History
The first Rotterdam Open tennis tournament was held in 1972 and was won by Arthur Ashe. The following year the tournament was not organized. Originally the Rotterdam Open was an event of the WCT circuit and afterward became part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. Since 1990 it is part of the ATP Tour.
In 1984 the singles final between Ivan Lendl and Jimmy Connors was interrupted in the 2nd set (6–0, 1–0) due to a bomb alarm and the match was not finished as Lendl was not prepared to play on.
Since 2004, former Dutch tennis player Richard Krajicek has been the tournament director.
A record 115,894 people attented the 2012 edition tournament.
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