Yugoslavia stamps year 1990 Grand prix tennis tournament – Umag MNH set
🎾 Yugoslavia 1990 – Grand Prix Tennis Tournament in Umag
- In 1990, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia issued a commemorative postage stamp set to mark the tennis Grand Prix event held in Umag — the first edition of what became the long‑running Yugoslav Open (later the Croatia Open).
- The tournament was part of the ATP Tour World Series and took place in May 1990 on outdoor clay courts in Umag, Yugoslavia (now in Croatia).
📮 Stamp Set Details
🪙 Stamp Issue
- Year: 1990
- Country: Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija)
- Theme: Grand Prix Tennis Tournament – Umag ’90
- Motif: Tennis players/sporting action tied to the Umag event.
- Format: Likely a set of 2 stamps celebrating the tournament.
📇 Catalogue Numbers
- The set is listed in stamp catalogues as Scott #2045–2046 (and similarly in other listings) under Sport / Tennis for that year.
📌 Design Notes
- Listings describe the stamps as showing tennis themes, usually featuring players or tennis action appropriate to a Grand Prix / ATP sporting event.
- They were issued in mint never hinged (MNH) condition and offered in philatelic markets.
📑 Context: The Umag Tournament
- The 1990 Yugoslav Open in Umag was the first edition of what would become the Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag on the ATP Tour.
- The tournament took place from 14 May to 20 May 1990 and was part of the professional men’s tour, now an annual ATP 250 clay‑court event.
- The first singles champion was Goran Prpić, who defeated Goran Ivanišević in the final.
🧾 Collecting Notes
- The Yugoslavia 1990 UMAG stamps are a popular topical issue for sports and tennis collectors and are often catalogued together as a small set.
- Condition, catalogue value, and actual listing descriptions may vary slightly across stamp dealer inventories.
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