- Gerry Weber Open
Infobox ATP Tennis Tournament
Name = Gerry Weber Open
Current =
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City =Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia
Country = GER
Venue =Gerry Weber Stadion
Category = International Series
Surface = Grass / Outdoors
Draw = 32S/32Q/16D
Prize_Money = $800,000
Web_site = [http://www.gerryweber-open.de/en/ gerryweber-open.de]
Notes =The Gerry Weber Open is a
tennis tournament held inHalle, North Rhine-Westphalia ,Germany . Held since1993 , the tournament is played on four outdoorgrass court s and is a part of theInternational Series Tournaments 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 &boxing ) and concerts.Swiss World Number One
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, he went on to win the title at theWimbledon Championships . Federer withdrew from the2007 tournament, citing fatigue from his loss to second-rankedRafael Nadal in the French Open men's final.Past finals
ingles
Doubles
External links
* [http://www.gerryweber-open.de/ Official website]
* [http://video.gerryweber-open.de/ Official videowebsite]
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