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Casper Ruud and Ben Shelton at the Gonet Geneva Open

by adminsc | 13 February, 2024 | News_slider-en, News_Tournoi-en

Casper Ruud and Ben Shelton at the Gonet Geneva Open

The Gonet Geneva Open is delighted to announce its first two headliners for its ninth edition, which will take place from 18 to 25 May in the enchanting setting of the Parc des Eaux-Vives. Two-time winner of the tournament in 2021 and 2022, Casper Ruud (ATP 12) will be returning to Geneva for the fourth time. Ben Shelton (ATP 16), who also took part last year, will be back with much greater ambitions.

With the Norwegian and the American, the Gonet Geneva Open will be presenting the Geneva public with two players who have shone in recent months. Casper Ruud is a three-time Grand Slam finalist, having reached the French Open final in 2022 and 2023 and Flushing Meadows final in 2022. As for Ben Shelton, he thrilled the crowds last year in New York when he reached the semi-finals of the US Open. He then went on to win his first ATP title in autumn with his victory at the ATP 500 tournament in Tokyo.

The announcement of Casper Ruud and Ben Shelton as new players once again underlines the attractivity of the Gonet Geneva Open to the world’s top players. Over the last ten years, the tournament has welcomed a host of top names in tennis, including five Grand Slam winners – Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Daniil Medvedev, Dominic Thiem and Marin Cilic – reigning Olympic champion Alexander Zverev and Masters winner Grigor Dimitrov. The Gonet Geneva Open is also an opportunity for the next generation of Swiss tennis players to show their skills to their home crowd. Dominic Stricker won his first ATP Tour match in Geneva in 2021.

Casper Ruud and Ben Shelton will not be the only top players coming to Geneva this year. As in previous editions, the field will be enriched by other renowned players. The Gonet Geneva Open aims to maintain the growing popularity of a tournament that attracted almost 30,000 people to the Parc des Eaux-Vives in 2023 over the eight days of competition.

Tickets available

by adminsc | 30 November, 2023 | News_slider-en, News_Tournoi-en

Tickets available !

The Gonet Geneva Open, the only ATP tournament to be held in French-speaking Switzerland, looks forward to seeing you next spring for its ninth edition, which will take place from 18 to 25 May 2024 at the Parc des Eaux-Vives, in the magnificent setting of the Tennis Club de Genève.

To mark the launch of the ticket sales, take advantage of our “Early Bird” promotion, which gives you a 20% discount on all 1st category tickets from now until the end of the year!

Since 2015, the Gonet Geneva Open has established itself as one of the biggest spring events in Geneva. It attracts all kinds of audiences and, with the proximity that can be established with the world’s best players, invites you to a unique experience. This year, almost 30,000 people attended a tournament won by Chile’s Nicolás Jarry, where former two-time winner Casper Ruud, Olympic champion Alexander Zverev, former Masters winner Grigor Dimitrov and the new wonder of American tennis Ben Shelton also took part.

Over the years, the Gonet Geneva Open has been lucky enough to count on the presence of five Grand Slam winners. Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Marin Cilic, Daniil Medvedev and Dominic Thiem have all helped the tournament earn its place in the ATP calendar and become a must-see event of the clay-court season.

See you in spring!

FlowBank joins the Gonet Geneva Open

by adminsc | 5 October, 2023 | News_slider-en, News_Tournoi-en

FlowBank rejoint le Gonet Geneva Open

Le Gonet Geneva Open, unique tournoi organisé en Suisse romande et FlowBank ont le plaisir d’annoncer un partenariat pour les trois prochaines éditions du tournoi. FlowBank, dont le siège est à Genève s’engage comme sponsor pour les éditions 2024, 2025 & 2026, son logo sera visible sur les bancs des joueurs.

« Avec FlowBank, nous renforçons encore davantage l’ancrage du tournoi auprès du tissu économique genevois, se réjouit le directeur du Gonet Geneva Open Thierry Grin. Comme l’engagement de FlowBank dans le tennis est de plus en plus affirmé, ce partenariat s’inscrit comme une évidence. »

Fondée en 2020, FlowBank est une banque digitale qui offre un accès aux marchés financiers en tout temps, en ligne, au moyen d’une technologie intuitive et aux meilleures conditions tarifaires de Suisse. FlowBank a ouvert un bureau à Zurich en 2021 pour poursuivre son expansion en Suisse et continuera sa croissance avec l’ouverture d’un bureau de représentation à Dubaï d’ici la fin de l’année 2023.

Par son partenariat en faveur de Swiss Tennis et la présence de Severin Lüthi comme l’un de ses ambassadeurs de marque, FlowBank a déjà témoigné de tout l’intérêt qu’elle porte au tennis. Le partenariat noué avec le Gonet Geneva Open le renforcera.

« Je me réjouis notre partenariat avec le Gonet Geneva Open que je vois grandir comme l’un des événements tennistiques incontournables de Suisse. Genève doit se réjouir d’accueillir chaque année les plus grands joueurs du monde. » commente Charles-Henri Sabet, fondateur et CEO de FlowBank.

Par ailleurs, Alexander Zverev, le Champion olympique en titre, et Holger Rune sont les deux tennismen qui ont participé cette année au FlowBank Championship, une compétition de trading en ligne unique en son genre, réservée aux athlètes professionnels de haut niveau. Cette initiative, qui sera reconduite au printemps 2024, avec un tableau déjà très prometteur, souligne la volonté de FlowBank de renforcer l’accès, l’information et l’éducation aux marchés financiers.

Le Gonet Geneva Open vivra sa neuvième édition du 18 au 25 mai 2024. Depuis 2015, il attiré les meilleurs joueurs du monde, de Roger Federer à Daniil Medvedev en passant par Stan Wawrinka, Marin Cilic, Dominic Thiem, Alexander Zverev, Grigor Dimitrov et Casper Ruud.

Joy for Chile as Jarry wins the Gonet Geneva Open

by Patrick FAVRE | 27 May, 2023 | News_slider-en, News_Tournoi-en

Chile’s Nicolas Jarry (ATP 54) claimed his third ATP Tour title – and his third on clay – on Saturday, beating Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 (1) 6-1.

“I’m obviously very happy,” said the Chilean afterwards. “It’s been a long road to get here. “Today is reward for the hard work I’ve put in to get back to my best.” Knocked out in the first rounds at Madrid and Rome recently – both times by players outside the Top 100 – Jarry reversed his fortunes this week, accounting for the No.6, 1, 3 and 4 seeds, including two previous winners of the tournament. Tallon Griekspoor (withdrawal), Casper Ruud, Alexander Zverev and Dimitrov make for quite a quartet of victims.

Just as he has been all week, the Chilean was in commanding form against the Bulgarian. “I think I’ve only played one bad set all tournament, against Ruud,” he said “It’s very encouraging for the future.” After two matches lasting nearly three hours, Dimitrov could be forgiven for feeling a little heavy-legged. That did not prevent him from clawing back a break in the first set, but there was no way back for him after a one-sided first-set tiebreak went Jarry’s way. With his high-octane serve firing to perfection, Jarry was too hot to handle for his opponents this week.

And so the 2023 Gonet Geneva Open ended on a high note, as the 2019 runner-up took the title. With a total of 30,000 spectators attending across the week, the Geneva tournament continues to cement its place in the local cultural and sporting landscape and is now one of the city’s main events of the year.

Venus plays the straight man to joker Murray

by Patrick FAVRE | 27 May, 2023 | News_slider-en, News_Tournoi-en, Uncategorized

“I must introduce you to my partner,” said Jamie Murray during the trophy presentation that followed the men’s doubles final, in reference to Michael Venus. “He’s got muscles, he’s a good tennis player, but he never talks, so it’s up to me to do the work.” At which point, the stadium fell into fits of laughter. The British player took the opportunity to thank the tournament organisers, their entourages and his mother, who had made the trip to Geneva but sat at the very top of the stand so her son didn’t have to put up with listening to her during rallies. Cue more laughter. You couldn’t have asked for nicer winners after such a tight match. And it was expected to be tight, with little to choose between the pairings in the ATP Doubles Teams Rankings. Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos put up a fierce fight and were the first to force a break in the opening set. “I honestly don’t know how we managed to get that break back,” commented Murray. “We played a lot better after that, though.” It was a final that came down to two tie-breaks: 7-6 (6) 7-6 (3). “We’ll definitely be coming back next year to defend our title,” said the jovial Scot. “We hope to see more Swiss players in the main draw because we missed them this year. And we’ll be back to eat röstis too. They’re even better than the hash browns you get back in the UK.” Cue yet more laughter!

A final to savour

by Patrick FAVRE | 27 May, 2023 | News_slider-en, News_Tournoi-en

The final of the 2023 Gonet Geneva Open (Saturday, 15:00 CET) has all the makings of a classic. On one side of the net Grigor Dimitrov (ATP 33), the man with the impossible return of serve, and on the other, Nicolas Jarry (ATP 54), who accounted for two-time defending champion Casper Ruud in the quarters and Olympic champion Alexander Zverev in the semis, exacting a handsome measure of revenge for the his defeat to the German in the 2019 final, when he passed up two match points.

Jarry is enjoying perhaps the finest week of his career. At the age of 27, he is finally back to his best having had to start from scratch following an 11-month suspension handed down for taking a banned substance in a food supplement mistakenly prescribed to him by his doctor. “There were a lot of tears and sleepless nights,” said the Chilean. Thankfully, for him the tears have dried and his sleep now unbroken. A deserving winner against Ruud on Thursday, Jarry proved so once more against Zverev. With both serve and forehand working to near perfection, he refused to allow the German to settle and ran out a comfortable 7-6 (3) 6-3 winner. With his all-court game and renowned mental toughness, Dimitrov will prove a formidable opponent in the final. In a repeat of his quarter-final win against Australia’s Christopher O’Connell, the Bulgarian found himself a set and a break down to Taylor Fritz before serving up another unlikely comeback, prevailing 3-6 7-5 7-6(2) in unquestionably one of the finest matches in the tournament’s history. The penultimate point of the match is worth watching alone. It left Dimitrov holding four match points and brought the entire stadium to its feet.

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