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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

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]

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

Doubles

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