2018 Champions Trophy (real tennis) | |
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Date | 16-22 July |
Edition | 2nd |
Category | IRTPA |
Draw | 8S / 4Q |
Location | Hampton Court Palace, London, United Kingdom |
Venue | Royal Tennis Court |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Camden Riviere |
The 2018 Champions Trophy was the 2nd edition of the Champions Trophy. It was held at the Royal Tennis Court from 16 to 22 July. [1] [2] It was a qualifying event for the 2022 Real Tennis World Championship. [3]
The tournament was won by former World Champion Camden Riviere, defending his title from 2017. He beat Chris Chapman in the final, it what would be Chapman's only Champions Trophy final appearance.
Amateur players are marked as (A)
The qualifying was one group of four players, with the top two players progressing to the main draw.
Lumley | Sarlangue | Long | Durack | W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings | ||
J Lumley (Q) | 9/4 | 9/4 | 6/2 | 3–0 | 3–0 (100%) | 27–12 (69%) | 1st | ||
M Sarlangue (Q, A) | 4/9 | 9/6 | 9/4 | 2–1 | 2–1 (67%) | 22–19 (54%) | 2nd | ||
D Long | 4/9 | 6/9 | 9/4 | 1–2 | 1–2 (33%) | 19–22 (46%) | 3rd | ||
T Durack | 4/9 | 2/6 | 4/9 | 0–3 | 0–3 (0%) | 10–24 (29%) | 4th |
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. [4]
First quarter finals | Second quarter finals | Semi finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | C Riviere | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
C Chapman | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
C Chapman | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Q | J Lumley | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
K Booth (A) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | C Riviere | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Q | J Lumley | 6 | 6 | 6 | B Taylor-Matthews | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | C Riviere | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
C Chapman | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Q | M Sarlangue (A) | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | C Chapman | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
N Howell | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | R Fahey | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
N Howell | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
B Taylor-Matthews | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
B Taylor-Matthews | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | R Fahey | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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