The Gerry Weber Open comes from Halle, Germany this week with Roger Federer the top seed in the draw.
The city of Halle, Germany will host some of the top players on the ATP Tour this week as the Gerry Weber Open, a tournament at the 250 level on the men's tour, is scheduled from June 6th to June 12th.
The venue for the tournament is Gerry Weber Stadion in Halle with prize money of € 750,000 up for grabs in the event.
The draw includes 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams and the surface is grass as the pros look to prepare for Wimbledon later this month.
The singles final in Halle will be held on Sunday, June 12th at 1pm CET with the doubles final to take place shortly thereafter.
Here's some quick facts for the tournament.
2010 FINALS
Singles – (8) Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. (1) Roger Federer (SUI) 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-4
Doubles – Stakhovsky-Youzhny d. (2) Damm-Polasek 4-6, 7-5, 10-7
RECENT CHAMPIONS/FINALISTS (since 2000)
2010 Lleyton Hewitt/Roger Federer
2009 Tommy Haas/Novak Djokovic
2008 Roger Federer/Philipp Kohlschreiber
2007 Tomas Berdych/Marcos Baghdatis
2006 Roger Federer/Tomas Berdych
2005 Roger Federer/Nicolas Kiefer
2004 Roger Federer/Mardy Fish
2003 Roger Federer/Nicolas Kiefer
2002 Yevgeny Kafelnikov/Nicolas Kiefer
2001 Thomas Johansson/Fabrice Santoro
2000 David Prinosil/Richard Krajicek
Seeded Players (Tournament record, best finish - year)
1 Roger Federer (SUI) 36-4 W-'08,06,05,04,03
2 Tomas Berdych (CZE) 10-3 W-'07
3 Gael Monfils (FRA) Debut
4 Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 9-7 SF-'03
5 Viktor Troicki (SRB) 1-2 R16-'10
6 Florian Mayer (GER) 5-4 QF-'07,06
7 Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) Debut
8 Milos Raonic (CAN) Debut
Wildcards: Dustin Brown, Tommy Haas, Mischa Zverev
Qualifiers: Ruben Bemelmans, Jan Hernych, Florent Serra, Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
Youngest: Milos Raonic (20 years, 5 months)
Oldest: Tommy Haas (33 years, 2 months)
Top Country Breakdown: Germany 9, Spain 3, Czech Republic 2, France 2, Italy 2, Russia 2, Ukraine 2
Former Champions in Draw (4): Lleyton Hewitt (2010), Tommy Haas (2009), Roger Federer (2003-06, ‘08), Tomas Berdych (2007)
Former Finalists in Draw (3): Roger Federer (2010), Philipp Kohlschreiber (2008), Tomas Berdych (2006)
