Mallorca Championships
Tournament information
Founded2016 (WTA)
2021 (ATP)
Abolished2019 (WTA)
LocationSanta Ponsa, Mallorca
Spain
VenueMallorca Country Club[1]
CategoryWTA International (2016–2019)
ATP 250 (2021–present)
SurfaceGrass – outdoors
Draw28S / 16Q / 16D
Prize money€915,630 (2023)
Websitewww.mallorca-championships.com
Current champions (2023)
Men's singlesUnited States Christopher Eubanks
Men's doublesIndia Yuki Bhambri
South Africa Lloyd Harris

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

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ATP Tour 250  ↓
2021 Russia Daniil Medvedev United States Sam Querrey 6–4, 6–2
2022 Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas Spain Roberto Bautista Agut 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–2)
2023 United States Christopher Eubanks France Adrian Mannarino 6–1, 6–4

Women's singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  WTA International  ↓
2016 France Caroline Garcia Latvia Anastasija Sevastova 6–3, 6–4
2017 Latvia Anastasija Sevastova Germany Julia Görges 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
2018 Germany Tatjana Maria Latvia Anastasija Sevastova 6–4, 7–5
2019 United States Sofia Kenin Switzerland Belinda Bencic 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–4

Men's doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ATP Tour 250  ↓
2021 Italy Simone Bolelli
Argentina Máximo González		 Serbia Novak Djokovic
Spain Carlos Gómez-Herrera		 Walkover
2022 Brazil Rafael Matos
Spain David Vega Hernández		 Uruguay Ariel Behar
Ecuador Gonzalo Escobar		 7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), [10–1]
2023 India Yuki Bhambri
South Africa Lloyd Harris		 Netherlands Robin Haase
Austria Philipp Oswald		 6–3, 6–4

Women's doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  WTA International  ↓
2016 Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez		 Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam
Germany Laura Siegemund		 6–4, 6–2
2017 Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
Switzerland Martina Hingis		 Serbia Jelena Janković
Latvia Anastasija Sevastova		 Walkover
2018 Slovenia Andreja Klepač
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez (2) 		Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
Czech Republic Barbora Štefková		 6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
2019 Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
Sweden Johanna Larsson		 Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo		 6–2, 6–4

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mallorca To Host ATP Grass-Court Tournament From 2020" (Press release). Association of Tennis Professionals. 18 September 2019. Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  2. ^ "WTA grass-court event in Mallorca starting in 2016". Tennis. Associated Press. 9 June 2014. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  3. ^ Osborne, Paul (10 June 2014). "WTA approves new international tournament in Mallorca in 2016". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  4. ^ "WTA to head to Mallorca in 2016" (Press release). Women's Tennis Association. 9 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  5. ^ "The AELTC announces strategic investment in the grass court season from 2020". The Championships, Wimbledon. 18 September 2019. Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  6. ^ "AELTC to invest in pre-Wimbledon grass court tournaments". Reuters. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Mallorca To Host ATP Grass-Court Tournament From 2020" (Press release). Association of Tennis Professionals. 18 September 2019. Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Can Medvedev Win His First Grass-Court Title In Mallorca? All You Need To Know". Association of Tennis Professionals. 17 June 2021. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
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