The 22nd edition of Croatia's oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag attracted the record-breaking 80,000 visitors, together with 300 accredited journalists, photographers and cameramen from Croatia and the world. Last year's tournament took place in the period between July 21 and July 31, under the auspices of the Croatian President Ivo Josipović. The winner of the final match against the home favorite Marin Čilić was the up-and-coming Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov, who thus won his first ATP World Tour title. That was also "the youngest" final in any of the ATP tournaments in 2011 as both players were just 22 years old.

Over the eleven days of the tournament all 80,000 visitors enjoyed top-class tennis but also 60 hours of music program in 14 different concerts by both Croatian and international stars, including opera diva Montserrat Caballé, DJ star Yolanda Be Cool, TBF, Jinx, Lana Jurčević, Neno Belan, etc. The ATP tournament also hosted a gastronomy and enology event Istria Gourmet Festival, featuring 15 top-quality Croatian and international restaurants, two of them awarded Michelin stars.

Images of one of the most beautiful tennis courts in the world, fantastic sports atmosphere and outstanding entertainment program have circled the globe. The matches were broadcasted in as many as 132 countries on four different continents, thus potentially reaching 90,050,000 viewers via 15 international TV stations. Moreover, 24 international TV stations, including Eurosport 2, BBC World News, Al Jezzerea Sports Global, France 24 and Russia Today aired 613 reports and news segments featuring the tournament, reaching over 700 million potential viewers around the world.

Online promotion posted excellent results as well. Thus, the tournament's official website had 150,000 visitors and the Facebook page boasted 900,000 views. "The said results are making us exceedingly happy and proud as they are the product of months of hard work and effort of almost 400 people involved in the event's organization. At the same time, they also make us set high goals for the 23rd edition of the tournament, preparations for which have already begun. All the accomplishments are extremely important for the development of tennis in Croatia, as well as the country's tourist offer and promotion of Umag, Istria and Croatia around the world," ATP Studena Croatia Open director Vanja Božičković explained.

The 23rd Vegeta Croatia Open will take place in the period between
July 5 and July 15, 2012, during which time Umag will once again become the unavoidable summer stop boasting top-quality tennis, beauty, entertainment and parties as well as tastes and smells of Istria.