What is the Belgrade Open in tennis?

The Belgrade Open is a men’s professional tennis tournament on the ATP tour. It is classified as an ATP 250 tournament and began in 2021. The tournament was not held in 2022 and 2023, and made a return in 2024.

A single elimination knockout draw format is followed in both the singles and doubles events. The singles draw size is 28 whereas the doubles draw size is of 16 pairs. Out of the 28 singles slots, three are reserved for wild cards. Three more are reserved for qualifiers, who make it to the main draw after securing wins in the qualifying draw of 16.

All matches follow the conventional scoring format of best of three sets. A set is won when a player reaches six games with a difference of two. A tiebreak is enforced if the set score reaches six games apiece. This tiebreak is won by the player who reaches seven points first with a difference of two. In doubles, the third set is played as a set tiebreak of ten points. The team who wins ten points with a difference of two wins the match.

The total prize money for the Belgrade Open for 2024 is €579,320. A singles champion earns €88,125 whereas the doubles champion team gets €30,610. The winners of each event earn 250 ranking points. Runners-up of singles and doubles get 165 and 150 points respectively.

The tournament was held on clay courts in its first edition but has now resorted to indoor hard courts. No player who won the titles in 2021 have repeated the feat in 2024.

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