Bronx Open Explained

Bronx Open
Founded:1996
City:The Bronx, New York City
Country:United States
Venue:Cary Leeds Tennis Center, Crotona Park
Tier:ITF Women's World Tennis Tour (1996–2012; 2022)
WTA International (2019)
Surface:Hard - outdoors
Draw:32 / 32 / 16
Prize Money:US$25,000 (1996–98)
US$50,000 (1999–2008; 2011–12)
US$100,000 (2009–10)
US$250,000 (2019)
US$60,000 (2022)
Website:www.nyjtl.org/nyjtl-bronx-open
Completed Event:2022
Women's Singles: Kamilla Rakhimova
Women's Doubles: Anna Blinkova
Simona Waltert

The Bronx Open (currently sponsored as the NYJTL Bronx Open) is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor hardcourts. It is classified as a $60,000 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour event and has been held in The Bronx, New York, since 1996.[1]

In 2019, it was held as a once-off WTA International event before returning on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour in 2022.

Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
1996 Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–4, 6–3
1997 Rachel McQuillan 6–1, 6–4
1998 Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor 6–3, 7–5
1999 Erika deLone 6–1, ret.
2000 Daniela Hantuchová 6–4, 6–4
2001 Barbara Schwartz 5–7, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
2002 Ashley Harkleroad 6–1, 6–3
2003 Zheng Jie 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2004 Evgenia Linetskaya 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2005 Sybille Bammer 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2006 Olga Puchkova 6–3, 6–1
2007 Casey Dellacqua 7–5, 2–0 ret.
2008 Elena Bovina 6–3, 7–5
2009 Tatjana Malek 6–1, 6–4
2010 Anna Chakvetadze 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Andrea Hlaváčková 7–6(10–8), 6–3
Romina Oprandi 5–7, 6–3, 6–3
2013–18Not held
Magda Linette 5–7, 7–5, 6–4
2020–21Not held
Kamilla Rakhimova 6–2, 6–3

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1996 Nanne Dahlman
Clare Wood
6–2, 6–3
1997 Rachel McQuillan
Lisa McShea
6–2, 6–1
1998 Julie Pullin
Lorna Woodroffe
6–3, 6–1
1999 Surina de Beer
Nana Miyagi
3–6, 6–0, 6–3
2000 Surina de Beer
Nana Miyagi
5–7, 6–4, 6–4
2001 Clarisa Fernández
Rika Fujiwara
2–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
2002 Maret Ani
Flavia Pennetta
6–4, 6–1
2003 Yuliya Beygelzimer
Tatiana Poutchek
6–4, 7–5
2004 Li Na
Liu Nannan
5–7, 6–3, 6–3
2005 Li Ting
Sun Tiantian
2–6, 6–2, 6–4
2006 Julie Ditty
Natalie Grandin
6–1, 7–6(7–2)
2007 Lucie Hradecká
Urszula Radwańska
6–3, 1–6, 6–1
2008 Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears
6–4, 6–3
2009 Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Vania King
6–0, 6–3
2010 Kristina Barrois
Yvonne Meusburger
1–6, 6–4, [15–13]
Megan Moulton-Levy
Ahsha Rolle
6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Shuko Aoyama
Erika Sema
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2013–18Not held
Darija Jurak
7–5, 2–6, [10–7]
2020–21Not held
Anna Blinkova
Simona Waltert
6–3, 6–3

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women’s professional tennis to return to the Bronx in New York City . 14 July 2019.