The Eurocard Open was an annual tennis tournament for male professional players. The event was held annually in Stuttgart, Germany, and was played on indoor carpet from 1988 to 1997. Before 1990, during years 1988–1989 the tournament was organized as an invitational round-robin exhibition for 8 players. From 1990 to 1995, the Eurocard Open was an ATP Championship Series tournament, and was held every February on the ATP Tour.
Starting in October 1995, the Eurocard Open was upgraded to ATP Super 9 status. In 1995–1996, the ATP calendar underwent some interesting tournament swaps among indoor events, when the tournament was held on carpet courts. In October 1995, the Stockholm Super 9 event was downgraded to ATP World Series status and moved to November, getting replaced in its old Super 9 slot by the Eurocard Open in Essen. The Antwerp event was dropped from the calendar in 1995 to make room for Stockholm's new slot in November. In 1996, the Eurocard Open retained its Super 9 status but moved from Essen and back to Stuttgart, while Antwerp was again returned to the calendar to replace the Eurocard Open's old slot in February.
In 1998, the Eurocard Open changed surface from indoor carpet to indoor hardcourt. After the last Eurocard Open was held in 2001, the tournament was discontinued, and the eighth ATP Masters Series event of the calendar year was moved to Madrid in 2002.
Past results
Singles LocationYearChampionsRunners-upScore↓ ATP Tour 500 ↓Stuttgart 1990 Boris Becker Ivan Lendl 6–2, 6–2 1991 Stefan Edberg Jonas Svensson 6–2, 3–6, 7–5, 6–2 1992 Goran Ivanišević Stefan Edberg 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 1993 Michael Stich Richard Krajicek 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 7–5 1994 Stefan Edberg Goran Ivanišević 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 1995 (Feb) Richard Krajicek Michael Stich 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 1–6, 6–3↓ ATP Tour Masters 1000 ↓Essen 1995 (Oct) Thomas Muster MaliVai Washington 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–3, 6–4Stuttgart 1996 Boris Becker Pete Sampras 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 1997 Petr Korda Richard Krajicek 7–6(8–6), 6–2, 6–4 1998 Richard Krajicek Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 1999 Thomas Enqvist Richard Krajicek 6–1, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5 2000 Wayne Ferreira Lleyton Hewitt 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–2), 6–2 2001 Tommy Haas Max Mirnyi 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 2002 succeeded by Madrid Open
Doubles LocationYearChampionsRunners-upScore↓ ATP Tour 500 ↓Stuttgart 1990 Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek Michael Mortensen Tom Nijssen 6–3, 6–2 1991 Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez Jeremy Bates Nick Brown 6–3, 7–5 1992 Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd 6–3, 6–7, 6–3 1993 Mark Kratzmann Wally Masur Steve DeVries David Macpherson 6–3, 7–6 1994 David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith 6–7, 6–4, 7–6 1995 (Feb) Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek 6–2, 6–2↓ ATP Tour Masters 1000 ↓Essen 1995 (Oct) Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek 7–5, 6–4Stuttgart 1996 Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 1997 Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge Rick Leach Jonathan Stark 6–3, 6–3 1998 Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 1999 Byron Black Jonas Björkman David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–2), 6–0 2000 Jiří Novák David Rikl Donald Johnson Piet Norval 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 2001 Max Mirnyi Sandon Stolle Ellis Ferreira Jeff Tarango 7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–4) 2002 succeeded by Madrid Open
Exhibition LocationYearChampionsRunners-upScoreStuttgart 1988 Miloslav Mečíř Andrés Gómez 6–3, 6–2 1989 Ivan Lendl Miloslav Mečíř 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
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References
External links ATP Masters 1000 Stuttgart