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The Connecticut Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts under various names and in various venues from 1948 until 2019.

Connecticut Open
Defunct tennis tournament
TourWTA Tour
Founded1948
Abolished2019
Editions50
LocationNew Haven, Connecticut
United States
CategoryATP World Series
(1990–1997)
ATP International Series
(1998–2008)
ATP World Tour 250 series
(2009–2010)
WTA Tier IV
(1988–1989)
WTA Tier III
(1990–1994)
WTA Tier II
(1997–2008)
WTA Premier
(2009–2018)
SurfaceHard / outdoor

It was most recently a Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour, held annually at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, just before the fourth and last Grand Slam tournament of the year, the US Open.[1] From 2005 through 2010, the tournament was also part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour.

In 2019, the tournament sanction was sold to APG, a sports and entertainment company, which transferred it to Zhengzhou, China.[2]

History

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The tournament was created in 1948 as the U.S. Women's Hardcourt Championships and first played in Sacramento, California, in the United States. Over the 20 years of its first run, the event was held in various locations in the western United States: San Francisco; Berkeley, California; Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Washington; La Jolla, California; and Denver, Colorado. Among the winners of the event were Doris Hart, Darlene Hard, Nancy Richey, Rosemary Casals, Billie Jean King, and Jane Bartkowicz. The event was discontinued in 1969 after the beginning of the Open Era.[3]

In 1988, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) reinstated the tournament. The first edition of the new U.S. Women's Hardcourt Championships was held that year in San Antonio, Texas, first as part of Tier IV of the WTA Tour, then as an upgraded Tier III event in 1990. The championships were sponsored by Post Cereals in 1990[4] and by Acura from 1992 to 1994.[4] Over the first years of its second run, the tournament was won by several past or future World No. 1s, including Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, and Martina Navratilova. The event was held in Stratton Mountain, Vermont, in 1993 and 1994, but conflicts with the 1996 Summer Olympics prevented the tournament from being held the following two years. In 1997, the event returned again, now within Tier II and first in Stone Mountain, Georgia, then settling in 1998 in New Haven, Connecticut, under the new sponsorship of Pilot Pen.[3] In the first years of its run in New Haven, the renamed Pilot Pen International saw its competition dominated by Lindsay Davenport (four-time runner-up in New Haven, one previous time in Stone Mountain, and 2005 champion) and Venus Williams (four-time champion from 1999 to 2002).

New Haven was already host to a men's tournament, the Pilot Pen International. It was created in 1973 in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, as the Volvo International, and moved to Connecticut in 1990, where it took Pilot Pen sponsorship in 1997. When the men's event was cancelled in 1999, the women's Pilot Pen tournament remained the only one of the region.

In 2005, the USTA purchased the men's tournament of Long Island, New York,[5] and merged it with the women's Pilot Pen International to create Pilot Pen Tennis, the first large joint ATPWTA tournament leading to the US Open.[6] The tournament became the last event of the US Open Series and continued to attract top players, including champions Caroline Wozniacki, Svetlana Kuznetsova, James Blake, Justine Henin, and Nikolay Davydenko.

In 2011, after the men's competition moved to Winston-Salem, the newly women's-only event was renamed the New Haven Open at Yale.[7] In 2014, it was renamed the Connecticut Open.[8]

In 2019, the Connecticut Open ended due to a lack of funding. The tournament's sanction was sold and assigned to Zhengzhou, China, after the 2019 US Open.[9] In 2021, the Tennis in the Land tournament in Cleveland took over its former spot on the WTA schedule.[10]

Past finals

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Women's singles

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Location Year Champion Runner-up Score
San Francisco 1948* United States  Gussie Moran United States  Virginia Wolfenden Kovacs 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1949* United States  Doris Hart United States  Dorothy Head Knode 6–3, 6–4
Berkeley, California 1950* United States  Patricia Canning Todd Romania  Magda Rurac 6–2, 6–1
Salt Lake City 1951 United States  Patricia Canning Todd (2) United States  Anita Kanter 6–1, 6–4
Seattle 1952 United States  Mary Arnold Prentiss United States  Anita Kanter 6–1, 8–6
Salt Like City 1953 United States  Anita Kanter United States  Joan Merciadis 6–0, 6–4
1954 United States  Beverly Baker Fleitz United States  Barbara Green 6–1, 6–3
La Jolla, California 1955 United States  Mimi Arnold United States  Patricia Canning Todd 6–0, 6–0
1956 United States  Nancy Chaffee Kiner United States  Patricia Canning Todd 6–4, 5–7, 7–5
1957 United States  Beverly Baker Fleitz (2) United States  Mimi Arnold 6–1, 6–1
1958 United States  Beverly Baker Fleitz (3) United States  Karen Hantze 6–1, 8–6
Denver, Colorado 1959 South Africa  Sandra Reynolds United States  Beverly Baker Fleitz 6–3, 6–2
La Jolla, California 1960 United States  Katherine D. Chabot United States  Karen Hantze 4–6, 7–5, 7–5
1961 United States  Nancy Richey United States  Dorothy Head Knode 6–1, 6–1
Seattle 1962 United States  Carol Hanks United States  Marilyn Montgomery 7–5, 6–3
La Jolla, California 1963 United States  Darlene Hard United States  Tory Fretz 6–1, 8–6
Sacramento, California 1964 United States  Kathleen Harter United States  Kathy Blake 6–1, 6–0
1965 United States  Rosemary Casals United States  Kathleen Harter 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
La Jolla, California 1966 United States  Billie Jean King United States  Patti Hogan 7–5, 6–0
Sacramento, California 1967 United States  Jane "Peaches" Bartkowicz United States  Valerie Ziegenfuss 6–4, 6–4
La Jolla, California 1968 South Africa  Maryna Godwin United States  Janet Newberry 6–3, 8–6
Sacramento, California 1969 United States  Eliza Pande United States  Kristien Kemmer 7–5, 6–4
1970–
1987
Not held
San Antonio, Texas 1988 Germany  Steffi Graf Bulgaria  Katerina Maleeva 6–4, 6–1
1989 Germany  Steffi Graf (2) United States  Ann Henricksson 6–1, 6–4
1990 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Monica Seles Switzerland  Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière 6–4, 6–3
1991 Germany  Steffi Graf (3) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Monica Seles 6–4, 6–3
1992 United States  Martina Navratilova France  Nathalie Tauziat 6–2, 6–1
Stratton Mountain, Vermont 1993 Spain  Conchita Martínez United States  Zina Garrison 6–3, 6–2
1994 Spain  Conchita Martínez (2) Spain  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
  1995 Not held
1996 Not held
Stone Mountain, Georgia 1997 United States  Lindsay Davenport France  Sandrine Testud 6–4, 6–1
New Haven, Connecticut 1998 Germany  Steffi Graf (4) Czech Republic  Jana Novotná 6–4, 6–1
1999 United States  Venus Williams United States  Lindsay Davenport 6–2, 7–5
2000 United States  Venus Williams (2) United States  Monica Seles 6–2, 6–4
2001 United States  Venus Williams (3) United States  Lindsay Davenport 7–6(8–6), 6–4
2002 United States  Venus Williams (4) United States  Lindsay Davenport 7–5, 6–0
2003 United States  Jennifer Capriati United States  Lindsay Davenport 6–2, 4–0 retired
2004 Russia  Elena Bovina France  Nathalie Dechy 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
2005 United States  Lindsay Davenport (2) France  Amélie Mauresmo 6–4, 6–4
2006 Belgium  Justine Henin United States  Lindsay Davenport 6–0, 1–0 retired
2007 Russia  Svetlana Kuznetsova Hungary  Ágnes Szávay 4–6, 3–0 retired
2008 Denmark  Caroline Wozniacki Russia  Anna Chakvetadze 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
2009 Denmark  Caroline Wozniacki (2) Russia  Elena Vesnina 6–2, 6–4
2010 Denmark  Caroline Wozniacki (3) Russia  Nadia Petrova 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2011 Denmark  Caroline Wozniacki (4) Czech Republic  Petra Cetkovská 6–4, 6–1
2012 Czech Republic  Petra Kvitová Russia  Maria Kirilenko 7–6(11–9), 7–5
2013 Romania  Simona Halep Czech Republic  Petra Kvitová 6–2, 6–2
2014 Czech Republic  Petra Kvitová (2) Slovakia  Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–4, 6–2
2015 Czech Republic  Petra Kvitová (3) Czech Republic  Lucie Šafářová 6–7(6–8), 6–2, 6–2
2016 Poland  Agnieszka Radwańska Ukraine  Elina Svitolina 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
2017 Australia  Daria Gavrilova Slovakia  Dominika Cibulková 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2018 Belarus  Aryna Sabalenka Spain  Carla Suárez Navarro 6–1, 6–4
  • From 1948 through 1950, the U.S. Women's Hardcourt Championships were a combined event with the Pacific Coast Championships.

Women's doubles

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Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
New Haven 2018 Czech Republic  Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková
Czech Republic  Barbora Strýcová
Chinese Taipei  Hsieh Su-wei
Germany  Laura Siegemund
6–4, 6–7(7–9), [10–4]
2017 Canada  Gabriela Dabrowski
China  Xu Yifan
Australia  Ashleigh Barty
Australia  Casey Dellacqua
3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
2016 India  Sania Mirza (3)
Romania  Monica Niculescu
Ukraine  Kateryna Bondarenko
Chinese Taipei  Chuang Chia-jung
7–5, 6–4
2015 Germany  Julia Görges
Czech Republic  Lucie Hradecká
Chinese Taipei  Chuang Chia-jung
China  Liang Chen
6–3, 6–1
2014 Slovenia  Andreja Klepač
Spain  Sílvia Soler Espinosa
New Zealand  Marina Erakovic
Spain  Arantxa Parra Santonja
7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
2013 India  Sania Mirza (2)
China  Zheng Jie (2)
Spain  Anabel Medina Garrigues
Slovenia  Katarina Srebotnik
6–3, 6–4
2012 United States  Liezel Huber
United States  Lisa Raymond (4)
Czech Republic  Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic  Lucie Hradecká
4–6, 6–0, [10–4]
2011 Chinese Taipei  Chuang Chia-jung
Belarus  Olga Govortsova
Italy  Sara Errani
Italy  Roberta Vinci
7–5, 6–2
2010 Czech Republic  Květa Peschke
Slovenia  Katarina Srebotnik
United States  Bethanie Mattek-Sands
United States  Meghann Shaughnessy
7–5, 6–0
2009 Spain  Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain  María José Martínez Sánchez
Czech Republic  Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic  Lucie Hradecká
6–2, 7–5
2008 Czech Republic  Květa Peschke
United States  Lisa Raymond (3)
Romania  Sorana Cîrstea
Romania  Monica Niculescu
4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
2007 India  Sania Mirza
Italy  Mara Santangelo
Zimbabwe  Cara Black
United States  Liezel Huber
6–1, 6–2
2006 China  Yan Zi
China  Zheng Jie
United States  Lisa Raymond
Australia  Samantha Stosur
6–4, 6–2
2005 United States  Lisa Raymond (2)
Australia  Samantha Stosur
Argentina  Gisela Dulko
Russia  Maria Kirilenko
6–2, 6–7(1–7), 6–1
2004 Russia  Nadia Petrova
United States  Meghann Shaughnessy
United States  Martina Navratilova
United States  Lisa Raymond
6–1, 1–6, 7–6(7–4)
2003 Spain  Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina  Paola Suárez
Australia  Alicia Molik
Spain  Magüi Serna
7–6(8–6), 6–3
2002 Slovakia  Daniela Hantuchová
Spain  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Italy  Tathiana Garbin
Slovakia  Janette Husárová
7–6, 1–6, 7–5
2001 Zimbabwe  Cara Black
Russia  Elena Likhovtseva
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Jelena Dokić
Russia  Nadia Petrova
6–0, 3–6, 6–2
2000 France  Julie Halard-Decugis
Japan  Ai Sugiyama
Spain  Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina  Paola Suárez
6–4, 5–7, 6–2
1999 United States  Lisa Raymond
Australia  Rennae Stubbs
Russia  Elena Likhovtseva
Czech Republic  Jana Novotná
7–6(7–1), 6–2
1998 France  Alexandra Fusai
France  Nathalie Tauziat
South Africa  Mariaan de Swardt
Czech Republic  Jana Novotná
6–1, 6–0
Stone Mt. 1997 United States  Nicole Arendt
Netherlands  Manon Bollegraf
France  Alexandra Fusai
France  Nathalie Tauziat
6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–2
  1996 Not held
1995 Not held
Stratton
Mountain
1994 Australia  Elizabeth Sayers-Smylie (2)
United States  Pam Shriver (3)
Spain  Conchita Martínez
Spain  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
7–6(7–4), 2–6, 7–5
1993 Australia  Elizabeth Sayers-Smylie
Czech Republic  Helena Suková (2)
Switzerland  Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière
Argentina  Mercedes Paz
6–1, 6–2
San Antonio 1992 United States  Martina Navratilova
United States  Pam Shriver (2)
United States  Patty Fendick
Czechoslovakia  Andrea Strnadová
3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
1991 United States  Patty Fendick
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Monica Seles
Canada  Jill Hetherington
United States  Kathy Rinaldi
7–6(7–2), 6–2
1990 United States  Kathy Jordan
Australia  Elizabeth Sayers-Smylie
United States  Gigi Fernández
United States  Robin White
7–5, 7–5
1989 United States  Katrina Adams
United States  Pam Shriver
United States  Patty Fendick
Canada  Jill Hetherington
3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1988 United States  Lori McNeil
Czechoslovakia  Helena Suková
South Africa  Rosalyn Fairbank
United States  Gretchen Rush-Magers
6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–2

Men's singles

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Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Long Island
(exhibition)
1981 United States  Brian Teacher France  Yannick Noah 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1982 United States  Gene Mayer United States  Johan Kriek 6–2, 6–3
1983 United States  Gene Mayer Switzerland  Heinz Günthardt 6–7(9–11), 6–4, 6–0
1984 Czech Republic  Ivan Lendl Ecuador  Andrés Gómez 6–2, 6–4
1985 Czech Republic  Ivan Lendl United States  Jimmy Connors 6–1, 6–3
1986 Czech Republic  Ivan Lendl United States  John McEnroe 6–2, 6–4
1987 Sweden  Jonas Svensson United States  David Pate 7–6, 3–6, 6–3
1988 United States  Andre Agassi France  Yannick Noah 6–3, 0–6, 6–4
1989 Czech Republic  Ivan Lendl Sweden  Mikael Pernfors 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Long Island 1990 Sweden  Stefan Edberg Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Goran Ivanišević 7–6, 6–3
1991 Czech Republic  Ivan Lendl Sweden  Stefan Edberg 6–3, 6–2
1992 Czech Republic  Petr Korda United States  Ivan Lendl 6–2, 6–2
1993 Switzerland  Marc Rosset United States  Michael Chang 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1994 Russia  Yevgeny Kafelnikov France  Cédric Pioline 5–7, 6–1, 6–2
1995 Russia  Yevgeny Kafelnikov Netherlands  Jan Siemerink 7–6(7–0), 6–2
1996 Ukraine  Andrei Medvedev Czech Republic  Martin Damm 7–5, 6–3
1997 Spain  Carlos Moyá Australia  Patrick Rafter 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
1998 Australia  Patrick Rafter Spain  Félix Mantilla 7–6(7–3), 6–2
1999 Sweden  Magnus Norman Spain  Àlex Corretja 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
2000 Sweden  Magnus Norman Sweden  Thomas Enqvist 6–3, 5–7, 7–5
2001 Germany  Tommy Haas United States  Pete Sampras 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
2002 Thailand  Paradorn Srichaphan Argentina  Juan Ignacio Chela 5–7, 6–2, 6–2
2003 Thailand  Paradorn Srichaphan United States  James Blake 6–2, 6–4
2004 Australia  Lleyton Hewitt Peru  Luis Horna 6–3, 6–1
New Haven 2005 United States  James Blake Spain  Feliciano López 3–6, 7–5, 6–1
2006 Russia  Nikolay Davydenko Argentina  Agustín Calleri 6–4, 6–3
2007 United States  James Blake United States  Mardy Fish 7–5, 6–4
2008 Croatia  Marin Čilić United States  Mardy Fish 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
2009 Spain  Fernando Verdasco United States  Sam Querrey 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
2010 Ukraine  Sergiy Stakhovsky Uzbekistan  Denis Istomin 3–6, 6–3, 6–4

Men's doubles

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Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Long Island 1990 France  Guy Forget
Switzerland  Jakob Hlasek
Germany  Udo Riglewski
Germany  Michael Stich
2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1991 Germany  Eric Jelen
Germany  Carl-Uwe Steeb
United States  Doug Flach
Italy  Diego Nargiso
0–6, 6–4, 7–6
1992 United States  Francisco Montana
United States  Greg Van Emburgh
Italy  Gianluca Pozzi
Finland  Olli Rahnasto
6–4, 6–2
1993 Germany  Marc-Kevin Goellner
Germany  David Prinosil
France  Arnaud Boetsch
France  Olivier Delaître
6–7, 7–5, 6–2
1994 France  Olivier Delaître
France  Guy Forget
Australia  Andrew Florent
United Kingdom  Mark Petchey
6–4, 7–6
1995 Czech Republic  Cyril Suk
Czech Republic  Daniel Vacek
United States  Rick Leach
United States  Scott Melville
5–7, 7–6, 7–6
1996 United States  Luke Jensen
United States  Murphy Jensen
Germany  Hendrik Dreekmann
Russia  Alexander Volkov
6–3, 7–6
1997 South Africa  Marcos Ondruska
Germany  David Prinosil
United States  Mark Keil
United States  T. J. Middleton
6–4, 6–4
1998 Spain  Julian Alonso
Spain  Javier Sánchez
United States  Brandon Coupe
United States  Dave Randall
6–4, 6–4
1999 France  Olivier Delaître
France  Fabrice Santoro
United States  Jan-Michael Gambill
United States  Scott Humphries
7–5, 6–4
2000 United States  Jonathan Stark
Zimbabwe  Kevin Ullyett
United States  Jan-Michael Gambill
United States  Scott Humphries
6–4, 6–4
2001 United States  Jonathan Stark
Zimbabwe  Kevin Ullyett
Czech Republic  Leoš Friedl
Czech Republic  Radek Štěpánek
6–1, 6–4
2002 India  Mahesh Bhupathi
United States  Mike Bryan
Czech Republic  Petr Pála
Czech Republic  Pavel Vízner
6–3, 6–4
2003 South Africa  Robbie Koenig
Argentina  Martín Rodríguez
Czech Republic  Martin Damm
Czech Republic  Cyril Suk
6–3, 7–6
2004 France  Antony Dupuis
France  Michaël Llodra
Switzerland  Yves Allegro
Germany  Michael Kohlmann
6–2, 6–4
New Haven 2005 Argentina  Gastón Etlis
Argentina  Martín Rodríguez
United States  Rajeev Ram
United States  Bobby Reynolds
6–4, 6–3
2006 Israel  Jonathan Erlich
Israel  Andy Ram
Poland  Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland  Marcin Matkowski
6–3, 6–3
2007 India  Mahesh Bhupathi
Serbia  Nenad Zimonjić
Poland  Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland  Marcin Matkowski
6–3, 6–3
2008 Brazil  Marcelo Melo
Brazil  André Sá
India  Mahesh Bhupathi
The Bahamas  Mark Knowles
7–5, 6–2
2009 Austria  Julian Knowle
Austria  Jürgen Melzer
Brazil  Bruno Soares
Zimbabwe  Kevin Ullyett
6–4, 7–6(7-3)
2010 Sweden  Robert Lindstedt
Romania  Horia Tecău
India  Rohan Bopanna
Pakistan  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
6–4, 7–5

2011 earthquake

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On August 23, 2011, 1:51 PM local time[11] a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Virginia stopped play for two hours[12] while the main stadium was checked for damage by the fire department.

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Events". APG Sports Media. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
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  5. ^ "USTA buys ATP event, moves it to New Haven". USA Today. Associated Press. 2005-05-09. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
  6. ^ USTA (2005-05-10). "USTA purchases ATP men's tournament to create first combined summer event". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
  7. ^ "Tennis tournament continues as New Haven Open at Yale". New Haven Open at Yale website. 2010-10-21. Archived from the original on 2010-11-23. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  8. ^ "ESPN". ESPN. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  9. ^ "Connecticut Open tennis tournament comes to an end after rights to tournament sold". Hartford Courant. 2019-02-01. Archived from the original on 2022-01-25. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  10. ^ "Tennis in the Land brings WTA to Cleveland in August for first time". News-Herald. 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  11. ^ "Magnitude 5.8 – VIRGINIA". Virginia: USGS. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  12. ^ "Earthquake Causes Evacuation At New Haven Open". The Huffington Post. September 2, 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
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