The official press release came late in the afternoon. “Budgetary reasons jeopardizing the actual future of the tournament underlie this decision. Reductions in public subsidies and long-standing unfulfilled commitments reveal a major deficit in the running of the 2025 edition. Therefore, the management of the BW Open prefers to skip the 2025 edition and intends to calmly concentrate its efforts on the 2026 edition. A request has been made to the ATP to this effect”, can we read in the press release which also specifies that “all people who had reserved places for the 2025 edition will be fully refunded in the coming days”.
At the beginning of December, the organization of the BW Open announced the withdrawal of Vincent Stavaux from its structure. The former manager of Justine Henin, the linchpin of the Walloon tournament, will be tried on April 14 by the Mons criminal court for indecency against minors.
While doubt hovers over the holding of the European Open, the ATP 250 in Antwerp, in 2025, Belgium could no longer have any ATP tournament organized on its territory next year. However, rumors are circulating about the European Open moving to Brussels, or to another city outside Belgian territory.
Swiss Leandro Riedi won the 2024 edition of the Louvain-la-Neuve Challenger last January. In 2023, it was David Goffin who triumphed during the inaugural edition.
