Tag: First Bank Open

New hall? Women’s event? Plans for the town hall tournament

“Everything has gotten better again.” With these words, Erste Bank CEO Gerda Holzinger-Burgstaller tried to summarize the Erste Bank Open 2024 in one sentence at a final annual press conference on Sunday. And even when viewed critically, it is difficult to contradict this statement. Last year’s attendance record of 73,000 fans was once again significantly […]

Musetti puts an exclamation mark on the “one-handed”

Lorenzo Musetti is competing at the Erste Bank Open for the third time. The 22-year-old Italian only achieved his first victory on Center Court on Friday evening. After Musetti was “only” allowed to compete at the Vienna Heumarkt in his previous two games, he brought top seed Alexander Zverev to his knees in three sets […]

Erste Bank Open: Zverev fails in the quarterfinals

Top seed Alexander Zverev will bow out in the quarterfinals of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna on Friday evening. The German had to admit defeat to the Italian Lorenzo Musetti after a high-class game 6:2, 6:7 (5), 4:6. The 22-year-old takes a 2-1 lead in the head-to-head against the 2021 Vienna winners. Things are […]

Surprise! Opening exit for Stockholm winner Paul

Brandon Nakashima caused a surprise at the Tennis Erste Bank Open in the Wiener Stadthalle on Wednesday. The American eliminated his fourth-seeded compatriot Tommy Paul 6:4.6:4. The twelfth in the world rankings celebrated his third ATP tournament victory of the season in Stockholm just last week and arrived with a lot of self-confidence. The early […]

Recap: sportsbusiness.at Breakfast Club: “The tennis of the future” [Bilder, Quotes]

On Tuesday, October 22nd, the sportsbusiness.at Breakfast Club dedicated itself to the topic of tennis as part of the Erste Bank Open. In the 18th edition of the well-known sportsbusiness.at network format, the focus was on the future of national and international tennis. First, the approximately 125 guests found out in a humorous exclusive talk […]

7 reasons why Dominic Thiem is one of Austria’s greatest

This week Dominic Thiem says goodbye to the big tennis stage. The 31-year-old from Lower Austria will play the last ATP tournament of his professional career at the Erste Bank Open. After his serious wrist injury in 2021, the former world number three and 2020 US Open winner did not find his way back to […]

Erste Bank Open: The program on Tuesday, October 22nd.

On the second day of the main round action at the Erste Bank Open in the Wiener Stadthalle, everything revolves around the possible farewell to Dominic Thiem. He will play his first round match against the Italian Luciano Darderi as the third game on Center Court (not before 6:00 p.m.). The tennis day begins with […]

Erste Bank Open: The program on Monday, October 21st.

Into the main rounds of the Erste Bank Open! The ATP 500 break really begins on Monday in the Wiener Stadthalle. From 2:00 p.m. there are four first round singles matches on Center Court. At the start, the Italian Flavio Cobolli meets the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, followed by the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics against the […]

Rodionov loses qualifying round against Munar

Jurij Rodionov lost the first qualifying round against Spaniard Jaume Munar in two sets at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna. The Austrian, ranked 193rd in the ATP world rankings, initially took a 2-0 lead in the first set, but fell 2-4 behind as the game progressed. Although he can still force the score at […]

Jurij Rodionov knows his qualifying opponents for the Erste Bank Open

Jurij Rodionov, the only Austrian to qualify for the Erste Bank Open, knows the name of the opponent he will face on the way to the main competition. Austria’s number two will meet number three seeded Spaniard Jaume Munar on Saturday at the start of the qualification. Rodionov (ATP-193rd) against Munar (ATP-65th) is scheduled as […]