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Eastbourne International

Eastbourne International
Tournament information
Event nameRothesay International
Founded1974; 50 years ago (1974)
Editions49 (2024)
LocationEastbourne
United Kingdom
VenueDevonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceGrass - outdoors
WebsiteOfficial website
Current champions (2024)
Men's singlesUnited States Taylor Fritz
Women's singles Daria Kasatkina
Men's doublesUnited Kingdom Neal Skupski
New Zealand Michael Venus
Women's doublesUkraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko
ATP Tour
Category250 series
(2009–2014, 2017-present)
Draw28S / 16Q / 16D
Prize money740,160 (2024)
WTA Tour
CategoryWTA 500
Draw32S / 24Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$922,573 (2024)

The Eastbourne International is a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour and the ATP Tour held at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, United Kingdom. Held since 1974, it is classified as a WTA 500 series on the WTA Tour and an ATP Tour 250 series on the ATP Tour. The tournament is played on outdoor grass courts, and is generally considered a "warm-up" for the Wimbledon Championships, a major tournament, which begins the following week. It was originally just part of the WTA Tour, but from 2009 it was combined as an ATP Tour event. It replaced the Nottingham Open grass court tournament from 2009–2014. Nottingham returned for 2015–2016 with no men's event in Eastbourne, however Eastbourne replaced the Nottingham event again from 2017 onwards. As of 2022, it is sponsored by Rothesay,[1] with past sponsors including Viking Cruises,[2] Nature Valley and AEGON.[3]

Combination

During 2007, lack of sponsorship for the Eastbourne tournament led the Lawn Tennis Association to consider moving the tournament to London.[4] However, as part of a general reorganisation of United Kingdom professional tennis tournaments, it was instead decided to merge the event with the Nottingham Open, traditionally held during the same week. From 2009, therefore, the Eastbourne courts have hosted a combined women's and men's event until 2014. In 2015 and 2016 it was an only a Ladies event (with the men's competition returning to Nottingham).[5][6][7] In 2017, the Eastbourne tournament returned to being a combined event.[8][9]

Past winners

Martina Navratilova holds the record for the most singles titles with 11.[10]

Finals

Women's singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score Name
1974 United States Chris Evert United Kingdom Virginia Wade 7–5, 6–4 John Player Tournament
1975 United Kingdom Virginia Wade United States Billie Jean King 7–5, 4–6, 6–4 Eastbourne Championships
1976 United States Chris Evert (2) United Kingdom Virginia Wade 8–6, 6–3 Colgate International
1977 Not played
1978 United States Martina Navratilova United States Chris Evert 6–4, 4–6, 9–7
1979 United States Chris Evert (3) United States Martina Navratilova 7–5, 5–7, 13–11
1980 United States Tracy Austin Australia Wendy Turnbull 7–6(7–3), 6–2 BMW Challenge
1981 United States Tracy Austin (2) United States Andrea Jaeger 6–3, 6–4 BMW Championships
1982 United States Martina Navratilova (2) Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková 6–4, 6–3
1983 United States Martina Navratilova (3) Australia Wendy Turnbull 6–1, 6–1
1984 United States Martina Navratilova (4) United States Kathy Jordan 6–4, 6–1 Eastbourne Championships
1985 United States Martina Navratilova (5) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková 6–4, 6–3 Pilkington Glass Championships
1986 United States Martina Navratilova (6) Czechoslovakia Helena Suková 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1987 Czechoslovakia Helena Suková United States Martina Navratilova 7–6(7–5), 6–3
1988 United States Martina Navratilova (7) Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva 6–2, 6–2
1989 United States Martina Navratilova (8) Italy Raffaella Reggi 7–6(7–2), 6–2
1990 United States Martina Navratilova (9) United States Gretchen Magers 6–0, 6–2
1991 United States Martina Navratilova (10) Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–4, 6–4
1992 United States Lori McNeil United States Linda Harvey Wild 6–4, 6–4
1993 United States Martina Navratilova (11) Netherlands Miriam Oremans 2–6, 6–2, 6–3 Volkswagen Cup
1994 United States Meredith McGrath United States Linda Harvey Wild 6–2, 6–4
1995 France Nathalie Tauziat United States Chanda Rubin 3–6, 6–0, 7–5 Direct Line Insurance
International Championships
1996 United States Monica Seles United States Mary Joe Fernández 6–0, 6–2
1997 6–5, abandoned (rain);
prize shared[11]
1998 Czech Republic Jana Novotná Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–1, 7–5
1999 Belarus Natasha Zvereva France Nathalie Tauziat 0–6, 7–5, 6–3
2000 France Julie Halard-Decugis Belgium Dominique Van Roost 7–6(7–4), 6–4
2001 United States Lindsay Davenport Spain Magüi Serna 6–2, 6–0 Britannic Asset Management
International Championships
2002 United States Chanda Rubin Russia Anastasia Myskina 6–1, 6–3
2003 United States Chanda Rubin (2) Spain Conchita Martínez 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 Hastings Direct
International Championships
2004 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová 2–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4
2005 Belgium Kim Clijsters Russia Vera Dushevina 7–5, 6–0
2006 Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne Russia Anastasia Myskina 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–5)
2007 Belgium Justine Henin (2) France Amélie Mauresmo 7–5, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2)
2008 Poland Agnieszka Radwańska Russia Nadia Petrova 6–4, 6–7(11–13), 6–4 International Women's Open
2009 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki France Virginie Razzano 7–6(7–5), 7–5 Aegon International
2010 Russia Ekaterina Makarova Belarus Victoria Azarenka 7–6(7–5), 6–4
2011 France Marion Bartoli Czech Republic Petra Kvitová 6–1, 4–6, 7–5
2012 Austria Tamira Paszek Germany Angelique Kerber 5–7, 6–3, 7–5
2013 Russia Elena Vesnina United States Jamie Hampton 6–2, 6–1
2014 United States Madison Keys Germany Angelique Kerber 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
2015 Switzerland Belinda Bencic Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 6–4, 4–6, 6–0
2016 Slovakia Dominika Cibulková Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 7–5, 6–3
2017 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 6–4, 6–4
2018 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki (2) Belarus Aryna Sabalenka 7–5, 7–6(7–5) Nature Valley International
2019 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková (2) Germany Angelique Kerber 6–1, 6–4
2020 Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko Estonia Anett Kontaveit 6–3, 6–3 Viking International
2022 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko 6–3, 6–2 Rothesay International
2023 United States Madison Keys (2) Daria Kasatkina 6–2, 7–6(15–13)
2024 Daria Kasatkina Canada Leylah Fernandez 6–3, 6–4

Women's champions by country

Country Winner First title Last title
 United States (USA) 24 1974 2023
 Czech Republic (CZE) 5 1997 2022
 France (FRA) 3 1995 2011
 Russia (RUS) 3 2004 2013
 Belgium (BEL) 3 2005 2007
 Denmark (DEN) 2 2009 2018
 Great Britain (GBR) 1 1975 1975
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1 1987 1987
 Spain (SPA) 1 1997 1997
 Belarus (BLR) 1 1999 1999
 Poland (POL) 1 2008 2008
 Austria (AUT) 1 2012 2012
  Switzerland (SUI) 1 2015 2015
 Slovakia (SVK) 1 2016 2016
 Latvia (LAT) 1 2021 2021

Men's singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓  ATP Tour 250  ↓
2009 Russia Dmitry Tursunov Canada Frank Dancevic 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2010 France Michaël Llodra Spain Guillermo García-López 7–5, 6–2
2011 Italy Andreas Seppi Serbia Janko Tipsarević 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 5–3, ret.
2012 United States Andy Roddick Italy Andreas Seppi 6–3, 6–2
2013 Spain Feliciano López France Gilles Simon 7–6(7–2), 6–7(5–7), 6–0
2014 Spain Feliciano López (2) France Richard Gasquet 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
2015–16 Not held
2017 Serbia Novak Djokovic France Gaël Monfils 6–3, 6–4
2018 Germany Mischa Zverev Slovakia Lukáš Lacko 6–4, 6–4
2019 United States Taylor Fritz United States Sam Querrey 6–3, 6–4
2020 Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Australia Alex de Minaur Italy Lorenzo Sonego 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2022 United States Taylor Fritz (2) United States Maxime Cressy 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4)
2023 Argentina Francisco Cerúndolo United States Tommy Paul 6–4, 1–6, 6–4
2024 United States Taylor Fritz (3) Australia Max Purcell 6–4, 6–3

Men's champions by country

Country Winner First title Last title
 United States (USA) 4 2012 2024
 Spain (ESP) 2 2013 2014
 Russia (RUS) 1 2009 2009
 France (FRA) 1 2010 2010
 Italy (ITA) 1 2011 2011
 Serbia (SRB) 1 2017 2017
 Germany (GER) 1 2018 2018
 Australia (AUS) 1 2021 2021
 Argentina (ARG) 1 2023 2023

Doubles finals

Women

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1975 United States Julie Anthony
Soviet Union Olga Morozova
Australia Evonne Goolagong
United States Peggy Michel
6–2, 6–4
1976 6–4, 1–1 abandoned
due to rain
1977 Not held
1978 United States Chris Evert
Netherlands Betty Stöve
United States Billie Jean King
United States Martina Navratilova
6–4, 6–7, 7–5
1979 Netherlands Betty Stöve (2)
Australia Wendy Turnbull
South Africa Ilana Kloss
United States Betty Ann Grubb-Stuart
6–2, 6–2
1980 United States Kathy Jordan
United States Anne Smith
United States Pam Shriver
Netherlands Betty Stöve
6–4, 6–1
1981 United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
United States Kathy Jordan
United States Anne Smith
6–7, 6–2, 6–1
1982 United States Martina Navratilova (2)
United States Pam Shriver (2)
United States Kathy Jordan
United States Anne Smith
6–3, 6–4
1983 United States Martina Navratilova (3)
United States Pam Shriver (3) '
United Kingdom Jo Durie
United Kingdom Anne Hobbs
6–1, 6–0
1984 United States Martina Navratilova (4)
United States Pam Shriver (4)
United Kingdom Jo Durie
United States Ann Kiyomura
6–4, 6–2
1985 United States Martina Navratilova (5)
United States Pam Shriver (5)
United States Kathy Jordan
Australia Elizabeth Sayers Smylie
7–5, 6–4
1986 United States Martina Navratilova (6)
United States Pam Shriver (6)
West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
6–2, 6–4
1987 Soviet Union Svetlana Parkhomenko
Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko
South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank
Australia Elizabeth Sayers Smylie
7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–5
1988 West Germany Eva Pfaff
Australia Elizabeth Sayers Smylie
New Zealand Belinda Cordwell
South Africa Dinky Van Rensburg
6–3, 7–6(8–6)
1989 United States Katrina Adams
United States Zina Garrison
Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
6–3, retired
1990 Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko (2)
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
United States Patty Fendick
United States Zina Garrison
6–4, 6–3
1991 Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko (3)
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva (2)
United States Gigi Fernández
Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1992 Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Latvia Larisa Neiland
United States Mary Joe Fernández
United States Zina Garrison
6–0, 6–3
1993 United States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natasha Zvereva (3)
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Latvia Larisa Neiland
2–6, 7–5, 6–1
1994 United States Gigi Fernández (2)
Belarus Natasha Zvereva (4)
Argentina Inés Gorrochategui
Czech Republic Helena Suková
6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–3
1995 Czech Republic Jana Novotná (2)
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
United States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
0–6, 6–3, 6–4
1996 Czech Republic Jana Novotná (3)
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2)
United States Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer
United States Pam Shriver
4–6, 7–5, 6–4
1997 Cancelled
1998 South Africa Mariaan de Swardt
Czech Republic Jana Novotná (4)
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
6–1, 6–3
1999 Switzerland Martina Hingis
Russia Anna Kournikova
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
6–4, retired
2000 Japan Ai Sugiyama
France Nathalie Tauziat
United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
2001 United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
Zimbabwe Cara Black
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
6–2, 6–2
2002 United States Lisa Raymond (2)
Australia Rennae Stubbs (2)
Zimbabwe Cara Black
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–2
2003 United States Lindsay Davenport
United States Lisa Raymond (3)
United States Jennifer Capriati
Spain Magüi Serna
6–3, 6–2
2004 Australia Alicia Molik
Spain Magüi Serna
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
6–4, 6–4
2005 United States Lisa Raymond (4)
Australia Rennae Stubbs (3)
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
Russia Vera Zvonareva
6–3, 7–5
2006 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
France Amélie Mauresmo
South Africa Liezel Huber
United States Martina Navratilova
6–2, 6–4
2007 United States Lisa Raymond (5)
Australia Samantha Stosur
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Australia Rennae Stubbs
6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–3
2008 Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Australia Rennae Stubbs
2–6, 6–0, [10–8]
2009 Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova
Japan Ai Sugiyama (2)
Australia Samantha Stosur
Australia Rennae Stubbs
6–4, 6–3
2010 United States Lisa Raymond (6)
Australia Rennae Stubbs (4)
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
6–2, 2–6, [13–11]
2011 Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
United States Liezel Huber
United States Lisa Raymond
6–3, 6–0
2012 Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
United States Liezel Huber
United States Lisa Raymond
6–4, ret.
2013 Russia Nadia Petrova
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik (2)
Romania Monica Niculescu
Czech Republic Klára Zakopalová
6–3, 6–3
2014 Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
Switzerland Martina Hingis
Italy Flavia Pennetta
6–3, 5–7, [10–7]
2015 France Caroline Garcia
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik (3)
Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
China Zheng Jie
7–6(7–5), 6–2
2016 Croatia Darija Jurak
Australia Anastasia Rodionova
Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
5–7, 7–6(7–4), [10–6]
2017 Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan (2)
Switzerland Martina Hingis (2)
Australia Ashleigh Barty
Australia Casey Dellacqua
6–3, 7–5
2018 Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
China Xu Yifan
Romania Irina-Camelia Begu
Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu
6–3, 7–5
2019 Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching (2)
Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan (3)
Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2020 Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Ena Shibahara
United States Nicole Melichar
Netherlands Demi Schuurs
6–1, 6–4
2022 Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
Poland Magda Linette
Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko
walkover
2023 United States Desirae Krawczyk
Netherlands Demi Schuurs
United States Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Australia Ellen Perez
6–2, 6–4
2024 Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko
Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
New Zealand Erin Routliffe
5–7, 7–6(7–2), [10–8]

Women's champions by country

Country Winner First title Last title
 United States (USA) 33 1975 2023
 Australia (AUS) 9 1979 2016
 Soviet Union (URS) 8 1975 1991
 Czech Republic (CZE) 5 1995 2011
 Spain (SPA) 5 1995 2012
 Netherlands (NED) 4 1978 2023
 Japan (JPN) 4 2000 2021
 Chinese Taipei (TPE) 4 2014 2019
 Russia (RUS) 3 1999 2013
 France (FRA) 3 2000 2015
 Slovenia (SLO) 3 2011 2015
 Belarus (BLR) 2 1993 1994
  Switzerland (SUI) 2 1999 2017
 Latvia (LAT) 2 1992 2024
 Great Britain (GBR) 1 1976 1976
 West Germany (FRG) 1 1988 1988
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1 1992 1992
 South Africa (RSA) 1 1998 1998
 Zimbabwe (ZIM) 1 2008 2008
 Uzbekistan (UZB) 1 2009 2009
 Croatia (CRO) 1 2016 2016
 Canada (CAN) 1 2018 2018
 China (CHN) 1 2018 2018
 Ukraine (UKR) 1 2024 2024

Men

Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓  ATP Tour 250  ↓
2009 Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
United States Travis Parrott
Slovakia Filip Polášek
6–4, 6–4
2010 Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg (2)
Poland Marcin Matkowski (2)
United Kingdom Colin Fleming
United Kingdom Ken Skupski
6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
2011 Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov
Italy Andreas Seppi
6–3, 6–3
2012 United Kingdom Colin Fleming
United Kingdom Ross Hutchins
United Kingdom Jamie Delgado
United Kingdom Ken Skupski
6–4, 6–3
2013 Austria Alexander Peya
Brazil Bruno Soares
United Kingdom Colin Fleming
United Kingdom Jonathan Marray
3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
2014 Philippines Treat Huey
United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
Austria Alexander Peya
Brazil Bruno Soares
7–5, 5–7, [10–8]
2015–16 Not held
2017 United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
India Rohan Bopanna
Brazil André Sá
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–3]
2018 United Kingdom Luke Bambridge
United Kingdom Jonny O'Mara
United Kingdom Ken Skupski
United Kingdom Neal Skupski
7–5, 6–4
2019 Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah
Argentina Máximo González
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–6]
2020 Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Croatia Nikola Mektić
Croatia Mate Pavić
United States Rajeev Ram
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
6–4, 6–3
2022 Croatia Nikola Mektić (2)
Croatia Mate Pavić (2)
Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop
Australia Luke Saville
6–4, 6–2
2023 Croatia Nikola Mektić (3)
Croatia Mate Pavić (3)
Croatia Ivan Dodig
United States Austin Krajicek
6–4, 6–2
2024 United Kingdom Neal Skupski
New Zealand Michael Venus
Australia Matthew Ebden
Australia John Peers
4–6, 7–6(7–2), [11–9]

Men's champions by country

Country Winner First title Last title
 Great Britain (GBR) 4 2012 2024
 Croatia (CRO) 3 2021 2023
 Poland (POL) 2 2009 2010
 Austria (AUT) 1 2013 2013
 Brazil (BRA) 1 2013 2013
 Colombia (COL) 1 2019 2019
 Israel (ISR) 1 2011 2011
 New Zealand (NZL) 1 2024 2024
 Philippines (PHI) 1 2014 2014
 United States (USA) 1 2017 2017

See also

References

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