Mallorca Open Explained

Mallorca Championships
Founded:2016 (WTA)
2021 (ATP)
Ended:2019 (WTA)
City:Santa Ponsa, Mallorca
Country:Spain
Venue:Mallorca Country Club[1]
Tier:WTA International (2016–2019)
ATP 250 (2021–present)
Surface:Grass – outdoors
Draw:28 / 16 / 16
Prize Money: (2023)
Men's Singles: Alejandro Tabilo
Men's Doubles: Julian Cash
Robert Galloway

The Mallorca Championships is a professional tennis tournament on the ATP Tour. Classified as an ATP 250 tournament, the event is annually held at the outdoor grass courts of Mallorca Country Club in Santa Ponsa, Mallorca, Spain in June, a week prior to Wimbledon Championships.

The event was initially founded as a tournament on the WTA Tour. In June 2014, the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) announced that a new grass court tennis tournament would be organized in Mallorca, beginning in 2016, as the WTA Tour would expand the grass court swing between the French Open and Wimbledon from two weeks to three. The new tennis complex would have five natural grass courts, with construction and maintenance contributions from the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC).[2] [3] [4] Classified as a WTA International event, the women's tournament lasted for three years on the calendar and ended after the last edition in June 2019, with the event's sanction and International classification transferred to the Birmingham Classic for the following year.[5]

In September 2019, the AELTC announced that they would invest in several new grass tennis tournaments for the ATP Tour and WTA Tour. Among the new investments included a new men's event in Mallorca for a debut in 2020, marking a return of the ATP to Mallorca after 18 years, and be organized on the existing tennis complex. The new event would be headed by Toni Nadal and be held during the grass swing's third and final week.[6] [7] After the COVID-19 pandemic forced the postponement of the relaunched ATP tournament, it held its inaugural edition in 2021.[8]

Past results

Men's singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
↓  ATP Tour 250  ↓
6–4, 6–2
6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–2)
6–1, 6–4
6–3, 6–4

Women's singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
↓  WTA International  ↓
6–3, 6–4
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
6–4, 7–5
6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–4

Men's doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
↓  ATP Tour 250  ↓
Walkover
6–3, 6–4
6–4, 6–4

Women's doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
↓  WTA International  ↓
Gabriela Dabrowski
6–4, 6–2
Walkover
Andreja Klepač
María José Martínez Sánchez (2)
6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
6–2, 6–4

See also

Notes and References

  1. Mallorca To Host ATP Grass-Court Tournament From 2020 . 18 September 2019 . . 18 June 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220612013054/https://www.atptour.com/en/news/mallorca-2020-tournament-announcement . 12 June 2022.
  2. News: 9 June 2014 . WTA grass-court event in Mallorca starting in 2016 . . . live . 18 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220619035325/https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/wta-grass-court-event-in-mallorca-starting-in-2016 . 19 June 2022.
  3. Web site: Osborne . Paul . 10 June 2014 . WTA approves new international tournament in Mallorca in 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170726212009/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1020768/wta-approves-new-international-tournament-in-mallorca-in-2016 . 26 July 2017 . 18 June 2022 . Inside the Games.
  4. WTA to head to Mallorca in 2016 . 9 June 2014 . . 18 June 2022 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160714074829/http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/3888129/title/wta-to-head-to-mallorca-in-2016 . 14 July 2016.
  5. Web site: 18 September 2019 . The AELTC announces strategic investment in the grass court season from 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220612045913/https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2019-09-18/the_aeltc_announces_strategic_investment_in_the_grass_court_season_from_2020.html . 12 June 2022 . 11 June 2022 . The Championships, Wimbledon.
  6. News: 18 September 2019 . AELTC to invest in pre-Wimbledon grass court tournaments . . 16 June 2022.
  7. Mallorca To Host ATP Grass-Court Tournament From 2020 . 18 September 2019 . . 18 June 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220612013054/https://www.atptour.com/en/news/mallorca-2020-tournament-announcement . 12 June 2022.
  8. Web site: 17 June 2021 . Can Medvedev Win His First Grass-Court Title In Mallorca? All You Need To Know . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220530053254/https://www.atptour.com/en/news/mallorca-resource-thursday-2021 . 30 May 2022 . 18 June 2022 . Association of Tennis Professionals.