Arizona Tennis Classic

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Arizona Tennis Classic
Tennisball current event.svg 2024 Arizona Tennis Classic
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ATP Challenger Tour
Event nameArizona Tennis Classic
Location Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Venue Phoenix Country Club
Category ATP Challenger Tour
Surface Hard
Draw48S/4Q/16D
Website Website
Current champions (2023)
Singles Flag of Portugal.svg Nuno Borges
Doubles Flag of the United States.svg Nathaniel Lammons
Flag of the United States.svg Jackson Withrow

The Arizona Tennis Classic is a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Phoenix, Arizona, United States since 2019. [1]

Contents

Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2019 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Berrettini Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Mikhail Kukushkin 3–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–2)
2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
2021Not held
2022 Flag of the United States.svg Denis Kudla Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Altmaier 2–6, 6–2, 6–3
2023 Flag of Portugal.svg Nuno Borges Flag placeholder.svg Alexander Shevchenko 4–6, 6–2, 6–1
2024 Flag of Portugal.svg Nuno Borges Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Berrettini 7–5, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2019 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Murray
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neal Skupski
Flag of the United States.svg Austin Krajicek
Flag of New Zealand.svg Artem Sitak
6–7(2–7), 7–5, [10–6]
2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
2021Not held
2022 Flag of the Philippines.svg Treat Huey
Flag of the United States.svg Denis Kudla
Flag of Germany.svg Oscar Otte
Flag of Germany.svg Jan-Lennard Struff
7–6(12–10), 3–6, [10–6]
2023 Flag of the United States.svg Nathaniel Lammons
Flag of the United States.svg Jackson Withrow
Flag of Monaco.svg Hugo Nys
Flag of Poland.svg Jan Zieliński
6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–8]
2024 Flag of France.svg Sadio Doumbia
Flag of France.svg Fabien Reboul
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rinky Hijikata
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Patten
6–3, 6–2

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References

  1. "New Arizona Tennis Classic set to bring tennis' rising stars to the Valley". azcentral.