Odlum Brown Vancouver Open

Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
ATP Challenger Tour
Event name	Vancouver
Location	Vancouver, Canada
Venue	Hollyburn Country Club
Category	ATP Challenger Tour ITF Women's Circuit
Surface	Hard
Draw	32S/32Q/16D
Prize money	$100,000 (men) $100,000 (women)
Website	www.vanopen.com

2006 Australian Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis is the current men's singles champion.

Stéphanie Dubois became the first Canadian woman to win the singles title in 2009.

Dudi Sela won the men's singles title three times, in 2005, 2008 and 2010.

A fifteen-year-old Nicole Vaidišová took the women's title in 2004 when it was a Tier V event.

Maria Sharapova won the 2002 women's singles title.

The Odlum Brown Vancouver Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour, and of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Circuit. It is held annually at the Hollyburn Country Club in Vancouver, Canada, since 2002.

History

The inaugural Odlum Brown Vancouver Open took place in the Summer of 2002, in the Jericho Tennis Club, before it eventually moved to the Hollyburn Country Club, in West Vancouver, for the 2005 edition.^[1][2] Started as a $25,000 ITF Women's Circuit event, the Van Open saw the victory of eventual World No. 1 Maria Sharapova over Laura Granville in 2002, and of then-Junior World No. 1 and French Open girls' singles champion Anna-Lena Grönefeld in 2003.^[1]

The following year, Tennis Canada and Tennis BC (tennis' governing body in British Columbia) joined to bring the event to the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour as a $110,000 Tier V event.^[2] Czech qualifier, and eventual top ten member Nicole Vaidišová won the singles final over 2002 runner-up Laura Granville, becoming, as World No. 180, the lowest-ranked player to win a tour title during the 2004 WTA Tour season, and at 15 years, 3 months, and 23 days, the sixth youngest player to win a professional title in tour history.^[3]

While the women's event returned to its $25,000 ITF Circuit format in 2005, "to help develop some of the world's best Canadian junior girls", a $100,000 men's Challenger event was added to the tournament, with the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour joining Tennis Canada, Tennis BC and the ITF in the organisation of the Open.^[2] Israeli Dudi Sela won the inaugural men's singles event over Australian Paul Baccanello in straight sets, and American Ansley Cargill won the first of her two women's singles titles (2005, 2006).

The Vancouver Open continued to grow in the following editions, with the ITF event's prize money moving up to $50,000 in 2007, and $75,000 in 2009.^[1] Amongst the tournament's champions since 2005 have been, on the women's side, former Junior World No. 1 Urszula Radwańska (2008 singles), Stéphanie Dubois (2007 doubles, 2009 singles), and on the men's side Rik de Voest (2006 singles, 2007 and 2009 doubles), Frédéric Niemeyer (2007 singles), Dudi Sela (2005, 2008 and 2010 singles), who claimed his second Van Open title, and 2006 Australian Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis (2009 singles), who won in Vancouver his first title since February 2007.^[4]

The Vancouver Open is run by Tournament Chairman Floyd Hill, Tournament Director Ryan Clark and Chief of Officials Lois Ker.

Past finals

Key

Challenger/ITF Women's Circuit

WTA Tier V

Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2011	James Ward	Robby Ginepri	7–5, 6–4
2010	Dudi Sela	Ričardas Berankis	7–5, 6–2
2009	Marcos Baghdatis	Xavier Malisse	6–4, 6–4
2008	Dudi Sela	Kevin Kim	6–3, 6–0
2007	Frédéric Niemeyer	Sam Querrey	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2006	Rik de Voest	Amer Delic	7–6(4), 6–2
2005	Dudi Sela	Paul Baccanello	6–2, 6–3

Women's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2011	Aleksandra Wozniak	Jamie Hampton	6–3, 6–1
2010	Jelena Dokić	Virginie Razzano	6–1, 6–4
2009	Stéphanie Dubois	Sania Mirza	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
2008	Urszula Radwańska	Julie Coin	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
2007	Anne Keothavong	Stéphanie Dubois	7–5, 6–1
2006	Ansley Cargill	Valérie Tétreault	7–5, 6–4
2005	Ansley Cargill	Mélanie Gloria	6–4, 6–2
2004	Nicole Vaidišová	Laura Granville	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
2003	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Vilmarie Castellvi	6–2, 6–4
2002	Maria Sharapova	Laura Granville	0–6, 6–3, 6–1

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2011	Treat Conrad Huey Travis Parrott	Jordan Kerr David Martin	6–2, 1–6, [16–14]
2010	Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot	Ryan Harrison Jesse Levine	6–4, 7–5
2009	Kevin Anderson Rik de Voest	Ramón Delgado Kaes Van't Hof	6–4, 6–4
2008	Eric Butorac Travis Parrott	Rik de Voest Ashley Fisher	6–4, 7–6(3)
2007	Rik de Voest Ashley Fisher	Alex Kuznetsov Donald Young	6–1, 6–2
2006	Eric Butorac Travis Parrott	Rik de Voest Glenn Weiner	4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
2005	Ashley Fisher Tripp Phillips	Huntley Montgomery Rajeev Ram	7–6(6), 1–6, 6–3

Women's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2011	Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková	Jamie Hampton Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	5–7, 6–2, [10–2]
2010	Kai-Chen Chang Heidi El Tabakh	Irina Falconi Amanda Fink	3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
2009	Ahsha Rolle Riza Zalameda	Madison Brengle Lilia Osterloh	6–4, 6–3
2008	Carly Gullickson Nicole Kriz	Christina Fusano Junri Namigata	6–7(4), 6–1, [10–5]
2007	Stéphanie Dubois Marie-Ève Pelletier	Soledad Esperón Agustina Lépore	6–4, 6–4
2006	Nicole Kriz Story Tweedie-Yates	Jennifer Magley Courtney Nagle	7–5, 6–3
2005	Sarah Borwell Sarah Riske	Lauren Barnikow Antonia Matic	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(0)
2004	Bethanie Mattek Abigail Spears	Els Callens Anna-Lena Grönefeld	6–3, 6–3
2003	Amanda Augustus Mélanie Marois	Nicole Sewell Andrea van den Hurk	7–6(4), 6–4
2002	Amanda Augustus Renata Kolbovic	Lauren Kalvaria Gabriela Lastra	7–5, 7–5

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Paterson, Jeff (2008-07-24). "Vancouver Open may leap to improve its smash". Straight.com. Vancouver Free Press. http://www.straight.com/article-154648/tennis-event-may-leap-improve-its-smash. Retrieved 2009-11-20. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Tournament History". vanopen.com. Odlum Brown Vancouver Open. http://www.vanopen.com/history.php. Retrieved 2009-11-20. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ Chesterman, Barnaby (2005-07-11). "Vaidisova resolves to do even better". redOrbit.com. redOrbit.com. http://www.redorbit.com/news/sports/171107/vaidisova_resolves_to_do_even_better/index.html. Retrieved 2009-11-20. 
4. ^ Weber, Marc (2009-08-10). "Dubois, Baghdatis crowned at VanOpen". communities.canada.com. Canwest Publishing Inc.. http://communities.canada.com/theprovince/blogs/racket/archive/2009/08/10/dubois-baghdatis-crowned-at-vanopen.aspx. Retrieved 2009-11-20. 

External links

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