The Swiss Open has been played at Gstaad since 1915 and is the only ATP clay-court event at altitude: at 1,050 metres the ball travels noticeably faster through thinner air, which makes the surface behave unlike clay anywhere else and is the reason specialists either love the tournament or avoid it.
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Its slot is the week after Wimbledon, which determines the field — players coming off grass and returning to clay, often for European reasons rather than ranking ones.
Gstaad is a small Bernese Oberland resort whose summer season is built around this week and the Menuhin Festival that follows in August; its hotel stock is substantial for the village size and expensive in both.
PlanningA mid-July window set by the ATP calendar, the week after Wimbledon.