Rosmalen Grass Court Championships Explained

Rosmalen Grass Court Championships
Type:	joint
Logo Size:	200px
City:	Rosmalen, 's-Hertogenbosch
Country:	Netherlands
Venue:	Autotron Rosmalen
Surface:	Grass
Website:	libema-open.nl
Men's Singles:	Alex de Minaur
Women's Singles:	Liudmila Samsonova
Men's Doubles:	Nathaniel Lammons Jackson Withrow
Women's Doubles:	Ingrid Neel Bibiane Schoofs
Atp Category:	ATP World Series (1990–1995) ATP International Series (2001–2008) ATP World Tour 250 series (2009–current)
Atp Draw:	28 / 16 / 16
Atp Prize Money:	(2023)
Wta Tier:	WTA Tier III (1996–2008) WTA International (2009–2020) WTA 250 (2021–current)
Wta Draw:	32 / 24 / 16
Wta Prize Money:	(2024)

The Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, branded by its sponsored name as the Libéma Open since 2018,^[1] (formerly known as the Continental Grass Court Championships, Heineken Trophy, Ordina Open, UNICEF Open, Topshelf Open and RICOH Open), is a professional tennis tournament held in the town of Rosmalen, on the outskirts of the city of 's-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch) in the Netherlands.^[2] The men's and women's tennis matches are played on grass courts at the Autotron convention center. It is classified as an ATP 250 event on the men's ATP Tour^[3] and a WTA 250 event on the women's WTA Tour.^[4]

In 1989 a two-group round robin invitational tournament with eight players was organized in Rosmalen which was won by Miloslav Mečíř. The next year, 1990, the tournament became part of the newly founded ATP Tour and was officially called the Continental Grass Court Championships. At the time of its founding it was the only grass court event held in continental Europe. The tournament is used by tennis pros as a preparation for the Wimbledon Championships and was held the week prior to Wimbledon until 2014. From 2015 onwards it is held the week following the French Open. In 1996, a women's singles and doubles event dubbed Wilkinson Championships was added to the tournament.

Past finals

Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
↓ ATP Tour 250 ↓
1990			6–3, 7–6
1991			6–1, 3–6, 7–5
1992			6–4, 7–5
1993			3–6, 6–3, 6–3
			6–3, 6–4
			7–6^(9–7), 7–6^(7–4)
			6–4, 6–0
	Richard Krajicek (2)		6–4, 7–6^(9–7)
			7–6^(7–2), 6–2
	Patrick Rafter (2)		3–6, 7–6^(9–7), 6–4
	Patrick Rafter (3)		6–1, 6–3
			6–3, 6–4
			3–6, 6–3, 6–2
	Sjeng Schalken (2)		6–3, 6–4
			6–3, 6–4
			7–5, 6–4
	Mario Ančić (2)	Jan Hernych	6–0, 5–7, 7–5
			7–6^(7–5), 4–6, 7–6^(7–4)
			6–4, 6–2
			7–5, 6–3
			6–3, 6–0
			6–3, 6–2
	David Ferrer (2)		6–3, 6–4
			6–3, 6–4
			2–6, 7–6^(7–2), 6–4
	Nicolas Mahut (2)		7–6^(7–1), 6–1
	Nicolas Mahut (3)		6–4, 6–4
			7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–4)
			6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
			7–6^(9–7), 6–3
style=background:	2020– 2021	Not held due to COVID-19
			6–4, 6–1
			6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–3), 6–3
			6–2, 6–4

Women's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
			6–4, 7–6^(7–2)
			5–7, 6–2, 6–4
			6–3, 6–4
			6–0, 3–6, 6–1
			6–2, 3–0 ret.
2001			6–4, 3–6, 6–3
			3–6, 6–2, 6–3
			6–7^(4–7), 3–0 ret.
			7–6^(8–6), 6–2
			3–6, 6–2, 6–2
		Dinara Safina	6–3, 6–4
		Jelena Janković	7–6^(7–2), 3–6, 6–3
		Dinara Safina	7–5, 6–3
	Tamarine Tanasugarn (2)		6–3, 7–5
	Justine Henin (2)		3–6, 6–3, 6–4
			6–7^(7–9), 6–3, 7–5
			6–4, 6–3
			6–4, 6–2
			6–2, 6–4
			7–5, 6–3
	Coco Vandeweghe (2)		7–5, 7–5
			6–2, 6–3
			6–7^(0–7), 7–5, 6–1
			0–6, 7–6^(7–3), 7–5
style=background:	2020– 2021	Not held due to COVID-19
			7–5, 6–0
	Ekaterina Alexandrova (2)		4–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
			4–6, 6–3, 7–5

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
↓ ATP Tour 250 ↓
1990			7–6, 6–3
1991			6–3, 7–6
1992			6–4, 6–7, 6–4
1993			7–6, 1–6, 6–4
1994			6–3, 1–6, 7–6
1995			7–5, 6–3
			7–5, 6–3
	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis (2)		6–4, 7–5
	Guillaume Raoux Jan Siemerink (2)		7–6, 6–2
	Not held due to rain
			6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–5)
			6–4, 6–4
	Martin Damm (2) Cyril Suk (2)		7–6^(8–6), 6–7^(6–8), 6–4
	Martin Damm (3) Cyril Suk (3)		7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
2004	Martin Damm (4) Cyril Suk (4)		6–3, 6–7^(7–9), 6–3
	Cyril Suk (5) Pavel Vízner (2)		6–3, 6–4
			6–1, 7–6^(7–3)
			3–6, 7–6^(7–5), [12–10]
			7–6^(7–5), 6–3
			7–6^(7–3), 6–7^(8–10), [10–5]
			1–6, 7–5, [10–7]
			6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
	Robert Lindstedt (2) Horia Tecău (2)		6–3, 7–6^(7–1)
	Max Mirnyi Horia Tecău (3)		6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău (4)		6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
			6–2, 7–6^(11–9)
			3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
			6–3, 6–4
			7–6^(7–3), 7–5
			6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
style=background:	2020– 2021	not held due to COVID-19
			6–4, 5–7, [10–6]
	Wesley Koolhof (2) Neal Skupski (2)		7–6^(7–1), 6–2
			7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–3)

Women's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
			6–4, 7–6^(9–7)
			6–3, 7–6^(8–6)

			7–5, 7–6^(7–2)
			7–6^(8–6), 4–3 ret.
2001			7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(5–7), 6–4
			6–4, 7–5
2003			2–6, 6–3, 6–4
			7–6^(7–3), 6–3
			6–4, 2–6, 7–6^(13–11)
			3–6, 6–2, 6–2
			7–5, 6–2
			6–3, 6–2
			6–4, 5–7, [13–11]
			3–6, 6–3, [10–6]
			1–6, 6–4, [10–7]
			6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
	Irina-Camelia Begu Anabel Medina Garrigues (2)	Dominika Cibulková Arantxa Parra Santonja	4–6, 7–6^(7–3), [11–9]
		Michaëlla Krajicek Kristina Mladenovic	0–6, 7–6^(7–5), [10–8]
		Jelena Janković Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6–3, 7–5
			6–1, 6–1
			4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
			3–3 ret.
			7–5, 6–3
style=background:	2020– 2021	not held due to COVID-19
			6–3, 5–7, [12–10]
			6–3, 6–3
			7–6^(8–6), 6–3

External links

51.709°N 5.419°W

Notes and References

Web site: 22 March 2018 . Libéma new title sponsor for tournament in Rosmalen . 3 June 2022 . Libéma.
https://www.atptour.com/en/news/s-hertogenbosch-tennis-atp-250-history-draw-schedule-tickets ATP Tour:Libema Open: All You Need To Know
https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/s-hertogenbosch/440/overview ATP:Libéma Open
https://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/822/s-hertogenbosch/2024/overview WTA:Libéma Open