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| Location | Rotterdam Netherlands |
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| Venue | Ahoy Rotterdam | |
| Category | 500 series | |
| Surface | Indoor hardcourt | |
| Draw | 32S/16Q/16D | |
| Prize money | € 1,150,000 | |
| Website | www.abnamrowtt.nl | |
The Rotterdam Open[1] (sponsored by ABN AMRO and currently called the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament) is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the 500 series of the ATP Tour. It has been held annually at the Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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The first Rotterdam Open tennis tournament was held in 1972 and was won by Tom Okker. The following year the tournament was not organized. Originally the Rotterdam Open was an event of the WCT circuit and afterward became part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. Since 1990 it is part of the ATP Tour.
American Arthur Ashe won the tournament three times (1972, 1975, 1976) and holds the record for most singles titles. In 1984 the singles final between Ivan Lendl and Jimmy Connors was interrupted in the 2nd set (6-1, 1-0) due to a bomb alarm and the match was not finished as Lendl was not prepared to play on[2] .
Since 2004, former Dutch tennis player Richard Krajicek has been the tournament director.
A record 115,894 people attented the 2012 edition tournament[3].
Since it's inception in 1972 the Rotterdam Open has been part of three major tennis circuits: WCT circuit (1972-1976), Grand Prix circuit (1977-1989) and ATP Tour (1990-).
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