International Women's Open

Infobox WTA Tennis Tournament
Name = International Women's Open
Current = 2007 International Women's Open

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City = Eastbourne
Country = GBR
Tier = Tier II
Surface = Grass / Outdoors
Draw = 28M/32Q/16D
Prize_Money = $600,000
Web_site = [http://eastbourne.lta.org.uk/ eastbourne.lta.org.uk]
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The International Women's Open is a Tier II tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Eastbourne, England, United Kingdom. Held since 1975, the tournament is played on outdoor grass courts, and is generally considered a "warm-up" for the Wimbledon grand slam event, which begins the following week.

Combination

During 2007, lack of sponsorship for the Eastbourne tournament led the Lawn Tennis Association to consider moving the tournament to London.Citation|last=Whelan|first=Andy|title=Tennis bosses serve blow to Eastbourne|publisher=The Argus|date=25 June 2007|url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1494438.mostviewed.tennis_bosses_serve_blow_to_eastbourne.php |accessdate=2008-05-15

However, as part of a general reorganisation of UK tennis tournaments, it was instead decided to merge the event with the Nottingham Open, traditionally held during the same week. From 2009, therefore, the Eastbourne courts will host a combined women's and men's event. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7337663.stm/ Wimbledon-warm-up-event-scrapped|title= Wimbledon warm-up event scrapped|publisher=BBC|date=2008-04-08|accessdate=2008-04-08] cite web|url=http://www.eastbourne.gov.uk/eastbourne/tourism/tennis/merged-tennis-events|title=Men and Women's Tennis Merged Events|publisher=Eastbourne Borough Council|accessdate=2008-05-18

Past winners

Martina Navrátilová holds the record for the most singles titles with 11.

ingles

Doubles

References

External links

* [http://eastbourne.lta.org.uk/ Official website]