Tel Aviv Open

The Tel Aviv Open is an ATP World Tour affiliated tennis tournament. It was played from 1978 through 1981 and 1983 through 1996 and was to be resumed in 2014, marking the end of the tournament in St. Petersburg,^[1] however, the 2014 edition was cancelled due to security concerns arising from Operation Protective Edge.

The tournament is held at the Israel Tennis Center at Ramat HaSharon, near Tel Aviv, Israel and is played on outdoor hard courts. The tournament was played as an ATP Challenger Series event in 1978, 1998 and 1999. Israeli tennis player Amos Mansdorf appeared in the final five times, winning in 1987, making him the only Israeli to win the event. Jimmy Connors won his final career singles title at the event in 1989.

In 1990 and 1991 the tournament was known as the Riklis Classic before reverting to the Tel Aviv Open for the remainder of its existence.

The tournament still holds the ATP record for the youngest winner of an ATP event (Aaron Krickstein in 1983, at the age of 16 and 2 months).

The event was rescheduled to appear in the 2014 ATP World Tour, but with the war along Gaza line and the instability in the country, the event was post-poned in 2015.

Results

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1978	Tom Okker	Peter Feigl	6-7, 6-4, 6-2
1979	Tom Okker	Per Hjertquist	6–4, 6–3
1980	Harold Solomon	Shlomo Glickstein	6–2, 6–3
1981	Mel Purcell	Per Hjertquist	6–1, 6–1
1982	Not held
1983	Aaron Krickstein	Christoph Zipf	7–6, 6–3
1984	Aaron Krickstein	Shahar Perkiss	6–4, 6–1
1985	Brad Gilbert	Amos Mansdorf	6–3, 6–2
1986	Brad Gilbert	Aaron Krickstein	7–5, 6–2
1987	Amos Mansdorf	Brad Gilbert	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1988	Brad Gilbert	Aaron Krickstein	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
1989	Jimmy Connors	Gilad Bloom	2–6, 6–2, 6–1
1990	Andrei Chesnokov	Amos Mansdorf	6–4, 6–3
1991	Leonardo Lavalle	Christo van Rensburg	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1992	Jeff Tarango	Stephane Simian	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1993	Stefano Pescosolido	Amos Mansdorf	7–6, 7–5
1994	Wayne Ferreira	Amos Mansdorf	7–6, 6–3
1995	Ján Krošlák	Javier Sánchez	6–3, 6–4
1996	Javier Sánchez	Marcos Ondruska	6–4, 7–5
1997-2014	Not Held

Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1979	Ilie Năstase Tom Okker	Mike Cahill Colin Dibley	7–5, 6–4
1980	Per Hjertquist Steve Krulevitz	Eric Fromm Cary Leeds	7–6, 6–3
1981	Steve Meister Van Winitsky	John Feaver Steve Krulevitz	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1982	Not held
1983	Colin Dowdeswell Zoltan Kuharszky	Peter Elter Peter Feigl	6–3, 7–5
1984	Peter Doohan Brian Levine	Colin Dowdeswell Jakob Hlasek	6–3, 6–4
1985	Brad Gilbert Ilie Năstase	Michael Robertson Florin Segărceanu	6–3, 6–2
1986	John Letts Peter Lundgren	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1987	Gilad Bloom Shahar Perkiss	Wolfgang Popp Huub van Boeckel	6–2, 6–4
1988	Roger Smith Paul Wekesa	Patrick Baur Alexander Mronz	6–3, 6–3
1989	Jeremy Bates Patrick Baur	Rikard Bergh Per Henricsson	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
1990	Nduka Odizor Christo van Rensburg	Ronnie Båthman Rikard Bergh	6–3, 6–4
1991	David Rikl Michiel Schapers	Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
1992	Mike Bauer João Cunha Silva	Mark Koevermans Tobias Svantesson	6–3, 6–4
1993	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	Mike Bauer David Rikl	6–4, 6–4
1994	Lan Bale John-Laffnie de Jager	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	6–7, 6–2, 7–6
1995	Jim Grabb Jared Palmer	Kent Kinnear David Wheaton	6–4, 7–5
1996	Marcos Ondruska Grant Stafford	Noam Behr Eyal Erlich	6–3, 6–2
1997-2014	Not Held

Challenger Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1998	Gianluca Pozzi	Lior Mor	6–1, 6–7, 6–3
1999	Ctislav Doseděl	Noam Okun	7–6, 6–3

Challenger Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1998	Radek Štěpánek Michal Tabara	Noam Okun Nir Welgreen	7–6, 6–3
1999	Noam Behr Eyal Ran	Amir Hadad Andrew Ilie	6–3, 6–2

References

• ATP Vault