Eastbourne International

Eastbourne International
Tournament information
Event name	Rothesay International
Founded	1974;50 years ago (1974)
Editions	49 (2024)
Location	Eastbourne United Kingdom
Venue	Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club
Surface	Grass - outdoors
Website	Official website
Current champions (2024)
Men's singles	Taylor Fritz
Women's singles	Daria Kasatkina
Men's doubles	Neal Skupski Michael Venus
Women's doubles	Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko
ATP Tour Category 250 series (2009–2014, 2017-present) Draw 28S / 16Q / 16D Prize money €740,160 (2024)
WTA Tour Category WTA 500 Draw 32S / 24Q / 16D Prize money US$922,573 (2024)

The Eastbourne International is a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour and the ATP Tour held at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, United Kingdom. Held since 1974, it is classified as a WTA 500 series on the WTA Tour and an ATP Tour 250 series on the ATP Tour. The tournament is played on outdoor grass courts, and is generally considered a "warm-up" for the Wimbledon Championships, a major tournament, which begins the following week. It was originally just part of the WTA Tour, but from 2009 it was combined as an ATP Tour event. It replaced the Nottingham Open grass court tournament from 2009–2014. Nottingham returned for 2015–2016 with no men's event in Eastbourne, however Eastbourne replaced the Nottingham event again from 2017 onwards. As of 2022, it is sponsored by Rothesay, ^[1] with past sponsors including Viking Cruises, ^[2] Nature Valley and AEGON. ^[3]

Combination

During 2007, lack of sponsorship for the Eastbourne tournament led the Lawn Tennis Association to consider moving the tournament to London. ^[4] However, as part of a general reorganisation of United Kingdom professional tennis tournaments, it was instead decided to merge the event with the Nottingham Open, traditionally held during the same week. From 2009, therefore, the Eastbourne courts have hosted a combined women's and men's event until 2014. In 2015 and 2016 it was an only a Ladies event (with the men's competition returning to Nottingham). ^{[5] [6] [7]} In 2017, the Eastbourne tournament returned to being a combined event. ^{[8] [9]}

Past winners

Martina Navratilova holds the record for the most singles titles with 11. ^[10]

Finals

Women's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score	Name
1974	Chris Evert	Virginia Wade	7–5, 6–4	John Player Tournament
1975	Virginia Wade	Billie Jean King	7–5, 4–6, 6–4	Eastbourne Championships
1976	Chris Evert (2)	Virginia Wade	8–6, 6–3	Colgate International
1977	Not played
1978	Martina Navratilova	Chris Evert	6–4, 4–6, 9–7
1979	Chris Evert (3)	Martina Navratilova	7–5, 5–7, 13–11
1980	Tracy Austin	Wendy Turnbull	7–6(7–3), 6–2	BMW Challenge
1981	Tracy Austin (2)	Andrea Jaeger	6–3, 6–4	BMW Championships
1982	Martina Navratilova (2)	Hana Mandlíková	6–4, 6–3
1983	Martina Navratilova (3)	Wendy Turnbull	6–1, 6–1
1984	Martina Navratilova (4)	Kathy Jordan	6–4, 6–1	Eastbourne Championships
1985	Martina Navratilova (5)	Helena Suková	6–4, 6–3	Pilkington Glass Championships
1986	Martina Navratilova (6)	Helena Suková	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1987	Helena Suková	Martina Navratilova	7–6(7–5), 6–3
1988	Martina Navratilova (7)	Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–2
1989	Martina Navratilova (8)	Raffaella Reggi	7–6(7–2), 6–2
1990	Martina Navratilova (9)	Gretchen Magers	6–0, 6–2
1991	Martina Navratilova (10)	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 6–4
1992	Lori McNeil	Linda Harvey Wild	6–4, 6–4
1993	Martina Navratilova (11)	Miriam Oremans	2–6, 6–2, 6–3	Volkswagen Cup
1994	Meredith McGrath	Linda Harvey Wild	6–2, 6–4
1995	Nathalie Tauziat	Chanda Rubin	3–6, 6–0, 7–5	Direct Line Insurance International Championships
1996	Monica Seles	Mary Joe Fernández	6–0, 6–2
1997	Jana Novotná vs. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		6–5, abandoned (rain); prize shared [11]
1998	Jana Novotná	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 7–5
1999	Natasha Zvereva	Nathalie Tauziat	0–6, 7–5, 6–3
2000	Julie Halard-Decugis	Dominique Van Roost	7–6(7–4), 6–4
2001	Lindsay Davenport	Magüi Serna	6–2, 6–0	Britannic Asset Management International Championships
2002	Chanda Rubin	Anastasia Myskina	6–1, 6–3
2003	Chanda Rubin (2)	Conchita Martínez	6–4, 3–6, 6–4	Hastings Direct International Championships
2004	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Daniela Hantuchová	2–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4
2005	Kim Clijsters	Vera Dushevina	7–5, 6–0
2006	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Anastasia Myskina	4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–5)
2007	Justine Henin (2)	Amélie Mauresmo	7–5, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2)
2008	Agnieszka Radwańska	Nadia Petrova	6–4, 6–7(11–13), 6–4	International Women's Open
2009	Caroline Wozniacki	Virginie Razzano	7–6(7–5), 7–5	Aegon International
2010	Ekaterina Makarova	Victoria Azarenka	7–6(7–5), 6–4
2011	Marion Bartoli	Petra Kvitová	6–1, 4–6, 7–5
2012	Tamira Paszek	Angelique Kerber	5–7, 6–3, 7–5
2013	Elena Vesnina	Jamie Hampton	6–2, 6–1
2014	Madison Keys	Angelique Kerber	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
2015	Belinda Bencic	Agnieszka Radwańska	6–4, 4–6, 6–0
2016	Dominika Cibulková	Karolína Plíšková	7–5, 6–3
2017	Karolína Plíšková	Caroline Wozniacki	6–4, 6–4
2018	Caroline Wozniacki (2)	Aryna Sabalenka	7–5, 7–6(7–5)	Nature Valley International
2019	Karolína Plíšková (2)	Angelique Kerber	6–1, 6–4
2020	Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021	Jeļena Ostapenko	Anett Kontaveit	6–3, 6–3	Viking International
2022	Petra Kvitová	Jeļena Ostapenko	6–3, 6–2	Rothesay International
2023	Madison Keys (2)	Daria Kasatkina	6–2, 7–6(15–13)
2024	Daria Kasatkina	Leylah Fernandez	6–3, 6–4

Women's champions by country

Country	Winner	First title	Last title
United States  (USA)	24	1974	2023
Czech Republic  (CZE)	5	1997	2022
France  (FRA)	3	1995	2011
Russia  (RUS)	3	2004	2013
Belgium  (BEL)	3	2005	2007
Denmark  (DEN)	2	2009	2018
Great Britain  (GBR)	1	1975	1975
Czechoslovakia  (TCH)	1	1987	1987
Spain  (SPA)	1	1997	1997
Belarus  (BLR)	1	1999	1999
Poland  (POL)	1	2008	2008
Austria  (AUT)	1	2012	2012
Switzerland  (SUI)	1	2015	2015
Slovakia  (SVK)	1	2016	2016
Latvia  (LAT)	1	2021	2021

Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
↓   ATP Tour 250   ↓
2009	Dmitry Tursunov	Frank Dancevic	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2010	Michaël Llodra	Guillermo García-López	7–5, 6–2
2011	Andreas Seppi	Janko Tipsarević	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 5–3, ret.
2012	Andy Roddick	Andreas Seppi	6–3, 6–2
2013	Feliciano López	Gilles Simon	7–6(7–2), 6–7(5–7), 6–0
2014	Feliciano López (2)	Richard Gasquet	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
2015–16	Not held
2017	Novak Djokovic	Gaël Monfils	6–3, 6–4
2018	Mischa Zverev	Lukáš Lacko	6–4, 6–4
2019	Taylor Fritz	Sam Querrey	6–3, 6–4
2020	Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021	Alex de Minaur	Lorenzo Sonego	4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2022	Taylor Fritz (2)	Maxime Cressy	6–2, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4)
2023	Francisco Cerúndolo	Tommy Paul	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
2024	Taylor Fritz (3)	Max Purcell	6–4, 6–3

Men's champions by country

Country	Winner	First title	Last title
United States  (USA)	4	2012	2024
Spain  (ESP)	2	2013	2014
Russia  (RUS)	1	2009	2009
France  (FRA)	1	2010	2010
Italy  (ITA)	1	2011	2011
Serbia  (SRB)	1	2017	2017
Germany  (GER)	1	2018	2018
Australia  (AUS)	1	2021	2021
Argentina  (ARG)	1	2023	2023

Doubles finals

Women

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1975	Julie Anthony Olga Morozova	Evonne Goolagong Peggy Michel	6–2, 6–4
1976	Chris Evert / Martina Navratilova vs. Olga Morozova / Virginia Wade		6–4, 1–1 abandoned due to rain
1977	Not held
1978	Chris Evert Betty Stöve	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	6–4, 6–7, 7–5
1979	Betty Stöve (2) Wendy Turnbull	Ilana Kloss Betty Ann Grubb-Stuart	6–2, 6–2
1980	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	Pam Shriver Betty Stöve	6–4, 6–1
1981	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	6–7, 6–2, 6–1
1982	Martina Navratilova (2) Pam Shriver (2)	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	6–3, 6–4
1983	Martina Navratilova (3) Pam Shriver (3) '	Jo Durie Anne Hobbs	6–1, 6–0
1984	Martina Navratilova (4) Pam Shriver (4)	Jo Durie Ann Kiyomura	6–4, 6–2
1985	Martina Navratilova (5) Pam Shriver (5)	Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Sayers Smylie	7–5, 6–4
1986	Martina Navratilova (6) Pam Shriver (6)	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6–2, 6–4
1987	Svetlana Parkhomenko Larisa Savchenko	Rosalyn Fairbank Elizabeth Sayers Smylie	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–5
1988	Eva Pfaff Elizabeth Sayers Smylie	Belinda Cordwell Dinky Van Rensburg	6–3, 7–6(8–6)
1989	Katrina Adams Zina Garrison	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	6–3, retired
1990	Larisa Savchenko (2) Natasha Zvereva	Patty Fendick Zina Garrison	6–4, 6–3
1991	Larisa Savchenko (3) Natasha Zvereva (2)	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1992	Jana Novotná Larisa Neiland	Mary Joe Fernández Zina Garrison	6–0, 6–3
1993	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva (3)	Jana Novotná Larisa Neiland	2–6, 7–5, 6–1
1994	Gigi Fernández (2) Natasha Zvereva (4)	Inés Gorrochategui Helena Suková	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–3
1995	Jana Novotná (2) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	0–6, 6–3, 6–4
1996	Jana Novotná (3) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2)	Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer Pam Shriver	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
1997	Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf vs. Lori McNeil / Helena Suková		Cancelled
1998	Mariaan de Swardt Jana Novotná (4)	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva	6–1, 6–3
1999	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	Jana Novotná Natasha Zvereva	6–4, retired
2000	Ai Sugiyama Nathalie Tauziat	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
2001	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	6–2, 6–2
2002	Lisa Raymond (2) Rennae Stubbs (2)	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–2
2003	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond (3)	Jennifer Capriati Magüi Serna	6–3, 6–2
2004	Alicia Molik Magüi Serna	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 6–4
2005	Lisa Raymond (4) Rennae Stubbs (3)	Elena Likhovtseva Vera Zvonareva	6–3, 7–5
2006	Svetlana Kuznetsova Amélie Mauresmo	Liezel Huber Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–4
2007	Lisa Raymond (5) Samantha Stosur	Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–3
2008	Cara Black Liezel Huber	Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs	2–6, 6–0, [10–8]
2009	Akgul Amanmuradova Ai Sugiyama (2)	Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs	6–4, 6–3
2010	Lisa Raymond (6) Rennae Stubbs (4)	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	6–2, 2–6, [13–11]
2011	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	6–3, 6–0
2012	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	6–4, ret.
2013	Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik (2)	Monica Niculescu Klára Zakopalová	6–3, 6–3
2014	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	Martina Hingis Flavia Pennetta	6–3, 5–7, [10–7]
2015	Caroline Garcia Katarina Srebotnik (3)	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie	7–6(7–5), 6–2
2016	Darija Jurak Anastasia Rodionova	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	5–7, 7–6(7–4), [10–6]
2017	Chan Yung-jan (2) Martina Hingis (2)	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	6–3, 7–5
2018	Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan	Irina-Camelia Begu Mihaela Buzărnescu	6–3, 7–5
2019	Chan Hao-ching (2) Latisha Chan (3)	Kirsten Flipkens Bethanie Mattek-Sands	2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2020	Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	Nicole Melichar Demi Schuurs	6–1, 6–4
2022	Aleksandra Krunić Magda Linette	Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko	walkover
2023	Desirae Krawczyk Demi Schuurs	Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez	6–2, 6–4
2024	Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko	Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe	5–7, 7–6(7–2), [10–8]

Women's champions by country

Country	Winner	First title	Last title
United States  (USA)	33	1975	2023
Australia  (AUS)	9	1979	2016
Soviet Union  (URS)	8	1975	1991
Czech Republic  (CZE)	5	1995	2011
Spain  (SPA)	5	1995	2012
Netherlands  (NED)	4	1978	2023
Japan  (JPN)	4	2000	2021
Chinese Taipei  (TPE)	4	2014	2019
Russia  (RUS)	3	1999	2013
France  (FRA)	3	2000	2015
Slovenia  (SLO)	3	2011	2015
Belarus  (BLR)	2	1993	1994
Switzerland  (SUI)	2	1999	2017
Latvia  (LAT)	2	1992	2024
Great Britain  (GBR)	1	1976	1976
West Germany  (FRG)	1	1988	1988
Czechoslovakia  (TCH)	1	1992	1992
South Africa  (RSA)	1	1998	1998
Zimbabwe  (ZIM)	1	2008	2008
Uzbekistan  (UZB)	1	2009	2009
Croatia  (CRO)	1	2016	2016
Canada  (CAN)	1	2018	2018
China  (CHN)	1	2018	2018
Ukraine  (UKR)	1	2024	2024

Men

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
↓   ATP Tour 250   ↓
2009	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	Travis Parrott Filip Polášek	6–4, 6–4
2010	Mariusz Fyrstenberg (2) Marcin Matkowski (2)	Colin Fleming Ken Skupski	6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
2011	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	Grigor Dimitrov Andreas Seppi	6–3, 6–3
2012	Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins	Jamie Delgado Ken Skupski	6–4, 6–3
2013	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	Colin Fleming Jonathan Marray	3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
2014	Treat Huey Dominic Inglot	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	7–5, 5–7, [10–8]
2015–16	Not held
2017	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Rohan Bopanna André Sá	6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–3]
2018	Luke Bambridge Jonny O'Mara	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	7–5, 6–4
2019	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	Máximo González Horacio Zeballos	3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–6]
2020	Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury	6–4, 6–3
2022	Nikola Mektić (2) Mate Pavić (2)	Matwé Middelkoop Luke Saville	6–4, 6–2
2023	Nikola Mektić (3) Mate Pavić (3)	Ivan Dodig Austin Krajicek	6–4, 6–2
2024	Neal Skupski Michael Venus	Matthew Ebden John Peers	4–6, 7–6(7–2), [11–9]

Men's champions by country

Country	Winner	First title	Last title
Great Britain  (GBR)	4	2012	2024
Croatia  (CRO)	3	2021	2023
Poland  (POL)	2	2009	2010
Austria  (AUT)	1	2013	2013
Brazil  (BRA)	1	2013	2013
Colombia  (COL)	1	2019	2019
Israel  (ISR)	1	2011	2011
New Zealand  (NZL)	1	2024	2024
Philippines  (PHI)	1	2014	2014
United States  (USA)	1	2017	2017

See also

• Sport in Sussex

References

1. "LTA unveils new partnership with Rothesay as title sponsor of summer events in Nottingham, Birmingham and Eastbourne". Lawn Tennis Association. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
2. "Viking confirmed as title sponsor of LTA summer grass court events in Nottingham, Birmingham and Eastbourne". Lawn Tennis Association. 21 May 2021. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
3. Hodgkinson, Mark (16 September 2008). "Andy Murray key to LTA's five-year, £25m sponsorship deal with Aegon". The Daily Telegraph. London.
4. Whelan, Andy (25 June 2007), "Tennis bosses serve blow to Eastbourne", The Argus, retrieved 15 May 2008
5. "Wimbledon warm-up event scrapped". BBC. 8 April 2008. Archived from the original on 12 April 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
6. "Men and Women's Tennis Merged Events". Eastbourne Borough Council. Archived from the original on 12 June 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2008.
7. "BREAKING NEWS: Eastbourne to lose men's tennis tournament". Eastbourne Herald. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
8. ""Bigger and better" British grass court season announced for 2017". Lawn Tennis Association. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
9. "Breaking: Men's tennis to return to Eastbourne". Eastbourne Herald. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
10. "She came, she conquered…". EastbourneTennis. 6 May 2013.
11. "Tennis: Novotna ties with Sanchez Vicario", The Independent, 23 June 1997

External links

• Official website
• LTA tournament website Archived 25 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine

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