Tennis in the Land

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Tennis in the Land
Tournament information
Founded2021
Location Cleveland, Ohio
United States
Venue Jacobs Pavilion [1]
Category WTA 250
Surface Hard / Outdoor
Draw32S/16Q/16D
Prize money $271,363
Website Official website
Current champions (2023)
Singles Flag of Spain.svg Sara Sorribes Tormo
Doubles Flag of Japan.svg Miyu Kato / Flag of Indonesia.svg Aldila Sutjiadi

Tennis in the Land is a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour, held at Jacobs Pavilion 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 White flag of surrender.svg Liudmila Samsonova White flag of surrender.svg Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6–1, 6–3
2023 Flag of Spain.svg Sara Sorribes Tormo White flag of surrender.svg Ekaterina Alexandrova 3–6, 6–4, 6–4

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]

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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.