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ATP Auckland Open

Field	Value
name	ASB Classic
current	2026 ASB Classic
type	atp
logo size	150px
founded	1886
city	Auckland
country	New Zealand
venue	ASB Tennis Centre
category	ATP World Series (1990-1997)
ATP International Series
(1998–2008)
ATP World Tour 250 (2009–2018)
ATP 250 (2019–)
surface	Grass (1956–1977)
Hard (1978–current)
draw	28S/32Q/16D
prize money	$766,290 (2025)
website	ASB Classic
completed event	2025
men's singles	FRA Gaël Monfils
men's doubles	CRO Nikola Mektić
NZL Michael Venus

ATP International Series (1998–2008) ATP World Tour 250 (2009–2018) ATP 250 (2019–) Hard (1978–current) | men's singles = FRA Gaël Monfils | men's doubles = CRO Nikola Mektić NZL Michael Venus

The ATP Auckland Open, known as the ASB Classic (sponsored by ASB Bank), is a professional men's tennis tournament in Auckland, New Zealand. The tournament is played at the ASB Tennis Centre, in Parnell. It is part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour. The tournament is held annually in January a week before the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, the Australian Open.

The ASB Classic returned in 2023 after the 2021 and 2022 events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing travel restrictions for international visitors to New Zealand.

History

In the 1920s major new tennis venues were built in Auckland for the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association (now Tennis Auckland), Wellington and Christchurch in the 1920s comprising both grass and hard courts. In 1920 when the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association (now Tennis Auckland) was looking for a permanent base, the only available site was a tip in Stanley Street. The local clubs raised the-then significant sum of 1,800 pounds to prepare the site and build new courts. For the next 30 years the Tennis Centre in Stanley Street was home to local tennis matches. In 1956 Auckland hosted its first permanent international tournament, the 'Auckland Invitation'. The tournament was a joint men's and women's event until 1981.

From 1969, the first edition in the open era of tennis, until 1995 the tournament was known under its sponsored name 'Benson and Hedges Open'. From 1998 until 2015 it was named the 'Heineken Open'.

By the 1960s the shuttle bus fare from town to Stanley Street was sixpence. Admission was five shillings for the first three days and 7/6 for finals and semifinals – a whole tournament for the equivalent of $4. By the 1970s, 25 cents got you all-day parking next door at Carlaw Park. The tournament was played on outdoor grass courts from its inaugural edition in 1956 until 1977, switching to hard courts in 1978. Between 1979 and 1989 it was a tournament of the Grand Prix tennis circuit.

After being separated for 34 years, the WTA and ATP merged the event in 2016 and both tournaments are now known collectively as the ASB Classic. Heineken will still be a sponsor but will have a diminished role in anticipation of new tennis regulations restricting alcohol sponsorship.

Both the 2021 and 2022 Auckland Open were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In regards to the 2022 cancellation, organizers cited New Zealand's strict quarantine rules as making it intractable for players, officials, and all other required staff to be admitted into the country.

Past finals

Men's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1956	USA Robert Perry	NZL Allan Burns	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1957	Final not played due to rain}}
1958	RSA Trevor Fancutt	AUS Robert Mark	2–6, 6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
1959	NZL Jeff Robson	AUS Roy Emerson	6–2, 6–4, 8–6
1960	AUS Roy Emerson	NZL Ronald McKenzie	6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1961	AUS Rod Laver	AUS Roy Emerson	4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
1962	AUS Ken Fletcher	NZL Lew Gerrard	6–3, 8–10, 7–5, 6–2
1963	AUS Fred Stolle	RSA Bob Hewitt	2–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–2
1964	AUS Fred Stolle (2)	NZL Lew Gerrard	6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1965	AUS Roy Emerson (2)	FRA Pierre Barthès	3–6, 8–6, 7–5, 6–3
1966	AUS Roy Emerson (3)	UK Roger Taylor	6–4, 6–3, 6–1
1967	AUS Roy Emerson (4)	AUS Owen Davidson	6–4, 6–2, 7–5
1968	AUS Barry Phillips-Moore	NZL Onny Parun	6–3, 6–8, 1–6, 6–3, 6–2
↓ Open Era ↓
1969	AUS Tony Roche	AUS Rod Laver	6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1970	UK Roger Taylor	NED Tom Okker	6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1971	AUS Robert Carmichael	AUS Allan Stone	7–6, 7–6, 6–3
1972	AUS Ray Ruffels	AUS John Alexander	6–4, 6–4, 7–6
1973	NZL Onny Parun	FRA Patrick Proisy	4–6, 6–7, 6–2, 6–0, 7–6
1974	SWE Björn Borg	NZL Onny Parun	6–4, 6–3, 6–1
1975	NZL Onny Parun (2)	NZL Brian Fairlie	4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–7, 6–4
1976	NZL Onny Parun (3)	NZL Brian Fairlie	6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1977	IND Vijay Amritraj	USA Tim Wilkison	7–6, 5–7, 6–1, 6–2
↓ ATP Challenger Series event ↓
1978	USA Eliot Teltscher	NZL Onny Parun	6–3, 7–5, 6–1
↓ Grand Prix event ↓
1979	USA Tim Wilkison	AUT Peter Feigl	6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2
1980	USA John Sadri	USA Tim Wilkison	6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1981	USA Bill Scanlon	USA Tim Wilkison	6–7, 6–3, 3–6, 7–6, 6–0
1982	USA Tim Wilkison (2)	NZL Russell Simpson	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1983	AUS John Alexander	NZL Russell Simpson	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1984	USA Danny Saltz	USA Chip Hooper	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1985	NZL Chris Lewis	AUS Wally Masur	7–5, 6–0, 2–6, 6–4
1986	AUS Mark Woodforde	USA Bud Schultz	6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1987	TCH Miloslav Mečíř	NED Michiel Schapers	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
1988	Israel Amos Mansdorf	IND Ramesh Krishnan	6–3, 6–4
1989	IND Ramesh Krishnan	Israel Amos Mansdorf	6–4, 6–0
↓ ATP World Series event ↓
1990	USA Scott Davis	URS Andrei Chesnokov	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
1991	TCH Karel Nováček	FRA Jean-Philippe Fleurian	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
1992	Peru Jaime Yzaga	USA MaliVai Washington	7–6(8–6), 6–4
1993	RUS Alexander Volkov	USA MaliVai Washington	7–6(7–2), 6–4
1994	SWE Magnus Gustafsson	USA Patrick McEnroe	6–4, 6–0
1995	SWE Thomas Enqvist	USA Chuck Adams	6–2, 6–1
1996	CZE Jiří Novák	NZL Brett Steven	6–4, 6–4
1997	SWE Jonas Björkman	DEN Kenneth Carlsen	7–6, 6–0
1998	CHI Marcelo Ríos	AUS Richard Fromberg	4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
1999	NED Sjeng Schalken	GER Tommy Haas	6–4, 6–4
↓ ATP International Series event ↓
2000	SWE Magnus Norman	USA Michael Chang	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2001	SVK Dominik Hrbatý	ESP Francisco Clavet	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
2002	UK Greg Rusedski	FRA Jérôme Golmard	6–7, 6–4, 7–5
2003	BRA Gustavo Kuerten	SVK Dominik Hrbatý	6–3, 7–5
2004	SVK Dominik Hrbatý (2)	ESP Rafael Nadal	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
2005	CHI Fernando González	BEL Olivier Rochus	6–4, 6–2
2006	FIN Jarkko Nieminen	CRO Mario Ančić	6–2, 6–2
2007	ESP David Ferrer	ESP Tommy Robredo	6–4, 6–2
2008	GER Philipp Kohlschreiber	ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero	7–6(7–4), 7–5
↓ ATP 250 event ↓
2009	ARG Juan Martín del Potro	USA Sam Querrey	6–4, 6–4
2010	USA John Isner	FRA Arnaud Clément	6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–2)
2011	ESP David Ferrer (2)	ARG David Nalbandian	6–3, 6–2
2012	ESP David Ferrer (3)	BEL Olivier Rochus	6–3, 6–4
2013	ESP David Ferrer (4)	GER Philipp Kohlschreiber	7–6(7–5), 6–1
2014	USA John Isner (2)	TPE Lu Yen-hsun	7–6(7–4), 7–6(9–7)
2015	CZE Jiří Veselý	FRA Adrian Mannarino	6–3, 6–2
2016	ESP Roberto Bautista Agut	USA Jack Sock	6–1, 1–0, Ret.
2017	USA Jack Sock	POR João Sousa	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
2018	ESP Roberto Bautista Agut (2)	ARG Juan Martín del Potro	6–1, 4–6, 7–5
2019	USA Tennys Sandgren	GBR Cameron Norrie	6–4, 6–2
2020	FRA Ugo Humbert	FRA Benoît Paire	7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic}}
2022
2023	FRA Richard Gasquet	GBR Cameron Norrie	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2024	CHI Alejandro Tabilo	JPN Taro Daniel	6–2, 7–5
2025	FRA Gaël Monfils	BEL Zizou Bergs	6–3, 6–4

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1968	AUS Dick Crealy
AUS Barry Phillips-Moore
1969	RSA Raymond Moore
GBR Roger Taylor	AUS Mal Anderson
USSR Toomas Leius	13–15, 6–3, 8–6, 8–6
1970	AUS Dick Crealy (2)
AUS Ray Ruffels
1971	AUS Bob Carmichael
AUS Ray Ruffels	NZL Brian Fairlie
RSA Raymond Moore	6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1972	AUS Bob Carmichael (2)
AUS Ray Ruffels (2)
1973	NZL Brian Fairlie
AUS Allan Stone
1974	AUS Syd Ball
AUS Bob Giltinan	AUS Ray Ruffels
AUS Allan Stone	6–1, 6–4
1975	AUS Bob Carmichael (3)
AUS Ray Ruffels (3)	NZL Brian Fairlie
NZL Onny Parun	7–6, Ret.
1976	Not completed
1977	NZL Chris Lewis
NZL Russell Simpson	AUS Peter Langsford
GBR Jonathan Smith	7–6, 6–4
1978	NZL Chris Lewis (2)
NZL Russell Simpson (2)	AUS Rod Frawley
FRG Karl Meiler	6–1, 7–6
1979	RSA Bernard Mitton
AUS Kim Warwick	GBR Andrew Jarrett
GBR Jonathan Smith	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1980	AUT Peter Feigl
AUS Rod Frawley	USA John Sadri
USA Tim Wilkison	6–2, 7–5
1981	USA Ferdi Taygan
USA Tim Wilkison	USA Tony Graham
USA Bill Scanlon	7–5, 6–1
1982	GBR Andrew Jarrett
GBR Jonathan Smith	USA Larry Stefanki
USA Robert Van't Hof	7–5, 7–6
1983	NZL Chris Lewis (3)
NZL Russell Simpson (3)	AUS David Graham
AUS Laurie Warder	7–6, 6–3
1984	RSA Brian Levine
USA John Van Nostrand	AUS Brad Drewett
USA Chip Hooper	7–5, 6–2
1985	AUS John Fitzgerald
NZL Chris Lewis (3)	AUS Broderick Dyke
AUS Wally Masur	7–6, 6–2
1986	AUS Broderick Dyke
AUS Wally Masur	USA Karl Richter
USA Rick Rudeen	6–3, 6–4
1987	USA Kelly Jones
USA Brad Pearce	AUS Carl Limberger
AUS Mark Woodforde	7–6, 7–6
1988	USA Marty Davis
USA Tim Pawsat	USA Sammy Giammalva Jr.
USA Jim Grabb	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1989	NZL Steve Guy
JPN Shuzo Matsuoka	USA John Letts
USA Bruce Man-Son-Hing	7–6, 7–6
1990	USA Kelly Jones (2)
USA Robert Van't Hof	ISR Gilad Bloom
NED Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 6–0
1991	ESP Sergio Casal
ESP Emilio Sánchez	CAN Grant Connell
CAN Glenn Michibata	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1992	RSA Wayne Ferreira
USA Jim Grabb	CAN Grant Connell
CAN Glenn Michibata	6–4, 6–3
1993	CAN Grant Connell
USA Patrick Galbraith	AUT Alex Antonitsch
RUS Alexander Volkov	6–3, 7–6
1994	USA Patrick McEnroe
USA Jared Palmer	CAN Grant Connell
USA Patrick Galbraith	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1995	CAN Grant Connell (2)
USA Patrick Galbraith (2)	ARG Luis Lobo
ESP Javier Sánchez	6–4, 6–3
1996	RSA Marcos Ondruska
USA Jack Waite	SWE Jonas Björkman
NZL Brett Steven	Walkover
1997	RSA Ellis Ferreira
USA Patrick Galbraith (3)	USA Rick Leach
USA Jonathan Stark	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
1998	USA Patrick Galbraith (4)
NZL Brett Steven	NED Tom Nijssen
USA Jeff Tarango	6–4, 6–2
1999	USA Jeff Tarango
CZE Daniel Vacek	CZE Jiří Novák
CZE David Rikl	7–5, 7–5
2000	RSA Ellis Ferreira (2)
USA Rick Leach	FRA Olivier Delaître
USA Jeff Tarango	7–5, 6–4
2001	RSA Marius Barnard
USA Jim Thomas	RSA David Adams
ARG Martín García	7–6, 6–4
2002	SWE Jonas Björkman
AUS Todd Woodbridge	ARG Martín García
CZE Cyril Suk	7–6, 7–6
2003	USA David Adams
RSA Robbie Koenig	CZE Tomáš Cibulec
CZE Leoš Friedl	7–6, 4–6, 6–3
2004	IND Mahesh Bhupathi
FRA Fabrice Santoro	CZE Jiří Novák
CZE Radek Štěpánek	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
2005	SUI Yves Allegro
GER Michael Kohlmann	SWE Simon Aspelin
AUS Todd Perry	6–4, 7–6
2006	ROU Andrei Pavel
NED Rogier Wassen	SWE Simon Aspelin
AUS Todd Perry	6–3, 5–7, [10–4]
2007	RSA Jeff Coetzee
NED Rogier Wassen (2)	SWE Simon Aspelin
RSA Chris Haggard	6–7, 6–3, [10–2]
2008	PER Luis Horna
ARG Juan Mónaco	BEL Xavier Malisse
AUT Jürgen Melzer	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
2009	CZE Martin Damm
SWE Robert Lindstedt	USA Scott Lipsky
IND Leander Paes	7–5, 6–4
2010	NZL Marcus Daniell
ROU Horia Tecău	BRA Marcelo Melo
BRA Bruno Soares	7–5, 6–4
2011	ESP Marcel Granollers
ESP Tommy Robredo	SWE Johan Brunström
AUS Stephen Huss	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
2012	AUT Oliver Marach
AUT Alexander Peya	CZE František Čermák
SVK Filip Polášek	6–3, 6–2
2013	GBR Colin Fleming
BRA Bruno Soares	SWE Johan Brunström
DEN Frederik Nielsen	7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–2)
2014	AUT Julian Knowle
BRA Marcelo Melo	AUT Alexander Peya
BRA Bruno Soares	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2015	RSA Raven Klaasen
IND Leander Paes	GBR Dominic Inglot
ROU Florin Mergea	7–6(7–1), 6–4
2016	CRO Mate Pavić
NZL Michael Venus	USA Eric Butorac
USA Scott Lipsky	7–5, 6–4
2017	POL Marcin Matkowski
PAK Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	ISR Jonathan Erlich
USA Scott Lipsky	1–6, 6–2, [10–3]
2018	AUT Oliver Marach (2)
CRO Mate Pavić (2)	BLR Max Mirnyi
AUT Philipp Oswald	6–4, 5–7, [10–7]
2019	JPN Ben McLachlan
GER Jan-Lennard Struff	RSA Raven Klaasen
NZL Michael Venus	6–3, 6–4
2020	GBR Luke Bambridge
JPN Ben McLachlan (2)	NZL Marcus Daniell
AUT Philipp Oswald	7–6(7–3), 6–3
2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic}}
2022
2023	CRO Nikola Mektić
CRO Mate Pavić (3)	USA Nathaniel Lammons
USA Jackson Withrow	6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–6]
2024	CRO Nikola Mektić (2)
NED Wesley Koolhof	ESP Marcel Granollers
ARG Horacio Zeballos	6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
2025	CRO Nikola Mektić (3)
NZL Michael Venus (2)	USA Christian Harrison
USA Rajeev Ram	Walkover

Notes

References

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