The St. Petersburg Open (Russian : Открытый Санкт-Петербург ) was a professional men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts . It was part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour . The tournament was held annually at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in St. Petersburg , Russia, since 1995. The tournament takes place in mid to late September, following the conclusion of the US Open . The singles competition features 28 male competitors, while the doubles one features 16 duo teams. The competition has a total prize money pool of $1,180,000 USD.[citation needed ]
2002 Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson and former World No. 1s Marat Safin and Andy Murray are the only players to have won the singles titles more than once. Five Russian players have won the singles title: Yevgeny Kafelnikov in 1995, Marat Safin in 2000 and 2001, Mikhail Youzhny in 2004, Daniil Medvedev in 2019, and Andrey Rublev in 2020. The event was not held in 2014 but resumed in 2015, at the Sibur Arena . The event was exceptionally held as an ATP 500 tournament in the 2020 edition.[citation needed ]
In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , the ATP moved the 2022 St. Petersburg Open from Saint Petersburg to Kazakhstan .[ 1]
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score
↓ ATP Tour 250 [ a] ↓
1995
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Guillaume Raoux
6–2, 6–2
1996
Magnus Gustafsson
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
6–2, 7–6(7–4)
1997
Thomas Johansson
Renzo Furlan
6–3, 6–4
1998
Richard Krajicek
Marc Rosset
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
1999
Marc Rosset
David Prinosil
6–3, 6–4
2000
Marat Safin
Dominik Hrbatý
2–6, 6–4, 6–4
2001
Marat Safin
Rainer Schüttler
3–6, 6–3, 6–3
2002
Sébastien Grosjean
Mikhail Youzhny
7–5, 6–4
2003
Gustavo Kuerten
Sargis Sargsian
6–4, 6–3
2004
Mikhail Youzhny
Karol Beck
6–2, 6–2
2005
Thomas Johansson
Nicolas Kiefer
6–4, 6–2
2006
Mario Ančić
Thomas Johansson
7–5, 7–6(7–2)
2007
Andy Murray
Fernando Verdasco
6–2, 6–3
2008
Andy Murray
Andrey Golubev
6–1, 6–1
2009
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Horacio Zeballos
2–6, 7–6(10–8) , 7–6(9–7)
2010
Mikhail Kukushkin
Mikhail Youzhny
6–3, 7–6(7–2)
2011
Marin Čilić
Janko Tipsarević
6–3, 3–6, 6–2
2012
Martin Kližan
Fabio Fognini
6–2, 6–3
2013
Ernests Gulbis
Guillermo García-López
3–6, 6–4, 6–0
2014
Not held
2015
Milos Raonic
João Sousa
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2016
Alexander Zverev
Stan Wawrinka
6–2, 3–6, 7–5
2017
Damir Džumhur
Fabio Fognini
3–6, 6–4, 6–2
2018
Dominic Thiem
Martin Kližan
6–3, 6–1
2019
Daniil Medvedev
Borna Ćorić
6–3, 6–1
↓ ATP Tour 500 ↓
2020
Andrey Rublev
Borna Ćorić
7–6(7–5) , 6–4
↓ ATP Tour 250 ↓
2021
Marin Čilić
Taylor Fritz
7–6(7–3) , 4–6, 6–4
2022
Not held due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
2023
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
↓ ATP Tour 250 [ a] ↓
1995
Martin Damm Anders Järryd
Jakob Hlasek Yevgeny Kafelnikov
6–4, 6–2
1996
Yevgeny Kafelnikov Andrei Olhovskiy
Nicklas Kulti Peter Nyborg
6–3, 6–4
1997
Andrei Olhovskiy Brett Steven
David Prinosil Daniel Vacek
6–4, 6–3
1998
Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström
Marius Barnard Brent Haygarth
3–6, 6–3, 7–6
1999
Jeff Tarango Daniel Vacek
Menno Oosting Andrei Pavel
3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2000
Daniel Nestor Kevin Ullyett
Thomas Shimada Myles Wakefield
7–6(7–5) , 7–5
2001
Denis Golovanov Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Irakli Labadze Marat Safin
7–5, 6–4
2002
David Adams Jared Palmer
Irakli Labadze Marat Safin
7–6(10–8) , 6–3
2003
Julian Knowle Nenad Zimonjić
Michael Kohlmann Rainer Schüttler
7–6(7–1) , 6–3
2004
Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra
Dominik Hrbatý Jaroslav Levinský
6–3, 6–2
2005
Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer
Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi
4–6, 7–5, 7–5
2006
Simon Aspelin Todd Perry
Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
2007
Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić
Jürgen Melzer Todd Perry
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
2008
Travis Parrott Filip Polášek
Rohan Bopanna Max Mirnyi
3–6, 7–6(4–7) , [10–8]
2009
Colin Fleming Ken Skupski
Jérémy Chardy Richard Gasquet
2–6, 7–5, [10–4]
2010
Daniele Bracciali Potito Starace
Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
7–6(8–6) , 7–6(7–5)
2011
Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins
Michail Elgin Alexandre Kudryavtsev
6–3, 6–7(5–7) , [10–8]
2012
Rajeev Ram Nenad Zimonjić
Lukáš Lacko Igor Zelenay
6–2, 4-6, [10-6]
2013
David Marrero Fernando Verdasco
Dominic Inglot Denis Istomin
7–6(8–6) , 6–3
2014
Not held
2015
Treat Huey Henri Kontinen
Julian Knowle Alexander Peya
7–5, 6–3
2016
Dominic Inglot Henri Kontinen
Andre Begemann Leander Paes
4–6, 6–3, [12–10]
2017
Roman Jebavý Matwé Middelkoop
Julio Peralta Horacio Zeballos
6–4, 6–4
2018
Matteo Berrettini Fabio Fognini
Roman Jebavý Matwé Middelkoop
7–6(8–6) , 7–6(7–4)
2019
Divij Sharan Igor Zelenay
Matteo Berrettini Simone Bolelli
6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
↓ ATP Tour 500 ↓
2020
Jürgen Melzer Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Marcelo Demoliner Matwé Middelkoop
6–2, 7–6(7–4)
↓ ATP Tour 250 ↓
2021
Jamie Murray Bruno Soares
Andrey Golubev Hugo Nys
6–3, 6–4
2022
Not held due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
2023
The prize pool for this tournament consists of $1,000,000 USD. It is an ATP 500 level tournament, thus the men's singles champion receives 500 ATP ranking points.[citation needed ]
^ a b Known as World Series from 1990 till 1999 and International Series from 2000 till 2008.