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Tel Aviv Open

Field	Value
name	Tel Aviv Open
sponsor	Watergen
logo	Tel_Aviv_Open.png
type	defunct
city	Tel Aviv
country	Israel
founded
venue	Expo Tel Aviv
(2022-current)
Israel Tennis Centers
(1978-1999)
category	ATP Tour 250
(2022–current)
ATP Challenger Series
(1978, 1998-1999)
ATP World Series
(1990–96)
Grand Prix circuit
(1979-81, 1983-89)
surface	Hard / Indoors
(2022-current)
Hard / Outdoors
(1978-1999)

draw	28S/28Q/16D
prize money	$949,475 (2022)
website	atptour.com
completed event	2022
singles	SRB Novak Djokovic
doubles	IND Rohan Bopanna / NED Matwé Middelkoop

(2022-current) Israel Tennis Centers
(1978-1999) (2022–current) ATP Challenger Series (1978, 1998-1999) ATP World Series (1990–96) Grand Prix circuit (1979-81, 1983-89) (2022-current) Hard / Outdoors (1978-1999)

The Tel Aviv Open (also known as the Tel Aviv Watergen Open due to sponsorship reasons) is an ATP Tour-affiliated tennis tournament. It was first played from 1978 through 1999 (skipping 1982 due to the 1982 Lebanon War and 1997 as it transitioned back to the Challenger Series) and was to be resumed in 2014 as a replacement for the St. Petersburg Open, however its return was cancelled due to security concerns arising from the 2014 Gaza War and scrapped permanently in 2015. On June 21, 2022, it was announced that the tournament would return later that year, albeit in a different venue than previous editions. The tournament was planned to continue in 2023, but was cancelled due to the Gaza war.

Israeli tennis player Amos Mansdorf appeared in the final five times, winning in 1987, making him the only Israeli to win the event. Jimmy Connors won his final career singles title at the event in 1989.

In 1990 and 1991 the tournament was known as the Riklis Classic and in 1996 it was known as the Eisenberg Israel Open.

The tournament still holds the ATP record for the youngest winner of an ATP event (Aaron Krickstein in 1983, at the age of 16 and 2 months).

Finals

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
↓ ATP Challenger Series event ↓
1978	NED Tom Okker	AUT Peter Feigl	6-7, 6-4, 6-2
↓ Grand Prix event ↓
1979	NED Tom Okker	SWE Per Hjertquist	6–4, 6–3
1980	USA Harold Solomon	ISR Shlomo Glickstein	6–2, 6–3
1981	USA Mel Purcell		SWE Per Hjertquist	6–1, 6–1
1982	Not held due to the 1982 Lebanon War
1983	USA Aaron Krickstein	FRG Christoph Zipf	7–6, 6–3
1984	USA Aaron Krickstein	ISR Shahar Perkiss	6–4, 6–1
1985	USA Brad Gilbert	ISR Amos Mansdorf	6–3, 6–2
1986	USA Brad Gilbert	USA Aaron Krickstein	7–5, 6–2
1987	ISR Amos Mansdorf	USA Brad Gilbert	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1988	USA Brad Gilbert	USA Aaron Krickstein	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
1989	USA Jimmy Connors	ISR Gilad Bloom	2–6, 6–2, 6–1
↓ ATP World Series event ↓
1990	URS Andrei Chesnokov	ISR Amos Mansdorf	6–4, 6–3
1991	MEX Leonardo Lavalle	RSA Christo van Rensburg	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1992	USA Jeff Tarango	FRA Stephane Simian	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1993	ITA Stefano Pescosolido	ISR Amos Mansdorf	7–6, 7–5
1994	RSA Wayne Ferreira	ISR Amos Mansdorf	7–6, 6–3
1995	SVK Ján Krošlák	ESP Javier Sánchez	6–3, 6–4
1996	ESP Javier Sánchez	RSA Marcos Ondruska	6–4, 7–5
1997	Not held
↓ ATP Challenger Series event ↓
1998	ITA Gianluca Pozzi	ISR Lior Mor	6–1, 6–7, 6–3
1999	CZE Ctislav Doseděl	ISR Noam Okun	7–6, 6–3
2000–2021	Not held; return cancelled due to 2014 Gaza War
↓ ATP Tour 250 event ↓
2022	SRB Novak Djokovic	CRO Marin Čilić	6–3, 6–4
2023	Not held due to Gaza war

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
↓ ATP Challenger Series event ↓
1978	AUT Peter Feigl
USA Eric Friedler	USA Mike Fishbach
NED Tom Okker	6-3, 6-7, 6-3
↓ Grand Prix event ↓
1979	ROM Ilie Năstase
NED Tom Okker	USA Mike Cahill
AUS Colin Dibley	7–5, 6–4
1980	SWE Per Hjertquist
ISR Steve Krulevitz	USA Eric Fromm
USA Cary Leeds	7–6, 6–3
1981	USA Steve Meister
USA Van Winitsky	GBR John Feaver
USA Steve Krulevitz	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1982	Not held due to the 1982 Lebanon War
1983	GBR Colin Dowdeswell
HUN Zoltán Kuhárszky	FRG Peter Elter
AUT Peter Feigl	6–3, 7–5
1984	AUS Peter Doohan
RSA Brian Levine	GBR Colin Dowdeswell
SUI Jakob Hlasek	6–3, 6–4
1985	USA Brad Gilbert
ROM Ilie Năstase	RSA Michael Robertson
ROM Florin Segărceanu	6–3, 6–2
1986	USA John Letts
SWE Peter Lundgren	RSA Christo Steyn
RSA Danie Visser	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1987	ISR Gilad Bloom
ISR Shahar Perkiss	FRG Wolfgang Popp
NED Huub van Boeckel	6–2, 6–4
1988	BAH Roger Smith
KEN Paul Wekesa	FRG Patrick Baur
FRG Alexander Mronz	6–3, 6–3
1989	GBR Jeremy Bates
FRG Patrick Baur	SWE Rikard Bergh
SWE Per Henricsson	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
↓ ATP World Series event ↓
1990	NGR Nduka Odizor
RSA Christo van Rensburg	SWE Ronnie Båthman
SWE Rikard Bergh	6–3, 6–4
1991	CSK David Rikl
NED Michiel Schapers	ARG Javier Frana
MEX Leonardo Lavalle	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
1992	USA Mike Bauer
POR João Cunha Silva	NED Mark Koevermans
SWE Tobias Svantesson	6–3, 6–4
1993	ESP Sergio Casal
ESP Emilio Sánchez	USA Mike Bauer
CZE David Rikl	6–4, 6–4
1994	RSA Lan Bale
RSA John-Laffnie de Jager	SWE Jan Apell
SWE Jonas Björkman	6–7, 6–2, 7–6
1995	USA Jim Grabb
USA Jared Palmer	USA Kent Kinnear
USA David Wheaton	6–4, 7–5
1996	RSA Marcos Ondruska
RSA Grant Stafford	ISR Noam Behr
ISR Eyal Erlich	6–3, 6–2
1997	Not held
↓ ATP Challenger Series event ↓
1998	CZE Radek Štěpánek
CZE Michal Tabara	ISR Noam Okun
ISR Nir Welgreen	7–6, 6–3
1999	ISR Noam Behr
ISR Eyal Ran	ISR Amir Hadad
AUS Andrew Ilie	6–3, 6–2
2000–2021	Not held; return cancelled due to 2014 Gaza War
↓ ATP Tour 250 event ↓
2022	IND Rohan Bopanna
NED Matwé Middelkoop	MEX Santiago González
ARG Andrés Molteni	6–2, 6–4
2023	Not held due to Gaza war

References

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