Mallorca Open
{{Infobox tennis tournament
| name = Mallorca Championships
| type = joint
| current =
| founded = 2016 (WTA)
2021 (ATP)
| ended = 2019 (WTA)
| logo =
| logo size =
| city = Santa Ponsa, Mallorca
| country = Spain
| venue = Mallorca Country Club{{Cite press release |title=Mallorca To Host ATP Grass-Court Tournament From 2020 |date=18 September 2019 |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/mallorca-2020-tournament-announcement |access-date=18 June 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612013054/https://www.atptour.com/en/news/mallorca-2020-tournament-announcement |archive-date=12 June 2022}}
| tier = WTA International (2016–2019)
ATP 250 (2021–present)
| surface = Grass – outdoors
| draw = 28{{abbr|S|Singles}} / 16{{abbr|Q|Qualification}} / 16{{abbr|D|Doubles}}
| prize money = {{€|915,630|link=yes}} (2023)
| website = {{URL|https://www.mallorca-championships.com/en/home|mallorca-championships.com}}
| notes =
| completed event = 2024
| men's singles = {{flagicon|CHI}} Alejandro Tabilo
| men's doubles = {{flagicon|GBR}} Julian Cash
{{flagicon|USA}} 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).{{Cite news |date=9 June 2014 |title=WTA grass-court event in Mallorca starting in 2016 |work=Tennis |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/wta-grass-court-event-in-mallorca-starting-in-2016 |url-status=live |access-date=18 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619035325/https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/wta-grass-court-event-in-mallorca-starting-in-2016 |archive-date=19 June 2022}}{{Cite web |last=Osborne |first=Paul |date=10 June 2014 |title=WTA approves new international tournament in Mallorca in 2016 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1020768/wta-approves-new-international-tournament-in-mallorca-in-2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726212009/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1020768/wta-approves-new-international-tournament-in-mallorca-in-2016 |archive-date=26 July 2017 |access-date=18 June 2022 |website=Inside the Games}}{{Cite press release |title=WTA to head to Mallorca in 2016 |date=9 June 2014 |publisher=Women's Tennis Association |url=http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/3888129/title/wta-to-head-to-mallorca-in-2016 |access-date=18 June 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714074829/http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/3888129/title/wta-to-head-to-mallorca-in-2016 |archive-date=14 July 2016}} 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.{{Cite web |date=18 September 2019 |title=The AELTC announces strategic investment in the grass court season from 2020 |url=https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2019-09-18/the_aeltc_announces_strategic_investment_in_the_grass_court_season_from_2020.html |url-status=live |archive-url=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 |archive-date=12 June 2022 |access-date=11 June 2022 |website=The Championships, Wimbledon}}
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.{{Cite news |date=18 September 2019 |title=AELTC to invest in pre-Wimbledon grass court tournaments |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-wimbledon/aeltc-to-invest-in-pre-wimbledon-grass-court-tournaments-idUSKBN1W31DW |access-date=16 June 2022}}{{Cite press release |title=Mallorca To Host ATP Grass-Court Tournament From 2020 |date=18 September 2019 |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/mallorca-2020-tournament-announcement |access-date=18 June 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612013054/https://www.atptour.com/en/news/mallorca-2020-tournament-announcement |archive-date=12 June 2022}} After the COVID-19 pandemic forced the postponement of the relaunched ATP tournament, it held its inaugural edition in 2021.{{cite web |date=17 June 2021 |title=Can Medvedev Win His First Grass-Court Title In Mallorca? All You Need To Know |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/mallorca-resource-thursday-2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530053254/https://www.atptour.com/en/news/mallorca-resource-thursday-2021 |archive-date=30 May 2022 |access-date=18 June 2022 |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals}}
Past results
= Men's singles =
class="wikitable" | |||
style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:240px"|Champions !style="width:240px"|Runners-up !style="width:150px" class="unsortable"|Score | |||
---|---|---|---|
colspan=4 align=center|↓ ATP Tour 250 ↓ | |||
2021 | {{flagicon|RUS}} Daniil Medvedev | {{flagicon|USA}} Sam Querrey | 6–4, 6–2 |
2022 | {{flagicon|GRE}} Stefanos Tsitsipas | {{flagicon|ESP}} Roberto Bautista Agut | 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–2) |
2023 | {{flagicon|USA}} Christopher Eubanks | {{flagicon|FRA}} Adrian Mannarino | 6–1, 6–4 |
2024 | {{flagicon|CHI}} Alejandro Tabilo | {{flagicon|AUT}} Sebastian Ofner | 6–3, 6–4 |
= Women's singles =
class="wikitable" | |||
style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:240px"|Champions !style="width:240px"|Runners-up !style="width:150px" class="unsortable"|Score | |||
---|---|---|---|
colspan=4 align=center|↓ WTA International ↓ | |||
2016 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Caroline Garcia | {{flagicon|LAT}} Anastasija Sevastova | 6–3, 6–4 |
2017 | {{flagicon|LAT}} Anastasija Sevastova | {{flagicon|GER}} Julia Görges | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
2018 | {{flagicon|GER}} Tatjana Maria | {{flagicon|LAT}} Anastasija Sevastova | 6–4, 7–5 |
2019 | {{flagicon|USA}} Sofia Kenin | {{flagicon|SUI}} Belinda Bencic | 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
= Men's doubles =
class="wikitable" | |||
style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:240px"|Champions !style="width:240px"|Runners-up !style="width:150px" class="unsortable"|Score | |||
---|---|---|---|
colspan=4 align=center|↓ ATP Tour 250 ↓ | |||
2021 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Bolelli {{flagicon|ARG}} Máximo González | {{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic {{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Gómez-Herrera | Walkover |
2022 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Rafael Matos {{flagicon|ESP}} David Vega Hernández | {{flagicon|URU}} Ariel Behar {{flagicon|ECU}} Gonzalo Escobar | {{nowrap|7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), [10–1]}} |
2023 | {{flagicon|IND}} Yuki Bhambri {{flagicon|RSA}} Lloyd Harris | {{flagicon|NED}} Robin Haase {{flagicon|AUT}} Philipp Oswald | 6–3, 6–4 |
2024 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Julian Cash {{flagicon|USA}} Robert Galloway | {{flagicon|ECU}} Diego Hidalgo {{flagicon|CHI}} Alejandro Tabilo | 6–4, 6–4 |
= Women's doubles =
class="wikitable" | |||
style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:240px"|Champions !style="width:240px"|Runners-up !style="width:150px" class="unsortable"|Score | |||
---|---|---|---|
colspan=4 align=center|↓ WTA International ↓ | |||
2016 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Gabriela Dabrowski {{nowrap|{{flagicon|ESP}} María José Martínez Sánchez}} | {{flagicon|GER}} Anna-Lena Friedsam {{flagicon|GER}} Laura Siegemund | 6–4, 6–2 |
2017 | {{flagicon|TPE}} Chan Yung-jan {{flagicon|SUI}} Martina Hingis | {{flagicon|SRB}} Jelena Janković {{flagicon|LAT}} Anastasija Sevastova | Walkover |
2018 | {{flagicon|SLO}} Andreja Klepač {{flagicon|ESP}} María José Martínez Sánchez (2) | {{flagicon|CZE}} Lucie Šafářová {{flagicon|CZE}} Barbora Štefková | 6–1, 3–6, [10–3] |
2019 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Kirsten Flipkens {{flagicon|SWE}} Johanna Larsson | {{flagicon|ESP}} María José Martínez Sánchez {{flagicon|ESP}} Sara Sorribes Tormo | 6–2, 6–4 |
See also
References
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{{Mallorca Open tournaments}}
{{ATP World Tour 250 series}}
{{WTA International tournaments}}
Category:Former WTA Tour tournaments
Category:Grass court tennis tournaments
Category:Tennis tournaments in Spain
Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2016