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Rosmalen Grass Court Championships

Rosmalen Grass Court Championships
Tournament information
Founded1990; 34 years ago (1990)
LocationRosmalen, 's-Hertogenbosch
Netherlands
VenueAutotron Rosmalen
SurfaceGrass
Websitelibema-open.nl
Current champions (2024)
Men's singlesAustralia Alex de Minaur
Women's singles Liudmila Samsonova
Men's doublesUnited States Nathaniel Lammons
United States Jackson Withrow
Women's doublesEstonia Ingrid Neel
Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs
ATP Tour
CategoryATP World Series
(1990–1995)
ATP International Series
(2001–2008)
ATP World Tour 250 series
(2009–current)
Draw28S / 16Q / 16D
Prize money750,950 (2023)
WTA Tour
CategoryWTA Tier III
(1996–2008)
WTA International
(2009–2020)
WTA 250
(2021–current)
Draw32S / 24Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$267,082 (2024)

The Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, branded by its sponsored name as the Libéma Open since 2018,[1] (formerly known as the Continental Grass Court Championships, Heineken Trophy, Ordina Open, UNICEF Open, Topshelf Open and RICOH Open), is a professional tennis tournament held in the town of Rosmalen, on the outskirts of the city of 's-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch) in the Netherlands.[2] The men's and women's tennis matches are played on grass courts at the Autotron convention center. It is classified as an ATP 250 event on the men's ATP Tour[3] and a WTA 250 event on the women's WTA Tour.[4]

In 1989 a two-group round robin invitational tournament with eight players was organized in Rosmalen which was won by Miloslav Mečíř. The next year, 1990, the tournament became part of the newly founded ATP Tour and was officially called the Continental Grass Court Championships. At the time of its founding it was the only grass court event held in continental Europe.[a] The tournament is used by tennis pros as a preparation for the Wimbledon Championships and was held the week prior to Wimbledon until 2014. From 2015 onwards it is held the week following the French Open. In 1996, a women's singles and doubles event dubbed Wilkinson Championships was added to the tournament.

Past finals

Men's singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓  ATP Tour 250[b]  ↓
1990 Israel Amos Mansdorf Soviet Union Alexander Volkov 6–3, 7–6
1991 Germany Christian Saceanu Netherlands Michiel Schapers 6–1, 3–6, 7–5
1992 Germany Michael Stich United States Jonathan Stark 6–4, 7–5
1993 France Arnaud Boetsch Australia Wally Masur 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1994 Netherlands Richard Krajicek Germany Karsten Braasch 6–3, 6–4
1995 Slovakia Karol Kučera Sweden Anders Järryd 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–4)
1996 United States Richey Reneberg France Stephane Simian 6–4, 6–0
1997 Netherlands Richard Krajicek (2) France Guillaume Raoux 6–4, 7–6(9–7)
1998 Australia Patrick Rafter Czech Republic Martin Damm 7–6(7–2), 6–2
1999 Australia Patrick Rafter (2) Romania Andrei Pavel 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4
2000 Australia Patrick Rafter (3) France Nicolas Escudé 6–1, 6–3
2001 Australia Lleyton Hewitt Argentina Guillermo Cañas 6–3, 6–4
2002 Netherlands Sjeng Schalken France Arnaud Clément 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
2003 Netherlands Sjeng Schalken (2) France Arnaud Clément 6–3, 6–4
2004 France Michaël Llodra Argentina Guillermo Coria 6–3, 6–4
2005 Croatia Mario Ančić France Michaël Llodra 7–5, 6–4
2006 Croatia Mario Ančić (2) Czech Republic Jan Hernych 6–0, 5–7, 7–5
2007 Croatia Ivan Ljubičić Netherlands Peter Wessels 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
2008 Spain David Ferrer France Marc Gicquel 6–4, 6–2
2009 Germany Benjamin Becker Netherlands Raemon Sluiter 7–5, 6–3
2010 Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky Serbia Janko Tipsarević 6–3, 6–0
2011 Russia Dmitry Tursunov Croatia Ivan Dodig 6–3, 6–2
2012 Spain David Ferrer (2) Germany Philipp Petzschner 6–3, 6–4
2013 France Nicolas Mahut Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka 6–3, 6–4
2014 Spain Roberto Bautista Agut Germany Benjamin Becker 2–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4
2015 France Nicolas Mahut (2) Belgium David Goffin 7–6(7–1), 6–1
2016 France Nicolas Mahut (3) Luxembourg Gilles Müller 6–4, 6–4
2017 Luxembourg Gilles Müller Croatia Ivo Karlović 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
2018 France Richard Gasquet France Jérémy Chardy 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2019 France Adrian Mannarino Australia Jordan Thompson 7–6(9–7), 6–3
2020–
2021
Not held due to COVID-19
2022 Netherlands Tim van Rijthoven [c] Daniil Medvedev 6–4, 6–1
2023 Netherlands Tallon Griekspoor Australia Jordan Thompson 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3
2024 Australia Alex de Minaur United States Sebastian Korda 6–2, 6–4

Women's singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1996 Germany Anke Huber Czech Republic Helena Suková 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
1997 Romania Ruxandra Dragomir Netherlands Miriam Oremans 5–7, 6–2, 6–4
1998 France Julie Halard-Decugis Netherlands Miriam Oremans 6–3, 6–4
1999 Puerto Rico Kristina Brandi Croatia Silvija Talaja 6–0, 3–6, 6–1
2000 Switzerland Martina Hingis Romania Ruxandra Dragomir 6–2, 3–0 ret.
2001 Belgium Justine Henin Belgium Kim Clijsters 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
2002 Greece Eleni Daniilidou Russia Elena Dementieva 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
2003 Belgium Kim Clijsters Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne 6–7(4–7), 3–0 ret.
2004 France Mary Pierce Czech Republic Klára Koukalová 7–6(8–6), 6–2
2005 Czech Republic Klára Koukalová Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
2006 Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek Russia Dinara Safina 6–3, 6–4
2007 Russia Anna Chakvetadze Serbia Jelena Janković 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 6–3
2008 Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn Russia Dinara Safina 7–5, 6–3
2009 Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn (2) Belgium Yanina Wickmayer 6–3, 7–5
2010 Belgium Justine Henin (2) Germany Andrea Petkovic 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
2011 Italy Roberta Vinci Australia Jelena Dokić 6–7(7–9), 6–3, 7–5
2012 Russia Nadia Petrova Poland Urszula Radwańska 6–4, 6–3
2013 Romania Simona Halep Belgium Kirsten Flipkens 6–4, 6–2
2014 United States Coco Vandeweghe China Zheng Jie 6–2, 6–4
2015 Italy Camila Giorgi Switzerland Belinda Bencic 7–5, 6–3
2016 United States Coco Vandeweghe (2) France Kristina Mladenovic 7–5, 7–5
2017 Estonia Anett Kontaveit Russia Natalia Vikhlyantseva 6–2, 6–3
2018 Serbia Aleksandra Krunić Belgium Kirsten Flipkens 6–7(0–7), 7–5, 6–1
2019 United States Alison Riske Netherlands Kiki Bertens 0–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–5
2020–
2021
Not held due to COVID-19
2022 [c] Ekaterina Alexandrova [c] Aryna Sabalenka 7–5, 6–0
2023 [c] Ekaterina Alexandrova (2) [c] Veronika Kudermetova 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2024 [c] Liudmila Samsonova Canada Bianca Andreescu 4–6, 6–3, 7–5

Men's doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ATP Tour 250[b]  ↓
1990 Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
Germany Michael Stich
United States Jim Grabb
United States Patrick McEnroe
7–6, 6–3
1991 Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Netherlands Richard Krajicek
Netherlands Jan Siemerink
6–3, 7–6
1992 United States Jim Grabb
United States Richey Reneberg
United States John McEnroe
Germany Michael Stich
6–4, 6–7, 6–4
1993 United States Patrick McEnroe
United States Jonathan Stark
South Africa David Adams
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
7–6, 1–6, 6–4
1994 Netherlands Stephen Noteboom
Netherlands Fernon Wibier
Sweden Peter Nyborg
Italy Diego Nargiso
6–3, 1–6, 7–6
1995 Netherlands Richard Krajicek
Netherlands Jan Siemerink
Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
7–5, 6–3
1996 Australia Paul Kilderry
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
Sweden Anders Järryd
Canada Daniel Nestor
7–5, 6–3
1997 Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (2)
United States Trevor Kronemann
Australia David Macpherson
6–4, 7–5
1998 France Guillaume Raoux
Netherlands Jan Siemerink (2)
Australia Joshua Eagle
Australia Andrew Florent
7–6, 6–2
1999 Not held due to rain
2000 Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Australia Sandon Stolle
6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5)
2001 Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (3)
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken
Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
6–4, 6–4
2002 Czech Republic Martin Damm (2)
Czech Republic Cyril Suk (2)
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
United States Brian MacPhie
7–6(8–6), 6–7(6–8), 6–4
2003 Czech Republic Martin Damm (3)
Czech Republic Cyril Suk (3)
United States Donald Johnson
India Leander Paes
7–5, 7–6(7–4)
2004 Czech Republic Martin Damm (4)
Czech Republic Cyril Suk (4)
Germany Lars Burgsmüller
Czech Republic Jan Vacek
6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–3
2005 Czech Republic Cyril Suk (5)
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner (2)
Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
6–3, 6–4
2006 Czech Republic Martin Damm (5)
India Leander Paes
France Arnaud Clément
South Africa Chris Haggard
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
2007 South Africa Jeff Coetzee
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
Czech Republic Martin Damm
India Leander Paes
3–6, 7–6(7–5), [12–10]
2008 Croatia Mario Ančić
Austria Jürgen Melzer
India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
7–6(7–5), 6–3
2009 South Africa Wesley Moodie
Belgium Dick Norman
Sweden Johan Brunström
Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer
7–6(7–3), 6–7(8–10), [10–5]
2010 Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Romania Horia Tecău
Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
India Leander Paes
1–6, 7–5, [10–7]
2011 Italy Daniele Bracciali
Czech Republic František Čermák
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Romania Horia Tecău
6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
2012 Sweden Robert Lindstedt (2)
Romania Horia Tecău (2)
Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Russia Dmitry Tursunov
6–3, 7–6(7–1)
2013 Belarus Max Mirnyi
Romania Horia Tecău (3)
Germany Andre Begemann
Germany Martin Emmrich
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2014 Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău (4)
Mexico Santiago González
United States Scott Lipsky
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
2015 Croatia Ivo Karlović
Poland Łukasz Kubot
France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut
6–2, 7–6(11–9)
2016 Croatia Mate Pavić
New Zealand Michael Venus
United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
South Africa Raven Klaasen
3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
2017 Poland Łukasz Kubot (2)
Brazil Marcelo Melo
South Africa Raven Klaasen
United States Rajeev Ram
6–3, 6–4
2018 United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
Croatia Franko Škugor
South Africa Raven Klaasen
New Zealand Michael Venus
7–6(7–3), 7–5
2019 United Kingdom Dominic Inglot (2)
United States Austin Krajicek
New Zealand Marcus Daniell
Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
2020–
2021
not held due to COVID-19
2022 Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
United Kingdom Neal Skupski
Australia Matthew Ebden
Australia Max Purcell
6–4, 5–7, [10–6]
2023 Netherlands Wesley Koolhof (2)
United Kingdom Neal Skupski (2)
Ecuador Gonzalo Escobar
Kazakhstan Aleksandr Nedovyesov
7–6(7–1), 6–2
2024 United States Nathaniel Lammons
United States Jackson Withrow
Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
Croatia Nikola Mektić
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)

Women's doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1996 Latvia Larisa Savchenko Neiland
Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Netherlands Kristie Boogert
Czech Republic Helena Suková
6–4, 7–6(9–7)
1997 Czech Republic Eva Melicharová
Czech Republic Helena Vildová
Slovakia Karina Habšudová
Argentina Florencia Labat
6–3, 7–6(8–6)
1998 Belgium Sabine Appelmans
Netherlands Miriam Oremans
Romania Cătălina Cristea
Czech Republic Eva Melicharová
6–7(4–7), 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5)
1999 Italy Silvia Farina
Italy Rita Grande
Zimbabwe Cara Black
Netherlands Kristie Boogert
7–5, 7–6(7–2)
2000 United States Erika deLone
Australia Nicole Pratt
Australia Catherine Barclay
Slovakia Karina Habšudová
7–6(8–6), 4–3 ret.
2001 Romania Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie
Russia Nadia Petrova
Belgium Kim Clijsters
Netherlands Miriam Oremans
7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 6–4
2002 Australia Catherine Barclay
Germany Martina Müller
Germany Bianka Lamade
Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva
6–4, 7–5
2003 Russia Elena Dementieva
Russia Lina Krasnoroutskaya
France Mary Pierce
Russia Nadia Petrova
2–6, 6–3, 6–4
2004 Australia Lisa McShea
Venezuela Milagros Sequera
Croatia Jelena Kostanić
Luxembourg Claudine Schaul
7–6(7–3), 6–3
2005 Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Russia Dinara Safina
Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
6–4, 2–6, 7–6(13–11)
2006 China Yan Zi
China Zheng Jie
Serbia Ana Ivanovic
Russia Maria Kirilenko
3–6, 6–2, 6–2
2007 Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
7–5, 6–2
2008 New Zealand Marina Erakovic
Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
Latvia Līga Dekmeijere
Germany Angelique Kerber
6–3, 6–2
2009 Italy Sara Errani
Italy Flavia Pennetta
Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
6–4, 5–7, [13–11]
2010 Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
Australia Anastasia Rodionova
United States Vania King
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
3–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2011 Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Czech Republic Klára Zakopalová
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
Italy Flavia Pennetta
1–6, 6–4, [10–7]
2012 Italy Sara Errani (2)
Italy Roberta Vinci
Russia Maria Kirilenko
Russia Nadia Petrova
6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
2013 Romania Irina-Camelia Begu
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues (2)
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
4–6, 7–6(7–3), [11–9]
2014 New Zealand Marina Erakovic (2)
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
France Kristina Mladenovic
0–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
2015 United States Asia Muhammad
Germany Laura Siegemund
Serbia Jelena Janković
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
6–3, 7–5
2016 Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
Switzerland Xenia Knoll
Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
6–1, 6–1
2017 Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Netherlands Demi Schuurs
4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
2018 Belgium Elise Mertens
Netherlands Demi Schuurs
Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
3–3 ret.
2019 Japan Shuko Aoyama
Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
Netherlands Lesley Kerkhove
Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs
7–5, 6–3
2020–
2021
not held due to COVID-19
2022 Australia Ellen Perez
Slovenia Tamara Zidanšek
[c] Veronika Kudermetova
Belgium Elise Mertens
6–3, 5–7, [12–10]
2023 Japan Shuko Aoyama (2)
Japan Ena Shibahara
Slovakia Viktória Hrunčáková
Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková
6–3, 6–3
2024 Estonia Ingrid Neel
Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs
Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková
United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls
7–6(8–6), 6–3

Notes

  1. ^ Since 1993 another continental grass court tournament, the Gerry Weber Open, is held in Halle, Germany.
  2. ^ a b Known as World Series from 1990 till 1999 and International Series from 2000 till 2008.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Competed under no nationality due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

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