The BMW Open is the first of four German tournaments on the season's ATP Tour calendar, contested in Bavaria’s picturesque capital city of Munich. The International Tennis Championships of Bavaria was first held in 1900, but the BMW Open was first staged at Munich’s Iphitos Tennis Club in 1974. Germans have won the trophy 10 times since then, including three title runs for Philipp Kohlschreiber (2007, '12, '16) and back-to-back victories for Alexander Zverev (2017-'18). In 2025, the event will be upgraded to become an ATP 500.