The Eastbourne Open (also known as Eastbourne International, formerly Rothesay) is a

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on the

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and the

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held at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club,

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, United Kingdom. Held since 1974, it is classified as an

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series on the ATP Tour and a WTA 250 series on the WTA Tour (downgraded from WTA 500 in 2025). The tournament is played on outdoor

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s, and is generally considered a "warm-up" for the

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tournament, which begins the following week. It was originally just part of the WTA Tour, but from 2009 it was combined as an ATP Tour event. It replaced the

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grass court tournament from 2009–2014. Nottingham returned for 2015–2016 with no men's event in Eastbourne, however Eastbourne replaced the Nottingham event again from 2017 onwards. From 2022 until 2024, it was sponsored by Rothesay, with past sponsors including

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and AEGON.

Combination

During 2007, lack of sponsorship for the Eastbourne tournament led the

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to consider moving the tournament to London. However, as part of a general reorganisation of United Kingdom professional tennis tournaments, it was instead decided to merge the event with the

, traditionally held during the same week. From 2009, therefore, the Eastbourne courts have hosted a combined women's and men's event until 2014. In 2015 and 2016 it was an only a Ladies event (with the men's competition returning to Nottingham). In 2017, the Eastbourne tournament returned to being a combined event.

Past winners

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holds the record for the most singles titles with 11.

Finals

Women's singles

Women's champions by country

Men's singles

Men's champions by country

Doubles finals

Women

Women's champions by country

Men

Men's champions by country

References

External links

*
LTA tournament website
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Combination

Past winners

Finals

Women's singles

Women's champions by country

Men's singles

Men's champions by country

Doubles finals

Women

Women's champions by country

Men

Men's champions by country

See also

References

External links