The BMW Open is a part of the ATP or Association of Tennis Professionals Tour and has both the singles as well as the doubles sections. Roger Federer, David Nalbandian, Jiri Novak, Thomas Enqvist and Evan Lendl are a few players to have tasted success in the singles section of the tournament and the title is going to be defended in the 2007 edition by last edition's champion Oliver Rochus. The doubles trophy had been lifted by pairs of famous players like James Blake-Mark Merklein, Mark Woodforde-Todd Woodbridge or Wayne Black- Kevin Ullyett. The winner of last year's doubles trophy was Andre Pavel and Alexander Waske.
The BMW Open is one of the most important tournaments of Germany and also the tennis world. The audiences wait eagerly for it all the year round to watch scintillating tennis specially when the local players of Germany lock horns with the tennis talents of across the globe.

