Serbia Open Cut from 2013 ATP Tour Calendar

The Serbia Open has been removed from the ATP Tour calendar for 2013.

The tournament, founded and organised by the family of world No 1 Novak Djokovic, has been staged in Belgrade for the last four years, but it failed to attract decent attendances last year and the economic decline also made it difficult for sponsors to keep funding the event.

“The Serbia Open tennis tournament in Belgrade will no longer feature on the ATP World Tour calendar following the decision by the organisers to cease the tournament’s operations,” read an ATP statement.

The statement also quoted tournament organisers Family Sport as saying that they have “made the most rational decision considering the circumstances”.

“We are grateful for everyone’s contribution and help in running this event that brought a lot of international stars and attention to Serbia,” it said.

“Unfortunately, we will not be able to run the Belgrade tournament and have decided to cease the tournament’s operations from 2013.”