov |
6-4, 3-6, 6-3 |
| 1997 |
Richard Krajicek |
Daniel Vacek |
7-64, 7-65 |
| 1998 |
Jan Siemerink |
Thomas Johansson |
7-62, 6-2 |
| 1999 |
Yevgeni Kafelnikov |
 Tim Henman |
6-2, 7-63 |
| 2000 |
 Cédric Pioline |
Tim Henman |
6-73, 6-4, 7-64 |
| 2001 |
Nicolas Escudé |
Roger Federer |
7-5, 3-6, 7-65 |
| 2002 |
Nicolas Escudé |
Tim Henman |
3-6, 7-66, 6-4 |
| 2003 |
 Max Mirnyi |
Raemon Sluiter |
7-63, 6-4 |
| 2004 |
 Lleyton Hewitt |
 Juan Carlos Ferrero |
6-71, 7-5, 6-4 |
| 2005 |
Roger Federer |
Ivan Ljubičić |
5-7, 7-5, 7-65 |
| 2006 |
Radek Štěpánek |
.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png) Christophe Rochus |
6-0, 6-3 |
| 2007 |
Mikhail Youzhny |
Ivan Ljubičić |
6-2, 6-4 |
| 2008 |
Michaël Llodra |
Robin Söderling |
6-7(3), 6-3, 7-6(4) |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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ATP Rotterdam tournaments |
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