The 2017 Swiss Open, following its WTA iteration, moves to a week of ATP action at the same host facility in the same host city, completing two weeks of tennis for the locals in the Swiss Alps. We won’t see a ton of big names at this event, but one Top 15 player will be there. Unfortunately for the locals, that player is not Roger Federer. The Swiss-born superstar and 2017 Wimbledon Champion will not be participating at this particular event this week.
The competition in the 28-player main draw begins on Monday, July 24.
Event Details
Event: ATP Swiss Open (Gstaad)
Category: ATP 250 Series
Date: July 24-30, 2017
Location: Roy Emerson Arena – Gstaad, Switzerland
The 2017 Swiss Open marks the presence of David Goffin, a rare example of a top-15 player participating in a low-level event after Wimbledon. Goffin is in Switzerland because of the need to gain match play before Canada, Cincinnati, and the U.S. Open.
The prize money is 482,000 Euros, standard for a 250-level tournament.
Points
Champion – 250
Runner-up – 150
Semifinal – 90
Quarterfinal – 45
Former Champions and Results (5 Years)
Year Champion Runner-up Score
2016: Feliciano Lopez def. Robin Haase – 6-4, 7-5
2015: Dominic Thiem def. David Goffin – 7-5, 6-2
2014: Pablo Andujar def. Juan Monaco – 6-3, 7-5
2013: Mikhail Youzhny def. Robin Haase – 6-3, 6-4
2012: Thomaz Bellucci def. Janko Tipsarevic – 6-7(6-8), 6-4, 6-2
Player Info
Top-seeded Belgian David Goffin marked his return from injury with a 6-4, 6-7(7) 6-2 victory over 174th- ranked Hungarian qualifier Attila Balazs. In the ongoing tournament in Umag, Goffin lost to Ivan Dodig in the quarterfinals, a product of rust.
The 14th-ranked Goffin, who missed the entire grass-court season due to an ankle injury, squandered three match points in the second set against Balazs but came back in the final set to dominate it.
In the only match he has played since the unfortunate injury that ruled him out of his third round match at the French Open, Goffin was moving swiftly and didn’t look in any discomfort. With American hardcourt season approaching, Goffin has surprisingly opted to play in back to back clay events in Umag and Gstaad. He is trying to play himself back in form before he meets the best players at the bigger events.
Roberto Bautista Agut found himself on the wrong side of the net in the Wimbledon fourth round. Bautista Agut was not beaten, he was demolished by Croatia’s Marin Cilic. However, that doesn’t undermine the fact that he has been super consistent in the events that matter. Bautista Agut may have won only six games, but there is no shame in losing to a player who went on to make the Wimbledon finals.
If you look at how Bautista Agut’s career has shaped up over the last two years, he has achieved way more than what the general public thinks: The Spaniard has reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the seventh time in his last nine attempts.
Bautista Agut will be favored to win in Gstaad even in the presence of Goffin. In 2017, he is 29-12 and has one title to his name. In the current form, he should add one more title to his list.
Feliciano Lopez lost a golden opportunity to go deep in Wimbledon by suffering in the first round against Adrian Mannarino with a foot injury. Lopez was playing some of his best tennis on grass and he had come into Wimbledon by beating Marin Cilic in a thrilling final in Queens Club. At 35, he won his biggest title of his career and is in terrific form… if healthy.
Lopez is dangerous on grass but he can play on clay too. The Spaniard is the defending champion in Gstaad but many don’t really know if he has completely recovered from the foot injury. If he is fit, he’ll be tough to beat.
Also here: Fabio Fognini, who may win the whole thing if he decides he wants to. Robin Haase has made two finals in the past, and Paolo Lorenzi has prolonged his stay in the top 35 with some steady results.
Roy Emerson Arena
The Gstaad tennis facility is named after the 12-time men’s major champion from Australia in the 1960s, part of Australia’s golden generation of tennis legends. The main stadium court seats 4,500 spectators.
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