China Open (tennis)
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China Open (tennis) is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Beijing, China.
The men’s singles and doubles events were first held in 1993, the year when the Qatar Open and Dubai Tennis Championships were introduced as part of the Association of Tennis Professionals’ Asian tournament tour. However, the tournament in Beijing was dropped out from ATP’s calendar in 1998 and wasn’t reinstated until 2004. In the same year, WTA Tour women’s singles and doubles events were moved from Shanghai to Beijing.
In 2006, China Open became the first tournament outside the United States to use Hawk-Eye system in the matches. In 2008, the total prize money of the tournament reached US$1.085 million.
The event is now considered on the same level as BNP Paribas Open (Indian-Wells Masters), Miami Masters and Mutua Madrid Open.
Michael Chang and Novak Djokovic are the only two who claimed the men’s singles title at the tournament more than once.
The previous champions of Men’s Singles: 2010: Novak Djokovic, Serbia 2009: Novak Djokovic, Serbia 2008: Andy Roddick, the United States 2007: Fernando Francisco, Chile 2006: Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus 2005: Rafael Nadal, Spain 2004: Marat Safin, Russia 1997: Jim Courier, the United States 1996: Greg Rusedski, the United Kingdom 1995: Michael Chang, the United States 1994: Michael Chang, the United States 1993: Michael Chang, the United States
Men’s Doubles: 2010: Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, the United States 2009: Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, the United States 2008: Stephen Huss, Australia and Ross Hutchins, the United Kingdom 2007: Rik de Voest, South Africa and Ashley Fisher, Australia 2006: Mahesh Bhupathi, India and Mario Ancic, Croatia 2005: Justin Gimelstob, the United States and Nathan Healey, Australia 2004: Justin Gimelstob and Graydon Oliver, the United States 1997: Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes, India
1996: Martin Damm, Czech Republic and Andrei Olhovskiy, Russia
1995: Tommy Ho, the United States and Sebastien Lareau, Canada 1994: Tommy Ho and Kent Kinnear, the United States 1993: Paul Annacone and Doug Flach, the United States
Women’s Singles: 2010: Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark 2009: Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia 2008: Jelena Jankovic, Serbia 2007: Agnes Szavay, Hungary 2006: Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia 2005: Maria Kirilenko, Russia 2004: Serena Williams, the United States
Women’s Doubles: 2010: Olga Govortsova, Belarus and Chuang Chia-jung, China (Taipei) 2009: Hiseh Su-wei, China (Taipei) and Peng Shuai, China 2008: Anabel Medina Carrigues, Spain and Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark 2007: Chuang Chia-jung and Hiseh Su-wei, China (Taipei) 2006: Virginia Ruano Pascual, Spain and Paola Suarez, Argentina 2005: Nuria Llagostera Vives, Spain and Maria Vento-Kabchi, Venezuela 2004: Emmanuelle Gagliardi, Switzerland and Dinara Safina, Russia
