The Rothesay International Eastbourne is an annual tennis event held in July in Eastbourne, United Kingdom. The event was founded in 1974 but only for WTA, 2009 ATP was also part of this event. The event is currently known as ATP Eastbourne International as well as ATP 250 Rothesay International Eastbourne. The event is part of the ITF Circuit and is classified as ATP 250 International level tournament.
11TH edition will play at Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club from the 19th to the 25th of June. There will be 32 singles and 16 doubles draws. The tournament starts on Sunday, 19th of June, and ends on Saturday, 25th of June.
The matches will be held on an outdoor grass court of Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne. The grass courts at Devonshire Park are well maintained.
The court surface is very smooth and easy to play on. The event is one of the warm-up tournaments for the Wimbledon Championships.
Eastbourne International 2022 champions.
Taylor Fritz defeated Maxime Cressy in the final, 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4) to win the men’s singles tennis title at the 2022 Eastbourne International.
In doubles, Defending champions Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić defeated Matwé Middelkoop and Luke Saville in the final, 6–4, 6–2, to win the men’s doubles tennis title at the 2022 Eastbourne International. Without dropping a set en route to their successful title defense, the pair also earned their fourth ATP Tour doubles title of the season.
Eastbourne International Prize Money
In 2022, the total prize commitment is €760,750. While in 2021 total prize money was €547,265 which was low from previous years due to covid-19. In 2021, the singles winner received €53,680 and the runner-up had €38,485. On other side in the 2021 doubles, the winning pair put €20,050 in their bag and runner-up had €14,350.
Eastbourne International 2022 Players list
Cameron Norrie(Great Britain)
Jannik Sinner(Italy)
Taylor Fritz(USA)
Diego Schwartzman(Argentina)
Reilly Opelka(USA)
Alex de Minaur(Australia) (2019 champion)
Gael Monfils(France)
Marin Cilic(Croatia)
Frances Tiafoe(USA)
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina(Spain)
Sebastian Korda(USA)
Daniel Evans(Great Britain)
Tommy Paul(USA)
Lorenzo Sonego(Italy)
Cristian Garin(Chile)
Holger Rune(Denmark)
Eastbourne International Reigning/Current Champions
In 2021, Singles champion was Australian star Alex de Minaur. Alex faced Italian star Lorenzo Sonego in the final and won in the final set’s tie breaker (4-6, 6-4, 7-6). On other Side in doubles, Croatian pair Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic defeat Rajeev Ram of the USA and Joe Salisbury of Great Britain in straight sets (6-4, 6-3).
In 2022, the tournament is sponsored by Rothesay Life PLC, having been previously sponsored by Aegon, Hastings Direct, Nature Valley, and Viking Cruises.
