Bronx Open

The Bronx Open (currently sponsored as the NYJTL Bronx Open) is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor hardcourts. It is classified as a $60,000 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour event and has been held in The Bronx, New York, since 1996.[1]

Bronx Open
2022 Bronx Open
Tournament information
Founded1996
LocationThe Bronx, New York City
United States
VenueCary Leeds Tennis Center, Crotona Park
CategoryITF Women's World Tennis Tour (1996–2012; 2022)
WTA International (2019)
SurfaceHard - outdoors
Draw32S / 32Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$25,000 (1996–98)
US$50,000 (1999–2008; 2011–12)
US$100,000 (2009–10)
US$250,000 (2019)
US$60,000 (2022)
Websitewww.nyjtl.org/nyjtl-bronx-open
Current champions (2022)
Women's singles Kamilla Rakhimova
Women's doubles Anna Blinkova
Switzerland Simona Waltert

In 2019, it was held as a once-off WTA International event before returning on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour in 2022.

Past finals

Singles
Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓ ITF tournament ↓
1996Spain Virginia Ruano PascualFrance Amélie Mauresmo6–4, 6–3
1997Australia Rachel McQuillanUnited States Erika deLone6–1, 6–4
1998France Sarah Pitkowski-MalcorZimbabwe Cara Black6–3, 7–5
1999United States Erika deLoneBelgium Els Callens6–1, ret.
2000Slovakia Daniela HantuchováChina Yi Jingqian6–4, 6–4
2001Austria Barbara SchwartzGermany Martina Müller5–7, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
2002United States Ashley HarkleroadSlovakia Ľubomíra Kurhajcová6–1, 6–3
2003China Zheng JieRussia Maria Kirilenko4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2004Israel Evgenia LinetskayaSpain Nuria Llagostera Vives4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2005Austria Sybille BammerFrance Camille Pin3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2006Russia Olga PuchkovaBelarus Tatiana Poutchek6–3, 6–1
2007Australia Casey DellacquaUnited States Ahsha Rolle7–5, 2–0 ret.
2008Russia Elena BovinaGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld6–3, 7–5
2009Germany Tatjana MalekGermany Kristina Barrois6–1, 6–4
2010Russia Anna ChakvetadzeSweden Sofia Arvidsson4–6, 6–2, 6–2
2011Czech Republic Andrea HlaváčkováGermany Mona Barthel7–6(10–8), 6–3
2012Switzerland Romina OprandiRussia Anna Chakvetadze5–7, 6–3, 6–3
2013–18Not held
↓ WTA 250 tournament ↓
2019Poland Magda LinetteItaly Camila Giorgi5–7, 7–5, 6–4
2020–21Not held
↓ ITF tournament ↓
2022 Kamilla RakhimovaSweden Mirjam Björklund6–2, 6–3

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓ ITF tournament ↓
1996Finland Nanne Dahlman
United Kingdom Clare Wood		South Africa Liezel Huber
Greece Christina Papadaki		6–2, 6–3
1997Australia Rachel McQuillan
Australia Lisa McShea		United Kingdom Shirli-Ann Siddall
United Kingdom Lorna Woodroffe		6–2, 6–1
1998United Kingdom Julie Pullin
United Kingdom Lorna Woodroffe		Greece Christina Papadaki
France Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor		6–3, 6–1
1999South Africa Surina de Beer
Japan Nana Miyagi		Netherlands Seda Noorlander
Austria Patricia Wartusch		3–6, 6–0, 6–3
2000South Africa Surina de Beer
Japan Nana Miyagi		France Alexandra Fusai
France Émilie Loit		5–7, 6–4, 6–4
2001Argentina Clarisa Fernández
Japan Rika Fujiwara		Netherlands Kristie Boogert
Belgium Els Callens		2–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
2002Estonia Maret Ani
Italy Flavia Pennetta		Japan Shinobu Asagoe
Japan Nana Miyagi		6–4, 6–1
2003Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer
Belarus Tatiana Poutchek		Italy Mara Santangelo
Tunisia Selima Sfar		6–4, 7–5
2004China Li Na
China Liu Nannan		United States Jessica Lehnhoff
Australia Christina Wheeler		5–7, 6–3, 6–3
2005China Li Ting
China Sun Tiantian		Belarus Tatiana Poutchek
Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova		2–6, 6–2, 6–4
2006United States Julie Ditty
South Africa Natalie Grandin		Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková		6–1, 7–6(7–2)
2007Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Poland Urszula Radwańska		Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva
Belarus Darya Kustova		6–3, 1–6, 6–1
2008United States Raquel Kops-Jones
United States Abigail Spears		United States Angela Haynes
United States Ahsha Rolle		6–4, 6–3
2009Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
United States Vania King		France Julie Coin
Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier		6–0, 6–3
2010Germany Kristina Barrois
Austria Yvonne Meusburger		South Africa Natalie Grandin
United States Abigail Spears		1–6, 6–4, [15–13]
2011United States Megan Moulton-Levy
United States Ahsha Rolle		China Han Xinyun
China Lu Jingjing		6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2012Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Erika Sema		Japan Eri Hozumi
Japan Miki Miyamura		6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2013–18Not held
↓ WTA 250 tournament ↓
2019Croatia Darija Jurak
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez		Russia Margarita Gasparyan
Romania Monica Niculescu		7–5, 2–6, [10–7]
2020–21Not held
↓ ITF tournament ↓
2022 Anna Blinkova
Switzerland Simona Waltert		South Korea Han Na-lae
Japan Hiroko Kuwata		6–3, 6–3

References
  1. "Women's professional tennis to return to the Bronx in New York City". Retrieved 14 July 2019.
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