MercedesCup

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The Mercedes Cup is an ATP World Tour 250 series tennis tournament on the ATP Tour. Held since 1916 in Stuttgart, Germany, the Mercedes Cup is played on clay courts.

Thomas Muster of Austria won the title twice in consecutive years (1995 and 1996).

This tournament is famous for awarding the title winner with a Mercedes car, on top of the prize money.

 

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Past Winners

2009 Jérémy Chardy
2008 Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
2007 Spain Rafael Nadal
2006 David Ferrer
2005 Spain Rafael Nadal
2004 Guillermo Cañas
2003 Guillermo Coria
2002 Mikhail Youzhny
2001 Gustavo Kuerten
2000 Franco Squillari
1999 Magnus Norman
1998 Gustavo Kuerten
1997 Álex Corretja
1996 Thomas Muster
1995 Thomas Muster
1994 Alberto Berasategui
1993 Magnus Gustafsson
1992 Andrei Medvedev
1991 Michael Stich
1990 Goran Ivanišević
1989 Martín Jaite
1988 Andre Agassi
1987 Miloslav Mečíř
1986 Martín Jaite
1985 Ivan Lendl
1984 Henri Leconte
1983 José Higueras
1982 Ramesh Krishnan
1981 Björn Borg
1980 Vitas Gerulaitis
1979 Tomáš Šmíd
1978 Ulrich Pinner
1977 Jürgen Fassbender
1976 Attila Korpas
1974 Hans-Joachim Plötz
1973 Harald Elschenbroich
1972 Attila Korpas
1971 Barry Phillips-Moore
1969 Christian Kuhnke
1968 Ramanathan Krishnan
1967 Roy Emerson
1966 Frew McMillan
1965 Cliff Drysdale
1964 Cliff Drysdale
1963 Gordon Forbes
1962 Ulf Schmidt
1961 Warren Woodcock
1960 Ulf Schmidt
1959 Warren Woodcock
1958 Ulf Schmidt
1957 Ladislav Legenstein
1956 Jack Arkinstall
1955 Hugh Stewart
1954 Gottfried von Cramm
1953 Torben Ulrich
1952 Milan Branovic
1951 Fürst
1950 Helmut Gulcz
1949 Werner Beuthner

Doubles

2009 František Čermák Michal Mertiňák
2008 Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber
2007 František Čermák Leoš Friedl
2006 Gastón Gaudio Max Mirnyi
2005 José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto
2004 Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek
2003 Tomáš Cibulec Pavel Vízner
2002 Joshua Eagle David Rikl
2001 Guillermo Cañas Rainer Schüttler
2000 Jiří Novák David Rikl
1999 Jaime Oncins Daniel Orsanic
1998 Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro
1997 Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni
1996 Libor Pimek Byron Talbot
1995 Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig
1994 Scott Melville Piet Norval
1993 Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk
1992 Glenn Layendecker Byron Talbot
1991 Wally Masur Emilio Sánchez
1990 Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser
1989 Petr Korda Tomáš Šmíd
1988 Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez
1987 Rick Leach Tim Pawsat
1986 Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez
1985 Ivan Lendl Tomáš Šmíd
1984 Sandy Mayer Andreas Maurer
1983 Anand Amritraj Mike Bauer
1982 Mark Edmondson Brian Teacher
1981 Peter McNamara Paul McNamee
1980 Colin Dowdeswell Frew McMillan
1979 Colin Dowdeswell Frew McMillan
1978 Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd