Gerry Weber Open is a tennis tournament included in the Association of Tennis Professional or ATP Tour . The tournament is held at Halle in Germany. Gerry Weber Open is contested as a part of the International Series Tournaments . The tournament was started in 1993. Since then, the event has been held regularly on outdoor grass courts. The schedule of the Gerry Weber Open consists of both the men's singles and doubles competitions.
Gerry Weber Open is regarded as the esteemed tournaments on the schedule of the
ATP Tour . The
2007 Gerry Weber Open is going to be staged from June 11. The tournament is scheduled to end on June 17. The
Gerry Weber Open is played in 32 draws format. The 2007 event also includes both singles and doubles competitions in the schedule. The winner of the 2007
Gerry Weber Open is going take home
prize money worth € 680,250
Henri Leconte was the winner of the singles competition in the first Gerry Weber Open in 1993. On that occasion, the doubles tournament was won by Petr Korda and Cyril Suk . The singles title during the 2007 event was won by Roger Federer , while Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjic won the doubles title. Roger Federer has created history by winning the singles title at the Gerry Weber Open on four consecutive occasions on 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. Other players, who have become famous by winning the tournament, are Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Thomas Johansson, David Prinosil, Nicolas Kiefer , Nicklas Kulti, Marc Rosset, Michael Stich, Todd Woodbridge and Jonas Bjorkman.
