Mercedes Cup

Mercedes Cup, an International Series Gold tournament on the Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP Tour, is held in Stuttgart, Germany, and is one of the major tournaments in the world tennis calendar. The games of the tournament are played on the outdoor claycourts . The 2007 edition of the tournament will set see the top players of the world lock horns from the 16 th to 22 nd of July. This year, the seat of the Tournament Director will be adorned by Edwin Weindorfer and the prize money of the meet will amount to € 642,750.

Since it begun in 1978, the Mercedes Cup has been won by a number of world famous players like Bjorn Borg, Ivan Lendl, Andre Agassi, Goran Ivanisevic, Ramesh Krishnan, Thomas Muster and Gustavo Kuerten. In the coming edition of the tournament in 2007, Spanish player David Ferrer will take the field to defend the cup he won in 2006.

Mercedes Cup brings in new excitement to the tennis loving society of a country who has produced world class players like Boris Becker and Steffi Graf. The tennis lovers from all over the world will also wait with unyielding eagerness for this extremely coveted tournament of the year.