Mens Tennis: Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell

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About​

The Torneo Godó, also known as Trofeo Conde de Godó, Open Banco Sabadell (current official name since 2008), and Open SEAT (official name from 1995 to 2007), is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players. The event has held annually in Barcelona, Spain since 1953, and is played on clay courts. The tournament is part of the 500 series on the ATP World Tour.

It is Spain's second most important tournament on the ATP tour after the Madrid Masters and the event generally takes place in the last week of April, when temperatures in Barcelona average a daily high of 18°C.

 

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Re: Mens Tennis:Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell

Past Winners​

2009 Rafael Nadal
2008 Rafael Nadal
2007 Rafael Nadal
2006 Rafael Nadal
2005 Rafael Nadal
2004 Tommy Robredo
2003 Carlos Moyà
2002 Gastón Gaudio
2001 Juan Carlos Ferrero
2000 Marat Safin
1999 Félix Mantilla
1998 Todd Martin
1997 Albert Costa
1996 Thomas Muster
1995 Thomas Muster
1994 Richard Krajicek
1993 Andrei Medvedev
1992 Carlos Costa
1991 Emilio Sánchez
1990 Andrés Gómez
1989 Andrés Gómez
1988 Kent Carlsson
1987 Martín Jaite
1986 Kent Carlsson
1985 Thierry Tulasne
1984 Wilander Sweden
1983 Mats Wilander
1982 Mats Wilander
1981 Ivan Lendl
1980 Ivan Lendl
1979 Hans Gildemeister
1978 Balázs Taróczy
1977 Björn Borg
1976 Manuel Orantes
1975 Björn Borg
1974 Ilie Năstase
1973 Ilie Năstase
1972 Jan Kodeš
1971 Manuel Orantes
1970 Manuel Santana
1969 Manuel Orantes
1968 Martin Mulligan
1967 Martin Mulligan
1966 Thomaz Koch
1965 Juan Gisbert
1964 Roy Emerson
1963 Roy Emerson
1962 Manuel Santana
1961 Roy Emerson
1960 Andrés Gimeno
1959 Neale Fraser
1958 Sven Davidson
1957 Herbert Flam
1956 Herbert Flam
1955 Art Larsen
1954 Tony Trabert
1953 Vic Seixas

Doubles


2009 Daniel Nestor
Nenad Zimonjić
2008 Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
2007 Andrei Pavel
Alexander Waske
2006 Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor
2005 Leander Paes
and Nenad Zimonjić S
2004 Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor
2003 Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
2002 Michael Hill
Daniel Vacek
2001 Donald Johnson
Jared Palmer
2000 Nicklas Kulti
Mikael Tillström
1999 Paul Haarhuis
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
1998 Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis
1997 Alberto Berasategui
Jordi Burillo
1996 Luis Lobo
Javier Sánchez
1995 Trevor Kronemann
David Macpherson
1994 Yevgeny Kafelnikov
David Rikl
1993 Shelby Cannon
Scott Melville
1992 Andrés Gómez
Javier Sánchez
1991 Horacio de la Peña
Diego Nargiso
1990 Andrés Gómez
Javier Sánchez
1989 Gustavo Luza
Christian Miniussi
1988 Sergio Casal
Emilio Sánchez S
1987 Miloslav Mečíř
Tomáš Šmíd
1986 Jan Gunnarsson
Joakim Nyström
1985 Sergio Casal
Emilio Sánchez
1984 Pavel Složil
Tomáš Šmíd
1983 Anders Järryd
Hans Simonsson
1982 Anders Järryd
Hans Simonsson
1981 Anders Järryd
Hans Simonsson
1980 Steve Denton
Ivan Lendl
1979 Paolo Bertolucci
Adriano Panatta
1978 Željko Franulović
Hans Gildemeister
1977 Wojciech Fibak
Jan Kodeš
1976 Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez
1975 Björn Borg
Guillermo Vilas
1974 Juan Gisbert
Ilie Nastase
1973 Ilie Nastase
Tom Okker
1972 Juan Gisbert
Manuel Orantes
1971 Željko Franulović
Juan Gisbert
1970 Lew Hoad
Manuel Santana
1969 Manuel Orantes
Patricio Rodríguez
1968 Carlos Fernandes
Patricio Rodríguez
1967 Thomaz Koch
Jose Mandarino
1966 Roy Emerson
Fred Stolle
1965 Roy Emerson
Ramanathan Krishnan
1964 Roy Emerson
Ken Fletcher
1963 Roy Emerson
Manuel Santana
1962 Roy Emerson
Neale Fraser
1961 Bob Hewitt
Fred Stolle
1960 Roy Emerson
Neale Fraser
1959 Roy Emerson
Neale Fraser
1958 Jaroslav Drobný
Budge Patty
1957 Bob Howe
Mervyn Rose
1956 Don Candy
Lewis Hoad
1955 Mervyn Rose
George Worthington
1954 Vic Seixas
Tony Trabert
1953 Enrique Morea
Vic Seixas

 

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Of course I want to see the brazilian Thomaz Bellucci do well in this tournament. He already advanced to round 2.

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[CelticKing]

Of course I want to see the brazilian Thomaz Bellucci do well in this tournament. He already advanced to round 2.

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Interesting last name, we have Belushi in Albania, lot of them moved to Italy during 1400s (and later) when Ottoman Empire took over the area, and somehow I think there's a connection with this guy. lol

 

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Interesting last name, we have Belushi in Albania, lot of them moved to Italy during 1400s (and later) when Ottoman Empire took over the area, and somehow I think there's a connection with this guy. lol

Yes, there is. In Brazil we had a very big italian immigration as well. It was more recent, started in 1800's and today we have 25 million Italian descendants in our country.

You can find any kind of last name you want here. Japanese, Portuguese, Italian, African, Lebanese, German and the list just goes on and on.

 

[CelticKing]

Yes, there is. In Brazil we had a very big italian immigration as well. It was more recent, started in 1800's and today we have 25 million Italian descendants in our country.

You can find any kind of last name you want here. Japanese, Portuguese, Italian, African, Lebanese, German and the list just goes on and on.

It really is amazing though, the way they mixed with each other etc. Not like in the states for example where they stayed within their communities.

 

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It really is amazing though, the way they mixed with each other etc. Not like in the states for example where they stayed within their communities.

Yep. Part of the reason is that in Brazil the Portuguese approach was pretty different from the English in USA. They had no problem having sex with the natives and africans for example.

 

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Nadal pulls out of Barcelona Open

Six time Monte Carlo winner Rafael Nadal has announced his withdrawal from the Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell because of knee problems.

 

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Bellucci shines on opening day in Barcelona

13th seed and one of the most promising ATP players, Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci won his opening round match against Finnish Jarkko Neiminen quite comfortably and moved ahead at the 2010 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, an ATP World Tour 500 event being played here in Barcelona, Spain.

 

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Re: Bellucci shines on opening day in Barcelona

13th seed and one of the most promising ATP players, Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci won his opening round match against Finnish Jarkko Neiminen quite comfortably and moved ahead at the 2010 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, an ATP World Tour 500 event being played here in Barcelona, Spain.

Yes. Finally one very good tennis player from Brazil after Gustavo Kuerten.

 

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Lleyton Hewitt reached round two at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell

Lleyton Hewitt reached round two at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell Tuesday afternoon, defeating qualifier Marsel Ilhan in three sets. He is joined by Daniel Gimeno-Traver, who upset 10th seed Juan Monaco.

 

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Tuesdays action

Former World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt overcame a tough challenge in the first round, holding on to best qualifier Marsel Ilhan in three sets. The 12th seed struck 10 aces en route to a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 victory in an hour and 58 minutes of play. After leading 4-3 in the second, Hewitt dropped three consecutive games. The veteran Australian recovered in the decider, earning two service breaks to cement the win. Hewitt, ranked World No. 32 this week, improved his 2010 season record to 6-3.

The 29-year-old is scheduled to face Eduardo Schwank for a place in the round of 16. The Argentine captured his first-round contest over Fabio Fognini of Italy, 6-1, 6-3.

(Q) Daniel Gimeno-Traver def. (10) Juan Monaco 6-2, 3-6, 6-2

Qualifier Daniel Gimeno-Traver pocketed four of 10 break points on Tuesday, on his way to leveling the series at 1-1 with 10th seed Juan Monaco. The Spaniard saved 12 of 13 break points during the match, hanging on to notch a 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 victory in two hours and 13 minutes. An ailing Argentine, suffering with a wrist injury, took a poor 42% of his second-service points and committed 7 double faults.

Gimeno-Traver will take on Thiemo De Bakker in the next round. De Bakker cruised through the opening round with a 6-1, 6-0 success over Alejandro Falla.

 

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Soderling storms into Barcelona Open Quarterfinals

Swede Robin Soderling gave an impressive performance against local favourite Feliciano Lopez and reached the quarterfinals of the 2010 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, an ATP World Tour 500 event, being played in the beautiful city of Barcelona, Spain.

Soderling opened the match on a bright note and grabbed a crucial break to race to a 5-3 lead which he then converted into an opening set win. The second set did not change the story much as Lopez lost his serve repeatedly and Soderling cruised to a 6-3, 6-2 win in just 57 minutes of pla

 

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Verdasco triumphs on home soil, wins Barcelona Open

Spaniard Fernando Verdasco capped a perfect week in Barcelona with a final win over Swede Robin Soderling to claim the 2010 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, an ATP World Tour 500 event.

Verdasco opened the match on a bright note and broke Soderling's serve early on to claim the opening set by 6 games to 3. The second set saw a shift in momentum when the Swede found ways to break Verdasco's serve and level the match at one set a piece.

The decider turned out to be a showcase of Verdasco's shotmaking abilities as the home favourite raced to a formidable 4-1 lead and soon wrapped up the match with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 scoreline in two hours and 4 minutes of play.

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