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Most Successful Player At ATP Barcelona Open; Check List Of Title Holders

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The Barcelona Open is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players. The event was founded in 1953 as a combined men’s and women’s tournament until 1980. It is played at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain on clay courts. 

It is Spain’s second most prestigious tournament on the ATP Tour after the Madrid Open and the event generally takes place in the last week of April. The tournament is currently part of the ATP Tour 500 series on the ATP Tour.

Native Spaniard Rafael Nadal, the undisputed “King of Clay”  is the most successful player at the Barcelona Open. He has won the singles title a record twelve times (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2021), 

Most Successful Player At ATP Barcelona Open; Check List Of Title Holders
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In 2017, the center court of the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona was renamed Pista Rafa Nadal (Rafa Nadal Arena) in honour of the legend.

Barcelona Open: Full List Of  Champions

Men’s Singles

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1969 Manuel Orantes (ESP) Manuel Santana (ESP) 6–4, 7–5, 6–4
1970 Manuel Santana (ESP) Rod Laver (AUS) 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1971 Manuel Orantes (ESP) Bob Lutz (USA) 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1972 Jan Kodeš (TCH) Manuel Orantes (ESP) 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1973 Ilie Năstase (ROU) Manuel Orantes (ESP) 2–6, 6–1, 8–6, 6–4
1974 Ilie Năstase (ROU) Manuel Orantes (ESP) 8–6, 9–7, 6–3
1975 Björn Borg (SWE) Adriano Panatta (ITA) 1–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3, 6–2
1976 Manuel Orantes (ESP) Eddie Dibbs (USA) 6–1, 2–6, 2–6, 7–5, 6–4
1977 Björn Borg (SWE) Manuel Orantes (ESP) 6–2, 7–5, 6–2
1978 Balázs Taróczy (HUN) Ilie Năstase (ROU) 1–6, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1979 Hans Gildemeister (CHI) Eddie Dibbs (USA) 6–4, 6–3, 6–1
1980 Ivan Lendl (TCH) Guillermo Vilas (ARG) 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 4–6, 6–1
1981 Ivan Lendl (TCH) Guillermo Vilas (ARG) 6–0, 6–3, 6–0
1982 Mats Wilander (SWE) Guillermo Vilas (ARG) 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1983 Mats Wilander (SWE) Guillermo Vilas (ARG) 6–0, 6–3, 6–1
1984 Mats Wilander (SWE) Joakim Nyström (SWE) 7–6(7–5), 6–4, 0–6, 6–2
1985 Thierry Tulasne (FRA) Mats Wilander (SWE) 0–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 6–0
1986 Kent Carlsson (SWE) Andreas Maurer (FRG) 6–2, 6–2, 6–0
1987 Martín Jaite (ARG) Mats Wilander (SWE) 7–6(7–5), 6–4, 4–6, 0–6, 6–4
1988 Kent Carlsson (SWE) Thomas Muster (AUT) 6–3, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
1989 Andrés Gómez (ECU) Horst Skoff (AUT) 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
1990 Andrés Gómez (ECU) Guillermo Pérez Roldán (ARG) 6–0, 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 0–6, 6–2
1991 Emilio Sánchez (ESP) Sergi Bruguera (ESP) 6–4, 7–6(9–7), 6–2
1992 Carlos Costa (ESP) Magnus Gustafsson (SWE) 6–4, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
1993 Andrei Medvedev (UKR) Sergi Bruguera (ESP) 6–7(7–9), 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
1994 Richard Krajicek (NED) Carlos Costa (ESP) 6–4, 7–6(8–6), 6–2
1995 Thomas Muster (AUT) Magnus Larsson (SWE) 6–2, 6–1, 6–4
1996 Thomas Muster (AUT) Marcelo Ríos (CHI) 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
1997 Albert Costa (ESP) Albert Portas (ESP) 7–5, 6–4, 6–4
1998 Todd Martin (USA) Alberto Berasategui (ESP) 6–2, 1–6, 6–3, 6–2
1999 Félix Mantilla (ESP) Karim Alami (MAR) 7–6(7–2), 6–3, 6–3
2000 Marat Safin (RUS) Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
2001 Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) Carlos Moyà (ESP) 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
2002 Gastón Gaudio (ARG) Albert Costa (ESP) 6–4, 6–0, 6–2
2003 Carlos Moyà (ESP) Marat Safin (RUS) 5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 3–0, ret.
2004 Tommy Robredo (ESP) Gastón Gaudio (ARG) 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
2005 Rafael Nadal (ESP) Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 6–1, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
2006 Rafael Nadal (ESP) Tommy Robredo (ESP) 6–4, 6–4, 6–0
2007 Rafael Nadal (ESP) Guillermo Cañas (ARG) 6–3, 6–4
2008 Rafael Nadal (ESP) David Ferrer (ESP) 6–1, 4–6, 6–1
2009 Rafael Nadal (ESP) David Ferrer (ESP) 6–2, 7–5
2010 Fernando Verdasco (ESP) Robin Söderling (SWE) 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
2011 Rafael Nadal (ESP) David Ferrer (ESP) 6–2, 6–4
2012 Rafael Nadal (ESP) David Ferrer (ESP) 7–6(7–1), 7–5
2013 Rafael Nadal (ESP) Nicolás Almagro (ESP) 6–4, 6–3
2014 Kei Nishikori (JPN) Santiago Giraldo (COL) 6–2, 6–2
2015 Kei Nishikori (JPN) Pablo Andújar (ESP) 6–4, 6–4
2016 Rafael Nadal (ESP) Kei Nishikori (JPN) 6–4, 7–5
2017 Rafael Nadal (ESP) Dominic Thiem (AUT) 6–4, 6–1
2018 Rafael Nadal (ESP) Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 6–2, 6–1
2019 Dominic Thiem (AUT) Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 6–4, 6–0
2020 Not held – COVID-19
2021 Rafael Nadal (ESP) Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 7–5
2022 Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) 6–3, 6–2
2023 Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 6–3, 6–4
2024 Casper Ruud (NOR) Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 7–5, 6–3

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Men’s Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1969 Manuel Orantes (ESP), Patricio Rodríguez (CHI) Terry Addison (AUS), Ray Keldie (AUS) 8–10, 6–3, 6–1, 5–7, 6–2
1970 Lew Hoad (AUS), Manuel Santana (ESP) Andrés Gimeno (ESP), Rod Laver (AUS) 6–4, 9–7, 7–5
1971 Željko Franulović (YUG), Juan Gisbert (ESP) Cliff Drysdale (RSA), Andrés Gimeno (ESP) 7–6, 6–2, 7–6
1972 Juan Gisbert (ESP), Manuel Orantes (ESP) Frew McMillan (RSA), Ilie Năstase (ROU) 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1973 Ilie Năstase (ROU), Tom Okker (NED) Antonio Muñoz (ESP), Manuel Orantes (ESP) 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
1974 Juan Gisbert (ESP), Ilie Năstase (ROU) Manuel Orantes (ESP), Guillermo Vilas (ARG) 3–6, 6–0, 6–2
1975 Björn Borg (SWE), Guillermo Vilas (ARG) Wojciech Fibak (POL), Karl Meiler (FRG) 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
1976 Brian Gottfried (USA), Raúl Ramírez (MEX) Bob Hewitt (RSA), Frew McMillan (RSA) 7–6, 6–4
1977 Wojciech Fibak (POL), Jan Kodeš (TCH) Bob Hewitt (RSA), Frew McMillan (RSA) 6–0, 6–4
1978 Željko Franulović (YUG), Hans Gildemeister (CHI) Jean-Louis Haillet (FRA), Gilles Moretton (FRA) 6–1, 6–4
1979 Paolo Bertolucci (ITA), Adriano Panatta (ITA) Carlos Kirmayr (BRA), Cássio Motta (BRA) 6–4, 6–3
1980 Steve Denton (USA), Ivan Lendl (TCH) Pavel Složil (TCH), Balázs Taróczy (HUN) 6–2, 6–7, 6–3
1981 Anders Järryd (SWE), Hans Simonsson (SWE) Andrés Gómez (ECU), Hans Gildemeister (CHI) 6–1, 6–4
1982 Anders Järryd (SWE), Hans Simonsson (SWE) Carlos Kirmayr (BRA), Cássio Motta (BRA) 6–3, 6–2
1983 Anders Järryd (SWE), Hans Simonsson (SWE) Jim Gurfein (USA), Erick Iskersky (USA) 7–5, 6–3
1984 Pavel Složil (TCH), Tomáš Šmíd (TCH) Martín Jaite (ARG), Víctor Pecci (PAR) 6–2, 6–0
1985 Sergio Casal (ESP), Emilio Sánchez (ESP) Jan Gunnarsson (SWE), Michael Mortensen (DEN) 6–3, 6–3
1986 Jan Gunnarsson (SWE), Joakim Nyström (SWE) Carlos di Laura (PER), Claudio Panatta (ITA) 6–3, 6–4
1987 Miloslav Mečíř (TCH), Tomáš Šmíd (TCH) Javier Frana (ARG), Christian Miniussi (ARG) 6–1, 6–2
1988 Sergio Casal (ESP), Emilio Sánchez (ESP) Claudio Mezzadri (SUI), Diego Pérez (URU) 6–4, 6–3
1989 Gustavo Luza (ARG), Christian Miniussi (ARG) Sergio Casal (ESP), Tomáš Šmíd (TCH) 6–3, 6–3
1990 Andrés Gómez (ECU), Javier Sánchez (ESP) Sergio Casal (ESP), Emilio Sánchez (ESP) 7–6(7–1), 7–5
1991 Horacio de la Peña (ARG), Diego Nargiso (ITA) Boris Becker (GER), Eric Jelen (GER) 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4
1992 Andrés Gómez (ECU), Javier Sánchez (ESP) Ivan Lendl (USA), Karel Nováček (TCH) 6–4, 6–4
1993 Shelby Cannon (USA), Scott Melville (USA) Sergio Casal (ESP), Emilio Sánchez (ESP) 7–6(7–4), 6–1
1994 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS), David Rikl (CZE) Jim Courier (USA), Javier Sánchez (ESP) 5–7, 6–1, 6–4
1995 Trevor Kronemann (USA), David Macpherson (USA) Andrea Gaudenzi (ITA), Goran Ivanišević (CRO) 6–2, 6–4
1996 Luis Lobo (ARG), Javier Sánchez (ESP) Neil Broad (GBR), Piet Norval (RSA) 6–1, 6–3
1997 Alberto Berasategui (ESP), Jordi Burillo (ESP) Pablo Albano (ARG), Àlex Corretja (ESP) 6–3, 7–5
1998 Jacco Eltingh (NED), Paul Haarhuis (NED) Ellis Ferreira (RSA), Rick Leach (USA) 7–5, 6–0
1999 Paul Haarhuis (NED), Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS) Massimo Bertolini (ITA), Cristian Brandi (ITA) 7–5, 6–3
2000 Nicklas Kulti (SWE), Mikael Tillström (SWE) Paul Haarhuis (NED), Sandon Stolle (AUS) 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5)
2001 Donald Johnson (USA), Jared Palmer (USA) Tommy Robredo (ESP), Fernando Vicente (ESP) 7–6(7–2), 6–4
2002 Michael Hill (AUS), Daniel Vacek (CZE) Lucas Arnold Ker (ARG), Gastón Etlis (ARG) 6–4, 6–4
2003 Bob Bryan (USA), Mike Bryan (USA) Chris Haggard (RSA), Robbie Koenig (RSA) 6–4, 6–3
2004 Mark Knowles (BAH), Daniel Nestor (CAN) Mariano Hood (ARG), Sebastián Prieto (ARG) 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2005 Leander Paes (IND), Nenad Zimonjić (SCG) Feliciano López (ESP), Rafael Nadal (ESP) 6–3, 6–3
2006 Mark Knowles (BAH), Daniel Nestor (CAN) Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL), Marcin Matkowski (POL) 6–2, 6–7(4–7), [10–5]
2007 Andrei Pavel (ROU), Alexander Waske (FRG) Rafael Nadal (ESP), Tomeu Salvà (ESP) 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
2008 Bob Bryan (USA), Mike Bryan (USA) Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL), Marcin Matkowski (POL) 6–3, 6–2
2009 Daniel Nestor (CAN), Nenad Zimonjić (SRB) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND), Mark Knowles (BAH) 6–3, 7–6(11–9)
2010 Daniel Nestor (CAN), Nenad Zimonjić (SRB) Lleyton Hewitt (AUS), Mark Knowles (BAH) 4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2011 Santiago González (MEX), Scott Lipsky (USA) Bob Bryan (USA), Mike Bryan (USA) 5–7, 6–2, [12–10]
2012 Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL), Marcin Matkowski (POL) Marcel Granollers (ESP), Marc López (ESP) 2–6, 7–6(9–7), [10–8]
2013 Alexander Peya (AUT), Bruno Soares (BRA) Robert Lindstedt (SWE), Daniel Nestor (CAN) 5–7, 7–6(9–7), [10–4]
2014 Jesse Huta Galung (NED), Stéphane Robert (FRA) Daniel Nestor (CAN), Nenad Zimonjić (SRB) 6–3, 6–3
2015 Marin Draganja (CRO), Henri Kontinen (FIN) Jamie Murray (GBR), John Peers (AUS) 6–3, 6–7(6–8), [11–9]
2016 Bob Bryan (USA), Mike Bryan (USA) Pablo Cuevas (URU), Marcel Granollers (ESP) 7–5, 7–5
2017 Florin Mergea (ROU), Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) Philipp Petzschner (GER), Alexander Peya (AUT) 6–4, 6–3
2018 Feliciano López (ESP), Marc López (ESP) Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK), Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) 7–6(7–5), 6–4
2019 Juan Sebastián Cabal (COL), Robert Farah (COL) Jamie Murray (GBR), Bruno Soares (BRA) 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2020 Not held – COVID-19
2021 Juan Sebastián Cabal (COL), Robert Farah (COL) Kevin Krawietz (GER), Horia Tecău (ROU) 6–4, 6–2
2022 Kevin Krawietz (GER), Andreas Mies (GER) Wesley Koolhof (NED), Neal Skupski (GBR) 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–5), [10–6]
2023 Máximo González (ARG), Andrés Molteni (ARG) Wesley Koolhof (NED), Neal Skupski (GBR) 6–3, 6–7(8–10), [10–4]
2024 Máximo González (ARG), Andrés Molteni (ARG) Jan Zieliński (POL), Hugo Nys (MON) 4–6, 6–4, [11–9]