Brighton International

Brighton International
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	WTA Tour (1978-1995) ATP Tour (1996-2000)
Founded	1978
Abolished	2000
Editions	23 (18 women, 5 ,men)
Location	Brighton, UK
Surface	Carpet / indoor (1978-1995) Clay / outdoor (1996-2000)

The Brighton International was a tennis tournament held in Brighton, UK. It was a WTA Tour event from 1978–1995 and an ATP Tour event from 1996-2000, upon the discontinuation of the women's tournament. The women's event was held in October.

It was competed on indoor carpet courts, and was a WTA Tier II event prior to being removed from the tour. The men's event was held on outdoor clay in Bournemouth from 1996-1999, and in Brighton, on indoor hard courts in 2000.

Steffi Graf won the tournament a record 6 times. The only British winners were Sue Barker, who defeated Mima Jaušovec in 1981; and in the men's, Tim Henman, who beat Dominik Hrbatý in the final year of play.

Results

Women's singles

Year	Tournament name	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1978	BMW Challenge	Virginia Ruzici	Betty Stöve	5–7, 6–2, 7–5
1979	Daihatsu Challenge	Martina Navratilova	Chris Evert	6–3, 6–3
1980	Daihatsu Challenge	Chris Evert	Martina Navratilova	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
1981	Daihatsu Challenge	Sue Barker	Mima Jaušovec	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
1982	Daihatsu Challenge	Martina Navratilova	Chris Evert	6–1, 6–4
1983	Daihatsu Challenge	Chris Evert	Jo Durie	6–1, 6–1
1984	Daihatsu Challenge	Sylvia Hanika	JoAnne Russell	6–3, 1–6, 6–2
1985	Pretty Polly Classic	Chris Evert	Manuela Maleeva	7–5, 6–3
1986	Pretty Polly Classic	Steffi Graf	Catarina Lindqvist	6–3, 6–3
1987	Volvo Classic	Gabriela Sabatini	Pam Shriver	7–5, 6–4
1988	Midland Group Championships	Steffi Graf	Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere	6–2, 6–0
1989	Midland Group Championships	Steffi Graf	Monica Seles	7–5, 6–4
1990	Midland Bank Championships	Steffi Graf	Helena Suková	7–5, 6–3
1991	Midland Bank Championships	Steffi Graf	Zina Garrison	5–7, 6–4, 6–1
1992	Midland Bank Championships	Steffi Graf	Jana Novotná	4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
1993	Autoglass Classic	Jana Novotná	Anke Huber	6–2, 6–4
1994	Brighton International	Jana Novotná	Helena Suková	6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–4
1995	Brighton International	Mary Joe Fernández	Amanda Coetzer	6–4, 7–5

Men's Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1996	Albert Costa	Marc-Kevin Goellner	6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–2
1997	Félix Mantilla	Carlos Moyà	6–2, 6–2
1998	Félix Mantilla	Albert Costa	6–3, 7–5
1999	Adrian Voinea	Stefan Koubek	1–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–2)
2000	Tim Henman	Dominik Hrbatý	6–2, 6–2

Men's Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1996	Marc-Kevin Goellner Greg Rusedski	Rodolphe Gilbert Nuno Marques	6–3, 7–6
1997	Kent Kinnear Aleksandar Kitinov	Alberto Martín Chris Wilkinson	7–6, 6–2
1998	Neil Broad Kevin Ullyett	Wayne Arthurs Alberto Berasategui	7–6, 6–3
1999	David Adams Jeff Tarango	Nicklas Kulti Michael Kohlmann	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5)
2000	Michael Hill Jeff Tarango	Paul Goldstein Jim Thomas	6–3, 7–5

External links

• ATP Results Archive