2017 Champions Trophy (real tennis)

2017 Champions Trophy (real tennis)
Date	11-16 July
Edition	1st
Category	IRTPA
Draw	8S / 4Q
Location	Hampton Court Palace, London, United Kingdom
Venue	Royal Tennis Court
Champions
Men's singles
Camden Riviere
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The 2017 Champions Trophy was the inaugural edition of the Champions Trophy. It was held at the Royal Tennis Court from 11 to 16 July. ^[1] It was a qualifying event for the 2018 Real Tennis World Championship.

The tournament was won by incumbent World Champion Camden Riviere. Riviere would go on to win the 2018 edition as well. In the final, he beat Ben Taylor-Matthews, his first of four finals appearances. The two also met in the first round, with Riviere also the victor.

Draw and results

Amateur players are marked as (A)

Qualifying

The qualifying was one group of four players, with the top two players progressing to the main draw.

		Long	Wright	Durack	Dawes	W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
	D Long (Q)		9/6	9/2	w/o	3–0	2–0 (100%)	18–8 (69%)	1st
	P Wright (Q, A)	6/9		9/7	9/2	2–1	2–1 (67%)	24–18 (57%)	2nd
	T Durack	2/9	7/9		9/7	1–2	1–2 (33%)	18–25 (42%)	3rd
	J Dawes	w/o	2/9	7/9		0–3	0–2 (0%)	9–18 (33%)	4th

Main Draw

The Champions Trophy operates a repechage format for the first four seeds, where the first round losers progress to a second quarter final against the winners between the fifth and sixth seeds and the qualifiers. Australian amateur Kieran Booth was originally listed as the fifth seed but withdrew, promoting John Lumley to the main draw and Peter Wright into qualifying. ^{[2] [3]}

	First quarter finals									Second quarter finals										Semi finals									Final
	1	C Riviere	6	6	6
	3	B Taylor-Matthews	1	1	0
										3	B Taylor-Matthews	6	4	6	6
										6	J Lumley	5	6	0	4
	Q	P Wright (A)	6	0	3	5														1	C Riviere	6	6	6
	6	J Lumley	0	6	6	6														5	N Howell	2	1	0
																													1	C Riviere	2	1	0
																													3	B Taylor-Matthews	6	6	6
	Q	D Long	1	1	1															3	B Taylor-Matthews	6	6	6
	5	N Howell	6	6	6															4	C Chapman	2	3	4
										5	N Howell	6	6	6
										2	R Fahey	2	2	2
	4	C Chapman	6	5	6	1	6
	2	R Fahey	3	6	0	6	3

References

1. "Hampton Court Palace to host first ever Real Tennis Champions Trophy". Essential Surrey & SW London. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
2. "Champions Trophy at RTC". International Real Tennis Professionals Association. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
3. "Real Tennis Champions Trophy - RTC - 2017". Tennis and Rackets Association. Retrieved 13 October 2024.