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| Defunct tennis tournament | |||||||||
| Event name | Soweto Open | ||||||||
| Location | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||||||
| Venue | Arthur Ashe Tennis Centre | ||||||||
| Surface | Hard | ||||||||
| Website | Website | ||||||||
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TheSoweto Open was a professionaltennis tournament played on outdoorhardcourts. It was part of theATP Challenger Tour and theITF Women's Circuit as a $50,000+H event. It was held at the Arthur Ashe Tennis Centre in theSoweto urban area ofJohannesburg, South Africa, from 2009 to 2011. The event was not held in 2012 and came back to the ITF Circuit and the ATP Challenger Tour in 2013. In 2013 on the ITF Circuit, the even was downgraded from a $100,000+H to $50,000+H.
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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| 2013 |  Vasek Pospisil |  Michał Przysiężny | 6–7(7–9), 6–0, 4–1 ret. |
| 2012 | not held | ||
| 2011 |  Izak van der Merwe | Rik de Voest | 6–7(2–7), 7–5, 6–3 |
| 2010 |  Dustin Brown | Izak van der Merwe | 7–6(7–2), 6–3 |
| 2009 |  Fabrice Santoro | Rik de Voest | 7–5, 6–4[1] |
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 |  Tímea Babos | Chanel Simmonds | 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–1 |
| 2012 | not held | ||
| 2011 |  Valeria Savinykh |  Petra Cetkovská | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 2010 | Nina Bratchikova |  Tamarine Tanasugarn | 7–5, 7–6(7–4) |
| 2009 |  Anastasija Sevastova | Eva Hrdinová | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 |  Prakash Amritraj Rajeev Ram | Purav RajaDivij Sharan | 7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–1) |
| 2012 | not held | ||
| 2011 |  Michael Kohlmann Alexander Peya | Andre Begemann Matthew Ebden | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 2010 | Nicolas Mahut Lovro Zovko | Raven KlaasenIzak van der Merwe | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 2009 |  George BastlChris Guccione | Mikhail ElginAlexander Kudryavtsev | 6–2, 4–6, [11–9][1] |
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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| 2013 | Magda LinetteChanel Simmonds |  Samantha MurrayJade Windley | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 2012 | not held | ||
| 2011 | play cancelled due to heavy rain and flooding | ||
| 2010 | Vitalia Diatchenko Eirini Georgatou |  Marina ErakovicTamarine Tanasugarn | 6–3, 5–7, [16–14] |
| 2009 | Naomi Cavaday Lesia Tsurenko |  Kristína KučováAnastasija Sevastova | 6–2, 2–6, [11–9] |