Where is Barcelona Open held?

Barcelona Open is held in Barcelona, Spain.

Who is the latest recorded Barcelona Open winner?

The 2026 Barcelona Open was won by Arthur Fils, who defeated Andrey Rublev 6-2 7-6(2).

Who has won the most Barcelona Open titles?

Rafael Nadal has won 12 Barcelona Open titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).

When was the first Barcelona Open played?

The first edition of Barcelona Open was held in 1953.

What surface is Barcelona Open played on?

Barcelona Open is played on clay courts.

ATP Barcelona Open 1978 Draw & Results

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Balazs Taroczy won the 1978 Barcelona Open, defeating Ilie Nastase 1-6 7-5 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the final. The ATP 250 event was played October 9–15 on clay courts in Barcelona, Spain.

The Barcelona Open is a clay-court ATP event at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona and awards the Conde de Godó trophy.

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Champion

Balazs Taroczy

def. Ilie Nastase , 1-6 7-5 4-6 6-3 6-4

Dates

Oct 9 — Oct 15

Location

Barcelona, Spain

Results

63 recorded singles results

Barcelona Open 1978 match log
Winner	Score	Loser	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
F (1)
Balazs Taroczy	1-6 7-5 4-6 6-3 6-4	Ilie Nastase 2× CH	H2H	Match data	Oct 15, 1978*	F
SF (2)
Balazs Taroczy	6-2 7-5	Ivan Lendl	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 1978*	SF
Ilie Nastase 2× CH	6-3 3-6 9-7	Paolo Bertolucci	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 1978*	SF
QF (4)
Paolo Bertolucci	6-2 6-1	Tomas Smid	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 1978*	QF
Ilie Nastase 2× CH	6-2 6-2	Jose Higueras	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 1978*	QF
Balazs Taroczy	1-6 6-2 6-0	Ulrich Pinner	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 1978*	QF
Ivan Lendl	4-6 7-6 6-4	Wojtek Fibak	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 1978*	QF Upset: winner had a 15 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
R16 (8)
Tomas Smid	6-2 6-0	Louk Sanders	H2H	Match data	Oct 13, 1978*	R16
Ilie Nastase 2× CH	6-2 6-1	Ramiro Benavides	H2H	Match data	Oct 13, 1978*	R16
Wojtek Fibak	6-2 6-2	Pavel Slozil	H2H	Match data	Oct 13, 1978*	R16
Jose Higueras	6-3 6-0	Francisco Gonzalez	H2H	Match data	Oct 13, 1978*	R16
Ulrich Pinner	6-4 6-0	Jan Kodes CH	H2H	Match data	Oct 13, 1978*	R16
Balazs Taroczy	6-1 6-0	Ricardo Ycaza	H2H	Match data	Oct 13, 1978*	R16
Ivan Lendl	6-2 6-3	Belus Prajoux	H2H	Match data	Oct 13, 1978*	R16
Paolo Bertolucci	6-2 6-3	Pavel Hutka	H2H	Match data	Oct 13, 1978*	R16
R32 (16)
Ulrich Pinner	6-4 6-4	Tenny Svensson	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 1978*	R32
Ricardo Ycaza	6-4 2-6 8-6	Jaime Fillol	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 1978*	R32 Upset: winner had a 13 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Ivan Lendl	6-4 6-1	Hans Gildemeister	—	Match data	Oct 12, 1978*	R32 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Pavel Hutka	7-5 6-2	Buster C Mottram	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 1978*	R32
Jan Kodes CH	7-5 6-3	Hans Kary	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 1978*	R32
Ramiro Benavides	6-2 6-2	Javier Soler	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 1978*	R32
Pavel Slozil	5-7 6-4 6-4	Christophe Roger-Vasselin	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 1978*	R32
Jose Higueras	6-0 6-3	Janos Benyik	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 1978*	R32
Balazs Taroczy	7-5 6-1	Jairo Velasco	—	Match data	Oct 12, 1978*	R32
Tomas Smid	6-4 6-2	Adriano Panatta	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 1978*	R32
Ilie Nastase 2× CH	6-2 3-6 10-8	Fernando Luna	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 1978*	R32
Belus Prajoux	6-2 6-4	Eddie Dibbs	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 1978*	R32 Upset: winner had a 8 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Francisco Gonzalez	6-3 7-5	Zeljko Franulovic	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 1978*	R32
Wojtek Fibak	5-7 6-4 6-3	Ferdi Taygan	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 1978*	R32
Louk Sanders	6-3 3-6 6-1	Jiri Hrebec	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 1978*	R32
Paolo Bertolucci	6-3 7-6	Vladimir Zednik	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 1978*	R32
R64 (32)
Tenny Svensson	6-4 6-4	John James	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Ferdi Taygan	6-1 6-0	Robin Drysdale	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Pavel Slozil	6-2 6-4	Rolf Gehring	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Belus Prajoux	6-1 6-0	Alvaro Margets	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Ulrich Pinner	3-6 6-3 6-1	Gilles Moretton	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Janos Benyik	6-2 0-6 6-1	John Feaver	—	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Javier Soler	2-6 6-3 6-3	Karl Meiler	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Jairo Velasco	1-6 6-2 6-2	Jiri Granat	—	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Ricardo Ycaza	6-4 3-6 6-3	Antonio Munoz	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Tomas Smid	4-6 6-1 6-1	Klaus Eberhard	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Hans Gildemeister	0-6 7-5 6-2	Per Hjertquist	—	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Paolo Bertolucci	7-6 6-4	Jean Louis Haillet	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Jose Higueras	6-2 6-2	Werner Zirngibl	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Balazs Taroczy	6-1 7-5	Heinz Gunthardt	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Hans Kary	6-1 6-1	Jose Luis Clerc	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64 Upset: winner had a 14 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Eddie Dibbs	6-3 6-4	Lorenzo Fargas	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Jiri Hrebec	6-1 6-2	Corrado Barazzutti	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64 Upset: winner had a 14 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Jaime Fillol	6-4 6-4	Juan Torralbo	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Christophe Roger-Vasselin	6-4 6-3	Chris Lewis	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64 Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Adriano Panatta	6-3 6-1	Georges Goven	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Buster C Mottram	4-6 6-4 7-5	Victor Pecci	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Zeljko Franulovic	7-5 6-1	Bernard Fritz	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Jan Kodes CH	6-2 6-0	Alvaro Betancur	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Vladimir Zednik	6-1 6-1	Colin Dowdeswell	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Ivan Lendl	6-3 6-2	Ivan Molina	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Pavel Hutka	6-3 6-3	Paul Mcnamee	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Louk Sanders	2-6 7-6 6-3	Andreas Maurer	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Francisco Gonzalez	6-4 (ret.)	Bob Hewitt	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Ilie Nastase 2× CH	6-3 6-4	Frew Mcmillan	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Fernando Luna	6-2 6-2	Angel Gimenez	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Ramiro Benavides	6-4 6-2	Stanislav Birner	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64
Wojtek Fibak	6-4 6-1	Alejandro Pierola	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1978*	R64

Tournament Records

The leading Open Era records for Barcelona Open.

Most Titles

Open Era singles titles.

Rafael Nadal 12 titles

Most Finals

Champion or runner-up finishes.

Rafael Nadal 12 finals

Most Match Wins

Recorded main-draw match wins.

Rafael Nadal 68 wins

Most Appearances

Editions with a recorded main-draw match.

Feliciano Lopez 22 appearances

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Open Era main-draw singles records from 1968 onward. Ranking records begin where reliable entering rankings are available.

Recent Finals

Recent Barcelona Open finals
Winner	Score	Runner-up	H2H	Match Data	Season	Surface
Arthur Fils #30	6-2 7-6(2)	Andrey Rublev #15	H2H	Match data	2026	Clay
Holger Rune #13	7-6(6) 6-2	Carlos Alcaraz #2	H2H	Match data	2025	Clay
Casper Ruud #6	7-5 6-3	Stefanos Tsitsipas #7	H2H	Match data	2024	Clay
Carlos Alcaraz #2	6-3 6-4	Stefanos Tsitsipas #5	H2H	Match data	2023	Clay
Carlos Alcaraz #11	6-3 6-2	Pablo Carreno Busta #19	H2H	Match data	2022	Clay

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Barcelona Open held?: Barcelona Open is held in Barcelona, Spain.
Who is the latest recorded Barcelona Open winner?: The 2026 Barcelona Open was won by Arthur Fils, who defeated Andrey Rublev 6-2 7-6(2).
Who has won the most Barcelona Open titles?: Rafael Nadal has won 12 Barcelona Open titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).
When was the first Barcelona Open played?: The first edition of Barcelona Open was held in 1953.
What surface is Barcelona Open played on?: Barcelona Open is played on clay courts.