San Diego Open (tennis)
San Diego Open | |
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Tournament information | |
Founded | 1971 |
Location | San Diego, California United States |
Venue | La Costa Resort and Spa(2004–2015) Barnes Tennis Center (2021–present) |
Category | WTA Tier I (2004–2007) WTA Premier (2010–2013) WTA 125K series (2015) ATP 250 (2021–2022) WTA 500 (2022–) |
Surface | Hardcourt / Outdoor |
Draw | 28S / 24SQ / 16D |
Prize money | $922,573 (women) |
Current champions (2024) | |
Women's singles | Katie Boulter |
Women's doubles | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez |
TheSan Diego Openis a professionaltennistournament on theWTA Tour,held inSan Diego,California.The tournament was founded in 1971. It is held annually at the Barnes Tennis Center. The tournament is part of theWTA 500,a category governed by theWomen's Tennis Association(WTA).
ATP tournament history[edit]
The San Diego Open was anATP 250tournament held at the Barnes Tennis Centre inSan Diego, California.In August 2021, after the cancellation of the Asia Swing due to theCOVID-19 pandemic,the Barnes Tennis Centre San Diego was allocated a two-year 250 tournament license. Prior to that, it was exclusively aWTAevent which was last held as aWTA Challengerin 2015 atCarlsbad.
Daniel Vallverdutook on the position of managing director, Ryan Redondo was named the tournament director andBillie Jean Kingaccepted the role of honorary tournament chairman.
With the ATP Tour returning to China in 2023, the tournament's men's event ceased.
WTA tournament history[edit]
The event was formed in 1984 byRaquel Giscafréas the Ginny of San Diego.[1][2]Prior to this there had been two previous women's tennis tournaments in San Diego: a Virginia Slims event in 1971 and the Wells Fargo Open, which ran from 1979 to 1982. Giscafre's former doubles partner,Jane Stratton,attained co-ownership of the tournament from 1986 until the event's cessation. The tournament has had various principal sponsors throughout its history, and has been played under the headings of the Great American Bank Classic, theMazdaClassic and theToshibaClassic. The tournament was known for its strong player fields, location in the hills and atmosphere.
Although the tournament achieved Tier-I status only in 2004, it became a draw to the heavyweights in women's tennis since its inception in the 1980s, being a crucial warm-up tournament leading to theUS Open.Past champions of the tournament include former world No.-1sSteffi Graf,Jennifer Capriati,Lindsay Davenport,Venus Williams,Martina Hingis,Justine Henin,andMaria Sharapova.Six players won the tournament more than once, four of them consecutively. Graf holds the record for most wins (4); Venus Williams holds the record for most consecutive titles (3).
The tournament's purse doubled to $200,000 in 1989, when the sponsor changed to San Diego-basedGreat American BankfromVirginia Slims,a cigarette brand owned byPhilip Morris.[3]The tournament moved from the San Diego Tennis & Racquet Club to theLa Costa Resort and Spain 1991, when the sponsor was changed toMazdafrom Great American, which was in financial decline.[4]On September 7, 2009, the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour announced the return of professional women's tennis to San Diego in 2010, under the sponsorship of Mercury Insurance. The Mercury Insurance Open was renamed the Southern California Open starting in 2013.
In 2014, the event was relocated to Tokyo, Japan.[5]
The tournament became the Carlsbad Classic in 2015, hosted by the Park Hyatt Aviara Resort in Carlsbad, California, from November 23–29.[6]As a WTA Challenger event, the Carlsbad Classic[7]featured a 32-player singles main draw, an 8-player qualifying draw, and an 8-team doubles draw with $125,000 in prize money. It was the first WTA tournament held during Thanksgiving week.
The tournament returned to the WTA Tour as a WTA 500 event in 2022.
Sponsor history:
- Virginia Slims of San Diego:1971, 1985–1988
- Wells Fargo Open:1979–1982
- Ginny of San Diego:1984
- Great American Bank Classic:1989–1990
- Mazda Classic:1991–1993
- Toshiba Classic;1994–1998
- TIG Classic:1999
- Acura Classic:2000–2007
- Mercury Insurance Open:2010–2012
- Southern California Open:2013
- GoMacro:2015
- Cymbiotika:2023-present
Past finals[edit]
Men's singles[edit]
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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2021 | Casper Ruud | Cameron Norrie | 6–0, 6–2 |
2022 | Brandon Nakashima | Marcos Giron | 6–4, 6–4 |
Women's singles[edit]
Prior tournaments in San Diego area[edit]
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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1971 | Billie Jean King | Rosemary Casals | 3–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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1979 | Tracy Austin | Martina Navratilova | 6–4, 6–2 |
1980 | Tracy Austin(2) | Wendy Turnbull | 6–1, 6–3 |
1981 | Tracy Austin(3) | Pam Shriver | 6–2, 5–7, 6–2 |
1982 | Tracy Austin(4) | Kathy Rinaldi | 7–6, 6–3 |
Subsequent and current organized event[edit]
Men's doubles[edit]
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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2021 | Joe Salisbury Neal Skupski |
John Peers Filip Polášek |
7–6(7–2),3–6, [10–5] |
2022 | Nathaniel Lammons Jackson Withrow |
Jason Kubler Luke Saville |
7–6(7–5),6–2 |
Women's doubles[edit]
Prior[edit]
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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1971 | Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King |
Françoise Dürr Judy Tegart Dalton |
6–7, 6–2, 6–3 |
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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1979 | Rosemary Casals(2) Martina Navratilova |
Betty Ann Grubb Stuart Ann Kiyomura |
3–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
1980 | Tracy Austin Ann Kiyomura |
Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull |
3–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
1981 | Kathy Jordan Candy Reynolds |
Rosemary Casals Pam Shriver |
6–1, 2–6, 6–4 |
1982 | Kathy Jordan(2) Paula Smith |
Patricia Medrado Cláudia Monteiro |
6–3, 5–7, 7–6 |
Subsequent & current[edit]
See also[edit]
References and footnotes[edit]
- ^"Acura has come a long way, baby, but its run is ending".Retrieved2007-08-04.
- ^Keith KattanRaising Big Smiling Tennis Kids: A Complete Roadmap for Every Parent and Coach2006 Page 208 "players-turned-entrepreneurs like Jane Stratton and Raquel Giscafré, who run a prestigious WTA tournament in San Diego"
- ^Freeman, John (December 20, 1988). "New name, purse for Slims Tourney banking on new sponsor".Evening Tribune.p. D-3.
- ^Freeman, John (November 3, 1990). "Tennis event will move to La Costa site".Evening Tribune.p. C-5.
- ^"Carlsbad WTA tournament moves to Tokyo".tennis.Retrieved16 September2013.
- ^"Carlsbad Classic".Retrieved29 October2015.
- ^"Carlsbad Classic Tennis Homepage".Retrieved29 October2015.