The Swedish Open is a men’s professional tennis tournament that is held is Bastad, Sweden. It is classified as an ATP 250 event and has been played on outdoor clay courts ever since its inception in 1948. The event holds a distinct record of being selected as the best ATP 250 event of the year award for eleven consecutive years (2002-2012).
The tournament features a singles and a doubles event. Both events are played in the single elimination knockout format. The draw size of the singles event is 32, with four spots reserved for qualifiers and four for wildcard card entrants. In doubles, 16 pairs can enter in the main draw, with two spots for wild card entrants.
A match played at the Swedish Open is played in the best of three sets format. A set is won by the player who wins six games with a difference of two. However, if the set score is tied at six games apiece, then a tiebreak decides the winner of the set. The winner of the tiebreak is the one who won seven points with a difference of two points. In doubles, the deciding set is played as a match tiebreak, where the pair to win ten points two with a clear lead of two is declared the winner.
The winner of the singles and doubles competition get 250 ranking points. The runners-up of singles and doubles get 165 and 150 points respectively. Prize money of €534,555 is allotted for the event. Winners of the singles and doubles events receive €88,125 and €30,610 respectively.
As of 2024, the most successful player of the singles event is Magnus Gustafsson who has won a record four titles at the event. Another Swedish player, Jonas Bjorkmann leads the tally in the doubles category, with a record seven titles to his name.
