BMW Open 2017, Munich, Germany, ATP 250

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DATE: May 1 - May 7, 2017
SURFACE: Clay
PRIZE MONEY: €482,060
FIELD SIZE: 28
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Philippe Kohlschreiber

Seeds:

1 MONFILS, Gael
2 BAUTISTA AGUT, Roberto
3 ZVEREV, Alexander
4 FOGNINI, Fabio
5 KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp
6 ZVEREV, Mischa
7 STRUFF, Jan-Lennard
8 BELLUCCI, Thomaz


BMW Open, Munich by Andreas Nerlich, on Flickr

Gael Monfils heads the seeded players who include defending champion Philippe Kohlschreiber Roberto Bautista Agut and Alexander Zverev.

About Munich:

Munich, the capital of Bavaria, is home to centuries-old buildings and numerous museums. The city is known for its annual Oktoberfest celebration and cavernous beer halls, including the famed Hofbräuhaus, founded in 1589. In the walkable Old Town, Marienplatz is a central square containing landmarks such as Gothic Neues Rathaus (town hall), with a popular glockenspiel show.

The city has also hosted the Olympic Games and is home to Bayern Munich, Germany's most decorated football club.

Munich has a rich tennis history with The International Tennis Championships of Bavaria first held in 1900. The BMW Open by FWU AG was first staged at Munich’s Iphitos Tennis Club in 1974.

 

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The Draw

 

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Seeds:

1. Monfils
2. Bautista-Agut
3. A. Zverev
4. Fognini
5. Kohlschreiber
6 M. Zverev
7. Struff
8. Bellucci

 

[GameSetAndMath]

This one got the best field among the three 250s of the week , perhaps because they give a BMW to the winner in addition to the prize money (do they?).

 

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Results from the Munich Open Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday

Yannick Hanfmann (Germany) beat Gerald Melzer (Austria) 6-4 5-7 6-1
Tommy Haas (Germany) beat Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukraine) 1-6 6-3 6-4
8-Thomaz Bellucci (Brazil) beat Mikhail Kukushkin (Kazakhstan) 6-3 6-2
7-Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany) beat Daniel Masur (Germany) 6-3 6-4

 

[isabelle]

La Monf's finally back after an Xth injury !!!

 

[isabelle]

This one got the best field among the three 250s of the week , perhaps because they give a BMW to the winner in addition to the prize money (do they?).

yes they do

 

[Moxie]

Tommy Haas says this will be his last Munich. Somehow missed that he's 39!

 

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Results from the Munich Open Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday

5-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) beat Casper Ruud (Norway) 6-4 6-3
Martin Klizan (Slovakia) beat Nicolas Kicker (Argentina) 4-6 6-4 6-3
Guido Pella (Argentina) beat Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (Germany) 6-0 6-2
6-Mischa Zverev (Germany) beat Dustin Brown (Germany) 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3
Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) beat Andreas Seppi (Italy) 5-7 6-2 7-5
Chung Hyeon (South Korea) beat Maximilian Marterer (Germany) 7-6(10) 4-6 6-3
Marius Copil (Romania) beat Thiago Monteiro (Brazil) 4-6 7-5 6-4
Jeremy Chardy (France) beat Jozef Kovalik (Slovakia) 6-2 6-4

 

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Tommy Haas says this will be his last Munich. Somehow missed that he's 39!

Connors retired when he was 39 if my memory's good...

 

[Fiero425]

I guess no one cares about all these extraneous 250 events! Haas gone due to countryman Struff in "straights!"

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_BMW_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles#Draw - - http://fiero4251.blogspot.com/2016/08/fan-page-novak-nole-djokovic.html

 

[Moxie]

Connors retired when he was 39 if my memory's good...

I think Connors was 44, but he reached the SF at the USO at 39.

Haas lost today to Struff (who looked excellent on the clay, it should be mentioned.) They gifted him with some lederhosen.

 

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Results from the Munich Open Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday

3-Alexander Zverev (Germany) beat Jeremy Chardy (France) 6-4 6-4
7-Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany) beat Tommy Haas (Germany) 6-4 7-5
2-Roberto Bautista (Spain) beat Marius Copil (Romania) 4-6 7-6(3) 7-5
Yannick Hanfmann (Germany) beat 8-Thomaz Bellucci (Brazil) 7-6(5) 4-6 7-5

 

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I think Connors was 44, but he reached the SF at the USO at 39.

Haas lost today to Struff (who looked excellent on the clay, it should be mentioned.) They gifted him with some lederhosen.

Always liked watching Tommy Haas.. one of my favourite players. Glad to see him getting some nice tour send-offs.

 

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[mightyjeditribble]

It's only natural that there is less interest/activity when none of the big 5 are playing. I'm still following the scores a bit though, even though with Delpo and Haas out there is even less interest for me ...

It makes me laugh, though, to remember that until recently Queens and Halle were 250 tournaments. The imbalance between clay and grass is quite sad IMO, even though it has gotten at least a little better from last year.

I guess no one cares about all these extraneous 250 events! Haas gone due to countryman Struff in "straights!"

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_BMW_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles#Draw - - http://fiero4251.blogspot.com/2016/08/fan-page-novak-nole-djokovic.html

 

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It'll be interesting to see how A Zverev does here though. My guess is he won't get past RBA on clay, though.

 

[isabelle]

last match in Munich for Tommy, I like him a lot, both his game and his personality

 

[mrzz]

I think a lot of people in fact care for those tourneys. There are a lot of good players out there worth a watch.

 

[herios]

Zeby defeated Kohli