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| Location | Shanghai, China |
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| Coordinates | 31°02′32″N 121°21′20″E / 31.042088°N 121.355522°E |
| Owner | Chinese Tennis Association |
| Capacity | 13,779 people |
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| Built | 2003 |
| Opened | October 5, 2005 |
| Construction cost | RMB¥2.4 billion USD$251 million |
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| General contractor | China Construction Third Bureau |
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| Tennis Masters Cup (tennis) (2005–2008) Shanghai Masters (tennis) (2009–present) FINA World (Swimming) (April 2006) | |
The Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena (上海旗忠森林体育城网球中心),[1] also known as Qizhong Stadium,[2] is a tennis arena in Shanghai, People's Republic of China.[1][2] The complex is located on an 80-hectare (200-acre) area, in Maqiao Town, in the southwest of Shanghai, Minhang District. It has a steel retractable roof which opens and closes in a pinwheel or spiral manner, with eight sliding petal-shaped pieces (moved in 8 minutes) resembling a blooming magnolia (Shanghai's official city flower).[3] The roof enables the stadium to host both indoor and outdoor tennis events. The seating capacity is 13,779 people.[3]
The stadium was specially created to host the ATP World Tour Finals between 2005 and 2008,[3] and was the largest tennis venue in Asia, until the construction of the Olympic Green Tennis Centre in Beijing. Since 2009 it has hosted the Shanghai Masters, an ATP Tour Masters 1000 tournament which began that year. It also served as one of the venues used for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers and Orlando Magic during their tour of China in 2007.
- ^ a b Also known as "Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center", see "Welcome to Minhang", 2008, webpage: S-cn Archived October 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Tennis Masters Cup", ATP Tour, Inc., 2005, webpage: masters-cup.com-stad.
- ^ a b c "Tennis Masters Cup - Qi Zhong Stadium Design Information", ATP Tour, Inc., 2005, webpage: masters-cup.com-stadium_overview.