The Bronx Open (currently sponsored as the NYJTL Bronx Open) is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor hardcourts. It is classified as a $60,000 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour event and has been held in The Bronx, New York, since 1996.[1]

Bronx Open
Tournament information
Founded1996
LocationThe Bronx, New York City
United States
VenueCary Leeds Tennis Center, Crotona Park
CategoryITF Women's World Tennis Tour (1996–2012; 2022)
WTA International (2019)
SurfaceHard - outdoors
Draw32S / 32Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$25,000 (1996–98)
US$50,000 (1999–2008; 2011–12)
US$100,000 (2009–10)
US$250,000 (2019)
US$60,000 (2022)
Websitewww.nyjtl.org/nyjtl-bronx-open
Current champions (2022)
Women's singles Kamilla Rakhimova
Women's doubles Anna Blinkova
Switzerland Simona Waltert

In 2019, it was held as a once-off WTA International event before returning on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour in 2022.

Past finals

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Singles

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
ITF tournament ↓
1996   Virginia Ruano Pascual   Amélie Mauresmo 6–4, 6–3
1997   Rachel McQuillan   Erika deLone 6–1, 6–4
1998   Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor   Cara Black 6–3, 7–5
1999   Erika deLone   Els Callens 6–1, ret.
2000   Daniela Hantuchová   Yi Jingqian 6–4, 6–4
2001   Barbara Schwartz   Martina Müller 5–7, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
2002   Ashley Harkleroad   Ľubomíra Kurhajcová 6–1, 6–3
2003   Zheng Jie   Maria Kirilenko 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2004   Evgenia Linetskaya   Nuria Llagostera Vives 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2005   Sybille Bammer   Camille Pin 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2006   Olga Puchkova   Tatiana Poutchek 6–3, 6–1
2007   Casey Dellacqua   Ahsha Rolle 7–5, 2–0 ret.
2008   Elena Bovina   Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–3, 7–5
2009   Tatjana Malek   Kristina Barrois 6–1, 6–4
2010   Anna Chakvetadze   Sofia Arvidsson 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
2011   Andrea Hlaváčková   Mona Barthel 7–6(10–8), 6–3
2012   Romina Oprandi   Anna Chakvetadze 5–7, 6–3, 6–3
2013–18 Not held
WTA 250 tournament ↓
2019   Magda Linette   Camila Giorgi 5–7, 7–5, 6–4
2020–21 Not held
ITF tournament ↓
2022   Kamilla Rakhimova   Mirjam Björklund 6–2, 6–3

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
ITF tournament ↓
1996   Nanne Dahlman
  Clare Wood
  Liezel Huber
  Christina Papadaki
6–2, 6–3
1997   Rachel McQuillan
  Lisa McShea
  Shirli-Ann Siddall
  Lorna Woodroffe
6–2, 6–1
1998   Julie Pullin
  Lorna Woodroffe
  Christina Papadaki
  Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor
6–3, 6–1
1999   Surina de Beer
  Nana Miyagi
  Seda Noorlander
  Patricia Wartusch
3–6, 6–0, 6–3
2000   Surina de Beer
  Nana Miyagi
  Alexandra Fusai
  Émilie Loit
5–7, 6–4, 6–4
2001   Clarisa Fernández
  Rika Fujiwara
  Kristie Boogert
  Els Callens
2–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
2002   Maret Ani
  Flavia Pennetta
  Shinobu Asagoe
  Nana Miyagi
6–4, 6–1
2003   Yuliya Beygelzimer
  Tatiana Poutchek
  Mara Santangelo
  Selima Sfar
6–4, 7–5
2004   Li Na
  Liu Nannan
  Jessica Lehnhoff
  Christina Wheeler
5–7, 6–3, 6–3
2005   Li Ting
  Sun Tiantian
  Tatiana Poutchek
  Anastasiya Yakimova
2–6, 6–2, 6–4
2006   Julie Ditty
  Natalie Grandin
  Lucie Hradecká
  Michaela Paštiková
6–1, 7–6(7–2)
2007   Lucie Hradecká
  Urszula Radwańska
  Mariya Koryttseva
  Darya Kustova
6–3, 1–6, 6–1
2008   Raquel Kops-Jones
  Abigail Spears
  Angela Haynes
  Ahsha Rolle
6–4, 6–3
2009   Anna-Lena Grönefeld
  Vania King
  Julie Coin
  Marie-Ève Pelletier
6–0, 6–3
2010   Kristina Barrois
  Yvonne Meusburger
  Natalie Grandin
  Abigail Spears
1–6, 6–4, [15–13]
2011   Megan Moulton-Levy
  Ahsha Rolle
  Han Xinyun
  Lu Jingjing
6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2012   Shuko Aoyama
  Erika Sema
  Eri Hozumi
  Miki Miyamura
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2013–18 Not held
WTA 250 tournament ↓
2019   Darija Jurak
  María José Martínez Sánchez
  Margarita Gasparyan
  Monica Niculescu
7–5, 2–6, [10–7]
2020–21 Not held
ITF tournament ↓
2022   Anna Blinkova
  Simona Waltert
  Han Na-lae
  Hiroko Kuwata
6–3, 6–3

References

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  1. ^ "Women's professional tennis to return to the Bronx in New York City". Retrieved 14 July 2019.
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