Barcelona Open (tennis) explained

Barcelona Open
Editions:	71 (2024)
City:	Barcelona
Country:	Spain
Venue:	Real Club de Tenis Barcelona
Category:	ATP Tour 500 / ATP Championship Series (since 1990) Grand Prix Tour (1972–1989)
Surface:	Clay (outdoor)
Draw:	48 / 24 / 16 (from 2013) 56S / 28Q / 24D (until 2012)
Prize Money:	(2024)
Website:	Official website
Completed Event:	2024
Singles:	Casper Ruud
Doubles:	Máximo González Andrés Molteni

The Barcelona Open (currently sponsored by Banc Sabadell) is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players. The event was founded in 1953 as a combined men's and women's tournament until 1980. It is played at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain on clay courts. The event is commonly known as Trofeo Conde de Godó .^[1]

History

The tournament was created at the initiative of Carlos Godó Valls, 2nd Count of Godó, after the tennis club moved to its new location in Pedralbes, a neighborhood in Les Corts district of Barcelona.^[2] Vic Seixas won the first singles title as well as the doubles title, partnering Enrique Morea.^[3] It was an event of the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1970 until 1989, except in 1971 when it was part of the World Championship Tennis (WCT) circuit, but also open to non-WCT players. The tournament is currently part of the ATP Tour 500 series on the ATP Tour.

It is Spain's second most prestigious tournament on the ATP Tour after the Madrid Open and the event generally takes place in the last week of April, when temperatures in Barcelona average a daily high of 19C.^[4]

Native Spaniard Rafael Nadal has won the singles title a record twelve times (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2021), and in 2017 the center court of the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona was renamed Pista Rafa Nadal (Rafa Nadal Arena).^[5]

Past finals

Singles

Year^[6]	Champion	Runner-up	Score
↓  Amateur Era  ↓
1953	Vic Seixas	Enrique Morea	6–3, 6–4, 22–20
1954	Tony Trabert	Vic Seixas	6–0, 6–1, 6–3
1955	Art Larsen	Budge Patty	7–5, 3–6, 7–5, 2–6, 6–4
1956	Herbert Flam	Bob Howe	6–2, 6–3, 6–0
1957		Mervyn Rose	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1958	Sven Davidson	Mervyn Rose	4–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–1
1959	Neale Fraser	Roy Emerson	6–2, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1960	Andrés Gimeno	Giuseppe Merlo	6–1, 6–2, 6–1
1961	Roy Emerson	Manuel Santana	6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1962	Manuel Santana	Ramanathan Krishnan	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 8–6
1963		Juan Manuel Couder	0–6, 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1964		Manuel Santana	2–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–3
1965	Juan Gisbert	Martin Mulligan	6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1966	Thomaz Koch	Nikola Pilić	6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
1967	Martin Mulligan	Rafael Osuna	5–7, 7–5, 6–4, 6–3
1968		Ingo Buding	6–0, 6–1, 6–0
↓  Open Era  ↓
1969	Manuel Orantes	Manuel Santana	6–4, 7–5, 6–4
1970		Rod Laver	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1971		Bob Lutz	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
↓  Grand Prix circuit  ↓
1972	Jan Kodeš	Manuel Orantes	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1973	Ilie Năstase	Manuel Orantes	2–6, 6–1, 8–6, 6–4
1974		Manuel Orantes	8–6, 9–7, 6–3
1975	Björn Borg	Adriano Panatta	1–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–3, 6–2
1976		Eddie Dibbs	6–1, 2–6, 2–6, 7–5, 6–4
1977		Manuel Orantes	6–2, 7–5, 6–2
1978	Balázs Taróczy	Ilie Năstase	1–6, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1979	Hans Gildemeister	Eddie Dibbs	6–4, 6–3, 6–1
1980	Ivan Lendl	Guillermo Vilas	6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 4–6, 6–1
1981		Guillermo Vilas	6–0, 6–3, 6–0
1982	Mats Wilander	Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1983		Guillermo Vilas	6–0, 6–3, 6–1
1984		Joakim Nyström	7–6^(7–5), 6–4, 0–6, 6–2
1985	Thierry Tulasne	Mats Wilander	0–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 6–0
1986	Kent Carlsson	Andreas Maurer	6–2, 6–2, 6–0
1987	Martín Jaite	Mats Wilander	7–6^(7–5), 6–4, 4–6, 0–6, 6–4
1988		Thomas Muster	6–3, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
1989	Andrés Gómez	Horst Skoff	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
↓  ATP Tour 500  ↓
1990
1991	Emilio Sánchez	Sergi Bruguera	6–4, 7–6^(9–7), 6–2
1992	Carlos Costa	Magnus Gustafsson	6–4, 7–6^(7–3), 6–4
1993	Andrei Medvedev	Sergi Bruguera	6–7^(7–9), 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
1994	Richard Krajicek	Carlos Costa	6–4, 7–6^(8–6), 6–2
1995	Thomas Muster	Magnus Larsson	6–2, 6–1, 6–4
1996		Marcelo Ríos	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
1997	Albert Costa	Albert Portas	7–5, 6–4, 6–4
1998	Todd Martin	Alberto Berasategui	6–2, 1–6, 6–3, 6–2
1999	Félix Mantilla	Karim Alami	7–6^(7–2), 6–3, 6–3
2000	Marat Safin	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
2001		Carlos Moyà	4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
2002	Gastón Gaudio	Albert Costa	6–4, 6–0, 6–2
2003	Carlos Moyà	Marat Safin	5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 3–0, ret.
2004	Tommy Robredo	Gastón Gaudio	6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
2005	Rafael Nadal	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–1, 7–6^(7–4), 6–3
2006		Tommy Robredo	6–4, 6–4, 6–0
2007		Guillermo Cañas	6–3, 6–4
2008		David Ferrer	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
2009		David Ferrer	6–2, 7–5
2010	Fernando Verdasco	Robin Söderling	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
2011		David Ferrer	6–2, 6–4
2012		David Ferrer	7–6^(7–1), 7–5
2013		Nicolás Almagro	6–4, 6–3
2014	Kei Nishikori	Santiago Giraldo	6–2, 6–2
2015		Pablo Andújar	6–4, 6–4
2016		Kei Nishikori	6–4, 7–5
2017		Dominic Thiem	6–4, 6–1
2018		Stefanos Tsitsipas	6–2, 6–1
2019	Dominic Thiem	Daniil Medvedev	6–4, 6–0
2020	Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021		Stefanos Tsitsipas	6–4, 6–7^(6–8), 7–5
2022		Pablo Carreño Busta	6–3, 6–2
2023		Stefanos Tsitsipas	6–3, 6–4
2024	Casper Ruud	Stefanos Tsitsipas	7–5, 6–3

Doubles

Year^[7]	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1953	Enrique Morea Vic Seixas	Jaime Bartrolí Lennart Bergelin	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
1954	Vic Seixas Tony Trabert	Jack Arkinstall Malcolm Fox	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1955	Mervyn Rose George Worthington	Art Larsen Budge Patty	6–2, 2–6, 6–2, 6–1
1956	Don Candy Lew Hoad	Bob Howe Art Larsen	6–1, 6–1, 6–2
1957		Herbert Flam Sidney Schwartz	6–3, 6–3, 5–7, 6–1
1958	Jaroslav Drobný Budge Patty	Mervyn Rose Warren Woodcock	7–5, 6–3, 6–2
1959	Roy Emerson Neale Fraser	Luis Ayala Rod Laver	6–2, 4–6, 6–4, 13–11
1960		José Luis Arilla Andrés Gimeno	6–4, 6–0, 6–4
1961	Bob Hewitt Fred Stolle	Bob Mark Manuel Santana	2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1962		Bob Hewitt Fred Stolle	8–6, 8–6, 6–4
1963	Roy Emerson Manuel Santana	José Luis Arilla Eduardo Soriano	5–7, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
1964	Roy Emerson Ken Fletcher	José Mandarino Eduardo Soriano	6–3, 8–6, 1–6, 5–7, 6–3
1965	Roy Emerson Ramanathan Krishnan	José Luis Arilla Manuel Santana	6–2, 6–1, 6–1
1966		Thomaz Koch José Mandarino	9–7, 6–4
1967	Thomaz Koch José Mandarino	Rafael Osuna	6–2, 6–4, 8–6
1968	Carlos Fernandes Patricio Rodríguez	Thomaz Koch José Mandarino	6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–4
↓  Open Era  ↓
1969	Manuel Orantes Patricio Rodríguez	Terry Addison Ray Keldie
1970		Andrés Gimeno Rod Laver	6–4, 9–7, 7–5
1971	Željko Franulović Juan Gisbert	Cliff Drysdale Andrés Gimeno	7–6, 6–2, 7–6
↓  Grand Prix circuit  ↓
1972		Frew McMillan Ilie Năstase	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1973	Ilie Năstase Tom Okker	Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
1974		Manuel Orantes Guillermo Vilas	3–6, 6–0, 6–2
1975	Björn Borg Guillermo Vilas	Wojciech Fibak Karl Meiler	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
1976	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	7–6, 6–4
1977	Wojciech Fibak Jan Kodeš	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–0, 6–4
1978	Željko Franulović Hans Gildemeister	Jean-Louis Haillet Gilles Moretton	6–1, 6–4
1979	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta	6–4, 6–3
1980	Steve Denton Ivan Lendl	Pavel Složil Balázs Taróczy	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
1981	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	Andrés Gómez Hans Gildemeister	6–1, 6–4
1982		Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta	6–3, 6–2
1983		Jim Gurfein Erick Iskersky	7–5, 6–3
1984	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	Martín Jaite Víctor Pecci	6–2, 6–0
1985	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	Jan Gunnarsson Michael Mortensen	6–3, 6–3
1986	Jan Gunnarsson Joakim Nyström	Carlos di Laura Claudio Panatta	6–3, 6–4
1987		Javier Frana Christian Miniussi	6–1, 6–2
1988		Claudio Mezzadri Diego Pérez	6–4, 6–3
1989	Gustavo Luza Christian Miniussi	Sergio Casal Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 6–3
↓  ATP Tour 500  ↓
1990	Andrés Gómez Javier Sánchez	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	7–6^(7–1), 7–5
1991	Horacio de la Peña Diego Nargiso	Boris Becker Eric Jelen	3–6, 7–6^(7–2), 6–4
1992		Ivan Lendl Karel Nováček	6–4, 6–4
1993	Shelby Cannon Scott Melville	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	7–6^(7–4), 6–1
1994	Yevgeny Kafelnikov David Rikl	Jim Courier Javier Sánchez	5–7, 6–1, 6–4
1995	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	Andrea Gaudenzi Goran Ivanišević	6–2, 6–4
1996		Neil Broad Piet Norval	6–1, 6–3
1997	Alberto Berasategui Jordi Burillo	Pablo Albano Àlex Corretja	6–3, 7–5
1998	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	7–5, 6–0
1999		Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi	7–5, 6–3
2000	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	6–2, 6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(7–5)
2001	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	Tommy Robredo Fernando Vicente	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
2002	Michael Hill Daniel Vacek	Lucas Arnold Ker Gastón Etlis	6–4, 6–4
2003	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Chris Haggard Robbie Koenig	6–4, 6–3
2004	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2005	Leander Paes Nenad Zimonjić	Feliciano López Rafael Nadal	6–3, 6–3
2006		Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–2, 6–7^(4–7), [10–5]
2007	Andrei Pavel Alexander Waske	Rafael Nadal Tomeu Salvà	6–3, 7–6^(7–1)
2008		Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–3, 6–2
2009			6–3, 7–6^(11–9)
2010			4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2011	Santiago González Scott Lipsky	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5–7, 6–2, [12–10]
2012	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	Marcel Granollers Marc López	2–6, 7–6^(9–7), [10–8]
2013	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	Robert Lindstedt Daniel Nestor	5–7, 7–6^(9–7), [10–4]
2014	Jesse Huta Galung Stéphane Robert	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6–3, 6–3
2015	Marin Draganja Henri Kontinen	Jamie Murray John Peers	6–3, 6–7^(6–8), [11–9]
2016		Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers	7–5, 7–5
2017	Florin Mergea Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Philipp Petzschner Alexander Peya	6–4, 6–3
2018	Feliciano López Marc López	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
2019	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
2020	Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021		Kevin Krawietz Horia Tecău	6–4, 6–2
2022	Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies	Wesley Koolhof Neal Skupski	6–7^(3–7), 7–6^(7–5), [10–6]
2023		Wesley Koolhof Neal Skupski	6–3, 6–7^(8–10), [10–4]
2024		Jan Zieliński Hugo Nys	4–6, 6–4, [11–9]

Seniors

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
2006		Sergi Bruguera 6–1, 6–4	Carlos Costa		Richard Krajicek 6–7^(6–8), 6–4, [10–7]		John McEnroe
2007		Sergi Bruguera 4–6, 6–1, [10–2]	Jordi Arrese		Cédric Pioline 6–2, 7–5		John McEnroe
2008		Marcelo Ríos 6–3, 6–3	Michael Stich		Cédric Pioline 7–6^(7–5), 3–1, ret.		Albert Costa
2009		Félix Mantilla 6–4, 6–1	Albert Costa				Anders Järryd
2010					Joan Balcells 6–0, 6–3

Statistics

Singles

• Most singles titles: Rafael Nadal: 12 (2005–2009, 2011–2013, 2016–2018 and 2021)
• Most singles finals: Rafael Nadal: 12
• Most matches played: Rafael Nadal: 72
• Most matches won: Rafael Nadal: 67
• Match Winning %: Rafael Nadal: 93.1%
• Most editions played: Feliciano López: 22 (1998, 2001–2012, 2014–2019 and 2021–2023)

Doubles

• Most doubles titles (player): Roy Emerson: 7 (1959, 1960 and 1962 w/Fraser; 1963 w/Santana; 1964 w/Fletcher; 1965 w/Krishnan; and 1966 w/Stolle)
• Most doubles titles (teams): Roy Emerson / Neale Fraser: 3 (1959, 1960 and 1962), Anders Järryd / Hans Simonsson: 3 (1981–1983), Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan: 3 (2003, 2008 and 2016)

Singles & doubles

Singles & doubles titles same year

• Vic Seixas: 1953
• Tony Trabert: 1954
• Neale Fraser: 1959
• Roy Emerson: 1963 and 1964
• Manuel Orantes: 1969 and 1970
• Ilie Năstase: 1973 and 1974
• Björn Borg: 1975
• Ivan Lendl: 1980
• Andrés Gómez: 1990

Event Names

Source:^[8]

Official (English)

• Count of Godó Trophy (1953-1967)^[9]
• Count of Godó Trophy & Spanish International Championships (1968-2007)^[10]
• Barcelona Open (2008-current)^[11]

Official (Spanish)

• Trofeo Conde de Godó (1953-1967)^[12]
• Trofeo Conde de Godó & Campeonatos Internacionales de España (1968-2007)^[13]

Sponsored

• Open Marlborough (1978-1984)^[14]
• No sponsor (1985-1986)^[15]
• Trofeo Winston Super Series (1987-1990)^[16]
• Trofeo Winston (1991-1992)^[17]
• Renault Open (1993-1995)^[18]
• Open Seat Godó (1996-2007)^[19]
• Open Sabadell Atlántico Barcelona (2008)^[20]
• Open Banco Sabadell (2009)^[21]
• Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell (2010-current)^[22]

See also

• List of tennis tournaments

External links

• Official website
• ATP tournament profile

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Notes and References

1. Web site: EFE . RTVE es / . 2024-04-15 . El Godó arranca en Barcelona con la alegría por Nadal y la tristeza por Alcaraz . 2024-04-15 . RTVE.es . es.
2. Web site: Torneo Conde de Godó . Catalunya.com . Spanish.
3. News: Seixas is victor in Barcelona net play . The Fresno Bee . UP . 8 June 1953 . 5-B . Vic Seixas of Philadelphia won the men's singles title in the Godo Cup International Tennis Tourney, beating Enrique Morea of Argentina 6-2, 6-4, 22-20. . Newspapers.com . limited.
4. Web site: El crecimiento global del Trofeo Conde de Godó de tenis . EAE . Spanish . 11 April 2009 . [...] Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, el segundo torneo más prestigioso de España..
5. Web site: Nadal Has Barcelona Centre Court Named After Him | ATP Tour | Tennis.
6. Web site: Singles Champions – Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell 71º Trofeo Conde de Godó . live . https://archive.today/20240527191425/https://www.barcelonaopenbancsabadell.com/en/champions/ . 2024-05-27 . 2024-05-27 . www.barcelonaopenbancsabadell.com/ . en-GB.
7. Web site: Doubles Champions – Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell 71º Trofeo Conde de Godó. live . https://archive.today/20240527204123/https://www.barcelonaopenbancsabadell.com/en/champions/%231611070710732-5272e745-140a . 2024-05-27 . 2024-05-27 . www.barcelonaopenbancsabadell.com/ . en-GB.
8. Web site: Archivo Histórico: Trofeo Conde de Godo . archivo.rctb1899.es . Reial Club de Tennis Barcelona 1899. . 24 May 2024 . Barcelona, Spain . 2024.
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