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Bronx Open
Tournament information
Founded	1996
Location	The Bronx, New York City United States
Venue	Cary Leeds Tennis Center, Crotona Park
Category	ITF Women's World Tennis Tour (1996–2012; 2022) WTA International (2019)
Surface	Hard - outdoors
Draw	32S / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	US$25,000 (1996–98) US$50,000 (1999–2008; 2011–12) US$100,000 (2009–10) US$250,000 (2019) US$60,000 (2022)
Website	www.nyjtl.org/nyjtl-bronx-open
Current champions (2022)
Women's singles	Kamilla Rakhimova
Women's doubles	Anna Blinkova Simona Waltert

The Bronx Open (currently sponsored as the NYJTL Bronx Open) is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor hardcourts. It is classified as a $60,000 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour event and has been held in The Bronx, New York, since 1996.

In 2019, it was held as a once-off WTA International event before returning on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour in 2022.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
↓ ITF tournament ↓
1996	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Amélie Mauresmo	6–4, 6–3
1997	Rachel McQuillan	Erika deLone	6–1, 6–4
1998	Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor	Cara Black	6–3, 7–5
1999	Erika deLone	Els Callens	6–1, ret.
2000	Daniela Hantuchová	Yi Jingqian	6–4, 6–4
2001	Barbara Schwartz	Martina Müller	5–7, 6–3, 7–6
2002	Ashley Harkleroad	Ľubomíra Kurhajcová	6–1, 6–3
2003	Zheng Jie	Maria Kirilenko	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2004	Evgenia Linetskaya	Nuria Llagostera Vives	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2005	Sybille Bammer	Camille Pin	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2006	Olga Puchkova	Tatiana Poutchek	6–3, 6–1
2007	Casey Dellacqua	Ahsha Rolle	7–5, 2–0 ret.
2008	Elena Bovina	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	6–3, 7–5
2009	Tatjana Malek	Kristina Barrois	6–1, 6–4
2010	Anna Chakvetadze	Sofia Arvidsson	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
2011	Andrea Hlaváčková	Mona Barthel	7–6, 6–3
2012	Romina Oprandi	Anna Chakvetadze	5–7, 6–3, 6–3
2013–18	Not held
↓ WTA 250 tournament ↓
2019	Magda Linette	Camila Giorgi	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
2020–21	Not held
↓ ITF tournament ↓
2022	Kamilla Rakhimova	Mirjam Björklund	6–2, 6–3

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
↓ ITF tournament ↓
1996	Nanne Dahlman Clare Wood	Liezel Huber Christina Papadaki	6–2, 6–3
1997	Rachel McQuillan Lisa McShea	Shirli-Ann Siddall Lorna Woodroffe	6–2, 6–1
1998	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	Christina Papadaki Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor	6–3, 6–1
1999	Surina de Beer Nana Miyagi	Seda Noorlander Patricia Wartusch	3–6, 6–0, 6–3
2000	Surina de Beer Nana Miyagi	Alexandra Fusai Émilie Loit	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
2001	Clarisa Fernández Rika Fujiwara	Kristie Boogert Els Callens	2–6, 7–6, 6–4
2002	Maret Ani Flavia Pennetta	Shinobu Asagoe Nana Miyagi	6–4, 6–1
2003	Yuliya Beygelzimer Tatiana Poutchek	Mara Santangelo Selima Sfar	6–4, 7–5
2004	Li Na Liu Nannan	Jessica Lehnhoff Christina Wheeler	5–7, 6–3, 6–3
2005	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	Tatiana Poutchek Anastasiya Yakimova	2–6, 6–2, 6–4
2006	Julie Ditty Natalie Grandin	Lucie Hradecká Michaela Paštiková	6–1, 7–6
2007	Lucie Hradecká Urszula Radwańska	Mariya Koryttseva Darya Kustova	6–3, 1–6, 6–1
2008	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	Angela Haynes Ahsha Rolle	6–4, 6–3
2009	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Vania King	Julie Coin Marie-Ève Pelletier	6–0, 6–3
2010	Kristina Barrois Yvonne Meusburger	Natalie Grandin Abigail Spears	1–6, 6–4,
2011	Megan Moulton-Levy Ahsha Rolle	Han Xinyun Lu Jingjing	6–3, 7–6
2012	Shuko Aoyama Erika Sema	Eri Hozumi Miki Miyamura	6–4, 7–6
2013–18	Not held
↓ WTA 250 tournament ↓
2019	Darija Jurak María José Martínez Sánchez	Margarita Gasparyan Monica Niculescu	7–5, 2–6,
2020–21	Not held
↓ ITF tournament ↓
2022	Anna Blinkova Simona Waltert	Han Na-lae Hiroko Kuwata	6–3, 6–3

References

1. "Women's professional tennis to return to the Bronx in New York City". Retrieved 14 July 2019.

External links

• Official website

• Bronx Open
• WTA Tour
• ITF Women's World Tennis Tour
• Women's tennis tournaments in the United States
• Hard court tennis tournaments in the United States
• Tennis tournaments in New York City
• Sports in the Bronx
• 1996 establishments in New York City
• 20th century in the Bronx
• Recurring sporting events established in 1996