2025 Ladies Real Tennis World Championships

2023 Ladies Real Tennis World Championships
Date	24-31 May, 2025
Edition	21st
Draw	12S / 4D
Location	Newport, Rhode Island
Venue	International Tennis Hall of Fame
Champions
Women's singles
Claire Fahey
Women's doubles
Claire Fahey / Tara Lumley
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The 2025 Ladies Real Tennis World Championships was the 21st edition of the biennial Ladies Real Tennis World Championships, held at International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island in May 2025. It was the first time the event was held in the United States since 2017 as the event follows a rotation through the four tennis-playing countries. The singles event was successfully defended by World Champion Claire Fahey, ^[1] recording her eighth consecutive victory in the event. The event will be held at the same venue as the Men's World Championship for the first time, albeit not at the same time of year. ^[2]

Format

The Ladies World Championship followed a new format in 2025. ^[3] Through the previous 20 editions, both the singles and doubles draws were held as Open draws, with all female real tennis players eligible. In 2025, the singles draw was restricted to the top 6 players, with at most 8 players entering through qualifying for 2 places.

Players were seeded by handicap, with the defending champion automatically receiving a bye to the singles final. The second ranked player overall received a bye to the semi final. Up to 8 players will compete for two qualifying places. The singles final was played as a best-of-5 set match for the first time.

Qualification

The top 4 available players qualified directly to the main draw. The four direct qualifiers were confirmed in February 2025 as Claire Fahey, Lea Van Der Zwalmen, Tara Lumley and Saskia Bollerman. ^[4] As defending champion, Fahey qualified directly to the final, while Van Der Zwalmen qualified directly to the semi final as the next best ranked player. World numbers three and four, Bollerman and Lumley entered the main draw directly. A qualification tournament will be held among the seven entered players for the remaining two places. There is no qualification event for the doubles, with the top four pairs entering straight into the semi finals.

Qualifier 1

	Semifinals							Final
								May 25
								Nicola Doble		6	6
	May 24
								Xanthe Ranger		2	5
	Kadi Meldrum		2	6	2
	Xanthe Ranger		6	3	6

Qualifier 2

	Semifinals							Final
	May 24
	Jess Garside		6	6
								May 25
	Claire Voegele		1	0
								Jess Garside		6	6
								Jo See Tan		1	4
	Margaux Randjbar		0	0
	Jo See Tan		6	6

Results

The schedule for the main draw matches and the identities of the top four seeds was confirmed by the organising committee in February 2025. ^[5]

Singles

	Round 1							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	May 26
	3	Tara Lumley	6	6
								May 27							May 28							May 30
	Q	Jess Garside	2	2
								4	Tara Lumley	6	3	6			2	Lea Van Der Zwalmen	6	6				1	Claire Fahey	6	6	6
								3	Saskia Bollerman	2	6	3			3	Tara Lumley	0	2				2	Lea Van Der Zwalmen	0	2	0
	Q	Nicola Doble	6	0	3
	4	Saskia Bollerman	3	6	6

Doubles

	Semifinals							Final
	May 29
	1	Claire Fahey Tara Lumley	6	6
								May 31
	4	Jo See Tan Jess Garside	1	0
								1	Claire Fahey Tara Lumley	6	6	6
								2	Lea Van Der Zwalmen Margaux Randjbar	2	4	3
	3	Nicola Doble Saskia Bollerman	2	3
	2	Lea Van Der Zwalmen Margaux Randjbar	6	6

References

1. "Claire Fahey captures historic eighth straight real tennis world title in Newport showdown". Newport Buzz. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
2. "Newport to Host 2025 Men's & Ladies' World Championships". United States Court Tennis Association. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
3. "LRTA Announces Date, Location and New Rules for the 2025 Ladies World Championships". Tennis and Rackets Association. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
4. "Update: 2025 Ladies World Championship". Paume France. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
5. "2025 Ladies World Championship - Schedule". Ladies World Championship. Retrieved 4 February 2025.

Preceded by Oratory 2023

Ladies Real Tennis World Championship Newport 2025

Succeeded by TBC 2027