Tennis tournament
TheSwiss Indoors is a professional men'stennis tournament played onindoor hardcourts at theSt. Jakobshalle inBasel , Switzerland.
The historical precursor event to this tournament was called theSwiss International Covered Courts that ran from 1920 to 1959, that was a fully open event for international players. To fill that gap this tournament was created in 1970 by Roger Brennwald and originally featured mainly Swiss top players.[ 5] Grand Prix tennis circuit in 1977, whenBjörn Borg won the title and stayed until 1989. Since 2009 it has been part of theWorld Tour 500 Series of theATP Tour . Before 2009, it was part of the ATP World Series from 1990 until 1999 which became theATP International Series in 2000. It has been held annually at theSt. Jakobshalle inBasel , Switzerland, in October, since 1995. The budget is 17 million francs.[ 6] [ 7]
Basel nativeRoger Federer holds the record for most singles titles, having won the tournament ten times, in 2006–2008, 2010–2011, 2014–2015 and 2017–2019. Federer has reached the final record fifteen times (2000–2001, 2006–2015, 2017–2019), which is also an Open Era record for most finals reached at a single ATP event.
Besides Federer, two other Swiss players have won the singles title:Michel Burgener , in 1972, andJakob Hlasek , in 1991. The tournament was played on its unique red-colored indoor courts until 2010; starting in 2011 the court color was changed to the uniform blue courts of most other tournaments in the European fall indoor season.
The tournament has been sponsored in the past by Ebel andDavidoff .[ 8]
Year Champions Runners-up Score 1970[ a] 6–3, 6–1 1971[ a] 1–6, 6–2, 6–3 1972[ a] Michel Burgener Petr Kanderal 7–5, 4–6, 6–0 1973[ a] Jean-Claude Barclay Leonardo Manta 6–3, 7–5 1974[ a] Roger Taylor Petr Kanderal 6–4, 6–2 1975 Jiří Hřebec Ilie Năstase 6–1, 7–6, 2–6, 6–3 1976 Jan Kodeš Jiří Hřebec 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 ↓ Grand Prix circuit ↓ 1977 Björn Borg John Lloyd 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 1978 Guillermo Vilas John McEnroe 6–3, 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 1979 Brian Gottfried Johan Kriek 7–5, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 1980 Ivan Lendl Björn Borg 6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 0–6, 6–4 1981 Ivan Lendl (2) José Luis Clerc 6–2, 6–3, 6–0 1982 Yannick Noah Mats Wilander 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 1983 Vitas Gerulaitis Wojtek Fibak 4–6, 6–1, 7–5, 5–5 retired 1984 Joakim Nyström Tim Wilkison 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 1985 Stefan Edberg (1) Yannick Noah 6–7(7–9) , 6–4, 7–6(7–5) , 6–1 1986 Stefan Edberg (2) Yannick Noah 7–6(7–5) , 6–2, 6–7(7–9) , 7–6(7–5) 1987 Yannick Noah (2) Ronald Agénor 7–6(8–6) , 6–4, 6–4 1988 Stefan Edberg (3) Jakob Hlasek 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 1989 Jim Courier Stefan Edberg 7–6(8–6) , 3–6, 2–6, 6–0, 7–5 ↓ ATP Tour 250 [ b] 1990 John McEnroe Goran Ivanišević 6–7(4–7) , 4–6, 7–6(7–3) , 6–3, 6–4 1991 Jakob Hlasek John McEnroe 7–6(7–4) , 6–0, 6–3 1992 Boris Becker Petr Korda 3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 1993 Michael Stich Stefan Edberg 6–4, 6–7(5–7) , 6–3, 6–2 1994 Wayne Ferreira Patrick McEnroe 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(9–7) , 6–3 1995 Jim Courier (2) Jan Siemerink 6–7(2–7) , 7–6(7–5) , 5–7, 6–2, 7–5 1996 Pete Sampras Hendrik Dreekmann 7–5, 6–2, 6–0 1997 Greg Rusedski Mark Philippoussis 6–3, 7–6(8–6) , 7–6(7–3) 1998 Tim Henman Andre Agassi 6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 1999 Karol Kučera Tim Henman 6–4, 7–6(12–10) , 4–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–2) 2000 Thomas Enqvist Roger Federer 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–4) , 1–6, 6–1 2001 Tim Henman (2) Roger Federer 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 2002 David Nalbandian Fernando González 6–4, 6–3, 6–2 2003 Guillermo Coria David Nalbandian walkover 2004 Jiří Novák David Nalbandian 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2 2005 Fernando González Marcos Baghdatis 6–7(8–10) , 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 2006 Roger Federer Fernando González 6–3, 6–2, 7–6(7–3) 2007 Roger Federer (2) Jarkko Nieminen 6–3, 6–4 2008 Roger Federer (3) David Nalbandian 6–3, 6–4 ↓ ATP Tour 500 ↓ 2009 Novak Djokovic Roger Federer 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 2010 Roger Federer (4) Novak Djokovic 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 2011 Roger Federer (5) Kei Nishikori 6–1, 6–3 2012 Juan Martín del Potro Roger Federer 6–4, 6–7(5–7) , 7–6(7–3) 2013 Juan Martín del Potro (2) Roger Federer 7–6(7–3) , 2–6, 6–4 2014 Roger Federer (6) David Goffin 6–2, 6–2 2015 Roger Federer (7) Rafael Nadal 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 2016 Marin Čilić Kei Nishikori 6–1, 7–6(7–5) 2017 Roger Federer (8) Juan Martín del Potro 6–7(5–7) , 6–4, 6–3 2018 Roger Federer (9) Marius Copil 7–6(7–5) , 6–4 2019 Roger Federer (10) Alex de Minaur 6–2, 6–2 2020 No competition (due toCOVID-19 pandemic ) 2021 2022 Félix Auger-Aliassime Holger Rune 6–3, 7–5 2023 Félix Auger-Aliassime (2) Hubert Hurkacz 7–6(7–3) , 7–6(7–5) 2024 Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard Ben Shelton 6–4, 7–6(7–4) 2025 João Fonseca Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6–3, 6–4
Year Champions Runners-up Score 1976 Frew McMillan Tom Okker Jiří Hřebec Jan Kodeš 6–4, 7–6, 6–4 ↓ Grand Prix circuit ↓ 1977 Mark Cox Buster Mottram John Feaver John James 7–5, 6–4, 6–3 1978 Wojtek Fibak John McEnroe Bruce Manson Andrew Pattison 7–6, 7–5 1979 Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan (2) Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 6–3, 6–4 1980 Kevin Curren Steve Denton Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 6–7, 6–4, 6–4 1981 José Luis Clerc Ilie Năstase Markus Günthardt Pavel Složil 7–6, 6–7, 7–6 1982 Henri Leconte Yannick Noah Fritz Buehning Pavel Složil 6–2, 6–2 1983 Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd Stefan Edberg Florin Segărceanu 6–1, 3–6, 7–6 1984 Pavel Složil (2) Tomáš Šmíd (2) Stefan Edberg Tim Wilkison 7–6, 6–2 1985 Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson Mark Dickson Tim Wilkison 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 1986 Guy Forget Yannick Noah (2) Jan Gunnarsson Tomáš Šmíd 7–6, 6–4 1987 Anders Järryd Tomáš Šmíd (3) Stanislav Birner Jaroslav Navrátil 6–4, 6–3 1988 Jakob Hlasek Tomáš Šmíd (4) Jeremy Bates Peter Lundgren 6–3, 6–1 1989 Udo Riglewski Michael Stich Omar Camporese Claudio Mezzadri 6–3, 4–6, 6–0 ↓ ATP Tour 250 [ b] 1990 Stefan Kruger Christo van Rensburg Neil Broad Gary Muller 4–6, 7–6, 6–3 1991 Jakob Hlasek (2)Patrick McEnroe Petr Korda John McEnroe 3–6, 7–6, 7–6 1992 Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk Karel Nováček David Rikl 6–3, 6–4 1993 Byron Black Jonathan Stark Brad Pearce Dave Randall 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 1994 Patrick McEnroe (2) Jared Palmer Lan Bale John-Laffnie de Jager 6–3, 7–6 1995 Cyril Suk (2) Daniel Vacek Mark Keil Peter Nyborg 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 1996 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek (2) David Adams Menno Oosting 6–3, 6–4 1997 Tim Henman Marc Rosset Karsten Braasch Jim Grabb 7–6, 6–7, 7–6 1998 Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro Piet Norval Kevin Ullyett 6–3, 7–6 1999 Brent Haygarth Aleksandar Kitinov Jiří Novák David Rikl 0–6, 6–4, 7–5 2000 Donald Johnson Piet Norval Roger Federer Dominik Hrbatý 7–6(11–9) , 4–6, 7–6(7–4) 2001 Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 7–6(7–3) , 6–4 2002 Bob Bryan Mike Bryan Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor 7–6(7–1) , 7–5 2003 Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood 6–4, 6–2 2004 Bob Bryan (2) Mike Bryan (2) Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood 7–6(11–9) , 6–2 2005 Agustín Calleri Fernando González Stephen Huss Wesley Moodie 7–5, 7–5 2006 Mark Knowles (2) Daniel Nestor (2) Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski 4–6, 6–4, [10–8] 2007 Bob Bryan (3) Mike Bryan (3) James Blake Mark Knowles 6–1, 6–1 2008 Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles (3) Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber 6–3, 6–3 ↓ ATP Tour 500 ↓ 2009 Daniel Nestor (3) Nenad Zimonjić Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 6–2, 6–3 2010 Bob Bryan (4) Mike Bryan (4) Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić 6–3, 3–6, [10–3] 2011 Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić (2) Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor 6–4, 7–5 2012 Daniel Nestor (4) Nenad Zimonjić (3) Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot 7–5, 6–7(4–7) , [10–5] 2013 Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot Julian Knowle Oliver Marach 6–3, 3–6, [10–4] 2014 Vasek Pospisil Nenad Zimonjić (4) Marin Draganja Henri Kontinen 7–6(15–13) , 1–6, [10–5] 2015 Alexander Peya Bruno Soares Jamie Murray John Peers 7–5, 7–5 2016 Marcel Granollers Jack Sock Robert Lindstedt Michael Venus 6–3, 6–4 2017 Ivan Dodig Marcel Granollers (2) Fabrice Martin Édouard Roger-Vasselin 7–5, 7–6(8–6) 2018 Dominic Inglot (2) Franko Škugor Alexander Zverev Mischa Zverev 6–2, 7–5 2019 Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău Taylor Fritz Reilly Opelka 7–5, 6–3 2020 No competition (due toCOVID-19 pandemic ) 2021 2022 Ivan Dodig (2) Austin Krajicek Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin 6–4, 7–6(7–5) 2023 Santiago González Édouard Roger-Vasselin Hugo Nys Jan Zieliński 6–7(8–10) , 7–6(7–3) , [10–1] 2024 Jamie Murray John Peers Wesley Koolhof Nikola Mektić 6–3, 7–5
Most singles titles: 10 Most singles finals: 15 (10 titles, 5 runner-ups) Most consecutive singles finals: 10 Most matches played: 84 Most matches won: 75 Most tournament appearances: 19 ^a b c d e Tournament recognized as minor title by ATP. ^a b Known as World Series from 1990 till 1999 and International Series from 2000 till 2008.
47°32′18″N 7°37′08″E / 47.53834°N 7.618879°E /47.53834; 7.618879
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
Jamie Murray
John Peers
Roger Federer (2006–2008, 2010–2011, 2014–2015, 2017–2019)
