Tennis Channel Open

Tennis Channel Open
Tennis Channel Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1986
Abolished	2008
Editions	21
Location	Scottsdale, Arizona (1986–2005) ; Las Vegas, Nevada (2006–2008); United States
Category	WCT (1986–1989) ; International Series (1990–2008)
Surface	Hard / outdoors
Draw	32S/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

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

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

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

Doubles

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

Event names

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)

References

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

External links

[1] Miki Singh (February 23, 2006). "Tennis Channel Open not just another ATP event". ESPN.

[tennisindustry-2] "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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ATP International Series (2000–2008)
Every year	2000–2008: Adelaide Doha Chennai Sydney Auckland Santiago/Viña del Mar Delray Beach Marseille San Jose Estoril Majorca/Valencia Orlando/Houston Munich Casablanca St. Pölten/Pörtschach Halle London 's-Hertogenbosch Nottingham Gstaad Newport Båstad Amsterdam/Amersfoort Umag Los Angeles Long Island/New Haven Bucharest Stockholm Moscow St. Petersburg Lyon Basel
Not every year	2000: Dubai San Marino Brighton Toulouse 2000–2001: Bogotá Atlanta 2000–2001, 2003–2007: Shanghai/Ho Chi Minh City/Mumbai 2000–2002: Hong Kong Tashkent 2000–2003: Copenhagen 2000–2006: Palermo 2001–2005: Milan 2001–2008: Buenos Aires Sopot/Warsaw Costa do Sauípe 2002: Stuttgart 2003–2008: Indianapolis Washington Bangkok Metz 2004–2008: Beijing 2006–2008: Zagreb
Predecessor: ATP World Series (1990–1999) Successor: ATP Tour 250 (since 2009)

ATP World Series (1990–1999)
Regular	1990–1999: San Francisco / San Jose Kiawah Island / Charlotte / Birmingham / Pinehurst / Orlando Munich Estoril Genoa / St. Polten London 's-Hertogenbosch Newport Gstaad Båstad Hilversum / Amsterdam Los Angeles Umag Long Island Moscow Basel Lyon Adelaide Wellington Sydney Outdoor Auckland Orlando / Atlanta Hong Kong Bologna San Marino Palermo Prague Toulouse
Not every year	1990: Memphis Rio de Janeiro Sanremo Wembley Itaparica 1990–1991: Geneva Berlin 1990–1992, 1996: Singapore 1990, 1992–1999: Casablanca 1990–1992: Milan Guaruja Brisbane 1990–1994: Manchester Florence Schenectady Athens Madrid 1990–1995: Nice Bordeaux Vienna 1990–1996: Seoul Tel Aviv 1990–1998: Rotterdam Kitzbühel 1991: Brasília Birmingham, UK 1991–1992: Buzios 1991–1993: São Paulo Tampa 1991–1999: Copenhagen 1992: Maceió Cologne 1992–1993: Bolzano Taipei 1992–1994: Antwerp 1992–1995: Johannesburg / Durban / Sun City 1992–1997: 1993–1994: Zaragoza Osaka 1993–1995: Kuala Lumpur 1993–1996: Jakarta 1993–1999: Doha Delray Beach Santiago / Viña del Mar Marseille Buenos Aires Halle Beijing Bucharest Birmingham, USA Dubai Mexico City 1994: Oahu 1994–1995: Montevideo 1994–1997: Ostrava Bogotá 1995–1996: Bermuda Porto 1995–1999: Valencia / Marbella Nottingham Stockholm St. Petersburg 1996–1999: Chennai Shanghai Stuttgart Outdoor Zagreb Bournemouth / Brighton 1997–1999: Boston Tashkent 1999: Merano
Successors: ATP International Series (2000–2008) ATP 250 tournaments (since 2009)