Eurocard Open

Eurocard Open
Tournament information
Founded	1988
Abolished	2001
Location	Stuttgart Essen (October 1995)
Category	ATP Championship Series (1990–Feb 1995) ATP Super 9 (Oct 1995–1999) Tennis Masters Series (2000–2001)
Surface	Carpet (Indoor) (1990–1997) 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. 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

Key

ATP Super 9 Tennis Masters Series

ATP Championship Series, Double-Week ATP Championship Series

Exhibition

Singles

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Stuttgart	2001	Tommy Haas	Max Mirnyi	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
	2000	Wayne Ferreira	Lleyton Hewitt	7–6^(8–6), 3–6, 6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–2), 6–2
	1999	Thomas Enqvist	Richard Krajicek	6–1, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5
	1998	Richard Krajicek	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
	1997	Petr Korda	Richard Krajicek	7–6^(8–6), 6–2, 6–4
	1996	Boris Becker	Pete Sampras	3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Essen	1995 (Oct)	Thomas Muster	MaliVai Washington	7–6^(8–6), 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Stuttgart	1995 (Feb)	Richard Krajicek	Michael Stich	7–6^(7–4), 6–3, 6–7^(6–8), 1–6, 6–3
	1994	Stefan Edberg	Goran Ivanišević	4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
	1993	Michael Stich	Richard Krajicek	4–6, 7–5, 7–6^(7–4), 3–6, 7–5
	1992	Goran Ivanišević	Stefan Edberg	6-7^(5-7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
	1991	Stefan Edberg	Jonas Svensson	6–2, 3–6, 7–5, 6–2
	1990	Boris Becker	Ivan Lendl	6–2, 6–2
	1989	Ivan Lendl	Miloslav Mečíř	6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
	1988	Miloslav Mečíř	Andrés Gómez	6–3, 6–2

Doubles

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

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