Tennis Channel Open

"Las Vegas Open" redirects here. For the darts tournament, see Las Vegas Open (darts).

The Tennis Channel Open was a men's tennis tournament on the ATP International Series which was held for the first time in Las Vegas, Nevada from February 27 to March 5, 2006. In the men's singles final, James Blake defeated Lleyton Hewitt while the men's doubles title was won by Bob and Mike Bryan.

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)

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]

Past finals

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

Singles

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

Doubles

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]

See also

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

References

1. Miki Singh (February 23, 2006). "Tennis Channel Open not just another ATP event". ESPN.
2. "Tennis Channel to sell Las Vegas tournament to ATP". Tennis Industry. April 10, 2008.
3. Adam Kress (July 24, 2005). "Tennis tourney leaving Scottsdale". Phoenix Business Journal.
4. "Tennis Channel selling Las Vegas tournament to ATP, which could move or disband event". ESPN. April 10, 2008.

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