China Open (tennis)
The China Open (formerly the Beijing Salem Open) is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Beijing, China. The men's singles and doubles events were first held in 1993, the year in which the Qatar Open and Dubai Tennis Championships were also introduced to the men's tour, as the ATP opened a series of new tournaments in Asia.
In 1998, the tournament was dropped from the ATP tour calendar, but was reinstated in 2004, the same year as the WTA Tour women's singles and doubles events, previously held in Shanghai, were moved to Beijing.
In 2006, the China Open became the first tournament outside of the United States to use the Hawk-Eye system in match play.[3]
Novak Djokovic is the only player to have won the title six times. Djokovic holds the record for consecutive wins with four titles. In doubles, the Bryan Brothers are the only doubles pair to have won consecutive titles.
Agnieszka Radwańska, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Serena Williams hold the record for most titles won in the women's tournament, with two titles each.
Past finals
Women's Singles
Year |
Champion |
Runner-up |
Score |
2016 | Agnieszka Radwańska (2) | Johanna Konta | 6–4, 6–2 |
2015 | Garbiñe Muguruza | Timea Bacsinszky | 7–5, 6–4 |
2014 | Maria Sharapova | Petra Kvitová | 6–4, 2–6, 6–3 |
2013 | Serena Williams (2) | Jelena Janković | 6–2, 6–2 |
2012 | Victoria Azarenka | Maria Sharapova | 6–3, 6–1 |
2011 | Agnieszka Radwańska | Andrea Petkovic | 7–5, 0–6, 6–4 |
2010 | Caroline Wozniacki | Vera Zvonareva | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
2009 | Svetlana Kuznetsova (2) | Agnieszka Radwańska | 6–2, 6–4 |
↑ Premier Mandatory tournament ↑ |
2008 | Jelena Janković | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 6–3, 6–2 |
2007 | Ágnes Szávay | Jelena Janković | 6–7(7–9), 7–5, 6–2 |
2006 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | Amélie Mauresmo | 6–4, 6–0 |
2005 | Maria Kirilenko | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | 6–3, 6–4 |
2004 | Serena Williams | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
2003 | Elena Dementieva | Chanda Rubin | 6–3, 7–6(8–6) |
↑ Tier II ↑ |
2002 | Anna Smashnova | Anna Kournikova | 6–2, 6–3 |
2001 | Monica Seles | Nicole Pratt | 6–2, 6–3 |
2000 | Meghann Shaughnessy | Iroda Tulyaganova | 7–6(7–2), 7–5 |
1997–1999 | No tournament |
1996 | Wang Shi-ting | Chen Li-Ling | 6–3, 6–4 |
1995 | Linda Wild | Wang Shi-ting | 7–5, 6–2 |
1994 | Yayuk Basuki | Kyoko Nagatsuka | 6–4, 6–2 |
↑ Tier IV ↑ |
Men's Singles
Year |
Champion |
Runner-up |
Score |
2016 | Andy Murray | Grigor Dimitrov | 6–4, 7–6(7–2) |
2015 | Novak Djokovic (6) | Rafael Nadal | 6–2, 6–2 |
2014 | Novak Djokovic (5) | Tomáš Berdych | 6–0, 6–2 |
2013 | Novak Djokovic (4) | Rafael Nadal | 6–3, 6–4 |
2012 | Novak Djokovic (3) | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 7–6(7–4), 6–2 |
2011 | Tomáš Berdych | Marin Čilić | 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
2010 | Novak Djokovic (2) | David Ferrer | 6–2, 6–4 |
2009 | Novak Djokovic | Marin Čilić | 6–2, 7–6(7–4) |
2008 | Andy Roddick | Dudi Sela | 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–3 |
2007 | Fernando González | Tommy Robredo | 6–1, 3–6, 6–1 |
2006 | Marcos Baghdatis | Mario Ančić | 6–4, 6–0 |
2005 | Rafael Nadal | Guillermo Coria | 5–7, 6–1, 6–2 |
2004 | Marat Safin | Mikhail Youzhny | 7–6(7–4), 7–5 |
1998–2003 | No tournament |
1997 | Jim Courier | Magnus Gustafsson | 7–6(12–10), 3–6, 6–3 |
1996 | Greg Rusedski | Martin Damm | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
1995 | Michael Chang (3) | Renzo Furlan | 7–5, 6–3 |
1994 | Michael Chang (2) | Anders Järryd | 7–5, 7–5 |
1993 | Michael Chang | Greg Rusedski | 7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), 6–4 |
Women's Doubles
Year |
Champions |
Runners-up |
Score |
2016 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Lucie Šafářová | Caroline Garcia
Kristina Mladenovic | 6−4, 6−4 |
2015 | Martina Hingis
Sania Mirza (2) | Chan Hao-ching
Chan Yung-jan | 6–7(9–11), 6–1, [10–8] |
2014 | Andrea Hlaváčková
Peng Shuai (2) | Cara Black
Sania Mirza | 6–4, 6–4 |
2013 | Cara Black Sania Mirza | Vera Dushevina Arantxa Parra Santonja | 6–2, 6–2 |
2012 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | Nuria Llagostera Vives Sania Mirza | 7–5, 7–5 |
2011 | Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik | Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta | 6–3, 6–4 |
2010 | Olga Govortsova
Chuang Chia-jung | Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta | 6–7(2–7), 6–1, [10–7] |
2009 | Hsieh Su-wei (2)
Peng Shuai | Alla Kudryavtseva
Ekaterina Makarova | 6–3, 6–1 |
↑ Premier Mandatory tournament ↑ |
2008 | Anabel Medina Garrigues
Caroline Wozniacki | Han Xinyun
Xu Yi-Fan | 6–1, 6–3 |
2007 | Chuang Chia-jung
Hsieh Su-wei | Han Xinyun
Xu Yi-Fan | 7–6(7–1), 6–3 |
2006 | Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez | Anna Chakvetadze
Elena Vesnina | 6–2, 6–4 |
2005 | Nuria Llagostera Vives
María Vento-Kabchi | Yan Zi
Zheng Jie | 6–2, 6–4 |
2004 | Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Dinara Safina | Gisela Dulko
María Vento-Kabchi | 6–4, 6–4 |
Men's Doubles
Year |
Champions |
Runners-up |
Score |
2016 | Pablo Carreño Busta
Rafael Nadal | Jack Sock
Bernard Tomic | 6−7(6−8), 6−2, [10−8] |
2015 | Vasek Pospisil
Jack Sock | Daniel Nestor
Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 3–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
2014 | Jean-Julien Rojer
Horia Tecău | Julien Benneteau
Vasek Pospisil | 6–7(6–8), 7–5, [10–5] |
2013 | Max Mirnyi
Horia Tecău | Fabio Fognini
Andreas Seppi | 6–4, 6–2 |
2012 | Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan | Carlos Berlocq
Denis Istomin | 6–3, 6–2 |
2011 | Michaël Llodra
Nenad Zimonjić | Robert Lindstedt
Horia Tecău | 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4) |
2010 | Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan | Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski | 6–1, 7–6(7–5) |
2009 | Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan | Mark Knowles
Andy Roddick | 6–4, 6–2 |
2008 | Stephen Huss
Ross Hutchins | Ashley Fisher
Bobby Reynolds | 7–5, 6–4 |
2007 | Rik de Voest
Ashley Fisher | Chris Haggard
Lu Yen-hsun | 6–7, 6–0, [10–6] |
2006 | Mahesh Bhupathi
Mario Ančić | Michael Berrer
Kenneth Carlsen | 6–4, 6–3 |
2005 | Justin Gimelstob
Nathan Healey | Dmitry Tursunov
Mikhail Youzhny | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
2004 | Justin Gimelstob
Graydon Oliver | Alex Bogomolov Jr.
Taylor Dent | 4–6, 6–4, 7–6 |
1998–2003 | No tournament |
1997 | Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes | Jim Courier
Alex O'Brien | 7–5, 7–6 |
1996 | Martin Damm
Andrei Olhovskiy | Patrik Kühnen
Gary Muller | 6–4, 7–5 |
1995 | Tommy Ho
Sébastien Lareau | Dick Norman
Fernon Wibier | 7–6, 7–6 |
1994 | Tommy Ho
Kent Kinnear | David Adams
Andrei Olhovskiy | 7–6, 6–3 |
1993 | Paul Annacone
Doug Flach | Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis | 7–6, 6–3 |
See also
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Coordinates: 40°01′08″N 116°22′23″E / 40.019°N 116.373°E / 40.019; 116.373