The St. Petersburg Open is a men's professional international tennis tournament that is part of the ATP World Tour series and takes place in autumn in St. Petersburg on hard courts. The history of the tournament began in 1995, its winners were renowned athletes – Marat Safin, Andy Murray and others. Since 2015, the tournament belongs to the ATP 250 series, in 2020 it belonged to the ATP 500 series, since 2021 it has again become part of the ATP 250 series.
TOURNAMENT FACTS:
1995
Year of foundation
ATP 250, 500
Category
$ 863 705
Prize fund
Hard court
Surface
Worldwide
Broadcast regions
PRIZES AND AWARDS
2015 Best tournament of ATP 250 series
St. Petersburg Open: award “Best tournament of ATP 250 series”
2016 Best sport event
St. Petersburg Open: award “Best sport event”
2019 Best Marketing of a Sport Event. Game Sports
St. Petersburg Open: silver winner of “Best Marketing of a Sport Event. Game Sports”
2019 Best sports event of the year
St. Petersburg Open: award “Best sports event of the year”
Fans communicated with players using real-time video technology. The fan received a photo for social media and a printed photo with the player's autograph.
Ecology Day
The event was organized several times in partnership with SIBUR. It was necessary to draw people's attention to the problem of environmental pollution within the #YaBeregu project. Special containers were set up on the mini-court to collect recyclable materials, primarily plastic bottles.
Partnership with FC Zenit. Tennis & Football Star Match
The tournament includes joint marketing activities among professional athletes. During the St. Petersburg Open 2020 a demonstration tennis match "Tennis & Football Stars" was organized, which was held on the central court.
Tennis auto-cinema "Kinoparking"
For the first time in the world the St. Petersburg Open tournament organized tennis viewing on cars in the auto cinema "Kinoparking", which became a special fan zone of the tournament for fans of comfortable viewing of spectacular matches from their cars.
Contest #I'M THE BEST FAN
Every tournament the company "Formula Tennis & Hockey" awards the most active journalists, photographers, bloggers, users of social networks.
Autograph Sessions of Players
During the tournament visitors could get autographs and take pictures with famous players during the meetings organized in the foyer.
St. Petersburg Cybersport Open
The SIBUR ARENA Sports Complex hosted a cybersport tournament in tennis, soccer and hockey with a total prize fund of 50 thousand rubles. The tournament was attended by athletes from all over Russia in various sports.
Press conferences and interviews
Numerous press conferences and interviews with players were organized within the framework of all tournaments.
Children's Master Class
The children's day included both master classes with famous tennis players and a children's zone with entertaining activities.