1995 Heineken Open
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The 1995 Heineken Open
was an ATP
tennis
tournament held in Auckland
, New Zealand
. The tournament was held from January 9 to January 16.
Thomas Enqvist
defeated
Chuck Adams
6-2, 6-1
Grant Connell
/ Patrick Galbraith
defeated
Luis Lobo
/
Javier Sánchez
, 6-4, 6-3
Heineken Open (tennis)
The Heineken Open is a tennis tournament on the ATP International Series played in Auckland, New Zealand. It was also a combined mens and womens tournament until 1981.-History:...
was an ATP
Association of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...
tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament held in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. The tournament was held from January 9 to January 16.
Men's Singles
Thomas EnqvistThomas Enqvist
Thomas Karl Johan Enqvist is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.He was quickly touted as the only Swede who could follow in the footsteps of Stefan Edberg and Björn Borg, and was ranked as high as No. 4 on the ATP Rankings.Enqvist was a force on the Swedish Davis Cup team...
defeated
Chuck AdamsChuck Adams
Chuck Adams , is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 34 in 1995.-Titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...
6-2, 6-1
- It was Enqvist's 1st title of the year and the 3rd of his career.
Men's Doubles
Grant ConnellGrant Connell
Grant Connell is a former professional tennis player from Canada. He was one of the world's top doubles player from the early through middle 1990s....
/
Patrick GalbraithPatrick Galbraith
Patrick Galbraith is a former professional tennis player from the United States.A doubles specialist, Galbraith reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1993. During his career he won 38 top-level doubles titles. He was a mixed doubles champion at the US Open in 1994 and 1996...
defeated
Luis LoboLuis Lobo
Luis Lobo is a professional male tennis player from Argentina, who won the gold medal in the men's doubles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games....
/
Javier SánchezJavier Sánchez
Javier Sánchez Vicario is a former professional tennis player from Spain.Sánchez won the US Open junior title in 1986, and then turned professional. He won his first professional doubles titles in 1987. His first top-level singles title came in 1988 at Buenos Aires. During his career he won a...
, 6-4, 6-3
- It was Connell's 1st title of the year and the 12th of his career. It was Galbraith's 1st title of the year and the 20th of his career.