The Gerry Weber Open is a tennis tournament held in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Held since 1993, the tournament is played on four outdoor grass courts and is a part of the International Series Tournaments on the ATP Tour schedule.
The Centre Court (the Gerry Weber Stadion) has 12,300 seats and a retractable roof which can be closed in 88 seconds so that tennis games can continue with a closed roof when it begins to rain. The stadium is heated and also used for other sport events (handball, basketball, volleyball & boxing) and concerts.
Swiss World Number One Roger Federer has won the Halle tournament five times (2003-06, 2008) and holds the record for most singles titles. Federer also won four of them in consecutive years, and every time Federer won the title, he went on to win the title at the Wimbledon Championships. Federer withdrew from the 2007 tournament, citing fatigue from his loss to second-ranked Rafael Nadal in the French Open men's final.
Past finals
Singles
| Year |
Champion |
Runner-up |
Score |
| 2008 |
Roger Federer |
Philipp Kohlschreiber |
6–3, 6–4 |
| 2007 |
Tomas Berdych |
Marcos Baghdatis |
7–5, 6–4 |
| 2006 |
Roger Federer |
Tomas Berdych |
6–0, 6–7(4), 6–2 |
| 2005 |
Roger Federer |
Marat Safin |
6–4, 6–7(6), 6–4 |
| 2004 |
Roger Federer |
Mardy Fish |
6–0, 6–3 |
| 2003 |
Roger Federer |
Nicolas Kiefer |
6–1, 6–3 |
| 2002 |
Yevgeny Kafelnikov |
Nicolas Kiefer |
2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2001 |
Thomas Johansson |
Fabrice Santoro |
6–3, 6–7(5), 6–2 |
| 2000 |
David Prinosil |
Richard Krajicek |
6–3, 6–2 |
| 1999 |
Nicolas Kiefer |
Nicklas Kulti |
6–3, 6–2 |
| 1998 |
Yevgeny Kafelnikov |
Magnus Larsson |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 1997 |
Yevgeny Kafelnikov |
Magnus Larsson |
7–6(2), 6–7(5), 7–6(7) |
| 1996 |
Nicklas Kulti |
Yevgeny Kafelnikov |
6–7(5), 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1995 |
Marc Rosset |
Michael Stich |
3–6, 7–6(11), 7–6(8) |
| 1994 |
Michael Stich |
Magnus Larsson |
6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |
| 1993 |
Henri Leconte |
Andrei Medvedev |
6–2, 6–3 |
Doubles
| Year |
Champions |
Runners-up |
Score |
| 2008 |
Mikhail Youzhny
Michael Zverev |
Lukas Dlouhy
Leander Paes |
4–6, 6–3, [10–3] |
| 2007 |
Simon Aspelin
Julian Knowle |
Fabrice Santoro
Nenad Zimonjic |
6–4, 7–6(5) |
| 2006 |
Fabrice Santoro
Nenad Zimonjic |
Michael Kohlmann
Rainer Schuettler |
6–0, 6–4 |
| 2005 |
Roger Federer
Yves Allegro |
Joachim Johansson
Marat Safin |
7–5, 6–7(6), 6–3 |
| 2004 |
Leander Paes
David Rikl |
Tomas Cibulec
Petr Pala |
6–2, 7–5 |
| 2003 |
Jonas Bjorkman
Todd Woodbridge |
Martin Damm
Cyril Suk |
6–3, 6–4 |
| 2002 |
David Prinosil
David Rikl |
Jonas Bjorkman
Todd Woodbridge |
4–6, 7–6(5), 7–5 |
| 2001 |
Daniel Nestor
Sandon Stolle |
Max Mirnyi
Patrick Rafter |
6–4, 6–7(5), 6–1 |
| 2000 |
Nicklas Kulti
Mikael Tillstrom |
Mahesh Bhupathi
David Prinosil |
7–6(4), 7–6(4) |
| 1999 |
Jonas Bjorkman
Patrick Rafter |
Paul Haarhuis
Jared Palmer |
6–3, 7–5 |
| 1998 |
Ellis Ferreira
Rick Leach |
John-Laffnie de Jager
Marc-Kevin Goellner |
4–6, 6–4, 7–6 |
| 1997 |
Karsten Braasch
Michael Stich |
David Adams
Marius Barnard |
7–6, 6–3 |
| 1996 |
Byron Black
Grant Connell |
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Daniel Vacek |
6–1, 7–5 |
| 1995 |
Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis |
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Andrei Olhovskiy |
6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
| 1994 |
Olivier Delaitre
Guy Forget |
Henri Leconte
Gary Muller |
6–4, 6–7, 6–4 |
| 1993 |
Petr Korda
Cyril Suk |
Mike Bauer
Marc-Kevin Goellner |
7–6, 5–7, 6–3 |
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