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Winston-Salem Open

Men's professional tennis tournament in North Carolina


Men's professional tennis tournament in North Carolina

FieldValue
nameWinston-Salem Open
current2025 Winston-Salem Open
typeatp
logoWinston-Salem Open Logo.jpg
logo size200px
cityWinston-Salem, North Carolina
countryUnited States
venueWake Forest University
tierATP 250
surfaceHardcourt / outdoor
draw48S / 32Q / 16D
prize moneyUS$823,420 (2022)
websitewinstonsalemopen.com
completed event2025
singlesHUN Márton Fucsovics
doublesBRA Rafael Matos
BRA Marcelo Melo

BRA Marcelo Melo

The Winston-Salem Open is a men's professional tennis tournament played on the ATP Tour at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in the United States. It made its debut at Winston-Salem in 2011 and is part of the ATP 250 tournaments. It was previously held in Long Island and New Haven before it was sold and relocated to Winston-Salem, creating a new tournament.

The Winston-Salem Open was awarded the 2016 ATP Tour 250 Tournament of the Year.

History

The event started on Long Island's Jericho hamlet as a four-player singles exhibition in 1981, the event, first known as the Hamlet Challenge Cup, developed into a larger draw competition, and saw winning numerous top players in the 1980s, including Ivan Lendl and an eighteen-year-old Andre Agassi in 1988. In 1990, the Long Island tournament became part of the tour as it entered the newly created Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour, being sponsored by numerous companies including; Norstar Bank in 1990 and 1991, Waldbaum's from 1992 to 1995 and from 1997 to 2000, Genovese Drug Stores in 1996, and TD Waterhouse from 2002 until the move to New Haven, adding names like Stefan Edberg, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Magnus Norman, Paradorn Srichaphan and Lleyton Hewitt to its list of champions.

In 2005 the USTA decided to purchase the men's tournament of Long Island, New York and merge it with the Women's event at New Haven. This move created the first large joint ATP–WTA tournament leading to the US Open. The tournament remained a joint event until 2011 when the men's and women's events became separated, and the men's tournament relocated to Winston-Salem. The tournament ignored its history with the ATP calling it a new event.

Tournament

The tournament joined the US Open Series in 2011 and remained part of the Series through its final year in 2023. It is typically held in August the week prior to the US Open. It used to be one of six 250 level events on tour played in the United States but from 2025 it is one of only three. In 2016, the tournament received recognition as one of the ATP World Tour 250 Tournaments of the Year.

Ivan Lendl holds the record for most singles titles at five, winning in 1984–1986, 1989 and 1991; he also holds the record for most singles titles won in a row, at three. The only doubles team to win back-to-back titles is Jonathan Stark and Kevin Ullyett.

Past finals

Singles

LocationYearChampionsRunners-upScoreLong Island
(exhibition)Long IslandNew HavenWinston-Salem
1981USA Brian TeacherFRA Yannick Noah4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1982USA Gene MayerUSA Johan Kriek6–2, 6–3
1983USA Gene MayerSUI Heinz Günthardt6–7(9–11), 6–4, 6–0
1984CZE Ivan LendlECU Andrés Gómez6–2, 6–4
1985CZE Ivan LendlUSA Jimmy Connors6–1, 6–3
1986CZE Ivan LendlUSA John McEnroe6–2, 6–4
1987SWE Jonas SvenssonUSA David Pate7–6, 3–6, 6–3
1988USA Andre AgassiFRA Yannick Noah6–3, 0–6, 6–4
1989CZE Ivan LendlSWE Mikael Pernfors4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1990SWE Stefan EdbergYUG Goran Ivanišević7–6, 6–3
1991CZE Ivan LendlSWE Stefan Edberg6–3, 6–2
1992CZE Petr KordaUSA Ivan Lendl6–2, 6–2
1993SUI Marc RossetUSA Michael Chang6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1994RUS Yevgeny KafelnikovFRA Cédric Pioline5–7, 6–1, 6–2
1995RUS Yevgeny KafelnikovNED Jan Siemerink7–6(7–0), 6–2
1996UKR Andrei MedvedevCZE Martin Damm7–5, 6–3
1997ESP Carlos MoyáAUS Patrick Rafter6–4, 7–6(7–1)
1998AUS Patrick RafterESP Félix Mantilla7–6(7–3), 6–2
1999SWE Magnus NormanESP Àlex Corretja7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
2000SWE Magnus NormanSWE Thomas Enqvist6–3, 5–7, 7–5
2001GER Tommy HaasUSA Pete Sampras6–3, 3–6, 6–2
2002THA Paradorn SrichaphanARG Juan Ignacio Chela5–7, 6–2, 6–2
2003THA Paradorn SrichaphanUSA James Blake6–2, 6–4
2004AUS Lleyton HewittPER Luis Horna6–3, 6–1
2005USA James BlakeESP Feliciano López3–6, 7–5, 6–1
2006RUS Nikolay DavydenkoARG Agustín Calleri6–4, 6–3
2007USA James BlakeUSA Mardy Fish7–5, 6–4
2008CRO Marin ČilićUSA Mardy Fish6–4, 4–6, 6–2
2009ESP Fernando VerdascoUSA Sam Querrey6–4, 7–6(8–6)
2010UKR Sergiy StakhovskyUZB Denis Istomin3–6, 6–3, 6–4
2011USA John IsnerFRA Julien Benneteau4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2012USA John IsnerCZE Tomáš Berdych3–6, 6–4, 7–6(11–9)
2013AUT Jürgen MelzerFRA Gaël Monfils6–3, 2–1, ret.
2014CZE Lukáš RosolPOL Jerzy Janowicz3–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–5
2015RSA Kevin AndersonFRA Pierre-Hugues Herbert6–4, 7–5
2016ESP Pablo Carreño BustaESP Roberto Bautista Agut6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–1), 6–4
2017ESP Roberto Bautista AgutBIH Damir Džumhur6–4, 6–4
2018RUS Daniil MedvedevUSA Steve Johnson6–4, 6–4
2019POL Hubert HurkaczFRA Benoît Paire6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2021BLR Ilya IvashkaSWE Mikael Ymer6–0, 6–2
2022FRA Adrian MannarinoSRB Laslo Djere7–6(7–1), 6–4
2023ARG Sebastián BáezCZE Jiří Lehečka6–4, 6–3
2024ITA Lorenzo SonegoUSA Alex Michelsen6–0, 6–3
2025HUN Márton FucsovicsNED Botic van de Zandschulp6–3, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles

LocationYearChampionsRunners-upScoreLong IslandNew HavenWinston-Salem
1990FRA Guy Forget
SUI Jakob HlasekGER Udo Riglewski
GER Michael Stich2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1991GER Eric Jelen
GER Carl-Uwe SteebUSA Doug Flach
ITA Diego Nargiso0–6, 6–4, 7–6
1992USA Francisco Montana
USA Greg Van EmburghITA Gianluca Pozzi
FIN Olli Rahnasto6–4, 6–2
1993GER Marc-Kevin Goellner
GER David PrinosilFRA Arnaud Boetsch
FRA Olivier Delaître6–7, 7–5, 6–2
1994FRA Olivier Delaître
FRA Guy ForgetAUS Andrew Florent
GBR Mark Petchey6–4, 7–6
1995CZE Cyril Suk
CZE Daniel VacekUSA Rick Leach
USA Scott Melville5–7, 7–6, 7–6
1996USA Luke Jensen
USA Murphy JensenGER Hendrik Dreekmann
RUS Alexander Volkov6–3, 7–6
1997RSA Marcos Ondruska
GER David PrinosilUSA Mark Keil
USA T.J. Middleton6–4, 6–4
1998ESP Julian Alonso
ESP Javier SánchezUSA Brandon Coupe
USA Dave Randall6–4, 6–4
1999FRA Olivier Delaître
FRA Fabrice SantoroUSA Jan-Michael Gambill
USA Scott Humphries7–5, 6–4
2000USA Jonathan Stark
ZIM Kevin UllyettUSA Jan-Michael Gambill
USA Scott Humphries6–4, 6–4
2001USA Jonathan Stark
ZIM Kevin UllyettCZE Leoš Friedl
CZE Radek Štěpánek6–1, 6–4
2002IND Mahesh Bhupathi
USA Mike BryanCZE Petr Pála
CZE Pavel Vízner6–3, 6–4
2003RSA Robbie Koenig
ARG Martín RodríguezCZE Martin Damm
CZE Cyril Suk6–3, 7–6
2004FRA Antony Dupuis
FRA Michaël LlodraSUI Yves Allegro
GER Michael Kohlmann6–2, 6–4
2005ARG Gastón Etlis
ARG Martín RodríguezUSA Rajeev Ram
USA Bobby Reynolds6–4, 6–3
2006ISR Jonathan Erlich
ISR Andy RamPOL Mariusz Fyrstenberg
POL Marcin Matkowski6–3, 6–3
2007IND Mahesh Bhupathi
SRB Nenad ZimonjićPOL Mariusz Fyrstenberg
POL Marcin Matkowski6–3, 6–3
2008BRA Marcelo Melo
BRA André SáIND Mahesh Bhupathi
BAH Mark Knowles7–5, 6–2
2009AUT Julian Knowle
AUT Jürgen MelzerBRA Bruno Soares
ZIM Kevin Ullyett6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2010SWE Robert Lindstedt
ROU Horia TecăuIND Rohan Bopanna
PAK Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi6–4, 7–5
2011ISR Jonathan Erlich
ISR Andy RamGER Christopher Kas
AUT Alexander Peya7–6(7–2), 6–4
2012MEX Santiago González
USA Scott LipskyESP Pablo Andújar
ARG Leonardo Mayer6–3, 4–6, [10–2]
2013CAN Daniel Nestor
IND Leander PaesPHI Treat Huey
GBR Dominic Inglot7–6(12–10), 7–5
2014COL Juan Sebastián Cabal
COL Robert FarahGBR Jamie Murray
AUS John Peers6–3, 6–4
2015GBR Dominic Inglot
SWE Robert LindstedtUSA Eric Butorac
USA Scott Lipsky6–2, 6–4
2016ESP Guillermo García-López
FIN Henri KontinenGER Andre Begemann
IND Leander Paes4–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–8]
2017NED Jean-Julien Rojer
ROU Horia TecăuCHI Julio Peralta
ARG Horacio Zeballos6–3, 6–4
2018NED Jean-Julien Rojer
ROU Horia TecăuUSA James Cerretani
IND Leander Paes6–4, 6–2
2019POL Łukasz Kubot
BRA Marcelo MeloUSA Nicholas Monroe
USA Tennys Sandgren6–7(6–8), 6–1, [10–3]
2021ESA Marcelo Arévalo
NED Matwé MiddelkoopCRO Ivan Dodig
USA Austin Krajicek6–7(5–7), 7–5, [10–6]
2022AUS Matthew Ebden
GBR Jamie MurrayMON Hugo Nys
POL Jan Zieliński6–4, 6–2
2023USA Nathaniel Lammons
USA Jackson WithrowGBR Lloyd Glasspool
GBR Neal Skupski6–3, 6–4
2024USA Nathaniel Lammons
USA Jackson WithrowGBR Julian Cash
USA Robert Galloway6–4, 6–3
2025BRA Rafael Matos
BRA Marcelo MeloPOR Francisco Cabral
AUT Lucas Miedler4–6, 6–4, [10–8]

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