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| Soweto Open | |||||||||
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| Defunct tennis tournament | |||||||||
| Event name | Soweto Open | ||||||||
| Location | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||||||
| Venue | Arthur Ashe Tennis Centre | ||||||||
| Surface | Hard | ||||||||
| Website | Website | ||||||||
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The Soweto Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts. It was part of the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Women's Circuit as a $50,000+H event. It was held at the Arthur Ashe Tennis Centre in the Soweto urban area of Johannesburg, South Africa, from 2009 to 2011. The event was not held in 2012 and came back to the ITF Circuit and the ATP Challenger Tour in 2013. In 2013 on the ITF Circuit, the even was downgraded from a $100,000+H to $50,000+H.
Past finals
[edit]Men's singles
[edit]| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 👁 Canada Vasek Pospisil |
👁 Poland Michał Przysiężny |
6–7(7–9), 6–0, 4–1 ret. |
| 2012 | not held | ||
| 2011 | 👁 South Africa Izak van der Merwe |
👁 South Africa Rik de Voest |
6–7(2–7), 7–5, 6–3 |
| 2010 | 👁 Jamaica Dustin Brown |
👁 South Africa Izak van der Merwe |
7–6(7–2), 6–3 |
| 2009 | 👁 France Fabrice Santoro |
👁 South Africa Rik de Voest |
7–5, 6–4[1] |
Women's singles
[edit]| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 👁 Hungary Tímea Babos |
👁 South Africa Chanel Simmonds |
6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–1 |
| 2012 | not held | ||
| 2011 | 👁 Russia Valeria Savinykh |
👁 Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská |
6–1, 6–3 |
| 2010 | 👁 Russia Nina Bratchikova |
👁 Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn |
7–5, 7–6(7–4) |
| 2009 | 👁 Latvia Anastasija Sevastova |
👁 Czech Republic Eva Hrdinová |
6–2, 6–2 |
Men's doubles
[edit]| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 👁 India Prakash Amritraj 👁 United States Rajeev Ram |
👁 India Purav Raja 👁 India Divij Sharan |
7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–1) |
| 2012 | not held | ||
| 2011 | 👁 Germany Michael Kohlmann 👁 Austria Alexander Peya |
👁 Germany Andre Begemann 👁 Australia Matthew Ebden |
6–2, 6–2 |
| 2010 | 👁 France Nicolas Mahut 👁 Croatia Lovro Zovko |
👁 South Africa Raven Klaasen 👁 South Africa Izak van der Merwe |
6–2, 6–2 |
| 2009 | 👁 Switzerland George Bastl 👁 Australia Chris Guccione |
👁 Russia Mikhail Elgin 👁 Russia Alexander Kudryavtsev |
6–2, 4–6, [11–9][1] |
Women's doubles
[edit]| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 👁 Poland Magda Linette 👁 South Africa Chanel Simmonds |
👁 United Kingdom Samantha Murray 👁 United Kingdom Jade Windley |
6–1, 6–3 |
| 2012 | not held | ||
| 2011 | play cancelled due to heavy rain and flooding | ||
| 2010 | 👁 Russia Vitalia Diatchenko 👁 Greece Eirini Georgatou |
👁 New Zealand Marina Erakovic 👁 Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn |
6–3, 5–7, [16–14] |
| 2009 | 👁 United Kingdom Naomi Cavaday 👁 Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko |
👁 Slovakia Kristína Kučová 👁 Latvia Anastasija Sevastova |
6–2, 2–6, [11–9] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "French 'Magician' beats De Voest to take Soweto Open title". The Witness. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
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