The Tennis Channel Open (its sponsored name) was a men's hard court
tennis
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tournament also known as the Las Vegas Open. It was an
ATP International Series
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event that was first founded as the WCT Scottsdale Open in 1986. That tournament by 2005 was officially known as the Scottsdale Open.
In 2005,
The Tennis Channel purchased the tournament from
IMG and moved it from Scottsdale to Las Vegas.
In April 2008, The Tennis Channel announced that it was selling the tournament to the ATP, and the week the event had been held was now the first week of
Davis Cup
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.
History
Founded in 1986 as the WCT Scottsdale Open by 2005 that tournament was known as the Scottsdale Open. By the end of that year the
Tennis Channel bought the rights to the event and moved it to Las Vegas where it was branded as the Tennis Channel Open in 2006 its sponsored name. The move to Las Vegas was to bring a top-level tour event back to the city to fill the gap left by the
Alan King Tennis Classic that ended in 1985. It was succeeded later by a lower tier event the
Las Vegas Challenger in 1997 that ran till 2000.
This event was an ATP World Series event from 1992 to 1999, then an
ATP International Series
The ATP International Series (known from 1990 to 1999 as the ATP World Series) was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally as part of the ATP Tour from 2000 to 2008.
The series was renamed ATP Tour 250 in 2009. Interna ...
event from 2000 that ran until 2008 when it was discontinued, when the Tennis Channel sold the rights to the event. In 2015 the Las Vegas Challenger event resumed. In 2023 it was renamed the
Las Vegas Tennis Open.
Past finals
The tournament had been in existence since 1986 located at the Scottsdale Radisson Resort. From 1987 to 2005 the tournament took place at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, where Andre Agassi was crowned champion four times.
Singles
Doubles
Event names
:Official
* WCT Scottsdale Open (1986–1987)
* WCT Scottsdale Classic (1988–1989)
* Arizona Tennis Championship's (1992–1996)
* Scottsdale Tennis Classic (1997–2004)
* Scottsdale Open (2005)
* Las Vegas Open (2006–2008)
:Sponsored
* Eagle Classic (1988 -1989)
* Purex Tennis Championships (1992–1993)
* Nuveen Championships (1994)
* MassMutual Championships (1995)
* Franklin Templeton Classic (1996–1997)
* Franklin Templeton Tennis Classic (1998–2000)
* Franklin Templeton Classic (2001–2004)
* Tennis Channel Open (2005- 2008)
See also
*
The Tennis Channel
*
Alan King Tennis Classic
*
Las Vegas Challenger
*
List of tennis tournaments
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References
External links
The Tennis Channel official websiteTennis Channel Open homepPage
{{ATP World Series tournaments
ATP Tour
Grand Prix tennis circuit
Hard court tennis tournaments
Defunct tennis tournaments in the United States
Tennis in Las Vegas