In its 25th anniversary edition, Croatia's
oldest and most popular ATP tournament will welcome a number of the
world's great tennis players. Besides top-quality tennis, the
guests of the 25th Vegeta Croatia Open, which will take place
from July 17 to 27, will be able to enjoy a rich
gastronomy offer as well as performances by Croatia's and region's
music stars. Several surprises have been prepared as well.
The list of players who will participate in the anniversary
edition of the tournament is headed by the Umag winners over the
past three years. Croatia's highest-ranked tennis player
Marin Čilić, winner of the 2012 Umag tournament
and of the two ATP tournaments this season (Zagreb and Delray
Beach) as well as Rotterdam finalist (part of the 500 series of the
ATP Tour) will once again return to Umag.
This year, alongside Čilić, Umag will welcome the 2011 winner
Alexandr Dolgopolov, defending champion
Tommy Robredo and last year's finalist
Fabio Fognini. Each year Dolgopolov proves to be
one of Umag's biggest stars and earlier this year he came back to
the top 20 of the ATP rankings by playing extremely well. Robredo,
on the other hand, lost just one set en route to last year's title
in Umag, while Fognini will arrive in Umag as currently ranked
number 15 in the world, winner of Vina del Mar and finalist of both
Buenos Aires and Munich tournaments.
Umag-based tournament also attracts young, but already
well-established players. Thus, we can expect to see the Czech
Jiří Veselý, who was last year presented by the
ATP Star of Tomorrow Award as the youngest player to break into the
Top 100 of the world tennis, and Bernard Tomić,
Australian of Croatian descent, who was one of the best juniors in
the world and this season's Sydney finalist. Many on the Tour
believe the potential of these two is huge, enough to reach the top
of the world tennis.
"For many players on the ATP World Tour the Umag-based
tournament is one of their favorite ones. Alongside four ATP
Umag winners and finalists, the tournament will welcome Italian
Andreas Seppi, Austrian Jurgen Merzel, Argentinian Carlos Berlocq
and Colombian Santigao Giraldo, among others. Furthermore, two of
the tournament invitations will go to our young tennis hopefuls
Borna Čorić and Mate Delić. In the period between July 21 and 27 we
will see an extremely strong tennis tournament accompanied by a
celebratory atmosphere and top-quality tennis exhibitions,"
tournament director Vanja Božičković stated.
In its 25th anniversary edition, Croatia’s oldest and most popular ATP tournament will welcome a number of the world’s great tennis players.