Hong Kong Open (tennis)

Hong Kong Tennis Open
Current event 2025 ATP Hong Kong Tennis Open
Tournament information
Founded1980
LocationHong Kong
VenueVictoria Park, Causeway Bay
CategoryWTA 250, ATP 250
SurfaceHard / Outdoors
Draw32S / 16D / 16Q
Prize money$267,082 (WTA)
$661,585 (ATP)
Websitehktennisopen.hk
Current champions (2024)
Men's singles Andrey Rublev
Women's singles Diana Shnaider
Men's doublesEl Salvador Marcelo Arevalo
Croatia Mate Pavić
Women's doublesNorway Ulrikke Eikeri
Japan Makoto Ninomiya
Victoria Park Tennis Centre (right)

The Hong Kong Open is a professional tennis tournament organized by the Hong Kong, China Tennis Association annually at the Victoria Park Tennis Centre in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.

The men's tournament is named the Bank of China Hong Kong Hong Kong Tennis Open, an ATP 250 tournament leading up to the Australian Open, and is held in early January every year starting in 2024. The women's tournament is named the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open, a WTA 250 tournament, and is held in early October every year starting in 2014.

The Hong Kong Tennis Open was previously named the Salem Open that began in 1973 and discontinued in 2002. After a 21-year absence, the men's tournament resumed in January 2024. The women's tournament commenced in 1980 and was discontinued two years later. In 1993, the tournament returned for one year before being discontinued until 2014 where it has become a permanent fixture of the Asian swing on the WTA Tour.

History

The Hong Kong Open (also known as the Salem Open[1]) was also previously a men's tennis tournament that was held in Hong Kong on the Grand Prix tour from (1973–1987) and the ATP Tour from (1990–2002). Players competed in the Victoria Park Tennis Centre, on outdoor hard courts. Michael Chang held the record number of wins with three titles.

In 2001, as with legislation restricting tobacco sponsorship, organizers controversially altered its official logo to include the logo of Perrier, causing anti-smoking campaigners to claim that the organizers exploited a loophole in its sponsorship clause.[2]

The men's tournament was replaced in 2003 by the Thailand Open.

A women's competition was also held in Hong Kong from 1980 to 1982; and then once more in 1993, as a Tier IV event on the WTA Tour. Wendy Turnbull won two titles in this competition. Beginning in 2014, the Hong Kong Tennis Open resumed after a two decade absence, sponsored by the Hong Kong-based insurance company Prudential.[3] The tournament was honored as the WTA International Tournament of the Year in 2018.[4]

After the 2018 edition, the tournament was cancelled for 4 years due to the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests in 2019,[5] and the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong from 2020 to 2022.[6] In 2023, the WTA returned to Hong Kong and held its first edition since 2018 in 2023.[7]

As announced by the Association of Tennis Professionals in June 2023, the ATP 250 license belonging to Pune, Maharashtra was relocated to Hong Kong.[8] The first iteration of the tournament took place from 1–7 January on outdoor hard courts with a total prize money of more than $650,000. The tournament, sponsored by the Bank of China (Hong Kong), is expected to be a stop for players on their way to the Australian Open.[9]

Results

Women's singles

Year Champion Runners-up Score
1980 Australia Wendy Turnbull United States Marcie Louie 6–0, 6–2
1981 Australia Wendy Turnbull (2) Italy Sabina Simmonds 6–3, 6–4
1982 Sweden Catrin Jexell United States Alycia Moulton 6–3, 7–5
1983–1992 not held
1993 Chinese Taipei Wang Shi-ting United States Marianne Witmeyer 6–4, 3–6, 7–5
1994–2013 not held
2014 Germany Sabine Lisicki Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 7–5, 6–3
2015 Serbia Jelena Janković Germany Angelique Kerber 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–1
2016 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki France Kristina Mladenovic 6–1, 6–7(4–7), 6–2
2017 Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Australia Daria Gavrilova 5–7, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
2018 Ukraine Dayana Yastremska China Wang Qiang 6–2, 6–1
2019–22 Not held
2023 Canada Leylah Fernandez Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2024 Diana Shnaider United Kingdom Katie Boulter 6–1, 6–2

Women's doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1980 Australia Wendy Turnbull
United States Sharon Walsh
Chile Silvana Urroz
United States Penny Johnson
6–1, 6–2
1981 United States Ann Kiyomura
United States Sharon Walsh (2)
United Kingdom Anne Hobbs
Australia Susan Leo
6–3, 6–4
1982 United States Alycia Moulton
United States Laura duPont
South Africa Yvonne Vermaak
South Africa Jennifer Mundel-Reinbold
6–2, 4–6, 7–5
1983–1992 Not held
1993 Germany Karin Kschwendt
Australia Rachel McQuillan
United States Debbie Graham
United States Marianne Witmeyer
1–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2
1994–2013 Not held
2014 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková
Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková
Austria Patricia Mayr-Achleitner
Australia Arina Rodionova
6–2, 2–6, [12–10]
2015 France Alizé Cornet
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
Spain Lara Arruabarrena
Slovenia Andreja Klepač
7–5, 6–4
2016 Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
United Kingdom Naomi Broady
United Kingdom Heather Watson
6–3, 6–1
2017 Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching (2)
Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan (2)
China Lu Jiajing
China Wang Qiang
6–1, 6–1
2018 Australia Samantha Stosur
China Zhang Shuai
Japan Shuko Aoyama
Belarus Lidziya Marozava
6–4, 6–4
2019–22 Not held
2023 China Tang Qianhui
Chinese Taipei Tsao Chia-yi
Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
7–5, 1–6, [11–9]
2024 Norway Ulrikke Eikeri
Japan Makoto Ninomiya
Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Eri Hozumi
6–4, 4–6, [11–9]

Men's singles

Year Champion Runners-up Score
1973 Australia Rod Laver United States Charlie Pasarell 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
1974 Not completed due to rain
1975 United States Tom Gorman United States Sandy Mayer 6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1976 Australia Ken Rosewall Romania Ilie Năstase 1–6, 6–4, 7–6, 6–0
1977 Australia Ken Rosewall (2) United States Tom Gorman 6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
1978 United States Eliot Teltscher United States Pat DuPré 6–4, 6–3, 6–2
1979 United States Jimmy Connors United States Pat DuPré 7–5, 6–3, 6–1
1980 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl United States Brian Teacher 5–7, 7–6, 6–3
1981 United States Van Winitsky Australia Mark Edmondson 6–4, 6–7, 6–4
1982 United States Pat DuPré United States Morris Skip Strode 6–3, 6–3
1983 Australia Wally Masur United States Sammy Giammalva Jr. 6–1, 6–1
1984 Ecuador Andrés Gómez Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd 6–3, 6–2
1985 Ecuador Andrés Gómez (2) United States Aaron Krickstein 6–3, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1986 India Ramesh Krishnan Ecuador Andrés Gómez 7–6, 6–0, 7–5
1987 United States Eliot Teltscher (2) Australia John Fitzgerald 6–7, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2, 7–5
1988–89 Not held
1990 Australia Pat Cash Austria Alex Antonitsch 6–3, 6–4
1991 Netherlands Richard Krajicek Australia Wally Masur 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1992 United States Jim Courier United States Michael Chang 7–5, 6–3
1993 United States Pete Sampras United States Jim Courier 6–3, 6–7(1–7), 7–6(7–2)
1994 United States Michael Chang Australia Pat Rafter 6–1, 6–3
1995 United States Michael Chang Sweden Jonas Björkman 6–3, 6–1
1996 United States Pete Sampras (2) United States Michael Chang 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1997 United States Michael Chang (3) Australia Pat Rafter 6–3, 6–3
1998 Denmark Kenneth Carlsen Zimbabwe Byron Black 6–2, 6–0
1999 United States Andre Agassi Germany Boris Becker 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4
2000 Germany Nicolas Kiefer Australia Mark Philippoussis 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–2
2001 Chile Marcelo Ríos Germany Rainer Schüttler 7–6(7–3), 6–2
2002 Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero Spain Carlos Moyá 6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–4)
2003–23 Not held
2024 Andrey Rublev Finland Emil Ruusuvuori 6–4, 6–4

Men's doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1973 Australia Colin Dibley
Australia Rod Laver
United States Paul Gerken
United States Brian Gottfried
6–3, 5–7, 17–15
1974 Not completed due to rain
1975 Netherlands Tom Okker
Australia Ken Rosewall
Australia Bob Carmichael
United States Sandy Mayer
6–3, 6–4
1976 United States Hank Pfister
United States Butch Walts
India Anand Amritraj
Romania Ilie Năstase
6–4, 6–2
1977 Australia Syd Ball
Australia Kim Warwick
United States Marty Riessen
United States Roscoe Tanner
7–6, 6–3
1978 Australia Mark Edmondson
Australia John Marks
United States Hank Pfister
United States Brad Rowe
5–7, 7–6, 6–1
1979 United States Pat DuPré
United States Robert Lutz
United States Steve Denton
United States Mark Turpin
6–3, 6–4
1980 United States Peter Fleming
United States Ferdi Taygan
United States Bruce Manson
United States Brian Teacher
7–5, 6–2
1981 United States Chris Dunk
United States Chris Mayotte
United States Marty Davis
Australia Brad Drewett
6–4, 7–6
1982 United States Charles Buzz Strode
United States Morris Skip Strode
Australia Kim Warwick
United States Van Winitsky
6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1983 United States Drew Gitlin
Australia Craig Miller
United States Sammy Giammalva Jr.
United States Steve Meister
6–2, 6–2
1984 United States Ken Flach
United States Robert Seguso
Australia Mark Edmondson
Australia Paul McNamee
6–7, 6–3, 7–5
1985 Australia Brad Drewett
Australia Kim Warwick
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
Czech Republic Tomáš Šmíd
3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1986 United States Mike De Palmer
United States Gary Donnelly
Australia Pat Cash
Australia Mark Kratzmann
7–6, 6–7, 7–5
1987 Australia Mark Kratzmann
United States Jim Pugh
United States Marty Davis
Australia Brad Drewett
6–7, 6–4, 6–2
1988–89 Not held
1990 Australia Pat Cash
Australia Wally Masur
United States Kevin Curren
United States Joey Rive
6–3, 6–3
1991 United States Patrick Galbraith
United States Todd Witsken
Canada Glenn Michibata
United States Robert Van't Hof
6–2, 6–4
1992 United States Brad Gilbert
United States Jim Grabb
Zimbabwe Byron Black
South Africa Byron Talbot
6–2, 6–1
1993 United States David Wheaton
Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Sandon Stolle
Australia Jason Stoltenberg
6–1, 6–3
1994 United States Jim Grabb
New Zealand Brett Steven
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Pat Rafter
W/O
1995 United States Tommy Ho
Australia Mark Philippoussis
Australia John Fitzgerald
Sweden Anders Järryd
6–1, 6–7, 7–6
1996 United States Patrick Galbraith
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
United States Kent Kinnear
United States Dave Randall
6–3, 6–7, 7–6
1997 Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
Germany Karsten Braasch
United States Jeff Tarango
6–3, 6–4
1998 Zimbabwe Byron Black
United States Alex O'Brien
South Africa Neville Godwin
Finland Tuomas Ketola
7–5, 6–1
1999 New Zealand James Greenhalgh
Australia Grant Silcock
United States Andre Agassi
United States David Wheaton
W/O
2000 Zimbabwe Wayne Black
South Africa Kevin Ullyett
Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
Germany David Prinosil
6–1, 6–2
2001 Germany Karsten Braasch
Brazil André Sá
Czech Republic Petr Luxa
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
6–0, 7–5
2002 United States Jan-Michael Gambill
United States Graydon Oliver
Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Andrew Kratzmann
6–7, 6–4, 7–6
2003–23 Not held
2024 El Salvador Marcelo Arévalo
Croatia Mate Pavić
Belgium Sander Gillé
Belgium Joran Vliegen
7–6(7–3), 6–4

See also

References

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