Tennis Channel Open

Tennis Channel Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1986
Abolished	2008
Editions	21
Location	Scottsdale, Arizona (1986–2005) Las Vegas, Nevada (2006–2008) United States
Category	WCT (1986–1989) International Series (1990–2008)
Surface	Hard / outdoors
Draw	32S/16Q/16D (round-robin)

The Tennis Channel Open (its sponsored name) was a men's hard court tennis tournament also known as the Las Vegas Open. It was an ATP International Series event that was first founded as the WCT Scottsdale Open in 1986. That tournament by 2005 was officially known as the Scottsdale Open.

In 2005, The Tennis Channel purchased the tournament from IMG and moved it from Scottsdale to Las Vegas.^[1][2][3] In April 2008, The Tennis Channel announced that it was selling the tournament to the ATP, and the week the event had been held was now the first week of Davis Cup.^[4][2]

Founded in 1986 as the WCT Scottsdale Open by 2005 that tournament was known as the Scottsdale Open. By the end of that year the Tennis Channel bought the rights to the event and moved it to Las Vegas where it was branded as the Tennis Channel Open in 2006 its sponsored name. The move to Las Vegas was to bring a top-level tour event back to the city to fill the gap left by the Alan King Tennis Classic that ended in 1985. It was succeeded later by a lower tier event the Las Vegas Challenger in 1997 that ran till 2000.

This event was an ATP World Series event from 1992 to 1999, then an ATP International Series event from 2000 that ran until 2008 when it was discontinued, when the Tennis Channel sold the rights to the event. In 2015 the Las Vegas Challenger event resumed. In 2023 it was renamed the Las Vegas Tennis Open.^[5]

The tournament had been in existence since 1986 located at the Scottsdale Radisson Resort. From 1987 to 2005 the tournament took place at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, where Andre Agassi was crowned champion four times.

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Scottsdale	1986	John McEnroe	Kevin Curren	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
	1987	Brad Gilbert	Eliot Teltscher	6–2, 6–2
	1988	Mikael Pernfors	Glenn Layendecker	6–2, 6–4
	1989	Ivan Lendl	Stefan Edberg	6–2, 6–3
	1990–91	Not held
	1992	Stefano Pescosolido	Brad Gilbert	6–0, 1–6, 6–4
	1993	Andre Agassi	Marcos Ondruska	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
	1994	Andre Agassi	Luiz Mattar	6–4, 6–3
	1995	Jim Courier	Mark Philippoussis	7–6(7–2), 6–4
	1996	Wayne Ferreira	Marcelo Ríos	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
	1997	Mark Philippoussis	Richey Reneberg	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
	1998	Andre Agassi	Jason Stoltenberg	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
	1999	Jan-Michael Gambill	Lleyton Hewitt	7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–4
	2000	Lleyton Hewitt	Tim Henman	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
	2001	Francisco Clavet	Magnus Norman	6–4, 6–2
	2002	Andre Agassi	Juan Balcells	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
	2003	Lleyton Hewitt	Mark Philippoussis	6–4, 6–4
	2004	Vincent Spadea	Nicolas Kiefer	7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
	2005	Wayne Arthurs	Mario Ančić	7–5, 6–3
Las Vegas	2006	James Blake	Lleyton Hewitt	7–5, 2–6, 6–3
	2007	Lleyton Hewitt	Jürgen Melzer	6–4, 7–6(12–10)
	2008	Sam Querrey	Kevin Anderson	4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Scottsdale	1986	Leonardo Lavalle Mike Leach	Scott Davis David Pate	7–6, 6–4
	1987	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	Dan Goldie Mel Purcell	6–3, 6–2
	1988	Scott Davis Tim Wilkison	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–4, 7–6
	1989	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	6–7, 6–3, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
	1990–91	Not held
	1992	Mark Keil Dave Randall	Kent Kinnear Sven Salumaa	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
	1993	Mark Keil Dave Randall	Luke Jensen Sandon Stolle	7–5, 6–4
	1994	Jan Apell Ken Flach	Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle	6–0, 6–4
	1995	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
	1996	Patrick Galbraith Rick Leach	Richey Reneberg Brett Steven	5–7, 7–5, 7–5
	1997	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	Jonas Björkman Rick Leach	6–3, 6–3
	1998	Cyril Suk Michael Tebbutt	Kent Kinnear David Wheaton	4–6, 6–1, 7–6
	1999	Justin Gimelstob Richey Reneberg	Mark Knowles Sandon Stolle	6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
	2000	Jared Palmer Richey Reneberg	Patrick Galbraith David Macpherson	6–3, 7–5
	2001	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	Marcelo Ríos Sjeng Schalken	7–6(7–3), 6–2
	2002	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–5, 7–6(8–6)
	2003	James Blake Mark Merklein	Lleyton Hewitt Mark Philippoussis	6–4, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5)
	2004	Rick Leach Brian MacPhie	Jeff Coetzee Chris Haggard	6–3, 6–1
	2005	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	7–5, 6–4
Las Vegas	2006	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Jaroslav Levinský Robert Lindstedt	6–3, 6–2
	2007	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	7–6(8–6), 6–2
	2008	Julien Benneteau Michaël Llodra	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 4–6, [10–8]

Official

• WCT Scottsdale Open (1986–1987)
• WCT Scottsdale Classic (1988–1989)
• Arizona Tennis Championship's (1992–1996)
• Scottsdale Tennis Classic (1997–2004)
• Scottsdale Open (2005)
• Las Vegas Open (2006–2008)

Sponsored

• Eagle Classic (1988 -1989)
• Purex Tennis Championships (1992–1993)
• Nuveen Championships (1994)
• MassMutual Championships (1995)
• Franklin Templeton Classic (1996–1997)
• Franklin Templeton Tennis Classic (1998–2000)
• Franklin Templeton Classic (2001–2004)
• Tennis Channel Open (2005- 2008)

• The Tennis Channel
• Alan King Tennis Classic
• Las Vegas Challenger
• List of tennis tournaments

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