The Brawo Open, known as Nord/LB Open until 2010 and the Sparkassen Open until 2021, is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Braunschweiger Tennis- und Hockey Club in Braunschweig, Germany, since 1994.

Brawo Open
Current event 2024 Brawo Open
ATP Challenger Tour
Event nameBraunschweig
LocationBraunschweig, Germany
VenueBraunschweiger Tennis
und Hockey Club
CategoryATP Challenger Tour
SurfaceClay (red)
Draw48S / 4Q / 16D
Prize money€148,625
Websitebrawo-open.de
The 2008 singles champion, Nicolas Devilder from France, defeated Argentine Sergio Roitman in the final
Spanish player Óscar Hernández reached three singles finals, winning in 2005, 2007, and 2009, and two doubles finals, losing in 2007 before winning in 2008

In 2005, 2014,[1] 2015, and 2016 the tournament received the ATP Challenger of the Year award from the Association of Tennis Professionals.[2]

Past finals

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Singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
2024   Roberto Carballés Baena   Botic van de Zandschulp 6–1, 6–3
2023   Franco Agamenone   Pavel Kotov 7–5, 6–3
2022   Jan-Lennard Struff   Maximilian Marterer 6–2, 6–2
2021   Daniel Altmaier   Henri Laaksonen 6–1, 6–2
2020 Not held
2019   Thiago Monteiro   Tobias Kamke 7–6(8–6), 6–1
2018   Yannick Hanfmann   Jozef Kovalík 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
2017   Nicola Kuhn   Viktor Galović 2–6, 7–5, 4–2 ret.
2016   Thomaz Bellucci   Íñigo Cervantes 6–1, 1–6, 6–3
2015   Filip Krajinović   Paul-Henri Mathieu 6–2, 6–4
2014   Alexander Zverev   Paul-Henri Mathieu 1–6, 6–1, 6–4
2013   Florian Mayer   Jiří Veselý 4–6, 6–2, 6–1
2012   Thomaz Bellucci   Tobias Kamke 7–6(7–4), 6–3
2011   Lukáš Rosol   Evgeny Donskoy 7–5, 7–6(7–2)
2010   Mikhail Kukushkin   Marcos Daniel 6–2, 3–0, RET.
2009   Óscar Hernández   Teymuraz Gabashvili 6–1, 3–6, 6–4
2008   Nicolas Devilder   Sergio Roitman 6–4, 6–4
2007   Óscar Hernández   Florian Mayer 6–2, 1–6, 6–1
2006   Jan Hájek   Fernando Vicente 6–1, 6–3
2005   Óscar Hernández   Nicolás Lapentti 6–3, 6–3
2004   Tomáš Berdych   Daniel Elsner 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
2003   Werner Eschauer   Igor Andreev 6–1, 7–6(2)
2002   David Sánchez   José Acasuso 5–1 retired
2001   Andrea Gaudenzi   Younes El Aynaoui 3–6, 7–6(5), 6–4
2000   Gastón Gaudio   Franco Squillari 6–4, 6–7(2), 6–4
1999   Jens Knippschild   Franco Squillari 7–5, 7–6(6)
1998   Franco Squillari   Lucas Arnold Ker 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
1997   Francisco Roig   Félix Mantilla Botella 6–2, 2–6, 6–2
1996   Alberto Berasategui   Jozsef Krocsko 6–2, 6–2
1995   Magnus Gustafsson   Stefano Pescosolido 4–6, 6–0, 7–6()
1994   Gilbert Schaller   Javier Sánchez 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
2024   Sander Arends
  Robin Haase
  Sriram Balaji
  Gonzalo Escobar
4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
2023   Pierre-Hugues Herbert
  Arthur Reymond
  Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli
  Arjun Kadhe
7–6(9–7), 6–4
2022   Marcelo Demoliner
  Jan-Lennard Struff
  Roman Jebavý
  Adam Pavlásek
6–4, 7–5
2021   Szymon Walków
  Jan Zieliński
  Ivan Sabanov
  Matej Sabanov
6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
2020 Not held
2019   Simone Bolelli
  Guillermo Durán
  Nathaniel Lammons
  Antonio Šančić
6–3, 6–2
2018   Santiago González
  Wesley Koolhof
  Sriram Balaji
  Vishnu Vardhan
6–3, 6–3
2017   Julian Knowle
  Igor Zelenay
  Kevin Krawietz
  Gero Kretschmer
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
2016   James Cerretani
  Philipp Oswald
  Mateusz Kowalczyk
  Antonio Šančić
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–2]
2015   Sergey Betov
  Michail Elgin
  Damir Džumhur
  Franko Škugor
3–6, 6–1, [10–5]
2014   Andreas Siljeström
  Igor Zelenay
  Rameez Junaid
  Michal Mertiňák
7–5, 6–4
2013   Tomasz Bednarek
  Mateusz Kowalczyk
  Andreas Siljeström
  Igor Zelenay
6–2, 7–6(7–4)
2012   Tomasz Bednarek
  Mateusz Kowalczyk
  Harri Heliövaara
  Denys Molchanov
7–5, 6–7(1–7), [10–8]
2011   Martin Emmrich
  Andreas Siljeström
  Olivier Charroin
  Stéphane Robert
0–6, 6–4, [10–7]
2010   Leonardo Tavares
  Simone Vagnozzi
  Igor Kunitsyn
  Yuri Schukin
7–5, 7–6(4)
2009   Johan Brunström
  Jean-Julien Rojer
  Brian Dabul
  Nicolás Massú
7–6(2), 6–4
2008   Marco Crugnola
  Óscar Hernández
  Werner Eschauer
  Philipp Oswald
7–6(4), 6–2
2007   Tomas Behrend
  Christopher Kas
  Óscar Hernández
  Carles Poch-Gradin
6–0, 6–2
2006   Tomas Behrend
  Christopher Kas
  Máximo González
  Sergio Roitman
7–6(5), 6–4
2005   Enzo Artoni
  Álex López Morón
  Massimo Bertolini
  Tom Vanhoudt
5–7, 6–4, 7–6(12)
2004   Tomas Behrend
  Emilio Benfele Álvarez
  Jaroslav Levinský
  David Škoch
6–2, 6–7(3), 7–6(10)
2003   Sebastián Prieto
  Jim Thomas
  Juan-Ignacio Carrasco
  Albert Montañés
4–6, 6–1, 6–4
2002   Mariano Hood
  Luis Horna
  František Čermák
  Petr Luxa
3–6, 6–3, 6–1
2001   Karsten Braasch
  Jens Knippschild
  Feliciano López
  Francisco Roig
6–1, 6–1
2000   Jens Knippschild
  Jeff Tarango
  Álex López Morón
  Albert Portas
6–2, 6–2
1999   Albert Portas
  Germán Puentes-Alcañiz
  Tomás Carbonell
  Nebojsa Djordjevic
6–4, 6–7(3), 6–3
1998   Tomás Carbonell
  Francisco Roig
  Juan Balcells
  Emanuel Couto
6–2, 7–6
1997   Brandon Coupe
  Paul Rosner
  Nebojsa Djordjevic
  Óscar Ortiz
6–4, 6–3
1996   Karsten Braasch
  Jens Knippschild
  Cristian Brandi
  Filippo Messori
6–3, 6–4
1995   Nicklas Kulti
  Mikael Tillström
  Bill Behrens
  Brendan Curry
7–6, 6–4
1994   Horacio de la Peña
  Emilio Sánchez Vicario
  Gábor Köves
  László Markovits
6–4, 7–6

References

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  1. ^ Braunschweig & Genova Honoured In 2014 ATP Challenger awards, published: 20 February 2015, accessed: 12 March 2015.
  2. ^ Braunschweig, Mons & Szczecin Named 2016 ATP Challenger Tournaments Of The Year , published: 22 March 2017, accessed: 6 July 2017.
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