Tennis in the Land

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Tennis in the Land
Tennisball current event.svg 2024 Tennis in the Land
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WTA Tour
Founded2021
Location Cleveland, Ohio
United States
Venue Jacobs Pavilion [1]
Category WTA 250
Surface Hard / Outdoor
Draw32S/24Q/16D
Prize money $267,082
Website Official website
Current champions (2024)
Singles Flag of the United States.svg McCartney Kessler
Doubles Flag of Spain.svg Cristina Bucșa
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Yifan

Tennis in the Land is a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour, held at the Nautica Entertainment Complex in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. A WTA 250 tournament, it is held on the week prior to the US Open as the final women's event of the US Open Series. [2]

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The tournament was first played in 2021; [2] it fills a spot on the WTA schedule that had formerly been occupied by the Connecticut Open before it was discontinued in 2019. [3]

Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-up Score
2021 Flag of Estonia.svg Anett Kontaveit Flag of Romania.svg Irina-Camelia Begu 7–6(7–5), 6–4
2022 Flag placeholder.svg Liudmila Samsonova Flag placeholder.svg Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6–1, 6–3
2023 Flag of Spain.svg Sara Sorribes Tormo Flag placeholder.svg Ekaterina Alexandrova 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2024 Flag of the United States.svg McCartney Kessler Flag of Brazil.svg Beatriz Haddad Maia 1–6, 6–1, 7–5

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-up Score
2021 Flag of Japan.svg Shuko Aoyama
Flag of Japan.svg Ena Shibahara
Flag of the United States.svg Christina McHale
Flag of India.svg Sania Mirza
7–5, 6–3
2022 Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ellen Perez
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Anna Danilina
Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandra Krunić
7–5, 6–3
2023 Flag of Japan.svg Miyu Kato
Flag of Indonesia.svg Aldila Sutjiadi
Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ellen Perez
6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–8]
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Cristina Bucșa
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Yifan
Flag of Japan.svg Shuko Aoyama
Flag of Japan.svg Eri Hozumi
3–6, 6–3, [10–6]

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References

  1. Pro tennis comes to CLE: Cleveland WTA 250 at Flats West Bank Aug. 22-28
  2. 1 2 "Tennis in the Land brings WTA to Cleveland in August for first time". News-Herald. 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  3. "Connecticut Open tennis tournament comes to an end after rights to tournament sold". Hartford Courant. 2019-02-01. Retrieved 2023-08-01.