TED Open

Player's Opinions

Player's Opinions I had a great time here in İstanbul. I hope to come back to this beautiful city again and spend time with the lovely people of İstanbul again.
Thanks for being such a wonderfull host.

Ali Katebi

Always a pleusur to com back here in İstanbul. I had my first future here in TED Open in 1995 and i am stil here for the Challenger in 2006.

I enjoyed the tournament here.
I’ll come back ……..

Nicolas Thorann

Thank you very much for organizing this great Challenger. As already 3 years ago it has again been agreat pleasure to be here and enjoy the fabulous hospitality of the TED Club and all the people working here. I hope to be back next year.

Marco Childinelli

Thanks very much for everythings. Didnt play good like last year but I am looking forward to come here next year.

Thank you

This week was a very special week form e. I have been looking forward to play again for one year since i did my surgery in the shoulder. A had both high and low expactations. I lost first round bun I am very very happy that I have played my first match and that my shoulder is ok stil. It doesnt matter that then rest of the body is sore. I am looking forward to com back here sometime.

Thanks a lot for giving me a memory of life.
Joachim Johansson

Very nice week for me and I’ll be back next year for sure. Everything is so good here, really enjoy it. All the best, take car for all,
Wang

A great week ends and I enjoyed every day here. Great weather, nice hotel and also very facility made the tournament to one of the leading in the world.

See you next year. Thanks a lot,
Michael Berrer

I was here as a player 6 years ago playing a satellite tournament in the TED Club. As the coach of Alexander Waske. I could see, that the organisations of the tournament improved a lot. Everybody working for the Akbank-Open did a great job.
Hope to be back next year. Thanks for everything.
Patrick

Thanks for a wonderful week and your great hospitality. I’m always happy to come back to İstanbul. I enjoy every second here. Everybody is great about your event. You did a great job and I hope to be back soon.

All the best.
Rainer Schuettler

Bekir,

A heard so many good things about İstanbul Challenger and finally after so many years I get a chance to work your tournament. I have been treated really good from ALL INVOLVED IN THE TOURNAMENT.

It is a very well run tournament, all involved are very friendly and helpful. Hotel, food adn transportations have been excellent and also all activities arranged by the tournament like (dinners, boat cruise) have been done in a professional way.

Thank you for your warm hospitality and look forward to have a pleasure to be back next year.

All the best,

Mohamed Lahyani
10.09.2005

Thanks for the wonderfill week…
See you next year.
J. Levinsky

One of the best tournaments in the world. Thanks for having me here.

All the best
Philippe Kohlchreska

Great tournament at the great city Thanks a lot for beautiful hospitaliy.
S. Stakhousky

After all the years here, I sitll think it sone of the best tournaments and am looking for the lovely hospitality.

Harel Levy

TED,

You have a wonderful city! Beatiful and full of many riches, you do a great job putting on your event. All the best and many Thanks ! K.

Thanks very much for organizing this great tournament. I'm very happy that I won this Challenger and hopefully I'll be back next year to defend my title.

Peter Wessels.

Thank you for this great tournament! I had a really nice week and I enjoyed it very much.

Phau

Thanks for a great tournament and service. Had a great time.

Marcus Sarstrand

Thanks!!!
For a good tournament, and a great Hotel… Only bad thing this week was the weather……
See you next year.

Filip

It was a very nice tournament. I would like to thank to everybody who made this tournament possible. Thanks
Hemmes.

To Bekir,
A very warm thank you (even in this bad weather this year…) for all the time and effort you put in this wonderful event. I hope to be back next year. Best regards,

George Bastl

Thanks for this nice week. I hat a good time in İstanbul. It was my first time in Turkey and I will keep in memory the nice people. Thanks very much and I hope to come back next year.

Gilles Müler

20 years after I have been as a tourist in İstanbul, I had a “come back” of the TED Open and I really enjoied the excellent hospitallity, very good and extreme friendly people here. Thank you very much

Stefan Rauth

Thank you for getting the chance to work again after 10 years at the TED Open! I will come back for sure.

Anton Lausegger

Carlos Sanches / Supervisor
"After a first year where I was impressed with the quality of the Istanbul challenger and with all the staff that organized the event with the command of Bekir Emre, it's good to be back to this beautiful city with pleasant and friendly people and where we can enjoy the beautiful monuments and the bosphurus river.
I'm sure that the tournament will be again a great success and I'm looking forward to see everybody again".

Jean Luc Reynartz / Umpire
For so many years now, I’m coming to your tournament, it has always been a real pleasure to come back. Everything is well organised and hospitality in Turkey is a great word.
My wife came once with me, and she also really appreciate your staff, organisation and people in general. Each year, I’m trying to spend some free time to visit also and every year I appreciate Istanbul more and more. Warmest Regards from Belgium,
See you soon.
Jean-Luc.

Miro Bratoev / Umpire
TED Open is one of my most favorite tournaments.
You and all the people in the Club have made me feel like at home every time I was in Istanbul.
You have always provided us with great hotels, food and most of all friendship. This is why for me it is a great pleasure to keep coming back to Istanbul!
Thank you and look forward to another great week of tennis this September.

Robin Soderling / Player
I played your tournament last year and I loved it I am really looking forward to come back again this year to defend my title.

2003 Player's Opinions

04.Sep.2003
Unfortunately I had to leave erly in the tournament week, but I had enough time to appreciate the unique atmosfhere of Istanbul and the wonderful friendship of you all. A really hope in the future, may be next year, to come back here hopefully fo a longer time. Thanks a lot for everything and all the best to you all.
Francesco

It was a great tournament, I really enjoyed the whole week the event as a whole was very good and will try to come back next year.

Martin Lee

Thank you for a very nice week here in Istanbul with its very nice people. I hope to come back next year!

Congratulation for this Tournament!... It is very nice, people, director, hotel..
I will come next year.

Dell'acqua

It was a pleasure to play this tournament, everything is perfect. I'll see you next year.

Thierry Ascioene

Thank you for the very well organized tournament. I hope that next year will have more sunny days!
See you next year
Noam Okun

One of the best tournaments of the Challenger level I've ever played. Played here many times and always look to come back. Great hotels, receptions by the tournament, beautiful city.
All the best.
Vladimir Voltchkov

Thanks for everything, it is one of the best Challenger I played. I will be very happy to come back in anytime.
See you.

Thanks for a great tournament. It was a pleasure to come back.
Amir

Thank you for the great week! Enjoyed the tournament! And also mövenpick hotel!

Bekir first of all I would like to thank you the great week we all had in Istanbul. I've got an e-mail from Messina talking about the book we didn't sign, of course that I can tell my impression and maybe you can write there and if one day I go back to your tournament I will sign then. I would like to put you there that "was a pleasure to work with everybody, the friendsip and profissionalism of all the staff helped me alot to run the tournament successfully, in my name and I'm sure all players and officials I would like to thank you for all the support and I'm looking forward to go back one day to such a nice event" Please say hello for me to everybody.

Best regards
Carlos Sanches

Dear Bekir,

Just few words to thank you for your kind and warm haspitality I had in Istanbul during TED Open. It has been a very nice week and it has been so because of you and the tournament staff that made me feeling like at home.
I really wish to be part of the team in the future!

All the best,
Your Italian Friend
Emmanuel Messina

Hello Bekir,

As you were busy with your tournament, I couldn't say thanks and goodbye to you. It was great to be in Istanbul again an really enjoyed the hospitality of your entire team.
Playing in front of so many people who apparently enjoyed the match made me quite proud and nervous as well.

Have a good time and hopefull see you again some day.

Pedro Krümmel

Dear Bekir,

Thank you for this memorable and very enjoyable week. The team was very nice, the hotel was great. I had a great time in TED as always, and hope to be back.
Miro Bartoev – 21.09.2002

I enjoy my every visit to Istanbul more and more. Thanks to great organisation of the TED Open. Bekir you are COOL! All the best for the tournament in manyi more years!!!
V. Voltchkov

Thanks for a great week here in ISTANBUL. That was a great experience of my life. Looking forward to play here again. All the best!
Igor Knnitcin

Bekir!

Many thanks for a great week in Istanbul. You have a fantastic tournament run at a club with very experienced staff. As this was my first trip to Turkey, I am deeply impressed how clean this big city is, the friendliness of the Turkish people and the gread food you have been serving every day. Good luck in the future and I hope to see you soon again.
ATP Supervisor – Lars Graff 21.09.2002

Bekir!

Thank you for a very well organized event. The week have been very nice and enjoyable. Hope to come back to Istanbul one day in the future. All the best.
Martin

I have been few times here in Istanbul. I have played really good this week anyway. Istanbul and the TED Club is always a good memory for me. Thanks for your hospitality. Your organisation is really good. Anyway, I’ll come back. If it’s not for tennis, it will be for holiday. Thank you. All the best.
Nicolas Thomann

Thank you for a great tournament. I realy enjoy this week. This tournament will have special place in my memory. I’ll never forget on this tournament. Thank you.
Luxa