European Open (real tennis)

This article is about the real tennis European Open at Lord's Cricket Ground. For the lawn tennis European Open in Antwerp, see European Open (tennis). For other uses, see European Open (disambiguation).

European Open
Tournament information
Event name	European Open
Founded	1992 (1992)
Abolished	2015 (2015)
Editions	13
Location	London United Kingdom
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground
Category	IRTPA
Draw	8S
Current champions (2015)
Singles	Robert Fahey

The European Open was a real tennis tournament held annually at Lord's Cricket Ground in London, England. It was a ranking point tournament for the purposes of qualifying for the Real Tennis World Championship.

The event was first established in 1992 as a doubles tournament at the Queen's Club in London. In 1995 it was converted as an invitational singles tournament in Bordeaux, with the first edition won by Lauchlan Deuchar. It continued to be hosted on an irregular basis at Fontainebleau and Paris in 1996 and 1998 before moving to the United Kingdom in 2003 at Prested Hall. In 2005, the event became an Open and moved to its permanent venue at the Lord's Cricket Ground. Since the event became an Open, it has only been won by Robert Fahey and Camden Riviere, both of whom would be World Champions during their career. Notable matches included the 2008 final, the first match that Riviere would win against Fahey in their careers across all competitions and the 2013 final, with Riviere overcoming Fahey in 5 sets and three and a half hours. The event has not been held since 2015 due to a lack of sponsorship.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Venue	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Invitational era
1995	Bordeaux	Lachlan Deuchar	Mike Gooding
1996	Fontainebleau	Mike Gooding	Chris Bray
1997	Not held
1998	Paris	Nick Wood	Chris Bray
1999–2002	Not held
2003	Prested Hall	Robert Fahey	Chris Bray	6/0 6/2 6/1
2004	Not held
Open era
2005	Lord's	Robert Fahey	Nick Wood	6/4 6/5 6/2
2006	Lord's	Robert Fahey	Steve Virgona	6/3 6/3 6/0
2007	Lord's	Robert Fahey	Ruaraidh Gunn	5/6 6/2 6/1 6/1
2008	Lord's	Camden Riviere	Robert Fahey	6/3 6/2 6/2
2009	Lord's	Robert Fahey	Camden Riviere	6/3 6/3 4/6 1/2
2010	Not held
2011	Lord's	Robert Fahey	Bryn Sayers	3/6 6/3 6/0 6/5
2012	Lord's	Camden Riviere	Bryn Sayers	6/1 6/1 6/2
2013	Lord's	Camden Riviere	Robert Fahey	6/4 5/6 3/6 6/2 6/3
2014	Not held
2015	Lord's	Robert Fahey	Chris Chapman	6/0 6/5 6/3

Doubles

Year	Venue	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1993	Queen's Club	Lachlan Deuchar / Wayne Davies	Julian Snow / Nick Wood	5/6 6/1 6/4 5/6 6/4
1995 (March)	Queen's Club	Lachlan Deuchar / Wayne Davies	Mark Devine / Kevin Sheldon	6/3 6/5 6/2
1995 (September)	Queen's Club	Lachlan Deuchar / Jonathan Howell	Mark Devine / Kevin Sheldon	6/5 6/3 1/6 6/5
1996	Queen's Club	Julian Snow / James Male	Chris Bray / Mike Gooding	6/2 3/6 3/6 6/3 6/2