The Estoril Open is an ATP and WTA clay court tournament held in Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal (in spite of nominally located in Estoril). The men's tournament was created in 1990 and since its inception, every champion except 2004 champion Juan Ignacio Chela and 2009 champion Albert Montañés has been in the Top 10 of the ATP rankings, including former World No. 1 players Thomas Muster (1995 and 1996), Carlos Moyà (2000), Juan Carlos Ferrero (2001), and Roger Federer (2008). Also, Marat Safin lost the 2004 final and Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Gustavo Kuerten won the doubles tournament in 1995 and 1997, respectively. It currently gives 40 Champion's Race points to its winner. The women's tournament, created in 1998, started as an ITF tournament, but in the next year became a WTA tournament. The women's tournament is currently an International Series tournament. Statistically, this tournament highlights the dominance of Argentine and Spanish male players on red clay. Between 1990 and 2001, at least one Spaniard appeared in the final ten times, with a player from Spain claiming the title in nine of those twelve years. The Spanish dominance waned in recent years. Since 2001, there were only two Spaniards in the final and only one of them won. Between 2002 and 2006, an Argentine made the final at Estoril, wining four of these five titles. The roll of champions on the women's side is more diverse. In 2006, Estoril showcased the first all-Chinese final in tour history, between Jie Zheng and Na Li.
Past Winners Mens Singles 2009 Albert Montañés 2008 Roger Federer 2007 Novak Djokovic 2006 David Nalbandian 2005 Gastón Gaudio 2004 Juan Ignacio Chela 2003 Nikolay Davydenko 2002 David Nalbandian 2001 Juan Carlos Ferrero 2000 Carlos Moyà 1999 Albert Costa 1998 Alberto Berasategui 1997 Àlex Corretja 1996 Thomas Muster 1995 Thomas Muster 1994 Carlos Costa 1993 Andriy Medvedev 1992 Carlos Costa 1991 Sergi Bruguera 1990 Emilio Sánchez Women’s Singles 2009 Yanina Wickmayer 2008 Maria Kirilenko 2007 Greta Arn 2006 Jie Zheng 2005 Lucie Šafářová 2004 Émilie Loit 2003 Magüi Serna 2002 Magüi Serna 2001 Ángeles Montolio 2000 Anke Huber 1999 Katarina Srebotnik 1998 Barbara Schwartz Mens Doubles 2009 Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky 2008 Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie 2007 Marcelo Melo André Sá 2006 Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner 2005 František Čermák Leoš Friedl 2004 Juan Ignacio Chela Gastón Gaudio 2003 Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi 2002 Karsten Braasch Andrei Olhovskiy 2001 Radek Štěpánek Michal Tabara 2000 Donald Johnson Piet Norval 1999 Tomás Carbonell Donald Johnson 1998 Donald Johnson Francisco Montana 1997 Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni 1996 Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig 1995 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Andrei Olhovskiy 1994 Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan 1993 David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy 1992 Hendrik Jan Davids Libor Pimek 1991 Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans 1990 Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez Womens Doubles 2009 Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 2008 Maria Kirilenko Flavia Pennetta 2007 Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Anastasia Rodionova 2006 Li Ting Sun Tiantian 2005 Li Ting Sun Tiantian 2004 Emmanuelle Gagliardi Janette Husárová 2003 Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch 2002 Elena Bovina Zsófia Gubacsi 2001 Kveta Hrdlickova Barbara Rittner 2000 Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik 1999 Alicia Ortuño Cristina Torrens Valero 1998 Caroline Dhenin Émilie Loit
CANADA'S WOZNIAK FALLS TO GOERGES IN OPENER AT ESTORIL OPEN Aleksandra Wozniak of Blainville, Que., was walloped 6-1, 6-1 by Julie Goerges of Germany in first-round action Monday at the Estoril Open. Wozniak, seeded third in the tournament and ranked 46th in the world, struggled with Goerges' serve -- as well as her own -- in a 6-1, 6-1 rout that took just 48 minutes to complete. Goerges, ranked 75th, had five aces and broke the Canadian six times.
Top-seeded Agnes Szavay bites dust in Portugal Top-seeded Hungarian Agnes Szavay was beaten by Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia 3-6 6-3 6-3, in the first round of the Estoril Open, on Monday.
Falla ousts former Estoril champ Chela Alejandro Falla takes out Juan Ignacio Chela in straight sets on Monday in Estoril. Falla is joined in the second round by Arnaud Clement and Marcel Granollers.
Clement struggles into second round Arnaud Clement came through a marathon clash with Igor Kunitsyn to reach the second round of the Estoril Open. The Frenchman took the first set 7-5 thanks to two breaks of serve, but his Russian opponent hit back to take the second set 6-4.
Federer earns 1st clay win of season at Estoril Roger Federer captured his first singles win on clay this season, beating Bjorn Phau of Germany 6-3, 6-4 at the Estoril Open on Wednesday.
Sevastova makes Estoril semifinals Anastasija Sevastova’s stellar year is set to continue with an upcoming semifinal appearance at the Estoril Open. This will be the Latvian’s second semifinal appearance in what has been her breakthrough season. Her previous semifinal appearance came at the Monterrey Open in Mexico in March. Her second semi-final appearance was assured when she defeated Australian Anastasia Rodianova 7-6(6), 6-2 in Thursday’s quarter finals. http://balticreports.com/?p=16893
Cirstea advances to semis in Portugal No. 2-seeded Sorana Cirstea advanced to the semifinals of the $220,000 Estoril Open with a straight-set victory Thursday in Portugal. Cirstea was able to defeat Arantxa Rus 6-4, 6-1 in the quarterfinals despite getting only 45 percent of her first serves in. Rus, however, only forced Cirstea into three break-point situations and wasn't able to convert any.
Garcia-Lopez sails ahead Fifth-seeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez cruised into the ATP Estoril Open quarter-finals with a straight-sets win over Leonardo Tavares. The Spaniard saw off home favourite Tavares 6-2 6-2 in Portugal in the second round on Thursday to line up a final eight meeting with compatriot Alberto Martin.
Roger Federer reaches semi-finals at Estoril Open Number one seed Roger Federer booked his place in the last four at the Estoril Open with a 7-6 (9-7) 6-2 win over Frenchman Arnaud Clement.
SEVASTOVA TAKES ESTORIL OPEN TITLE IN STRAIGHT SETS Latvian Anastasija Sevastova defeated Spaniard Arantxa Parra Santonja in straight sets Saturday to win the title of the $220,000 Estoril Open. Sevastova, ranked 74th, took the 6-2, 7-5 victory in a little more than an hour and earned her first career WTA title. The 20-year-old was appearing in her first-ever tour final after ousting seventh-seeded Chinese Peng Shuai in the semifinals.
Federer knocked out of Estoril Open Swiss tennis great Roger Federer has been knocked out of the Estoril Open with a 6-2, 7-6 (5) semifinals loss to defending champion Albert Montañés of Spain.
Federer's conqueror Montanes wins in Estoril Spaniard Albert Montanes successfully defended his Estoril Open title in Portugal with a 6-2 6-7 7-5 victory over home hope Frederico Gil. Montanes, who beat world number one Roger Federer in the semifinals at the Estadio Nacional, was made to work hard for his victory against the unheralded Gil. He trailed 0-3 in the deciding set before hitting back to win in two hours 34 minutes. It was his 10th straight victory at the clay court tournament. "It feels great to defend the title, my fourth career title," Montanes told the official ATP Web site. "This is a special place for me and I'm happy to have won it again. "I am definitely playing the best tennis of my career and if I keep playing like that I think I can break into the Top 20." http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/tennis/05/09/estoril.montanes.munich.youzhny/?hpt=Sbin
