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Swedish Open
Location	Båstad  Sweden
Surface	Clay / Outdoors
swedishopen.org
ATP World Tour
Category	ATP World Tour 250
Draw	32S / 16Q / 16D
Prize Money	€450,000
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour
Category	International
Draw	32S / 32Q / 28D
Prize Money	US$220,000

The Catella Swedish Open (or Swedish Open Båstad) is an ATP World Tour 250 series tennis tournament on the ATP Tour held in Båstad, Sweden in July each year.

The Collector Swedish Open Women is a tennis tournament held in Båstad, Sweden. Held since 2009, this WTA Tour event is an international-level tournament and is played on outdoor clay courts.

History

The Swedish Open was first held in 1948. For a list of pre-open era champions, see List of Swedish Open champions.

The first three tournaments were won by Eric Sturgess from South Africa. Other famous champions include Ilie Năstase (1971), Björn Borg (1974, 1978 - 1979) and Mats Wilander (1982 - 1983, 1985). The stadium in which the tournament is held underwent reconstruction in 2002 to accommodate the new hotel underneath the seaside bleachers. The stadium is a few hundred yards from the Båstad beach and is very close to Pepe's Bodega, the local restaurant and nightclub.

From 1948 to 1990, there was also a women's singles tournament. After the Nordea Nordic Light Open in Stockholm was sold, it was announced that the women's event would return to Båstad. From 2009, the Collector Swedish Open Women in Båstad is an International-level tournament.

Title sponsors

ATP

The tournament has in the latter years been named after its principal sponsor. These sponsors have changed, thus changing the name of the tournament. Title sponsors include:

• Investor Swedish Open (19?? - 1999), sponsored by Investor AB.
• Wideyes Swedish Open (2000), sponsored by Wideyes.
• Telenordia Swedish Open (2001 - 2002), sponsored by Telenordia.
• Synsam Swedish Open (2003 - 2006), sponsored by Synsam.
• Catella Swedish Open (2007 - 2009), sponsored by Catella.
• SkiStar Swedish Open (2010 - current), sponsored by Skistar

WTA

The tournament is currently sponsored by Collector Finance & Law.[1]

International Series Tournament of the Year

Each year, the players on the ATP Tour vote for the ATP Tournament of the Year. Swedish Open has received this honour eight times, winning the International Series Tournament of the Year in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. The Swedish Open is the first tournament to have won this award eight consecutive years.

Past finals

Men's Singles (from 1969)

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1969	Manuel Santana	Ion Ţiriac	8-6, 6-4, 6-1
1970	Dick Crealy	Georges Goven	6-3, 6-1, 6-1
1971	Ilie Năstase	Jan Leschly	6-7, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
1972	Manuel Orantes	Ilie Năstase	6-4, 6-3, 6-1
1973	Stan Smith	Manuel Orantes	6-4, 6-2, 7-6
1974	Björn Borg	Adriano Panatta	6-3, 6-0, 6-7, 6-3
1975	Manuel Orantes	José Higueras	6-0, 6-3
1976	Antonio Zugarelli	Corrado Barazzutti	4-6, 7-5, 6-2
1977	Corrado Barazzutti	Balázs Taróczy	7-6, 6-7, 6-2
1978	Björn Borg	Corrado Barazzutti	6-1, 6-2
1979	Björn Borg	Balázs Taróczy	6-1, 7-5
1980	Balázs Taróczy	Tony Giammalva	6-3, 3-6, 7-6
1981	Thierry Tulasne	Anders Järryd	6-2, 6-3
1982	Mats Wilander	Henrik Sundström	6-4, 6-4
1983	Mats Wilander	Anders Järryd	6-1, 6-2
1984	Henrik Sundström	Anders Järryd	3-6, 7-5, 6-3
1985	Mats Wilander	Stefan Edberg	6-1, 6-0
1986	Emilio Sánchez	Mats Wilander	7-6, 4-6, 6-4
1987	Joakim Nyström	Stefan Edberg	4-6, 6-0, 6-3
1988	Marcelo Filippini	Francesco Cancellotti	2-6, 6-4, 6-4
1989	Paolo Canè	Bruno Oresar	7-6, 7-6
1990	Richard Fromberg	Magnus Larsson	6-2, 7-6
1991	Magnus Gustafsson	Alberto Mancini	6-1, 6-2
1992	Magnus Gustafsson	Tomás Carbonell	5-7, 7-5, 6-4
1993	Horst Skoff	Ronald Agenor	7-5, 1-6, 6-0
1994	Bernd Karbacher	Horst Skoff	6-4, 6-3
1995	Fernando Meligeni	Christian Ruud	6-4, 6-4
1996	Magnus Gustafsson	Andrei Medvedev	6-1, 6-3
1997	Magnus Norman	Juan Antonio Marín	7-5, 6-2
1998	Magnus Gustafsson	Andrei Medvedev	6-2, 6-3
1999	Juan Antonio Marín	Andreas Vinciguerra	6-3, 7-6(4)
2000	Magnus Norman	Andreas Vinciguerra	6-1, 7-6(6)
2001	Andrea Gaudenzi	Bohdan Ulihrach	7-5, 6-3
2002	Carlos Moyà	Younes El Aynaoui	6-3, 2-6, 7-5
2003	Mariano Zabaleta	Nicolás Lapentti	6-3, 6-4
2004	Mariano Zabaleta	Gastón Gaudio	6-1, 4-6, 7-6(4)
2005	Rafael Nadal	Tomáš Berdych	2-6, 6-2, 6-4
2006	Tommy Robredo	Nikolay Davydenko	6-2, 6-1
2007	David Ferrer	Nicolás Almagro	6-1, 6-2
2008	Tommy Robredo	Tomáš Berdych	6-4, 6-1
2009	Robin Söderling	Juan Mónaco	6-3, 7-6(4)

Men's Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1969	Ilie Năstase Ion Ţiriac	Manuel Orantes Manuel Santana	6-3, 6-4
1970	Dick Crealy Allan Stone	Željko Franulović Jan Kodeš	6-2, 2-6, 12-10
1971	Ilie Năstase Ion Ţiriac	Jaime Pinto-Bravo Butch Seewagen	7-6, 6-1
1972	not held
1973	Nikola Pilić Stan Smith	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	2-6, 6-4, 6-4
1974	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	Ove Nils Bengtson Björn Borg	6-3, 2-6, 6-3
1975	Ove Nils Bengtson Björn Borg	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	7-6, 7-5
1976	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	Wojtek Fibak Juan Gisbert	6-3, 6-4
1977	Mark Edmondson John Marks	Jean-Louis Haillet François Jauffret	6-4, 6-0
1978	Bob Carmichael Mark Edmondson	Peter Szoke Balázs Taróczy	7-5, 6-4
1979	Heinz Günthardt Bob Hewitt	Mark Edmondson John Marks	6-2, 6-2
1980	Heinz Günthardt Markus Günthardt	John Feaver Peter McNamara	6-4, 6-4
1981	Mark Edmondson John Fitzgerald	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	2-6, 7-5, 6-0
1982	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	0-6, 6-3, 7-6
1983	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	1-6, 7-6, 7-6
1984	Jan Gunnarsson Michael Mortensen	Juan Avendano Fernando Roese	6-0, 6-0
1985	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6-0, 7-6
1986	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	Craig Campbell Joey Rive	6-4, 6-2
1987	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	Emilio Sánchez Javier Sánchez	7-6, 6-3
1988	Patrick Baur Udo Riglewski	Stefan Edberg Nicklas Kroon	6-7, 6-1, 6-4
1989	Per Henricsson Nicklas Utgren	Josef Cihak Karel Novacek	7-5, 6-2
1990	Ronnie Bathman Rikard Bergh	Jan Gunnarsson Udo Riglewski	6-1, 6-4
1991	Ronnie Bathman Rikard Bergh	Magnus Gustafsson Anders Järryd	6-4, 6-4
1992	Tomás Carbonell Christian Miniussi	Christian Bergström Magnus Gustafsson	6-4, 7-5
1993	Henrik Holm Anders Järryd	Brian Devening Tomas Nydahl	6-1, 3-6, 6-3
1994	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	6-2, 6-3
1995	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	Jon Ireland Andrew Kratzmann	6-3, 6-0
1996	David Ekerot Jeff Tarango	Joshua Eagle Peter Nyborg	6-4, 3-6, 6-4
1997	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	Magnus Gustafsson Magnus Larsson	6-0, 6-3
1998	Magnus Gustafsson Magnus Larsson	Lan Bale Piet Norval	6-4, 6-2
1999	David Adams Jeff Tarango	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	7-6(6), 6-4
2000	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	Andrea Gaudenzi Diego Nargiso	4-6, 6-2, 6-3
2001	Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild	Simon Aspelin Andrew Kratzmann	7-6(3), 4-6, 7-6(5)
2002	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	Paul Hanley Michael Hill	7-6(6), 6-4
2003	Simon Aspelin Massimo Bertolini	Lucas Arnold Mariano Hood	6-7(3), 6-0, 6-4
2004	Mahesh Bhupathi Jonas Björkman	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	4-6, 7-6(2), 7-6(6)
2005	Jonas Björkman Joachim Johansson	José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto	6-2 6-3
2006	Jonas Björkman Thomas Johansson	Christopher Kas Oliver Marach	6-3, 4-6, [10-4]
2007	Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle	Martín García Sebastián Prieto	6-2, 6-4
2008	Jonas Björkman Robin Söderling	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	6-2, 6-2
2009	Jaroslav Levinsky Filip Polasek	Robert Lindstedt Robin Söderling	1–6, 6–3, 10–7

Women's Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2009	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	Caroline Wozniacki	7-5, 6-4

Women's Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2009	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	Nuria Llagostera Vives Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	6–2, 0–6, 10–5

Sponsors

2010

• SkiStar
• Bring Citymail
• Dagens Industri
• SAAB
• SEB
• Tropicana
• Leaf

External links

• Official Swedish Open website