China Open (tennis)
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:
2012: Novak Djokovic, Serbia
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:
2012: Bob and Mike Bryan
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:
2012: Victoria Azarenka
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:
2012: Ekaterina Makaronva and Elena Sergeevna Vesnina
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
