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 ATP 250 tournaments. It was previously held in Long Island and New Haven before it was sold and relocated to Winston-Salem, creating a new tournament.

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. 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, Waldbaum's from 1992 to 1995 and from 1997 to 2000, Genovese Drug Stores in 1996, and TD Waterhouse from 2002 until the move to New Haven, 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. This move created the first large joint ATP–WTA tournament leading to the US Open. 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. The tournament ignored its history with the ATP calling it a new event.

Tournament The tournament joined the US Open Series in 2011 and remained part of the Series through its final year in 2023. It 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 LocationYearChampionsRunners-upScoreLong Island(exhibition) 1981 Brian Teacher Yannick Noah 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 1982 Gene Mayer Johan Kriek 6–2, 6–3 1983 Gene Mayer Heinz Günthardt 6–7(9–11), 6–4, 6–0 1984 Ivan Lendl Andrés Gómez 6–2, 6–4 1985 Ivan Lendl Jimmy Connors 6–1, 6–3 1986 Ivan Lendl John McEnroe 6–2, 6–4 1987 Jonas Svensson David Pate 7–6, 3–6, 6–3 1988 Andre Agassi Yannick Noah 6–3, 0–6, 6–4 1989 Ivan Lendl Mikael Pernfors 4–6, 6–2, 6–4Long Island 1990 Stefan Edberg Goran Ivanišević 7–6(7–3), 6–3 1991 Ivan Lendl Stefan Edberg 6–3, 6–2 1992 Petr Korda Ivan Lendl 6–2, 6–2 1993 Marc Rosset Michael Chang 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 1994 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Cédric Pioline 5–7, 6–1, 6–2 1995 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Jan Siemerink 7–6(7–0), 6–2 1996 Andrei Medvedev Martin Damm 7–5, 6–3 1997 Carlos Moyá Patrick Rafter 6–4, 7–6(7–1) 1998 Patrick Rafter Félix Mantilla 7–6(7–3), 6–2 1999 Magnus Norman Àlex Corretja 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3 2000 Magnus Norman Thomas Enqvist 6–3, 5–7, 7–5 2001 Tommy Haas Pete Sampras 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 2002 Paradorn Srichaphan Juan Ignacio Chela 5–7, 6–2, 6–2 2003 Paradorn Srichaphan James Blake 6–2, 6–4 2004 Lleyton Hewitt Luis Horna 6–3, 6–1New Haven 2005 James Blake Feliciano López 3–6, 7–5, 6–1 2006 Nikolay Davydenko Agustín Calleri 6–4, 6–3 2007 James Blake Mardy Fish 7–5, 6–4 2008 Marin Čilić Mardy Fish 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 2009 Fernando Verdasco Sam Querrey 6–4, 7–6(8–6) 2010 Sergiy Stakhovsky Denis Istomin 3–6, 6–3, 6–4Winston-Salem2011 John Isner Julien Benneteau 4–6, 6–3, 6–42012 John Isner Tomáš Berdych 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(11–9)2013 Jürgen Melzer Gaël Monfils 6–3, 2–1, ret.2014 Lukáš Rosol Jerzy Janowicz 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–52015 Kevin Anderson Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6–4, 7–52016 Pablo Carreño Busta Roberto Bautista Agut 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–1), 6–42017 Roberto Bautista Agut Damir Džumhur 6–4, 6–42018 Daniil Medvedev Steve Johnson 6–4, 6–42019 Hubert Hurkacz Benoît Paire 6–3, 3–6, 6–32021 Ilya Ivashka Mikael Ymer 6–0, 6–22022 Adrian Mannarino Laslo Djere 7–6(7–1), 6–42023 Sebastián Báez Jiří Lehečka 6–4, 6–32024 Lorenzo Sonego Alex Michelsen 6–0, 6–32025 Márton Fucsovics Botic van de Zandschulp 6–3, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles LocationYearChampionsRunners-upScoreLong Island 1990 Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek Udo Riglewski Michael Stich 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 1991 Eric Jelen Carl-Uwe Steeb Doug Flach Diego Nargiso 0–6, 6–4, 7–6 1992 Francisco Montana Greg Van Emburgh Gianluca Pozzi Olli Rahnasto 6–4, 6–2 1993 Marc-Kevin Goellner David Prinosil Arnaud Boetsch Olivier Delaître 6–7, 7–5, 6–2 1994 Olivier Delaître Guy Forget Andrew Florent Mark Petchey 6–4, 7–6 1995 Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek Rick Leach Scott Melville 5–7, 7–6, 7–6 1996 Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen Hendrik Dreekmann Alexander Volkov 6–3, 7–6 1997 Marcos Ondruska David Prinosil Mark Keil T.J. Middleton 6–4, 6–4 1998 Julian Alonso Javier Sánchez Brandon Coupe Dave Randall 6–4, 6–4 1999 Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries 7–5, 6–4 2000 Jonathan Stark Kevin Ullyett Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries 6–4, 6–4 2001 Jonathan Stark Kevin Ullyett Leoš Friedl Radek Štěpánek 6–1, 6–4 2002 Mahesh Bhupathi Mike Bryan Petr Pála Pavel Vízner 6–3, 6–4 2003 Robbie Koenig Martín Rodríguez Martin Damm Cyril Suk 6–3, 7–6 2004 Antony Dupuis Michaël Llodra Yves Allegro Michael Kohlmann 6–2, 6–4New Haven 2005 Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds 6–4, 6–3 2006 Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski 6–3, 6–3 2007 Mahesh Bhupathi Nenad Zimonjić Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski 6–3, 6–3 2008 Marcelo Melo André Sá Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles 7–5, 6–2 2009 Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett 6–4, 7–6(7–3) 2010 Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 6–4, 7–5Winston-Salem 2011 Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram Christopher Kas Alexander Peya 7–6(7–2), 6–4 2012 Santiago González Scott Lipsky Pablo Andújar Leonardo Mayer 6–3, 4–6, [10–2] 2013 Daniel Nestor Leander Paes Treat Huey Dominic Inglot 7–6(12–10), 7–5 2014 Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah Jamie Murray John Peers 6–3, 6–4 2015 Dominic Inglot Robert Lindstedt Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky 6–2, 6–4 2016 Guillermo García-López Henri Kontinen Andre Begemann Leander Paes 4–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–8] 2017 Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău Julio Peralta Horacio Zeballos 6–3, 6–4 2018 Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău James Cerretani Leander Paes 6–4, 6–2 2019 Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo Nicholas Monroe Tennys Sandgren 6–7(6–8), 6–1, [10–3] 2021 Marcelo Arévalo Matwé Middelkoop Ivan Dodig Austin Krajicek 6–7(5–7), 7–5, [10–6] 2022 Matthew Ebden Jamie Murray Hugo Nys Jan Zieliński 6–4, 6–2 2023 Nathaniel Lammons Jackson Withrow Lloyd Glasspool Neal Skupski 6–3, 6–4 2024 Nathaniel Lammons Jackson Withrow Julian Cash Robert Galloway 6–4, 6–3 2025 Rafael Matos Marcelo Melo Francisco Cabral Lucas Miedler 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]

References

External links Official website ATP tournament profile