The VSZ Slovak Open is a defunct professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Series. It was held annually in Košice, Slovakia, from 1993 to 1998.

VSZ Slovak Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameKošice
TourATP Challenger Series
Founded1993
Abolished1998
LocationKošice, Slovakia
SurfaceClay (red)
1996 runner-up, Dominik Hrbatý became the first Slovak singles champion in 1997, and won again in 1998
1988 Wimbledon Championships titleist Pat Cash from Australia took the doubles title with Andrew Kratzmann in 1997

Past finals edit

Singles edit

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1998   Dominik Hrbatý   Fernando Meligeni 7–5, 6–4
1997   Dominik Hrbatý   Nicolás Lapentti 6–4, 6–4
1996   Marcos Aurelio Gorriz   Dominik Hrbatý 6–4, 6–3
1995   Adrian Voinea   Roberto Carretero-Diaz 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
1994   Horst Skoff   Iztok Bozik 6–3, 6–3
1993   David Rikl   Dinu-Mihai Pescariu 7–6, 5–7, 6–3

Doubles edit

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1998   Jiří Novák
  David Rikl
  Nebojsa Djordjevic
  Marcos Ondruska
7–6, 6–4
1997   Pat Cash
  Andrew Kratzmann
  Brent Haygarth
  Max Mirnyi
4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1996   Olivier Delaître
  Jeff Tarango
  Jan Kodeš
  Petr Pála
7–6, 6–3
1995   Jiří Novák
  David Rikl
  Jeff Tarango
  Adrian Voinea
7–6, 6–2
1994   Tommy Ho
  Mikael Tillström
  Emanuel Couto
  Bernardo Mota
7–6, 6–1
1993   Branislav Stankovic
  Marián Vajda
  Alejo Mancisidor
  Federico Sánchez
6–2, 6–1

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