Carson Challenger

This article is about ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Women's Circuit tournament. For the ATP World Open tournament formerly known as "LA Tennis Open", see Los Angeles Open (tennis).

The Carson Challenger (also known as the USTA Player Development Classic and the USTA LA Tennis Open) was a tournament for professional female and male tennis players played on outdoor hard courts. The event was classified as a $50,000 ITF Women's Circuit tournament and was held in Carson, California, United States, from 2007–2011. In 2014 the tournament was a replacement for the Yakima Regional Hospital Challenger, as their clubhouse was destroyed by a fire earlier in the year.^[1] The event was also previously part of the ATP Challenger Tour series from 2005 to 2010, with the exception of 2006.

Carson Challenger
Tournament information
Event name	USTA Player Development Classic USTA LA Tennis Open
Location	Carson, United States
Venue	USTA Training Center - West
Surface	Hard
Website	www.usta.com/Carson
ATP Tour Category ATP Challenger Tour Draw 32S / 32Q / 16D Prize money $50,000
WTA Tour Category ITF Women's Circuit Draw 32S / 32Q / 16D Prize money $50,000

Past finals

Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2010	Donald Young	Robert Kendrick	6–4, 6–4
2009 (2)	Michael Russell	Michael Yani	6–1, 6–1
2009 (1)	Wayne Odesnik	Scoville Jenkins	6–4, 6–4
2008	Amer Delic	Alex Bogomolov	7–6(5), 6–4
2007	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	Kei Nishikori	6–4, 6–3
2006	Not Held
2005	Justin Gimelstob	Amer Delic	7–6(5), 6–2

Women's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2014	Nicole Gibbs	Melanie Oudin	6–4, 6–4
2013–12	Not held
2011	Camila Giorgi	Alexa Glatch	7–6^(7–4), 6–1
2010	Coco Vandeweghe	Kristie Ahn	6–1, 6–3
2009	Valérie Tétreault	Alexandra Stevenson	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
2008	Mashona Washington	Alexa Glatch	7–5, 6–4
2007	Jessica Kirkland	Lauren Albanese	7–6^(7–2), 6–2

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2010	Brian Battistone   Nicholas Monroe	Artem Sitak   Leonardo Tavares	5–7, 6–3, [10–4]
2009 (2)	Harsh Mankad   Frederik Nielsen	Carsten Ball   Travis Rettenmaier	6–4, 6–4
2009 (1)	Scott Lipsky   David Martin	Lester Cook   Donald Young	7–6(3), 4–6, 10–6
2008	Carsten Ball   Travis Rettenmaier	Ryler DeHeart   Daniel King-Turner	6–4, 6–2
2007	Rajeev Ram   Bobby Reynolds	Víctor Estrella   Alberto Francis	7–6(8), 6–2
2006	Not Held
2005	Goran Dragicevic   Jan-Michael Gambill	Cody Conley   Ryan Newport	6–4, 6–3

Women's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2014	Michaëlla Krajicek   Olivia Rogowska	Samantha Crawford   Sachia Vickery	7–6^(7–4), 6–1
2013–12	Not held
2011	Alexandra Mueller   Asia Muhammad	Christina Fusano   Yasmin Schnack	6–2, 6–3
2011	Lindsay Lee-Waters   Megan Moulton-Levy	Christina Fusano   Courtney Nagle	6–1, 6–2
2011	Laura Granville   Riza Zalameda	Monique Adamczak   Nicole Kriz	6–3, 6–4
2008	Romana Tedjakusuma   Story Tweedie-Yates	Kimberly Couts   Anna Tatishvili	7–6^(12–10), 4–6, [10–7]
2007	Kim Grant   Sunitha Rao	Angela Haynes   Lindsay Lee-Waters	6–4, 6–4

References

1. "Carson tournament overview". USTA. July 1, 2014.

External links

• Official website
• ITF search