June 7-13, Halle, Germany The Gerry Weber Open is a tennis tournament held in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Held since 1991, the tournament is played on four outdoor grass courts and is a part of the ATP World Tour 250 series on the ATP Tour schedule. The Centre Court (the Gerry Weber Stadion) has 12,300 seats and a retractable roof which can be closed in 88 seconds so that tennis games can continue with a closed roof when it begins to rain. The stadium is heated and also used for other sport events (handball, basketball, volleyball and boxing) and concerts. Swiss World No. 1 Roger Federer has won the Halle tournament five times (2003-06, 2008) and holds the record for most singles titles. Federer also won four of them in consecutive years, and every time Federer won the title except in 2008, he went on to win the title at the Wimbledon Championships. Federer withdrew from the 2007 and 2009 tournaments, citing fatigue after the French Open.
Past Winners 2009 Tommy Haas 2008 Roger Federer 2007 Tomas Berdych 2006 Roger Federer 2005 Roger Federer 2004 Roger Federer 2003 Roger Federer 2002 Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2001 Thomas Johansson 2000 David Prinosil 1999 Nicolas Kiefer 1998 Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1997 Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1996 Nicklas Kulti 1995 Marc Rosset 1994 Michael Stich 1993 Henri Leconte Doubles 2009 Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber 2008 Mikhail Youzhny Michael Zverev 2007 Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle 2006 Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić 2005 Roger Federer Yves Allegro 2004 Leander Paes David Rikl 2003 Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge 2002 David Prinosil David Rikl 2001 Daniel Nestor Sandon Stolle 2000 Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström 1999 Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter 1998 Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach 1997 Karsten Braasch Michael Stich 1996 Byron Black Grant Connell 1995 Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis 1994 Olivier Delaître Guy Forget 1993 Petr Korda Cyril Suk
