Tel Aviv Open

{{Infobox tennis tournament

| name = Tel Aviv Open

| sponsor = Watergen

| current =

| logo = Tel_Aviv_Open.png

|type = defunct

| logo size =

| city = Tel Aviv

| country = Israel

| founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|1978}}

| venue = Expo Tel Aviv
(2022-current)
Israel Tennis Centers
(1978-1999)

| category = ATP Tour 250
(2022–current)
ATP Challenger Series
(1978, 1998-1999)
ATP World Series
(1990–96)
Grand Prix circuit
(1979-81, 1983-89)

| surface = Hard / Indoors
(2022-current)
Hard / Outdoors
(1978-1999)

| draw = 28S/28Q/16D

| prize money = $949,475 (2022)

| website = [https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/tel-aviv/4138/overview atptour.com]

| notes =

| completed event = 2022

| singles={{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic

| doubles={{flagicon|IND}} Rohan Bopanna / {{flagicon|NED}} Matwé Middelkoop

}}

The Tel Aviv Open (also known as the Tel Aviv Watergen Open due to sponsorship reasons) is an ATP Tour-affiliated tennis tournament. It was first played from 1978 through 1999 (skipping 1982 due to the 1982 Lebanon War and 1997 as it transitioned back to the Challenger Series) and was to be resumed in 2014 as a replacement for the St. Petersburg Open,{{Cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2014/04/16/Tel-Aviv-To-Host-ATP-World-Tour-250.aspx?print=true|title=News | ATP Tour | Tennis}} however its return was cancelled due to security concerns arising from the 2014 Gaza War and scrapped permanently in 2015. On June 21, 2022, it was announced that the tournament would return later that year, albeit in a different venue than previous editions. The tournament was planned to continue in 2023, but was cancelled due to the Gaza war.{{Cite web |title=2023 Tel Aviv Watergen Open Cancelled {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=http://www.atptour.com/en/news/tel-aviv-2023-cancelled |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=ATP Tour |language=en}}

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 and in 1996 it was known as the Eisenberg Israel Open.

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).

Finals

=Singles=

style="width:40px"\|Year !style="width:200px"\|Champions !style="width:200px"\|Runners-up !style="width:140px" class="unsortable"\|Score
class=wikitable
colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor=#e9e9e9\| ↓ ATP Challenger Series event ↓
1978	{{flagicon\|NED}} Tom Okker	{{flagicon\|AUT}} Peter Feigl	6-7, 6-4, 6-2
colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor=#e9e9e9\| ↓ Grand Prix event ↓
1979	{{flagicon\|NED}} Tom Okker	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Per Hjertquist	6–4, 6–3
1980	{{flagicon\|USA}} Harold Solomon	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Shlomo Glickstein	6–2, 6–3
1981	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mel Purcell	\|{{flagicon\|SWE}} Per Hjertquist	6–1, 6–1
1982	colspan=3 align=center style="background:#efefef" \| Not held due to the 1982 Lebanon War
1983	{{flagicon\|USA}} Aaron Krickstein	{{flagicon\|FRG}} Christoph Zipf	7–6, 6–3
1984	{{flagicon\|USA}} Aaron Krickstein	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Shahar Perkiss	6–4, 6–1
1985	{{flagicon\|USA}} Brad Gilbert	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Amos Mansdorf	6–3, 6–2
1986	{{flagicon\|USA}} Brad Gilbert	{{flagicon\|USA}} Aaron Krickstein	7–5, 6–2
1987	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Amos Mansdorf	{{flagicon\|USA}} Brad Gilbert	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1988	{{flagicon\|USA}} Brad Gilbert	{{flagicon\|USA}} Aaron Krickstein	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
1989	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jimmy Connors	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Gilad Bloom	2–6, 6–2, 6–1
colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor=#e9e9e9\| ↓ ATP World Series event ↓
1990	{{flagicon\|URS}} Andrei Chesnokov	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Amos Mansdorf	6–4, 6–3
1991	{{flagicon\|MEX}} Leonardo Lavalle	{{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Christo van Rensburg	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1992	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jeff Tarango	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Stephane Simian	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1993	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Stefano Pescosolido	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Amos Mansdorf	7–6, 7–5
1994	{{flagicon\|RSA}} Wayne Ferreira	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Amos Mansdorf	7–6, 6–3
1995	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Ján Krošlák	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Javier Sánchez	6–3, 6–4
1996	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Javier Sánchez	{{flagicon\|RSA}} Marcos Ondruska	6–4, 7–5
1997	colspan=3 align=center style="background:#efefef" \| Not held
colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor=#e9e9e9\| ↓ ATP Challenger Series event ↓
1998	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Gianluca Pozzi	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Lior Mor	6–1, 6–7, 6–3
1999	{{flagicon\|CZE}} Ctislav Doseděl	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Noam Okun	7–6, 6–3
2000–2021	colspan=3 align=center style="background:#efefef" \| Not held; return cancelled due to 2014 Gaza War
colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor=#e9e9e9\| ↓ ATP Tour 250 event ↓
2022	{{flagicon\|SRB}} Novak Djokovic	{{flagicon\|CRO}} Marin Čilić	6–3, 6–4
2023	colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#efefef" \| Not held due to Gaza war

=Doubles=

style="width:40px"\|Year !style="width:200px"\|Champions !style="width:200px"\|Runners-up !style="width:140px" class="unsortable"\|Score
class=wikitable
colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor=#e9e9e9\| ↓ ATP Challenger Series event ↓
1978	{{flagicon\|AUT}} Peter Feigl {{flagicon\|USA}} Eric Friedler	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Fishbach {{flagicon\|NED}} Tom Okker	6-3, 6-7, 6-3
colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor=#e9e9e9\| ↓ Grand Prix event ↓
1979	{{flagicon\|ROM\|1965}} Ilie Năstase {{flagicon\|NED}} Tom Okker	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Cahill {{flagicon\|AUS}} Colin Dibley	7–5, 6–4
1980	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Per Hjertquist {{flagicon\|ISR}} Steve Krulevitz	{{flagicon\|USA}} Eric Fromm {{flagicon\|USA}} Cary Leeds	7–6, 6–3
1981	{{flagicon\|USA}} Steve Meister {{flagicon\|USA}} Van Winitsky	{{flagicon\|GBR}} John Feaver {{flagicon\|USA}} Steve Krulevitz	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1982	colspan=3 align=center style="background:#efefef" \| Not held due to the 1982 Lebanon War
1983	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Colin Dowdeswell {{flagicon\|HUN}} Zoltán Kuhárszky	{{flagicon\|FRG}} Peter Elter {{flagicon\|AUT}} Peter Feigl	6–3, 7–5
1984	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Peter Doohan {{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Brian Levine	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Colin Dowdeswell {{flagicon\|SUI}} Jakob Hlasek	6–3, 6–4
1985	{{flagicon\|USA}} Brad Gilbert {{flagicon\|ROM\|1965}} Ilie Năstase	{{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Michael Robertson {{flagicon\|ROM\|1965}} Florin Segărceanu	6–3, 6–2
1986	{{flagicon\|USA}} John Letts {{flagicon\|SWE}} Peter Lundgren	{{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Christo Steyn {{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Danie Visser	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1987	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Gilad Bloom {{flagicon\|ISR}} Shahar Perkiss	{{flagicon\|FRG}} Wolfgang Popp {{flagicon\|NED}} Huub van Boeckel	6–2, 6–4
1988	{{flagicon\|BAH}} Roger Smith {{flagicon\|KEN}} Paul Wekesa	{{flagicon\|FRG}} Patrick Baur {{flagicon\|FRG}} Alexander Mronz	6–3, 6–3
1989	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Jeremy Bates {{flagicon\|FRG}} Patrick Baur	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Rikard Bergh {{flagicon\|SWE}} Per Henricsson	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor=#e9e9e9\| ↓ ATP World Series event ↓
1990	{{flagicon\|NGR}} Nduka Odizor {{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Christo van Rensburg	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Ronnie Båthman {{flagicon\|SWE}} Rikard Bergh	6–3, 6–4
1991	{{flagicon\|CSK}} David Rikl {{flagicon\|NED}} Michiel Schapers	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Javier Frana {{flagicon\|MEX}} Leonardo Lavalle	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
1992	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Bauer {{flagicon\|POR}} João Cunha Silva	{{flagicon\|NED}} Mark Koevermans {{flagicon\|SWE}} Tobias Svantesson	6–3, 6–4
1993	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Sergio Casal {{flagicon\|ESP}} Emilio Sánchez	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Bauer {{flagicon\|CZE}} David Rikl	6–4, 6–4
1994	{{flagicon\|RSA}} Lan Bale {{flagicon\|RSA}} John-Laffnie de Jager	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Jan Apell {{flagicon\|SWE}} Jonas Björkman	6–7, 6–2, 7–6
1995	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jim Grabb {{flagicon\|USA}} Jared Palmer	{{flagicon\|USA}} Kent Kinnear {{flagicon\|USA}} David Wheaton	6–4, 7–5
1996	{{flagicon\|RSA}} Marcos Ondruska {{flagicon\|RSA}} Grant Stafford	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Noam Behr {{flagicon\|ISR}} Eyal Erlich	6–3, 6–2
1997	colspan=3 align=center style="background:#efefef" \| Not held
colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor=#e9e9e9\| ↓ ATP Challenger Series event ↓
1998	{{flagicon\|CZE}} Radek Štěpánek {{flagicon\|CZE}} Michal Tabara	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Noam Okun {{flagicon\|ISR}} Nir Welgreen	7–6, 6–3
1999	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Noam Behr {{flagicon\|ISR}} Eyal Ran	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Amir Hadad {{flagicon\|AUS}} Andrew Ilie	6–3, 6–2
2000–2021	colspan=3 align=center style="background:#efefef" \| Not held; return cancelled due to 2014 Gaza War
colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor=#e9e9e9\| ↓ ATP Tour 250 event ↓
2022	{{flagicon\|IND}} Rohan Bopanna {{flagicon\|NED}} Matwé Middelkoop	{{flagicon\|MEX}} Santiago González {{flagicon\|ARG}} Andrés Molteni	6–2, 6–4
2023	colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#efefef" \| Not held due to Gaza war

References

External links

[https://tawo.co.il/ Official website]
[https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/tel-aviv/4138/overview 2022-present Tournament page at ATPTour.com]
[https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/tel-aviv/320/overview 1998-1999 Tournament page at ATPTour.com]
[https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/tel-aviv/330/overview 1978-1996 Tournament page at ATPTour.com]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090227024428/http://atpworldtour.com/5/en/vault ATP Vault]

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style="width:40px"\|Year !style="width:200px"\|Champions !style="width:200px"\|Runners-up !style="width:140px" class="unsortable"\|Score
class=wikitable
colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor=#e9e9e9\| ↓ ATP Challenger Series event ↓
1978	{{flagicon\|NED}} Tom Okker	{{flagicon\|AUT}} Peter Feigl	6-7, 6-4, 6-2
colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor=#e9e9e9\| ↓ Grand Prix event ↓
1979	{{flagicon\|NED}} Tom Okker	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Per Hjertquist	6–4, 6–3
1980	{{flagicon\|USA}} Harold Solomon	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Shlomo Glickstein	6–2, 6–3
1981	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mel Purcell	\|{{flagicon\|SWE}} Per Hjertquist	6–1, 6–1
1982	colspan=3 align=center style="background:#efefef" \| Not held due to the 1982 Lebanon War
1983	{{flagicon\|USA}} Aaron Krickstein	{{flagicon\|FRG}} Christoph Zipf	7–6, 6–3
1984	{{flagicon\|USA}} Aaron Krickstein	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Shahar Perkiss	6–4, 6–1
1985	{{flagicon\|USA}} Brad Gilbert	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Amos Mansdorf	6–3, 6–2
1986	{{flagicon\|USA}} Brad Gilbert	{{flagicon\|USA}} Aaron Krickstein	7–5, 6–2
1987	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Amos Mansdorf	{{flagicon\|USA}} Brad Gilbert	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1988	{{flagicon\|USA}} Brad Gilbert	{{flagicon\|USA}} Aaron Krickstein	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
1989	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jimmy Connors	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Gilad Bloom	2–6, 6–2, 6–1
colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor=#e9e9e9\| ↓ ATP World Series event ↓
1990	{{flagicon\|URS}} Andrei Chesnokov	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Amos Mansdorf	6–4, 6–3
1991	{{flagicon\|MEX}} Leonardo Lavalle	{{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Christo van Rensburg	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1992	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jeff Tarango	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Stephane Simian	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1993	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Stefano Pescosolido	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Amos Mansdorf	7–6, 7–5
1994	{{flagicon\|RSA}} Wayne Ferreira	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Amos Mansdorf	7–6, 6–3
1995	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Ján Krošlák	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Javier Sánchez	6–3, 6–4
1996	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Javier Sánchez	{{flagicon\|RSA}} Marcos Ondruska	6–4, 7–5
1997	colspan=3 align=center style="background:#efefef" \| Not held
colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor=#e9e9e9\| ↓ ATP Challenger Series event ↓
1998	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Gianluca Pozzi	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Lior Mor	6–1, 6–7, 6–3
1999	{{flagicon\|CZE}} Ctislav Doseděl	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Noam Okun	7–6, 6–3
2000–2021	colspan=3 align=center style="background:#efefef" \| Not held; return cancelled due to 2014 Gaza War
colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor=#e9e9e9\| ↓ ATP Tour 250 event ↓
2022	{{flagicon\|SRB}} Novak Djokovic	{{flagicon\|CRO}} Marin Čilić	6–3, 6–4
2023	colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#efefef" \| Not held due to Gaza war

style="width:40px"\|Year !style="width:200px"\|Champions !style="width:200px"\|Runners-up !style="width:140px" class="unsortable"\|Score
class=wikitable
colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor=#e9e9e9\| ↓ ATP Challenger Series event ↓
1978	{{flagicon\|AUT}} Peter Feigl {{flagicon\|USA}} Eric Friedler	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Fishbach {{flagicon\|NED}} Tom Okker	6-3, 6-7, 6-3
colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor=#e9e9e9\| ↓ Grand Prix event ↓
1979	{{flagicon\|ROM\|1965}} Ilie Năstase {{flagicon\|NED}} Tom Okker	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Cahill {{flagicon\|AUS}} Colin Dibley	7–5, 6–4
1980	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Per Hjertquist {{flagicon\|ISR}} Steve Krulevitz	{{flagicon\|USA}} Eric Fromm {{flagicon\|USA}} Cary Leeds	7–6, 6–3
1981	{{flagicon\|USA}} Steve Meister {{flagicon\|USA}} Van Winitsky	{{flagicon\|GBR}} John Feaver {{flagicon\|USA}} Steve Krulevitz	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1982	colspan=3 align=center style="background:#efefef" \| Not held due to the 1982 Lebanon War
1983	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Colin Dowdeswell {{flagicon\|HUN}} Zoltán Kuhárszky	{{flagicon\|FRG}} Peter Elter {{flagicon\|AUT}} Peter Feigl	6–3, 7–5
1984	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Peter Doohan {{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Brian Levine	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Colin Dowdeswell {{flagicon\|SUI}} Jakob Hlasek	6–3, 6–4
1985	{{flagicon\|USA}} Brad Gilbert {{flagicon\|ROM\|1965}} Ilie Năstase	{{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Michael Robertson {{flagicon\|ROM\|1965}} Florin Segărceanu	6–3, 6–2
1986	{{flagicon\|USA}} John Letts {{flagicon\|SWE}} Peter Lundgren	{{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Christo Steyn {{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Danie Visser	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1987	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Gilad Bloom {{flagicon\|ISR}} Shahar Perkiss	{{flagicon\|FRG}} Wolfgang Popp {{flagicon\|NED}} Huub van Boeckel	6–2, 6–4
1988	{{flagicon\|BAH}} Roger Smith {{flagicon\|KEN}} Paul Wekesa	{{flagicon\|FRG}} Patrick Baur {{flagicon\|FRG}} Alexander Mronz	6–3, 6–3
1989	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Jeremy Bates {{flagicon\|FRG}} Patrick Baur	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Rikard Bergh {{flagicon\|SWE}} Per Henricsson	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor=#e9e9e9\| ↓ ATP World Series event ↓
1990	{{flagicon\|NGR}} Nduka Odizor {{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Christo van Rensburg	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Ronnie Båthman {{flagicon\|SWE}} Rikard Bergh	6–3, 6–4
1991	{{flagicon\|CSK}} David Rikl {{flagicon\|NED}} Michiel Schapers	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Javier Frana {{flagicon\|MEX}} Leonardo Lavalle	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
1992	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Bauer {{flagicon\|POR}} João Cunha Silva	{{flagicon\|NED}} Mark Koevermans {{flagicon\|SWE}} Tobias Svantesson	6–3, 6–4
1993	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Sergio Casal {{flagicon\|ESP}} Emilio Sánchez	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Bauer {{flagicon\|CZE}} David Rikl	6–4, 6–4
1994	{{flagicon\|RSA}} Lan Bale {{flagicon\|RSA}} John-Laffnie de Jager	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Jan Apell {{flagicon\|SWE}} Jonas Björkman	6–7, 6–2, 7–6
1995	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jim Grabb {{flagicon\|USA}} Jared Palmer	{{flagicon\|USA}} Kent Kinnear {{flagicon\|USA}} David Wheaton	6–4, 7–5
1996	{{flagicon\|RSA}} Marcos Ondruska {{flagicon\|RSA}} Grant Stafford	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Noam Behr {{flagicon\|ISR}} Eyal Erlich	6–3, 6–2
1997	colspan=3 align=center style="background:#efefef" \| Not held
colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor=#e9e9e9\| ↓ ATP Challenger Series event ↓
1998	{{flagicon\|CZE}} Radek Štěpánek {{flagicon\|CZE}} Michal Tabara	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Noam Okun {{flagicon\|ISR}} Nir Welgreen	7–6, 6–3
1999	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Noam Behr {{flagicon\|ISR}} Eyal Ran	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Amir Hadad {{flagicon\|AUS}} Andrew Ilie	6–3, 6–2
2000–2021	colspan=3 align=center style="background:#efefef" \| Not held; return cancelled due to 2014 Gaza War
colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor=#e9e9e9\| ↓ ATP Tour 250 event ↓
2022	{{flagicon\|IND}} Rohan Bopanna {{flagicon\|NED}} Matwé Middelkoop	{{flagicon\|MEX}} Santiago González {{flagicon\|ARG}} Andrés Molteni	6–2, 6–4
2023	colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#efefef" \| Not held due to Gaza war