Soweto Open

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Tennis tournament

Soweto Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Soweto Open
Location	Johannesburg, South Africa
Venue	Arthur Ashe Tennis Centre
Surface	Hard
Website	Website
ATP Tour Category ATP Challenger Tour Draw 32S/17Q/16D Prize money $100,000+H
WTA Tour Category ITF Women's Circuit 50K+H Draw 32S/32Q/16D Prize money $50,000+H

The Soweto Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts. It was part of the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Women's Circuit as a $50,000+H event. It was held at the Arthur Ashe Tennis Centre in the Soweto urban area of Johannesburg, South Africa, from 2009 to 2011. The event was not held in 2012 and came back to the ITF Circuit and the ATP Challenger Tour in 2013. In 2013 on the ITF Circuit, the even was downgraded from a $100,000+H to $50,000+H.

Past finals

Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2013	Vasek Pospisil	Michał Przysiężny	6–7(7–9), 6–0, 4–1 ret.
2012	not held
2011	Izak van der Merwe	Rik de Voest	6–7(2–7), 7–5, 6–3
2010	Dustin Brown	Izak van der Merwe	7–6(7–2), 6–3
2009	Fabrice Santoro	Rik de Voest	7–5, 6–4[1]

Women's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2013	Tímea Babos	Chanel Simmonds	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–1
2012	not held
2011	Valeria Savinykh	Petra Cetkovská	6–1, 6–3
2010	Nina Bratchikova	Tamarine Tanasugarn	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
2009	Anastasija Sevastova	Eva Hrdinová	6–2, 6–2

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2013	Prakash Amritraj Rajeev Ram	Purav Raja Divij Sharan	7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–1)
2012	not held
2011	Michael Kohlmann Alexander Peya	Andre Begemann Matthew Ebden	6–2, 6–2
2010	Nicolas Mahut Lovro Zovko	Raven Klaasen Izak van der Merwe	6–2, 6–2
2009	George Bastl Chris Guccione	Mikhail Elgin Alexander Kudryavtsev	6–2, 4–6, [1]

Women's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2013	Magda Linette Chanel Simmonds	Samantha Murray Jade Windley	6–1, 6–3
2012	not held
2011	play cancelled due to heavy rain and flooding
2010	Vitalia Diatchenko Eirini Georgatou	Marina Erakovic Tamarine Tanasugarn	6–3, 5–7,
2009	Naomi Cavaday Lesia Tsurenko	Kristína Kučová Anastasija Sevastova	6–2, 2–6,

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "French 'Magician' beats De Voest to take Soweto Open title". The Witness. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2024.

External links

• South Africa Tennis Association (SATA) official website