GENEVA TENNIS CLUB
“A breathtaking venue that never ceases to amaze”
In recent years, great champions such as Stan Wawrinka, Novak Djokovic, and Roger Federer have all been struck by the same sense of wonder. Perched above the beautiful Parc des Eaux-Vives and just steps from the lakeside, the Geneva Tennis Club is truly one of the most stunning clubs in the world.
Even before the first edition of the Martini Open in 1980, the year Geneva first joined the ATP calendar, the Tennis Club de Genève had already welcomed legendary players such as Henri Cochet, Yvon Petra, Ken Rosewall, and Rod Laver. A breathtaking venue that, to this day, never ceases to amaze.
Between 1980 and 1991, the Geneva tournament – the Martini Open until 1986 and then the Barclay Open – thus crowned three world No 1s, Björn Borg in 1981, Mats Wilander in 1982 and 1983 and, finally, Thomas Muster in 1991. These twelve editions of the first “life” of the Geneva tournament also smiled at two Swiss players, Claudio Mezzadri in 1987 and Marc Rosset in 1989. Champel’s 18-year-old child, who was ranked 157th in the world, eliminated Guy Forget on the road to his victorious final against Argentina’s Guillermo Perez-Roldan.
During the twenty-four years that separated the last edition of the Barclay Open and the first edition of the Geneva Open, TC Geneva was not asleep. Far from it. In 2016, it added to its list of achievements an 18th LNA Champion’s crown, renovated the changing rooms at its two sites: Eaux-Vives and Vessy, won various junior titles, hosted one of the most prestigious senior tournaments in Europe and created the Team Elite for its best hopes.
After ten years, the “new” tournament has established itself as one of the major events in Geneva’s social calendar. Just as in its earlier days, the Gonet Geneva Open has managed to attract world’s top players including Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, and Stan Wawrinka, offering a truly remarkable list of winners. In 2025, Novak Djokovic claimed the 100th title of his career right here at the Parc des Eaux-Vives.