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The European Community Championship was a men's professional tennis tournament held from 1982 until 1998 in Antwerp, Belgium. The tournament was held as a special invitational/exhibition event run outside the Grand Prix series and did not distribute any ATP ranking points until 1992, when the tournament became part of the ATP Tour. While an exhibition tournament, invitations were extended to players who won a tournament title in Europe during that year. The surface of the tournament was indoor carpet.

The inaugural event was held in December 1982, with a $700,000 purse on offer for 24 players. At that time, the high level (Super Series) European Grand Prix events like the Italian Open or indoor tournament in Wembley, London offered only $300,000 and $200,000 respectively.

It was called the European Champions' Championship and from 1986 was renamed the European Community Championship (ECC). Its nickname was the "Gold Racquet" tournament because if a player won the tournament thrice within a 5-year span, he would also receive a special trophy, a life-size, 13.2-pound gold racquet studded with 1,420 diamonds valued at $1,000,000, created by the artist Varozza. This inspired the Proximus Diamond Games, a WTA Tour event held in Antwerp since 2002, to have a similar trophy system.

In 1985, Ivan Lendl won his third title within 4 years and received the $200,000 winners prize together with the Gold Racquet. In 1991, Boris Becker spoiled Lendl's quest for a $1,250,000 million prize ($250,000 prize money plus the $1,000,000 racquet) at the ECC in Antwerp by beating him in the semifinals. Had Lendl won, he would have kept the gold-and-diamond racquet trophy valued at about $1,000,000, adding to his from 1985. He was in the running for a second after victories in 1987 and 1989, but wound up with only $100,000 that year.

Past finals

Singles

Year Date Final Prize Money Champion Runner-up Score
Special / Invitational event
1982 Dec 5 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Flagicon Ivan Lendl Шаблон:Flagicon John McEnroe 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–3, 6–3
1983 Nov 20 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Flagicon John McEnroe Шаблон:Flagicon Gene Mayer 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1984 Nov 18 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Flagicon Ivan Lendl Шаблон:Flagicon Anders Järryd 6–1, 6–2, 6–2
1985 Nov 3 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Flagicon Ivan Lendl Шаблон:Flagicon John McEnroe 1–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2, 6–2
1986 Nov 10 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Flagicon John McEnroe Шаблон:Flagicon Miloslav Mečíř 6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–2
1987 Nov 1 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Flagicon Ivan Lendl Шаблон:Flagicon Miloslav Mečíř 5–7, 6–1, 6–4, 6–3
1988 Nov 6 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Flagicon John McEnroe Шаблон:Flagicon Andrei Chesnokov 6–1, 7–5, 6–2
1989 Oct 29 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Flagicon Ivan Lendl Шаблон:Flagicon Miloslav Mečíř 6–2, 6–2, 1–6, 6–4
1990 Oct 21 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Flagicon Goran Ivanišević Шаблон:Flagicon Henri Leconte 6–2, 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 4–6, 6–1
1991 Dec 8 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Flagicon Aaron Krickstein Шаблон:Flagicon Boris Becker walkover
ATP Tour
1992 Nov 15 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Flagicon Richard Krajicek Шаблон:Flagicon Mark Woodforde 6–2, 6–2
1993 Nov 14 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Flagicon Pete Sampras Шаблон:Flagicon Magnus Gustafsson 6–1, 6–4
1994 Nov 13 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Flagicon Pete Sampras Шаблон:Flagicon Magnus Larsson 7–6(7–5), 6–4
1995 Not held
1996 Feb 19 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Stich Шаблон:Flagicon Goran Ivanišević 6–3, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
1997 Feb 23 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Flagicon Marc Rosset Шаблон:Flagicon Tim Henman 6–2, 7–5, 6–4
1998 Feb 23 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Flagicon Greg Rusedski Шаблон:Flagicon Marc Rosset 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–1, 6–4

Doubles

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1992 Шаблон:Flagicon John Fitzgerald
Шаблон:Flagicon Anders Järryd
Шаблон:Flagicon Jared Palmer
Шаблон:Flagicon Patrick McEnroe
6–2, 6–2
1993 Шаблон:Flagicon Grant Connell
Шаблон:Flagicon Patrick Galbraith
Шаблон:Flagicon Wayne Ferreira
Шаблон:Flagicon Javier Sánchez
6–3, 7–6
1994 Шаблон:Flagicon Jan Apell
Шаблон:Flagicon Jonas Björkman
Шаблон:Flagicon Hendrik Jan Davids
Шаблон:Flagicon Sébastien Lareau
4–6, 6–1, 6–2
1995 Not held
1996 Шаблон:Flagicon Jonas Björkman
Шаблон:Flagicon Nicklas Kulti
Шаблон:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Шаблон:Flagicon Menno Oosting
6–4, 6–4
1997 Шаблон:Flagicon David Adams
Шаблон:Flagicon Olivier Delaître
Шаблон:Flagicon Sandon Stolle
Шаблон:Flagicon Cyril Suk
3–6, 6–2, 6–1
1998 Шаблон:Flagicon Wayne Ferreira
Шаблон:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Шаблон:Flagicon Tomás Carbonell
Шаблон:Flagicon Francisco Roig
7–5, 3–6, 6–2

See also

References

Шаблон:ECC Antwerp tournaments Шаблон:ATP Championship Series tournaments Шаблон:ATP World Series tournaments Шаблон:Tennis exhibition tournaments