Eastbourne International Explained

Eastbourne International
Type:	joint
Logo Size:	250px
Event Name:	Rothesay International
Editions:	49 (2024)
Location:	Eastbourne United Kingdom
Venue:	Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club
Surface:	Grass - outdoors
Men's Singles:	Taylor Fritz
Women's Singles:	Daria Kasatkina
Women's Doubles:	Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko
Atp Category:	250 series (2009–2014, 2017-present)
Atp Draw:	28 / 16 / 16
Atp Prize Money:	(2024)
Wta Tier:	WTA 500
Wta Draw:	32 / 24 / 16
Wta Prize Money:	(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. 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).^{[4] [5] [6]} In 2017, the Eastbourne tournament returned to being a combined event.^{[7] [8]}

Past winners

Martina Navratilova holds the record for the most singles titles with 11.^[9]

Finals

Women's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score	Name
			7–5, 6–4	John Player Tournament
			7–5, 4–6, 6–4	Eastbourne Championships
	Chris Evert (2)		8–6, 6–3	Colgate International
1977	Not played
			6–4, 4–6, 9–7
	Chris Evert (3)		7–5, 5–7, 13–11
1980			7–6^(7–3), 6–2	BMW Challenge
1981	Tracy Austin (2)		6–3, 6–4	BMW Championships
1982	Martina Navratilova (2)		6–4, 6–3
1983	Martina Navratilova (3)		6–1, 6–1
1984	Martina Navratilova (4)		6–4, 6–1	Eastbourne Championships
1985	Martina Navratilova (5)		6–4, 6–3	Pilkington Glass Championships
1986	Martina Navratilova (6)		3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1987			7–6^(7–5), 6–3
	Martina Navratilova (7)		6–2, 6–2
	Martina Navratilova (8)		7–6^(7–2), 6–2
1990	Martina Navratilova (9)		6–0, 6–2
1991	Martina Navratilova (10)		6–4, 6–4
1992			6–4, 6–4
	Martina Navratilova (11)		2–6, 6–2, 6–3	Volkswagen Cup
			6–2, 6–4
			3–6, 6–0, 7–5	Direct Line Insurance International Championships
			6–0, 6–2
			6–5, abandoned (rain); prize shared^[10]
			6–1, 7–5
			0–6, 7–5, 6–3
			7–6^(7–4), 6–4
			6–2, 6–0	Britannic Asset Management International Championships
			6–1, 6–3
	Chanda Rubin (2)		6–4, 3–6, 6–4	Hastings Direct International Championships
			2–6, 7–6^(7–2), 6–4
			7–5, 6–0
			4–6, 6–1, 7–6^(7–5)
	Justine Henin (2)		7–5, 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–2)
			6–4, 6–7^(11–13), 6–4	International Women's Open
			7–6^(7–5), 7–5	Aegon International
			7–6^(7–5), 6–4
			6–1, 4–6, 7–5
			5–7, 6–3, 7–5
			6–2, 6–1
			6–3, 3–6, 7–5
			6–4, 4–6, 6–0
			7–5, 6–3
			6–4, 6–4
	Caroline Wozniacki (2)		7–5, 7–6^(7–5)	Nature Valley International
	Karolína Plíšková (2)		6–1, 6–4
2020	Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
			6–3, 6–3	Viking International
			6–3, 6–2	Rothesay International
	Madison Keys (2)		6–2, 7–6^(15–13)
			6–3, 6–4

Women's champions by country

Country	Winner	First title	Last title
	24	1974	2023
	5	1997	2022
	3	1995	2011
	3	2004	2013
	3	2005	2007
	2	2009	2018
	1	1975	1975
	1	1987	1987
	1	1997	1997
	1	1999	1999
	1	2008	2008
	1	2012	2012
	1	2015	2015
	1	2016	2016
	1	2021	2021

Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
↓  ATP Tour 250  ↓
			6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
			7–5, 6–2
			7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 5–3, ret.
			6–3, 6–2
			7–6^(7–2), 6–7^(5–7), 6–0
	Feliciano López (2)		6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 7–5
	Not held
			6–3, 6–4
			6–4, 6–4
			6–3, 6–4
2020	Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
			4–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
	Taylor Fritz (2)		6–2, 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–4)
			6–4, 1–6, 6–4
	Taylor Fritz (3)		6–4, 6–3

Men's champions by country

Country	Winner	First title	Last title
	4	2012	2024
	2	2013	2014
	1	2009	2009
	1	2010	2010
	1	2011	2011
	1	2017	2017
	1	2018	2018
	1	2021	2021
	1	2023	2023

Doubles finals

Women

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1975			6–2, 6–4
1976			6–4, 1–1 abandoned due to rain
1977	Not held
1978			6–4, 6–7, 7–5
1979			6–2, 6–2
1980			6–4, 6–1
1981			6–7, 6–2, 6–1
1982	Martina Navratilova (2) Pam Shriver (2)		6–3, 6–4
1983	Martina Navratilova (3) Pam Shriver (3) '		6–1, 6–0
1984	Martina Navratilova (4) Pam Shriver (4)		6–4, 6–2
1985	Martina Navratilova (5) Pam Shriver (5)		7–5, 6–4
1986	Martina Navratilova (6) Pam Shriver (6)		6–2, 6–4
1987			7–6^(7–5), 4–6, 7–5
			6–3, 7–6^(8–6)
			6–3, retired
1990			6–4, 6–3
1991	Larisa Savchenko (3) Natasha Zvereva (2)		2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1992			6–0, 6–3
	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva (3)		2–6, 7–5, 6–1
	Gigi Fernández (2) Natasha Zvereva (4)		6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–3
			0–6, 6–3, 6–4
	Jana Novotná (3) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2)		4–6, 7–5, 6–4
			Cancelled
	Mariaan de Swardt Jana Novotná (4)		6–1, 6–3
			6–4, retired
			2–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
			6–2, 6–2
	Lisa Raymond (2) Rennae Stubbs (2)		6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(8–6), 6–2
	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond (3)		6–3, 6–2
			6–4, 6–4
	Lisa Raymond (4) Rennae Stubbs (3)		6–3, 7–5
			6–2, 6–4
			6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 6–3
			2–6, 6–0, [10–8]
	Akgul Amanmuradova Ai Sugiyama (2)		6–4, 6–3
	Lisa Raymond (6) Rennae Stubbs (4)		6–2, 2–6, [13–11]
			6–3, 6–0
	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez		6–4, ret.
	Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik (2)		6–3, 6–3
	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan		6–3, 5–7, [10–7]
	Caroline Garcia Katarina Srebotnik (3)		7–6^(7–5), 6–2
			5–7, 7–6^(7–4), [10–6]
	Chan Yung-jan (2) Martina Hingis (2)		6–3, 7–5
			6–3, 7–5
	Chan Hao-ching (2) Latisha Chan (3)		2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2020	Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
			6–1, 6–4
			walkover
			6–2, 6–4
			5–7, 7–6^(7–2), [10–8]

Women's champions by country

Country	Winner	First title	Last title
	33	1975	2023
	9	1979	2016
	8	1975	1991
	5	1995	2011
	5	1995	2012
	4	1978	2023
	4	2000	2021
	4	2014	2019
	3	1999	2013
	3	2000	2015
	3	2011	2015
	2	1993	1994
	2	1999	2017
	2	1992	2024
	1	1976	1976
	1	1988	1988
	1	1992	1992
	1	1998	1998
	1	2008	2008
	1	2009	2009
	1	2016	2016
	1	2018	2018
	1	2018	2018
	1	2024	2024

Men

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
↓  ATP Tour 250  ↓
			6–4, 6–4
	Mariusz Fyrstenberg (2) Marcin Matkowski (2)		6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
			6–3, 6–3
			6–4, 6–3
			3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
			7–5, 5–7, [10–8]
	Not held
			6–7^(4–7), 6–4, [10–3]
			7–5, 6–4
			3–6, 7–6^(7–4), [10–6]
2020	Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
			6–4, 6–3
	Nikola Mektić (2) Mate Pavić (2)		6–4, 6–2
	Nikola Mektić (3) Mate Pavić (3)		6–4, 6–2
			4–6, 7–6^(7–2), [11–9]

Men's champions by country

Country	Winner	First title	Last title
	4	2012	2024
	3	2021	2023
	2	2009	2010
	1	2013	2013
	1	2013	2013
	1	2019	2019
	1	2011	2011
	1	2024	2024
	1	2014	2014
	1	2017	2017

See also

• Sport in Sussex

External links

• • LTA tournament website

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Notes and References

1. Web site: LTA unveils new partnership with Rothesay as title sponsor of summer events in Nottingham, Birmingham and Eastbourne. Lawn Tennis Association. 18 Feb 2022. 26 June 2023.
2. Web site: Viking confirmed as title sponsor of LTA summer grass court events in Nottingham, Birmingham and Eastbourne. Lawn Tennis Association. 21 May 2021. 22 June 2021. 9 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210609091559/https://www.lta.org.uk/about-us/tennis-news/news-and-opinion/general-news/2021/may/lta-viking-title-sponsorship/. dead.
3. News: Andy Murray key to LTA's five-year, £25m sponsorship deal with Aegon . London . The Daily Telegraph . Mark . Hodgkinson . 2008-09-16.
4. News: Wimbledon warm-up event scrapped . BBC . 2008-04-08 . 2008-04-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080412013039/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7337663.stm . April 12, 2008 .
5. Web site: Men and Women's Tennis Merged Events . Eastbourne Borough Council . 2008-05-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080612172506/http://www.eastbourne.gov.uk/eastbourne/tourism/tennis/merged-tennis-events . 2008-06-12 . dead .
6. Web site: BREAKING NEWS: Eastbourne to lose men's tennis tournament. 10 February 2014. 13 June 2015. Eastbourne Herald.
7. News: "Bigger and better" British grass court season announced for 2017 . Lawn Tennis Association . 2016-04-07 . 2016-04-12.
8. News: Breaking: Men's tennis to return to Eastbourne . Eastbourne Herald . 2016-04-07 . 2016-04-12.
9. Web site: She came, she conquered…. EastbourneTennis. 6 May 2013.
10. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis-novotna-ties-with-sanchez-vicario-1257477.html "Tennis: Novotna ties with Sanchez Vicario"