Swiss Indoors

The Swiss Indoors is a professional men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.

Swiss Indoors
Tournament information
Founded	1970; 54 years ago (1970)
Editions	51 (2022)
Location	Basel Switzerland
Venue	St. Jakobshalle
Category	ATP Tour 500 (2009-present) ATP World Series / ATP International Series (1990-2008) Grand Prix tennis circuit (1977-1989)
Surface	Carpet – indoors (1970–77, 97, 1999–2006) Hard (indoor) (1978–96, 98, 2007–present)^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
Draw	32S / 16Q / 16D
Prize money	€2,276,105 (2022)
Website	swissindoorsbasel.ch
Current champions (2023)
Singles	Félix Auger-Aliassime
Doubles	Santiago González Édouard Roger-Vasselin

History

The historical precursor event to this tournament was called the Swiss International Covered Courts that ran from 1920 to 1959, that was a fully open event for international players. To fill that gap this tournament was created in 1970 by Roger Brennwald and originally featured mainly Swiss top players.^[5] It became an event on the Grand Prix tennis circuit in 1977, when Björn Borg won the title and stayed until 1989. Since 2009 it has been part of the World Tour 500 Series of the ATP Tour. Before 2009, it was part of the ATP World Series from 1990 until 1999 which became the ATP International Series in 2000. It has been held annually at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, in October, since 1995. The budget is 17 million francs.^[6] No other sporting event in Switzerland records such high investments and reach.^[7]

Basel native Roger Federer holds the record for most singles titles, having won the tournament ten times, in 2006–2008, 2010–2011, 2014–2015 and 2017–2019. Federer has reached the final record fifteen times (2000–2001, 2006–2015, 2017–2019), which is also an Open Era record for most finals reached at a single ATP event.

Besides Federer, two other Swiss players have won the singles title: Michel Burgener, in 1972, and Jakob Hlasek, in 1991. The tournament was played on its unique red-colored indoor courts until 2010; starting in 2011 the court color was changed to the uniform blue courts of most other tournaments in the European fall indoor season.

The tournament has been sponsored in the past by Ebel and Davidoff.^[8]

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1970^[a]	Klaus Berger	Ernst Schori	6–3, 6–1
1971^[a]	Jiří Zahradníček	Helmut Kuner	1-6, 6–2, 6–3
1972^[a]	Michel Burgener	Petr Kanderal	7–5, 4–6, 6–0
1973^[a]	Jean-Claude Barclay	Leonardo Manta	6–3, 7–5
1974^[a]	Roger Taylor	Petr Kanderal	6–4, 6–2
1975	Jiří Hřebec	Ilie Năstase	6–1, 7–6, 2–6, 6–3
1976	Jan Kodeš	Jiří Hřebec	6–4, 6–2, 6–3
↓  Grand Prix circuit  ↓
1977	Björn Borg	John Lloyd	6–4, 6–2, 6–3
1978	Guillermo Vilas	John McEnroe	6–3, 5–7, 7–5, 6–4
1979	Brian Gottfried	Johan Kriek	7–5, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
1980	Ivan Lendl	Björn Borg	6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 0–6, 6–4
1981	Ivan Lendl (2)	José Luis Clerc	6–2, 6–3, 6–0
1982	Yannick Noah	Mats Wilander	6–4, 6–2, 6–3
1983	Vitas Gerulaitis	Wojtek Fibak	4–6, 6–1, 7–5, 5–5 retired
1984	Joakim Nyström	Tim Wilkison	6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1985	Stefan Edberg (1)	Yannick Noah	6–7, 6–4, 7–6, 6–1
1986	Stefan Edberg (2)	Yannick Noah	7–6, 6–2, 6–7, 7–6
1987	Yannick Noah (2)	Ronald Agénor	7–6, 6–4, 6–4
1988	Stefan Edberg (3)	Jakob Hlasek	7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1989	Jim Courier	Stefan Edberg	7–6, 3–6, 2–6, 6–0, 7–5
↓  ATP Tour 250^[b]  ↓
1990	John McEnroe	Goran Ivanišević	6–7, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3, 6–4
1991	Jakob Hlasek	John McEnroe	7–6^(7–4), 6–0, 6–3
1992	Boris Becker	Petr Korda	3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
1993	Michael Stich	Stefan Edberg	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 6–2
1994	Wayne Ferreira	Patrick McEnroe	4–6, 6–2, 7–6^(9–7), 6–3
1995	Jim Courier (2)	Jan Siemerink	6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(7–5), 5–7, 6–2, 7–5
1996	Pete Sampras	Hendrik Dreekmann	7–5, 6–2, 6–0
1997	Greg Rusedski	Mark Philippoussis	6–3, 7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–3)
1998	Tim Henman	Andre Agassi	6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1999	Karol Kučera	Tim Henman	6–4, 7–6^(12–10), 4–6, 4–6, 7–6^(7–2)
2000	Thomas Enqvist	Roger Federer	6–2, 4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 1–6, 6–1
2001	Tim Henman (2)	Roger Federer	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
2002	David Nalbandian	Fernando González	6–4, 6–3, 6–2
2003	Guillermo Coria	David Nalbandian	walkover
2004	Jiří Novák	David Nalbandian	5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2
2005	Fernando González	Marcos Baghdatis	6–7^(8–10), 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
2006	Roger Federer	Fernando González	6–3, 6–2, 7–6^(7–3)
2007	Roger Federer (2)	Jarkko Nieminen	6–3, 6–4
2008	Roger Federer (3)	David Nalbandian	6–3, 6–4
↓  ATP Tour 500  ↓
2009	Novak Djokovic	Roger Federer	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
2010	Roger Federer (4)	Novak Djokovic	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
2011	Roger Federer (5)	Kei Nishikori	6–1, 6–3
2012	Juan Martín del Potro	Roger Federer	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–3)
2013	Juan Martín del Potro (2)	Roger Federer	7–6^(7–3), 2–6, 6–4
2014	Roger Federer (6)	David Goffin	6–2, 6–2
2015	Roger Federer (7)	Rafael Nadal	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
2016	Marin Čilić	Kei Nishikori	6–1, 7–6^(7–5)
2017	Roger Federer (8)	Juan Martín del Potro	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 6–3
2018	Roger Federer (9)	Marius Copil	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
2019	Roger Federer (10)	Alex de Minaur	6–2, 6–2
2020	No competition (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2021
2022	Félix Auger-Aliassime	Holger Rune	6–3, 7–5
2023	Félix Auger-Aliassime (2)	Hubert Hurkacz	7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–5)

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1976	Frew McMillan   Tom Okker	Jiří Hřebec   Jan Kodeš	6–4, 7–6, 6–4
↓  Grand Prix circuit  ↓
1977	Mark Cox   Buster Mottram	John Feaver   John James	7–5, 6–4, 6–3
1978	Wojtek Fibak   John McEnroe	Bruce Manson   Andrew Pattison	7–6, 7–5
1979	Bob Hewitt   Frew McMillan (2)	Brian Gottfried   Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–4
1980	Kevin Curren   Steve Denton	Bob Hewitt   Frew McMillan	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
1981	José Luis Clerc   Ilie Năstase	Markus Günthardt   Pavel Složil	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
1982	Henri Leconte   Yannick Noah	Fritz Buehning   Pavel Složil	6–2, 6–2
1983	Pavel Složil   Tomáš Šmíd	Stefan Edberg   Florin Segărceanu	6–1, 3–6, 7–6
1984	Pavel Složil (2)   Tomáš Šmíd (2)	Stefan Edberg   Tim Wilkison	7–6, 6–2
1985	Tim Gullikson   Tom Gullikson	Mark Dickson   Tim Wilkison	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1986	Guy Forget   Yannick Noah (2)	Jan Gunnarsson   Tomáš Šmíd	7–6, 6–4
1987	Anders Järryd   Tomáš Šmíd (3)	Stanislav Birner   Jaroslav Navrátil	6–4, 6–3
1988	Jakob Hlasek   Tomáš Šmíd (4)	Jeremy Bates   Peter Lundgren	6–3, 6–1
1989	Udo Riglewski   Michael Stich	Omar Camporese   Claudio Mezzadri	6–3, 4–6, 6–0
↓  ATP Tour 250^[b]  ↓
1990	Stefan Kruger   Christo van Rensburg	Neil Broad   Gary Muller	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
1991	Jakob Hlasek (2)   Patrick McEnroe	Petr Korda   John McEnroe	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
1992	Tom Nijssen   Cyril Suk	Karel Nováček   David Rikl	6–3, 6–4
1993	Byron Black   Jonathan Stark	Brad Pearce   Dave Randall	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
1994	Patrick McEnroe (2)   Jared Palmer	Lan Bale   John-Laffnie de Jager	6–3, 7–6
1995	Cyril Suk (2)   Daniel Vacek	Mark Keil   Peter Nyborg	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1996	Yevgeny Kafelnikov   Daniel Vacek (2)	David Adams   Menno Oosting	6–3, 6–4
1997	Tim Henman   Marc Rosset	Karsten Braasch   Jim Grabb	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
1998	Olivier Delaître   Fabrice Santoro	Piet Norval   Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 7–6
1999	Brent Haygarth   Aleksandar Kitinov	Jiří Novák   David Rikl	0–6, 6–4, 7–5
2000	Donald Johnson   Piet Norval	Roger Federer   Dominik Hrbatý	7–6^(11–9), 4–6, 7–6^(7–4)
2001	Ellis Ferreira   Rick Leach	Mahesh Bhupathi   Leander Paes	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
2002	Bob Bryan   Mike Bryan	Mark Knowles   Daniel Nestor	7–6^(7–1), 7–5
2003	Mark Knowles   Daniel Nestor	Lucas Arnold Ker   Mariano Hood	6–4, 6–2
2004	Bob Bryan (2)   Mike Bryan (2)	Lucas Arnold Ker   Mariano Hood	7–6^(11–9), 6–2
2005	Agustín Calleri   Fernando González	Stephen Huss   Wesley Moodie	7–5, 7–5
2006	Mark Knowles (2)   Daniel Nestor (2)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg   Marcin Matkowski	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
2007	Bob Bryan (3)   Mike Bryan (3)	James Blake   Mark Knowles	6–1, 6–1
2008	Mahesh Bhupathi   Mark Knowles (3)	Christopher Kas   Philipp Kohlschreiber	6–3, 6–3
↓  ATP Tour 500  ↓
2009	Daniel Nestor (3)   Nenad Zimonjić	Bob Bryan   Mike Bryan	6–2, 6–3
2010	Bob Bryan (4)   Mike Bryan (4)	Daniel Nestor   Nenad Zimonjić	6–3, 3–6, [10–3]
2011	Michaël Llodra   Nenad Zimonjić (2)	Max Mirnyi   Daniel Nestor	6–4, 7–5
2012	Daniel Nestor (4)   Nenad Zimonjić (3)	Treat Conrad Huey   Dominic Inglot	7–5, 6–7^(4–7), [10–5]
2013	Treat Conrad Huey   Dominic Inglot	Julian Knowle   Oliver Marach	6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
2014	Vasek Pospisil   Nenad Zimonjić (4)	Marin Draganja   Henri Kontinen	7–6^(15–13), 1–6, [10–5]
2015	Alexander Peya   Bruno Soares	Jamie Murray   John Peers	7–5, 7–5
2016	Marcel Granollers   Jack Sock	Robert Lindstedt   Michael Venus	6–3, 6–4
2017	Ivan Dodig   Marcel Granollers (2)	Fabrice Martin   Édouard Roger-Vasselin	7–5, 7–6^(8–6)
2018	Dominic Inglot (2)   Franko Škugor	Alexander Zverev   Mischa Zverev	6–2, 7–5
2019	Jean-Julien Rojer   Horia Tecău	Taylor Fritz   Reilly Opelka	7–5, 6–3
2020	No competition (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2021
2022	Ivan Dodig (2)   Austin Krajicek	Nicolas Mahut   Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
2023	Santiago González   Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Hugo Nys   Jan Zieliński	6–7^(8–10), 7–6^(7–3), [10–1]

Statistics

Records

• Most singles titles: 10
  •   Roger Federer (2006–2008, 2010–2011, 2014–2015, 2017–2019)
• Most singles finals: 15 (10 titles, 5 runner-ups)
  •   Roger Federer (2000–2001, 2006–2015, 2017–2019)
• Most consecutive singles finals: 10
  •   Roger Federer (2006–2015)
• Most matches played: 84
  •   Roger Federer (1999–2019)
• Most matches won: 75
  •   Roger Federer (1999–2019)
• Most tournament appearances: 19
  •   Roger Federer (1999–2019)

See also

• Swiss Open

Notes

1. Tournament recognized as minor title by ATP.
2. Known as World Series from 1990 till 1999 and International Series from 2000 till 2008.

References

1. "Heinz Gunthardt | Player Activity | ATP Tour | Tennis".
2. "Jakob Hlasek | Player Activity | ATP Tour | Tennis".
3. "Marc Rosset | Player Activity | ATP Tour | Tennis".
4. "Roger Federer | Player Activity | ATP Tour | Tennis".
5. "Tennis-Pionier Roger Brennwald: «Vielleicht fällt einmal ein neuer Federer vom Himmel"". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). 23 October 2017.
6. Telefon [phone], SwissTopSport Belairstrasse 2 Postfach 377 3780 Gstaad. "Swiss Indoors Basel - Tennis Hallenturnier". www.swisstopsport.ch (in German). Retrieved 2023-08-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
7. "Analyse: Swiss Indoors ist bedeutendster Sportevent". persoenlich.com (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2023-08-17.
8. Chris Chase (11 August 2010). "Relationship between tennis and tobacco goes back a long way". Yahoo! Sports.

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