by adminsc | 4 December, 2024 | News_slider-en, News_Tournoi-en
Tickets now available!
After a record-breaking 2024 edition with eight sold-out sessions, the Gonet Geneva Open will be celebrating its tenth anniversary from May 17 to 24 in the enchanting Parc des Eaux-Vives.
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Since 2015, the tournament has attracted the world’s best players, including three members of the Big Four: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. Other champions such as Stan Wawrinka, Dominic Thiem, Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev have also competed.
In 2024, Casper Ruud triumphed for the third time, confirming his dominance. In 2025, the spectacle promises to be spectacular, offering spectators a unique proximity to the players. Come and enjoy an unforgettable experience at the Gonet Geneva Open!
by adminsc | 2 December, 2024 | News_slider-en, News_Tournoi-en
A new shareholder structure for the Gonet Geneva Open
Promoter of the Gonet Geneva Open, the ATP 250 tournament held at the Parc des Eaux-Vives since 2015, Geneva Trophy Promotion SARL has announced a new shareholder structure. Nicolas Gonet, who has also been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gonet & Cie SA since January 2023, has taken over the shares held by Ion Tiriac, who initiated the tournament in Geneva with Rainer Schüttler.
”This choice is an extension of my commitment to the tournament as the Banque Gonet has been its title sponsor since the 2021 edition,» emphasizes Nicolas Gonet. During the first four years of this partnership, I realized how important the Gonet Geneva Open is to the city’s social life, and how popular it is to the tennis fans. ”
Rainer Schüttler is delighted with his new partnership at the head of Geneva Trophy Promotion. Nicolas Gonet’s arrival strengthens the tournament’s foothold,” he says. Nicolas Gonet is a committed player in the Geneva business community. With his presence within Geneva Trophy Promotion, the Gonet Geneva Open really intends to be a long-term fixture, well beyond the ten-year milestone we’ll pass in 2025. ”
Since 2015, the Gonet Geneva Open has attracted high-profile players, including Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka, Casper Ruud, Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz, Grigor Dimitrov and Ben Shelton. In 2024, the tournament was an unprecedented success, with all sessions sold out.
by Patrick FAVRE | 25 May, 2024 | News_slider-en, News_Tournoi-en
What an amazing ambassador for the Gonet Geneva Open! After winning the title in 2021 and 2022, Norway’s Casper Ruud has lifted the trophy at the Geneva tournament for the third time. And what a day! Due to the rain on Friday night, his semi-final was postponed to 10.30am on Saturday morning, meaning he had to play two matches in a matter of hours. Facing youngster Flavio Cobolli in his first match of the day, the 25-year-old Norwegian saved a match point before booking his place in the final of the Gonet Geneva Open, with a 1-6 6-1 7-6 (4) win in just under two hours of play.
One might have thought that Casper Ruud would want to save some energy for his forthcoming fortnight in Paris, but that did not seem to be the case. The World No.7 fought courageously to reach the final of “his” tournament, in a bid to take home the trophy for the third time.
Just a few short hours after his victory over the young Italian, it was time for him to step back out onto centre court in Geneva. This time he came up against Tomáš Macháč, the rising star of Czech tennis, who proved this week that he had all the weapons he needed to challenge his opponent of the day. After all, the 23-year-old Czech player defeated World No.1 Novak Djokovic on Friday afternoon… And, unlike his Norwegian rival, he had had several hours to recover before the match!
The day’s finalists put on a spectacular show to round off this week in Geneva. Broken early on, Casper Ruud then stole the Czech’s service game as he was serving for the first set, then a second time to take a 7-5 lead after an hour of play. Galvanised by this first step in the right direction, the now three-time winner of the Gonet Geneva Open then broke Tomáš Macháč’s serve at the beginning of the second set. Casper Ruud used his experience to his advantage to stay ahead in this almost perfectly-orchestrated match, which he finally won 7-5 6-3.
“I think I’ve already said it in the past, but Geneva reminds me a lot of my home country, especially with the mountains and the lake,” the Norwegian said after his victory. “The people are lovely; I always feel good here and the conditions seem to suit me perfectly [smiles]. I’m really happy with this new title. It’s also a great way to warm up for Roland-Garros and the fortnight ahead.”
by Patrick FAVRE | 25 May, 2024 | News_slider-en, News_Tournoi-en
The partnership between Gonet bank and the Geneva Open is made to last. As the naming sponsor of the only ATP 250 tournament held in French-speaking Switzerland, Gonet bank has extended its contract, which ran until 2025, to include the 2026 and 2027 editions of the tournament.
The Gonet Geneva Open is the only ATP 250 tournament to have featured three members of Big Four since 2021, with appearances by Roger Federer in 2021, and Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic this year. Thanks to the support of its naming sponsor, the Gonet Geneva Open is making a name for itself as one of the most competitive tournaments in the ATP 250 category. The popular success that it has enjoyed over the years has made it one of the main events on the city and canton’s social scene.
by Patrick FAVRE | 25 May, 2024 | News_slider-en, News_Tournoi-en
This afternoon, with partner Marcelo Arevalo, Mate Pavic lifted his fourth trophy in Geneva! The Croatian player has a real soft spot for the lakeside city. What is more, the 2021 Olympic champion has now won the doubles tournament with three different partners. “I feel at home here. It’s a very special feeling… In recent years, when we were planning our schedule, I told all of my different partners that I had just one condition: we can do whatever you like, but I want to go to Geneva,” he laughed. A smiling Marcelo added, “Only this morning he was piling on the pressure, saying that he was unbeaten on centre court at the Gonet Geneva Open! I think he wants to become the next Rafael Nadal of the tournament and win it fifteen times if he can!”
However, the winning pair did not have an easy ride this afternoon. Marcelo Arevalo and the now four-time winner of the tournament (2018 and 2019 with Oliver Marach, then 2022 with Nikola Mektic) took almost two hours to defeat the Salvadorian’s former teammate, Jean-Julien Rojer, and his partner Lloyd Glasspool, 7-6 (2) 7-5. “It’s true that the match was very close, there were not a lot of opportunities on either side. In the end, I think what made the difference was that we were slightly better in the pivotal moments,” analysed Mate Pavic after the match.
by Patrick FAVRE | 25 May, 2024 | News_slider-en, News_Tournoi-en
Novak Djokovic’s wait for his first title of the year goes on. Laid low by a stomach bug and perhaps surprised by the quality of tennis produced by world No. 44 Tomas Machac, the Serb’s Gonet Geneva Open came to an end in the semi-finals on Friday.
The Czech won a remarkable, rollercoaster encounter 6-4 0-6 6-1. Djokovic led 4-1 in the opening set before losing five games in a row. He then turned the tables on this opponent by winning seven on the spin but contrived to lose the last six and with them the match, a clear sign that he was well below his best. “You can’t draw any conclusions from a match like that,” he later surmised, and rightly so.
In defeating the best player of all time, the 23-year-old Machac moved into his first ever ATP Tour final, a deserved outcome in a week in which he has played some superb tennis. The Czech has still to find out who he will face in Saturday’s final, with the second semi-final, between Casper Ruud and Flavio Cobolli, having been postponed to tomorrow morning on account of Friday evening’s unwelcome rain.
For the first time in the tournament’s history, then, a Gonet Geneva Open semi-final will be played on the same day as the final, though it is far from a first in the tennis world, such is the havoc that the weather can cause with tight tournament schedules. Whoever emerges triumphant from it will face the unenviable task of trying to win two big matches in just a few short hours.
