The Soweto Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts. It was part of the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Women's Circuit as a $50,000+H event. It was held at the Arthur Ashe Tennis Centre in the Soweto urban area of Johannesburg, South Africa, from 2009 to 2011. The event was not held in 2012 and came back to the ITF Circuit and the ATP Challenger Tour in 2013. In 2013 on the ITF Circuit, the even was downgraded from a $100,000+H to $50,000+H.
Past finals Men's singles YearChampionRunner-upScore 2013 Vasek Pospisil Michał Przysiężny 6–7(7–9), 6–0, 4–1 ret. 2012 not held 2011 Izak van der Merwe Rik de Voest 6–7(2–7), 7–5, 6–3 2010 Dustin Brown Izak van der Merwe 7–6(7–2), 6–3 2009 Fabrice Santoro Rik de Voest 7–5, 6–4
Women's singles YearChampionRunner-upScore 2013 Tímea Babos Chanel Simmonds 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–1 2012 not held 2011 Valeria Savinykh Petra Cetkovská 6–1, 6–3 2010 Nina Bratchikova Tamarine Tanasugarn 7–5, 7–6(7–4) 2009 Anastasija Sevastova Eva Hrdinová 6–2, 6–2
Men's doubles YearChampionsRunners-upScore 2013 Prakash Amritraj Rajeev Ram Purav Raja Divij Sharan 7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–1) 2012 not held 2011 Michael Kohlmann Alexander Peya Andre Begemann Matthew Ebden 6–2, 6–2 2010 Nicolas Mahut Lovro Zovko Raven Klaasen Izak van der Merwe 6–2, 6–2 2009 George Bastl Chris Guccione Mikhail Elgin Alexander Kudryavtsev 6–2, 4–6, [11–9]
Women's doubles YearChampionsRunners-upScore 2013 Magda Linette Chanel Simmonds Samantha Murray Jade Windley 6–1, 6–3 2012 not held 2011 play cancelled due to heavy rain and flooding 2010 Vitalia Diatchenko Eirini Georgatou Marina Erakovic Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–3, 5–7, [16–14] 2009 Naomi Cavaday Lesia Tsurenko Kristína Kučová Anastasija Sevastova 6–2, 2–6, [11–9]
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