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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
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

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Singles

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
ITF tournament ↓
1996 Spain  Virginia Ruano Pascual France  Amélie Mauresmo 6–4, 6–3
1997 Australia  Rachel McQuillan United States  Erika deLone 6–1, 6–4
1998 France  Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor Zimbabwe  Cara Black 6–3, 7–5
1999 United States  Erika deLone Belgium  Els Callens 6–1, ret.
2000 Slovakia  Daniela Hantuchová China  Yi Jingqian 6–4, 6–4
2001 Austria  Barbara Schwartz Germany  Martina Müller 5–7, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
2002 United States  Ashley Harkleroad Slovakia  Ľubomíra Kurhajcová 6–1, 6–3
2003 China  Zheng Jie Russia  Maria Kirilenko 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2004 Israel  Evgenia Linetskaya Spain  Nuria Llagostera Vives 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2005 Austria  Sybille Bammer France  Camille Pin 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2006 Russia  Olga Puchkova Belarus  Tatiana Poutchek 6–3, 6–1
2007 Australia  Casey Dellacqua United States  Ahsha Rolle 7–5, 2–0 ret.
2008 Russia  Elena Bovina Germany  Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–3, 7–5
2009 Germany  Tatjana Malek Germany  Kristina Barrois 6–1, 6–4
2010 Russia  Anna Chakvetadze Sweden  Sofia Arvidsson 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
2011 Czech Republic  Andrea Hlaváčková Germany  Mona Barthel 7–6(10–8), 6–3
2012 Switzerland  Romina Oprandi Russia  Anna Chakvetadze 5–7, 6–3, 6–3
2013–18 Not held
WTA 250 tournament ↓
2019 Poland  Magda Linette Italy  Camila Giorgi 5–7, 7–5, 6–4
2020–21 Not held
ITF tournament ↓
2022   Kamilla Rakhimova Sweden  Mirjam Björklund 6–2, 6–3

Doubles

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

References

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