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Tennis Channel Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1986
Abolished2008
Editions21
LocationScottsdale, Arizona (1986–2005)
Las Vegas, Nevada (2006–2008)
United States
CategoryWCT (1986–1989)
International Series (1990–2008)
SurfaceHard / outdoors
Draw32S/16Q/16D (round-robin)

The Tennis Channel Open its sponsored name was a men's hard court tennis tournament also known as the Las Vegas Open it was an ATP International Series event that was first founded as the WCT Scottsdale Open in 1986. That tournament by 2005 was officially known as the Scottsdale Open.

In 2005, The Tennis Channel purchased the tournament from IMG and moved it from Scottsdale to Las Vegas.[1][2][3] In April 2008, The Tennis Channel announced that it was selling the tournament to the ATP, and the week the event had been held was now the first week of Davis Cup.[4][2]

History

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Founded in 1986 as the WCT Scottsdale Open by 2005 that tournament was known as the Scottsdale Open. By the end of that year the Tennis Channel bought the rights to the event and moved it to Las Vegas where it was branded as the Tennis Channel Open in 2006 its sponsored name. The move to Las Vegas was to bring a top-level tour event back to the city to fill the gap left by the Alan King Tennis Classic that ended in 1985. It was succeeded later by a lower tier event the Las Vegas Challenger in 1997 that ran till 2000.

This event was an ATP World Series event from 1992 to 1999, then an ATP International Series event from 2000 that ran until 2008 when it was discontinued, when the Tennis Channel sold the rights to the event. In 2015 the Las Vegas Challenger event resumed. In 2023 it was renamed the Las Vegas Tennis Open.[5]

Past finals

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The tournament had been in existence since 1986 located at the Scottsdale Radisson Resort. From 1987 to 2005 the tournament took place at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, where Andre Agassi was crowned champion four times.

Singles

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Location Year Champion Runner-up Score
Scottsdale 1986 United States John McEnroe United States Kevin Curren 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1987 United States Brad Gilbert United States Eliot Teltscher 6–2, 6–2
1988 Sweden Mikael Pernfors United States Glenn Layendecker 6–2, 6–4
1989 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl Sweden Stefan Edberg 6–2, 6–3
1990–91 Not held
1992 Italy Stefano Pescosolido United States Brad Gilbert 6–0, 1–6, 6–4
1993 United States Andre Agassi South Africa Marcos Ondruska 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1994 United States Andre Agassi Brazil Luiz Mattar 6–4, 6–3
1995 United States Jim Courier Australia Mark Philippoussis 7–6(7–2), 6–4
1996 South Africa Wayne Ferreira Chile Marcelo Ríos 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
1997 Australia Mark Philippoussis United States Richey Reneberg 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
1998 United States Andre Agassi Australia Jason Stoltenberg 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
1999 United States Jan-Michael Gambill Australia Lleyton Hewitt 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–4
2000 Australia Lleyton Hewitt United Kingdom Tim Henman 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2001 Spain Francisco Clavet Sweden Magnus Norman 6–4, 6–2
2002 United States Andre Agassi Spain Juan Balcells 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
2003 Australia Lleyton Hewitt Australia Mark Philippoussis 6–4, 6–4
2004 United States Vincent Spadea Germany Nicolas Kiefer 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
2005 Australia Wayne Arthurs Croatia Mario Ančić 7–5, 6–3
Las Vegas 2006 United States James Blake Australia Lleyton Hewitt 7–5, 2–6, 6–3
2007 Australia Lleyton Hewitt Austria Jürgen Melzer 6–4, 7–6(12–10)
2008 United States Sam Querrey South Africa Kevin Anderson 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles

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Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Scottsdale 1986 Mexico Leonardo Lavalle
United States Mike Leach
United States Scott Davis
United States David Pate
7–6, 6–4
1987 United States Rick Leach
United States Jim Pugh
United States Dan Goldie
United States Mel Purcell
6–3, 6–2
1988 United States Scott Davis
United States Tim Wilkison
United States Rick Leach
United States Jim Pugh
6–4, 7–6
1989 United States Rick Leach
United States Jim Pugh
United States Paul Annacone
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
6–7, 6–3, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
1990–91 Not held
1992 United States Mark Keil
United States Dave Randall
United States Kent Kinnear
United States Sven Salumaa
4–6, 6–1, 6–2
1993 United States Mark Keil
United States Dave Randall
United States Luke Jensen
Australia Sandon Stolle
7–5, 6–4
1994 Sweden Jan Apell
United States Ken Flach
United States Alex O'Brien
Australia Sandon Stolle
6–0, 6–4
1995 United States Trevor Kronemann
Australia David Macpherson
Argentina Luis Lobo
Spain Javier Sánchez
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1996 United States Patrick Galbraith
United States Rick Leach
United States Richey Reneberg
New Zealand Brett Steven
5–7, 7–5, 7–5
1997 Argentina Luis Lobo
Spain Javier Sánchez
Sweden Jonas Björkman
United States Rick Leach
6–3, 6–3
1998 Czech Republic Cyril Suk
Australia Michael Tebbutt
United States Kent Kinnear
United States David Wheaton
4–6, 6–1, 7–6
1999 United States Justin Gimelstob
United States Richey Reneberg
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Australia Sandon Stolle
6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
2000 United States Jared Palmer
United States Richey Reneberg
United States Patrick Galbraith
Australia David Macpherson
6–3, 7–5
2001 United States Donald Johnson
United States Jared Palmer
Chile Marcelo Ríos
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken
7–6(7–3), 6–2
2002 United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
7–5, 7–6(8–6)
2003 United States James Blake
The Bahamas Mark Merklein
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
Australia Mark Philippoussis
6–4, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5)
2004 United States Rick Leach
United States Brian MacPhie
South Africa Jeff Coetzee
South Africa Chris Haggard
6–3, 6–1
2005 United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Paul Hanley
7–5, 6–4
Las Vegas 2006 United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
6–3, 6–2
2007 United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
7–6(8–6), 6–2
2008 France Julien Benneteau
France Michaël Llodra
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–4, 4–6, [10–8]

Event names

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Official
  • WCT Scottsdale Open (1986–1987)
  • WCT Scottsdale Classic (1988–1989)
  • Arizona Tennis Championship's (1992–1996)
  • Scottsdale Tennis Classic (1997–2004)
  • Scottsdale Open (2005)
  • Las Vegas Open (2006–2008)
Sponsored
  • Eagle Classic (1988 -1989)
  • Purex Tennis Championships (1992–1993)
  • Nuveen Championships (1994)
  • MassMutual Championships (1995)
  • Franklin Templeton Classic (1996–1997)
  • Franklin Templeton Tennis Classic (1998–2000)
  • Franklin Templeton Classic (2001–2004)
  • Tennis Channel Open (2005- 2008)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Miki Singh (February 23, 2006). "Tennis Channel Open not just another ATP event". ESPN.
  2. ^ a b "Tennis Channel to sell Las Vegas tournament to ATP". Tennis Industry. April 10, 2008.
  3. ^ Adam Kress (July 24, 2005). "Tennis tourney leaving Scottsdale". Phoenix Business Journal.
  4. ^ "Tennis Channel selling Las Vegas tournament to ATP, which could move or disband event". ESPN. April 10, 2008.
  5. ^ "Las Vegas Tennis Open". ATP Tour. 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
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