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Winston-Salem Open

Winston-Salem Open

Men's professional tennis tournament in North Carolina

The Winston-Salem Open is a men's professional tennis tournament played on the ATP Tour at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in the United States. It made its debut at Winston-Salem in 2011 and is part of the 250 tier of events.[1] The tournament was previously staged in Long Island and New Haven before it was sold and relocated to Winston-Salem, creating a new tournament.[2]

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The Winston-Salem Open was awarded the 2016 ATP Tour 250 Tournament of the Year.

History

The event started on Long Island's Jericho hamlet as a four-player singles exhibition in 1981, the event, first known as the Hamlet Challenge Cup, developed into a larger draw competition, and saw winning numerous top players in the 1980s, including Ivan Lendl and an eighteen-year-old Andre Agassi in 1988.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] In 1990, the Long Island tournament became part of the tour as it entered the newly created Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour, being sponsored by numerous companies including; Norstar Bank in 1990 and 1991,[12] Waldbaum's from 1992 to 1995 and from 1997 to 2000,[12] Genovese Drug Stores in 1996,[13] and TD Waterhouse from 2002 until the move to New Haven,[14] adding names like Stefan Edberg, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Magnus Norman, Paradorn Srichaphan and Lleyton Hewitt to its list of champions.

In 2005 the USTA decided to purchase the men's tournament of Long Island, New York and merge it with the Women's event at New Haven.[15] This move created the first large joint ATP–WTA tournament leading to the US Open.[16] The tournament remained a joint event until 2011 when the men's and women's events became separated, and the men's tournament relocated to Winston-Salem.[2] The tournament will ignore its history with the ATP calling it a new event.[1]

Tournament

The tournament is part of the US Open Series and is typically held in August the week prior to the US Open. It used to be one of six 250 level events on tour played in the United States but from 2025 it is one of only three. In 2016, the tournament received recognition as one of the ATP World Tour 250 Tournaments of the Year.

Ivan Lendl holds the record for most singles titles at five, winning in 1984–1986, 1989 and 1991; he also holds the record for most singles titles won in a row, at three. The only doubles team to win back-to-back titles is Jonathan Stark and Kevin Ullyett.

Past finals

Singles

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Doubles

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References

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    "Winston-Salem To Host New Tournament". ATP. Retrieved December 16, 2010.
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    "ATP World Tour event relocated from New Haven to Winston-Salem". www.usopenseries.com. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
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    "Gene Mayer Wins, Beating Gunthardt". The New York Times. August 29, 1983. Retrieved September 11, 2008.
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    "Lendl Defeats Connors". The New York Times. October 11, 1985. Retrieved September 11, 2008.
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    "Lendl Dominates McEnroe To Win Final". The New York Times. August 25, 1986. Retrieved September 11, 2008.
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    "Tennis; Manuela Maleeva Defeats Hanika". The New York Times. August 31, 1987. Retrieved September 11, 2008.
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    "Agassi, Graf Win Final Tune-Ups; Both Say They Are Ready for Beginning of U.S. Open Today". The Washington Post. August 29, 1988. Retrieved September 11, 2008.
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    "U.S. OPEN '89; Lendl Tested in Final But Prevails as Usual". The New York Times. August 28, 1989. Retrieved September 11, 2008.
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    Staff, Long Island Tennis Magazine (March 1, 2009). "The Girls Are Back in Town". longislandtennismagazine.com. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
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    "GENOVESE DRUG STORES, INC. TO SPONSOR HAMLET CUP; WORLD'S TOP PLAYERS TO COME TO LONG ISLAND - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016.
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    "TD Waterhouse Inks Title Deal For ATP's Stop On The Island - SportsBusiness Daily | SportsBusiness Journal". www.sportsbusinessdaily.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012.
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    "USTA buys ATP event, moves it to New Haven". USA Today. Associated Press. May 9, 2005. Retrieved August 22, 2008.
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    USTA (May 10, 2005). "USTA purchases ATP men's tournament to create first combined summer event". Retrieved October 19, 2010.

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