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The Eastbourne International tennis tournament, now called - for sponsorship reasons - the AEGON International, is a joint event for the [[Women's Tennis Association|Women's Tennis Association Tour]] and the [[ATP World Tour]]. It is hosted annually as a Wimbledon warm-up tournament at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England. |
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The '''Eastbourne International''' is a [[tennis]] [[tournament]] on the [[Women's Tennis Association|Women's Tennis Association Tour]] and the [[ATP World Tour]] held at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club [[Eastbourne]], United Kingdom. Held since 1974, it is classified as a [[WTA Premier tournaments|WTA Premier tournament]] on the [[WTA Tour]] and as an [[ATP World Tour 250 series]] on the [[ATP World Tour]]. The tournament is played on outdoor [[grass court]]s, and is generally considered a "warm-up" for the [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] event, which begins the following week. It is currently sponsored by [[AEGON]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/2969485/Andy-Murray-key-to-LTAs-five-year-25m-sponsorship-deal-with-Aegon-Tennis.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Mark | last=Hodgkinson | title=Andy Murray key to LTA's five-year, £25m sponsorship deal with Aegon | date=2008-09-16}}</ref> |
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The inaugural tournament, played on outdoor [[grass court]]s, was hosted in 1974 and it has always been classified as a [[WTA Premier tournaments|WTA Premier tournament]] on the [[WTA Tour]]. In recent years, since AEGON came along with a five-year sponsorship deal, the men's event is played alongside the women's tournament so it has been classified as an [[ATP World Tour 250 series]] on the [[ATP World Tour]]. |
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The tournament is and is generally considered a "warm-up" for the [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] event, which begins the following week. |
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Free text alerts for the tournament has been offered by UK Media Limited since 1998. |
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To receive free text alerts for the 2012 AEGON International |
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Send TENNISW to 075.3078.1888 |
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Send TENNISW STOP to halt alerts |
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Send TENNISM to 075.3078.1888 |
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Send TENNISM to halt alerts |
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==Combination== |
==Combination== |
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The Eastbourne International tennis tournament, now called - for sponsorship reasons - the AEGON International, is a joint event for the Women's Tennis Association Tour and the ATP World Tour. It is hosted annually as a Wimbledon warm-up tournament at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England. The inaugural tournament, played on outdoor grass courts, was hosted in 1974 and it has always been classified as a WTA Premier tournament on the WTA Tour. In recent years, since AEGON came along with a five-year sponsorship deal, the men's event is played alongside the women's tournament so it has been classified as an ATP World Tour 250 series on the ATP World Tour. The tournament is and is generally considered a "warm-up" for the Wimbledon Grand Slam event, which begins the following week. Free text alerts for the tournament has been offered by UK Media Limited since 1998. To receive free text alerts for the 2012 AEGON International Send TENNISW to 075.3078.1888 Send TENNISW STOP to halt alerts Send TENNISM to 075.3078.1888 Send TENNISM to halt alerts
Combination
During 2007, lack of sponsorship for the Eastbourne tournament led the Lawn Tennis Association to consider moving the tournament to London.[1] However, as part of a general reorganisation of United Kingdom professional tennis tournaments, it was instead decided to merge the event with the Nottingham Open, traditionally held during the same week. From 2009, therefore, the Eastbourne courts have hosted a combined women's and men's event.[2][3]
Past winners
Martina Navratilova holds the record for the most singles titles with 11.
Singles finals
Men
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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2009 | Dmitry Tursunov | Frank Dancevic | 6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
2010 | Michaël Llodra | Guillermo García-López | 7–5, 6–2 |
2011 | Andreas Seppi | Janko Tipsarević | 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 5–3 RET |
Women
Doubles finals
Men
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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2009 | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
Travis Parrott Filip Polášek |
6–4, 6–4 |
2010 | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
Colin Fleming Ken Skupski |
6–3, 5–7, [10–8] |
2011 | Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram |
Grigor Dimitrov Andreas Seppi |
6–3, 6–3 |
Women
References
- ^ Whelan, Andy (25 June 2007), Tennis bosses serve blow to Eastbourne, The Argus, retrieved 2008-05-15
- ^ Wimbledon-warm-up-event-scrapped "Wimbledon warm-up event scrapped". BBC. 2008-04-08. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
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value (help) [dead link] - ^ "Men and Women's Tennis Merged Events". Eastbourne Borough Council. Archived from the original on 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
External links
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