2024 Champions Trophy (real tennis)

The 2024 Champions Trophy was the 6th edition of the Champions Trophy. It was held at the Royal Tennis Court from 30 July to 4 August. It was a qualifying event for the 2025 Real Tennis World Championship.

2024 Champions Trophy (real tennis)
Date	30 July-4 August
Edition	6th
Category	IRTPA
Draw	8S / 8Q
Location	Hampton Court Palace, London, United Kingdom
Venue	Royal Tennis Court
Champions
Men's singles
Nick Howell

The format of the event was modified from previous versions. The match format was reduced from a best-of-5 set to a best-of-3 set format, with the qualifying expanded from one group of four to two groups of four. Defending champion John Lumley did not return to defend his title. World Champion Camden Riviere was also not in attendance. The event was won by Nick Howell, his first Champions Trophy title. Howell beat Ben Taylor-Matthews in the final, his fourth Champions Trophy final. Both finalists lost in the first round and had to play through the repechage matches against qualifiers.

Draw and results

Amateur players are marked as (A)

Qualifying

The qualifying was split over two groups, with the winners of each group progressing to the main draw.

Group A

		Williams	Long	Hamilton	Merola	W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
8	L Williams		9/6	9/3	3/9	2–1	2–1 (67%)	21–18 (54%)	2nd
9	D Long	6/9		9/5	8/9	1–2	1–2 (33%)	23–24 (49%)	3rd
11	V Hamilton	3/9	5/9		5/9	0–3	0–3 (0%)	13–27 (33%)	4th
13	N Merola (Q)	9/3	9/8	9/5		3–0	3–0 (100%)	27–16 (63%)	1st

Group B

		Shenkman	Gale	Mackenzie	Gordon	W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
7	R Shenkman (Q, A)		9/2	9/0	9/0	3–0	3–0 (100%)	27–2 (93%)	1st
10	L Gale	2/9		9/0	9/2	2–1	2–1 (67%)	20–11 (65%)	2nd
12	N Mackenzie	0/9	0/9		2/9	0–3	0–3 (0%)	2–27 (7%)	4th
14	L Gordon	0/9	2/9	9/2		1–2	1–2 (33%)	11–20 (35%)	3rd

Main Draw

The Champions Trophy operates a repechage format for the first four seeds, where the first round losers progress to a second quarter final against the winners between the fifth and sixth seeds and the qualifiers.

	First quarter finals							Second quarter finals								Semi finals							Final
	1	N Howell	4	6	3
	3	R Fahey	6	1	6
								1	N Howell	6	6
								Q	N Merola	3	1
	5	B Sayers	2													3	R Fahey	5	4
	Q	N Merola	6													2	B Taylor-Matthews	6	6
																							2	B Taylor-Matthews	6	2	4
																							1	N Howell	3	6	6
	6	L Smart	2	1												1	N Howell	6	6
	Q	R Shenkman (A)	6	6												4	S Virgona	3	4
								Q	R Shenkman (A)	3	2
								2	B Taylor-Matthews	6	6
	4	S Virgona	6	2	6
	2	B Taylor-Matthews	4	6	5