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

Swiss Indoors
ATP Tour
Founded1970; 54 years ago (1970)
Editions53 (2024)
LocationBasel
Switzerland
VenueSt. Jakobshalle
CategoryATP Tour 500 (2009–present)
ATP World Series/ATP International Series (1990–2008)
Grand Prix tennis circuit (1977–1989)
SurfaceCarpet – indoors (1970–77, 97, 1999–2006)
Hard (indoor) (1978–96, 98, 2007–present)[1][2][3][4]
Draw32S / 16Q / 16D
Prize money2,276,105 (2022)
Websiteswissindoorsbasel.ch
Current champions (2024)
SinglesFrance Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
DoublesUnited Kingdom Jamie Murray
Australia John Peers

History

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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

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Singles

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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)
2024   Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard   Ben Shelton 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles

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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]
2024   Jamie Murray
  John Peers
  Wesley Koolhof
  Nikola Mektić
6–3, 7–5

Statistics

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Records

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Tournament recognized as minor title by ATP.
  2. ^ a b Known as World Series from 1990 till 1999 and International Series from 2000 till 2008.

References

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  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. ^ "Swiss Indoors Basel". SwissTopSport (in German). n.d. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  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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