The Mallorca Championships is a professional tennis tournament on the ATP Tour. Classified as an ATP 250 tournament, the event is annually held at the outdoor grass courts of Mallorca Country Club in Santa Ponsa, Mallorca, Spain in June, a week prior to Wimbledon Championships.

Mallorca Championships
Tournament information
Founded2016 (WTA)
2021 (ATP)
Abolished2019 (WTA)
LocationSanta Ponsa, Mallorca
Spain
VenueMallorca Country Club[1]
CategoryWTA International (2016–2019)
ATP 250 (2021–present)
SurfaceGrass – outdoors
Draw28S / 16Q / 16D
Prize money915,630 (2023)
Websitemallorca-championships.com
Current champions (2024)
Men's singlesChile Alejandro Tabilo
Men's doublesUnited Kingdom Julian Cash
United States Robert Galloway

The event was initially founded as a tournament on the WTA Tour. In June 2014, the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) announced that a new grass court tennis tournament would be organized in Mallorca, beginning in 2016, as the WTA Tour would expand the grass court swing between the French Open and Wimbledon from two weeks to three. The new tennis complex would have five natural grass courts, with construction and maintenance contributions from the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC).[2][3][4] Classified as a WTA International event, the women's tournament lasted for three years on the calendar and ended after the last edition in June 2019, with the event's sanction and International classification transferred to the Birmingham Classic for the following year.[5]

In September 2019, the AELTC announced that they would invest in several new grass tennis tournaments for the ATP Tour and WTA Tour. Among the new investments included a new men's event in Mallorca for a debut in 2020, marking a return of the ATP to Mallorca after 18 years, and be organized on the existing tennis complex. The new event would be headed by Toni Nadal and be held during the grass swing's third and final week.[6][7] After the COVID-19 pandemic forced the postponement of the relaunched ATP tournament, it held its inaugural edition in 2021.[8]

Past results

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Men's singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ATP Tour 250  ↓
2021   Daniil Medvedev   Sam Querrey 6–4, 6–2
2022   Stefanos Tsitsipas   Roberto Bautista Agut 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–2)
2023   Christopher Eubanks   Adrian Mannarino 6–1, 6–4
2024   Alejandro Tabilo   Sebastian Ofner 6–3, 6–4

Women's singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  WTA International  ↓
2016   Caroline Garcia   Anastasija Sevastova 6–3, 6–4
2017   Anastasija Sevastova   Julia Görges 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
2018   Tatjana Maria   Anastasija Sevastova 6–4, 7–5
2019   Sofia Kenin   Belinda Bencic 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–4

Men's doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ATP Tour 250  ↓
2021   Simone Bolelli
  Máximo González
  Novak Djokovic
  Carlos Gómez-Herrera
Walkover
2022   Rafael Matos
  David Vega Hernández
  Ariel Behar
  Gonzalo Escobar
7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), [10–1]
2023   Yuki Bhambri
  Lloyd Harris
  Robin Haase
  Philipp Oswald
6–3, 6–4
2024   Julian Cash
  Robert Galloway
  Diego Hidalgo
  Alejandro Tabilo
6–4, 6–4

Women's doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  WTA International  ↓
2016   Gabriela Dabrowski
  María José Martínez Sánchez
  Anna-Lena Friedsam
  Laura Siegemund
6–4, 6–2
2017   Chan Yung-jan
  Martina Hingis
  Jelena Janković
  Anastasija Sevastova
Walkover
2018   Andreja Klepač
  María José Martínez Sánchez (2)
  Lucie Šafářová
  Barbora Štefková
6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
2019   Kirsten Flipkens
  Johanna Larsson
  María José Martínez Sánchez
  Sara Sorribes Tormo
6–2, 6–4

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Mallorca To Host ATP Grass-Court Tournament From 2020" (Press release). Association of Tennis Professionals. 18 September 2019. Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  2. ^ "WTA grass-court event in Mallorca starting in 2016". Tennis. Associated Press. 9 June 2014. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  3. ^ Osborne, Paul (10 June 2014). "WTA approves new international tournament in Mallorca in 2016". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  4. ^ "WTA to head to Mallorca in 2016" (Press release). Women's Tennis Association. 9 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  5. ^ "The AELTC announces strategic investment in the grass court season from 2020". The Championships, Wimbledon. 18 September 2019. Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  6. ^ "AELTC to invest in pre-Wimbledon grass court tournaments". Reuters. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Mallorca To Host ATP Grass-Court Tournament From 2020" (Press release). Association of Tennis Professionals. 18 September 2019. Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Can Medvedev Win His First Grass-Court Title In Mallorca? All You Need To Know". Association of Tennis Professionals. 17 June 2021. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.