Thiem in Vienna, Federer and Zverev in Basel - live on Sky
Vienna and Basel - two traditional venues in tennis sport host the last two 2019 ATP Tour 500 tournaments. And with Sky, you can watch local heroes Dominic Thiem and Roger Federer live at work.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Oct 18, 2019, 10:45 am
The first big dream of home win Dominic Thiem has already met in the summer of 2019: In Kitzbühel secured the Austrian exceptional player as the first local player after Thomas Muster the title at the foot of the horn. On his favorite surface, the ashes. From October 21, 2019 Thiem will try to set the historic double strike in the Wiener Stadthalle. The fact that the 26-year-old is doing well on hard court, he has proven this year with his success in Indian Wells and only a few days ago in Beijing impressively.
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The competition for the local hero has eased a bit in recent days: after Kei Nishikori also Daniil Medvedev, US Open finalist and newly crowned champion of Shanghai had to cancel his participation in the Stadthalle. With Karen Khachanov, however, a man comes to Vienna, who still has outsider chances of a place at the ATP Finals in London. Defending champion Kevin Anderson will not be there: the South African has already ended his season due to a persistent injury.
Here are the Vienna winners since 2010
year | winner | finalist | Result |
2018 | Kevin Anderson | Kei Nishikori | 6: 3, 7: 6 (3) |
2017 | Lucas Pouille | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 6: 1, 6: 4 |
2016 | Andy Murray | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 6: 3, 7: 6 (6) |
2015 | David Ferrer | Steve Johnson | 4: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5 |
2014 | Andy Murray | David Ferrer | 5: 7, 6: 2, 7: 5 |
2013 | Tommy Haas | Robin Haase | 6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 4 |
2012 | Juan Martin del Potro | Grega Zemlya | 7: 5, 6: 3 |
2011 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | Juan Martin del Potro | 6: 7 (5), 6: 3, 6: 4 |
2010 | Jürgen Melzer | Andreas Haider Mason | 6: 7 (10), 7: 6 (4), 6: 4 |
Federer in Basel for the tenth title
If somebody wins at home, that's Roger Federer. The Swiss will also play in his hometown of Basel on 21 October, almost as usual as defending champion. The Maestro has already triumphed in the St. Jakobshalle nine times, last year against the surprise finalist Marius Copil.
He had defeated in the semifinals in 2018 Alexander Zverev. The German number one will start in Basel again this year. And has recently shown ascending form with the final in Shanghai. Not least with a success against Roger Federer.
Here are the Basel winners since 2010
year | winner | finalist | Result |
2018 | Roger Federer | Marius Copil | 7: 6 (5), 6: 4 |
2017 | Roger Federer | Juan Martin del Potro | 6: 7 (5), 6: 4, 6: 3 |
2016 | Marin Cilic | Kei Nishikori | 6: 1, 7: 6 (5) |
2015 | Roger Federer | Rafael Nadal | 6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 3 |
2014 | Roger Federer | David Goffin | 6: 2, 6: 2 |
2013 | Juan Martin del Potro | Roger Federer | 7: 6 (3), 2: 6, 6: 4 |
2012 | Juan Martin del Potro | Roger Federer | 6: 4, 6: 7 (5), 7: 6 (3) |
2011 | Roger Federer | Kei Nishikori | 6: 1, 6: 3 |
2010 | Roger Federer | Novak Djokovic | 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 1 |