Irving Tennis Classic

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Irving Tennis Classic
Irving Tennis Classic tournament logo.jpg
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded2012
Location Irving, Texas
United States
Venue Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas
Category ATP Challenger Tour
Surface Hard / Outdoors
Draw32S/32Q/16D
Prize moneyUS$150,000+H
Website Website
Current champions
Men's singles Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Mikhail Kukushkin
Men's doubles Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Petzschner
Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Peya

The Irving Tennis Classic (previously held as Dallas Tennis Classic) is a tennis tournament held annually in Irving, Texas, United States since 2012. The event is one of main tournaments of the ATP Challenger Tour calendar and is played on outdoor hard courts.

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History

The Irving Tennis Classic is one of the most prestigious Challenger tournaments since its foundation in 2012, when it replaced the BMW Tennis Championship. [1] Held annually in mid-March, the tournament usually presents a high level in terms of player rankings, similar or even higher than some ATP 250 Series tournaments. [lower-alpha 1] This occurs because the tournament is scheduled in-between the Indian Wells Masters and the Miami Open. This way, Top 50 players and below that are eliminated early at Indian Wells come to play in Irving. [lower-alpha 2] The first two editions of the tournaments were named Dallas Tennis Classic, but the tournament has been held at the Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas since its first edition. As the Resort is actually located in Irving, the tournament was renamed in 2014 to reflect that. [2] The official playing surface of the tournament is SportMaster Sport Surfaces. [3] [4]

Prestigious players that played in Irving include Marin Čilić, Tommy Haas, [5] Jürgen Melzer, and David Goffin. [6]

Past finals

Jurgen Melzer is the only player to win the title in both singles and doubles. He did that in 2013. Jurgen Melzer (19708592469).jpg
Jürgen Melzer is the only player to win the title in both singles and doubles. He did that in 2013.

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Frank Dancevic Flag of Russia.svg Igor Andreev 7–6(7–4), 6–3
2013 Flag of Austria.svg Jürgen Melzer Flag of the United States.svg Denis Kudla 6–4, 2–6, 6–1
2014 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukáš Rosol Flag of the United States.svg Steve Johnson 6–0, 6–3
2015 Flag of Slovenia.svg Aljaž Bedene Flag of the United States.svg Tim Smyczek 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–3
2016 Flag of Spain.svg Marcel Granollers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aljaž Bedene 6–1, 6–1
2017 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aljaž Bedene Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Mikhail Kukushkin 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
2018 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Mikhail Kukushkin Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Berrettini 6–2, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2012 Flag of Mexico.svg Santiago González
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Lipsky
Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Reynolds
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Russell
6–4, 6–3
2013 Flag of Austria.svg Jürgen Melzer
Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Petzschner
Flag of the United States.svg Eric Butorac
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dominic Inglot
6–3, 6–1
2014 Flag of Mexico.svg Santiago González
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Lipsky
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John-Patrick Smith
Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Venus
4–6, 7–6(9–7), [10–7]
2015 Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Lindstedt
Flag of Ukraine.svg Sergiy Stakhovsky
Flag of Germany.svg Benjamin Becker
Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Petzschner
6–4, 6–4
2016 Flag of the United States.svg Nicholas Monroe
Flag of Pakistan.svg Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Guccione
Flag of Brazil.svg André Sá
6–2, 5–7, [10–4]
2017 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Daniell
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Demoliner
Flag of Austria.svg Oliver Marach
Flag of France.svg Fabrice Martin
6–3, 6–4
2018 Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Petzschner
Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Peya
Flag of Moldova.svg Radu Albot
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Ebden
6–2, 6–4

Notes

  1. The last direct acceptance of the 2012 Brasil Open Main Draw is five ranks below the last direct acceptance of the 2012 Dallas Tennis Classic Main Draw, for example.
  2. Unlike other ATP Challenger Level events, top 50 ATP ranked players in the world can play in the Irving Tennis Classic without obtaining a wildcard, as explained in the 2018 Irving Tennis Classic Acceptance List.

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