Hall of Fame Tennis Championships

Hall of Fame Championships
2018 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships
Tournament information
Founded	1976
Location	Newport, Rhode Island United States
Venue	International Tennis Hall of Fame
Category	ATP World Series (1990–1997) ATP International Series (1998–2008) ATP World Tour 250 series (2009–current)
Surface	Grass / Outdoors
Draw	32S/32Q/16D
Prize money	$500,000
Website	halloffameopen.com
Current champions (2018)
Men's singles	Steve Johnson
Men's doubles	Jonathan Erlich Artem Sitak

The Hall of Fame Championships is an international tennis tournament that has been held every year in July since 1976 at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, the original location of the U.S. National Championships. The event, which was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1976–1989, features a 32-player singles draw and a doubles tournament. Each year that the tournament has been held there is an induction ceremony for the Hall of Fame. The tournament is held on outdoor grass courts, and is the last grass court tournament of the season on the ATP tour and the only grass court tournament played outside Europe, as well as the only one played after Wimbledon. Up until 2011, when John Isner won the tournament,^[1] the top seed had never triumphed at Newport, a trait that has led to the moniker "the Casino Curse," due to the location of the Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino.

It is hosted in the week directly after Wimbledon. As such the tournament tends to get few top players competing in it; for example in 2008 its top two seeds were Mardy Fish and Fabrice Santoro,^[2] who going into the tournament had world rankings of 41^[3] and 57,^[4] while 8th seed Kevin Anderson was ranked outside the top 100, at 115.^[5] Arguably its four most famous champions are former World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt, former World No. 4 Greg Rusedski, former two-time Grand Slam runner-up Mark Philippoussis, and two-time Australian Open winner Johan Kriek.

Past finals

Center court in 2015

Side courts in 2015

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2018	Steve Johnson	Ramkumar Ramanathan	7–5, 3–6, 6–2
2017	John Isner	Matthew Ebden	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2016	Ivo Karlović	Gilles Müller	6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–6(14–12)
2015	Rajeev Ram	Ivo Karlović	7–6(7–5), 5–7, 7–6(7–2)
2014	Lleyton Hewitt	Ivo Karlović	6–3, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3)
2013	Nicolas Mahut	Lleyton Hewitt	5–7, 7–5, 6–3
2012	John Isner	Lleyton Hewitt	7–6(7–1), 6–4
2011	John Isner	Olivier Rochus	6–3, 7–6(8–6)
2010	Mardy Fish	Olivier Rochus	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
2009	Rajeev Ram	Sam Querrey	6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–3
2008	Fabrice Santoro	Prakash Amritraj	6–3, 7–5
2007	Fabrice Santoro	Nicolas Mahut	6–4, 6–4
2006	Mark Philippoussis	Justin Gimelstob	6–3, 7–5
2005	Greg Rusedski	Vince Spadea	7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–4
2004	Greg Rusedski	Alexander Popp	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2)
2003	Robby Ginepri	Jürgen Melzer	6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–1
2002	Taylor Dent	James Blake	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
2001	Neville Godwin	Martin Lee	6–1, 6–4
2000	Peter Wessels	Jens Knippschild	7–6(7–3), 6–3
1999	Chris Woodruff	Kenneth Carlsen	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4
1998	Leander Paes	Neville Godwin	6–3, 6–2
1997	Sargis Sargsian	Brett Steven	7–6(7–0), 4–6, 7–5
1996	Nicolás Pereira	Grant Stafford	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1995	David Prinosil	David Wheaton	7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–2
1994	David Wheaton	Todd Woodbridge	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
1993	Greg Rusedski	Javier Frana	7–5, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–5)
1992	Bryan Shelton	Alex Antonitsch	6–4, 6–4
1991	Bryan Shelton	Javier Frana	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
1990	Pieter Aldrich	Darren Cahill	7–6, 1–6, 6–1
1989	Jim Pugh	Peter Lundgren	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1988	Wally Masur	Brad Drewett	6–2, 6–1
1987	Dan Goldie	Sammy Giammalva Jr.	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
1986	Bill Scanlon	Tim Wilkison	7–5, 6–4
1985	Tom Gullikson	John Sadri	6–3, 7–5
1984	Vijay Amritraj	Tim Mayotte	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
1983	John Fitzgerald	Scott Davis	2–6, 6–1, 6–3
1982	Hank Pfister	Mike Estep	6–1, 7–5
1981	Johan Kriek	Hank Pfister	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1980	Vijay Amritraj	Andrew Pattison	6–1, 5–7, 6–3
1979	Brian Teacher	Stan Smith	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
1978	Bernard Mitton	John James	6–1, 3–6, 7–6
1977	Tim Gullikson	Hank Pfister	6–4, 6–4, 5–7, 6–2
1976	Vijay Amritraj	Brian Teacher	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2018	Jonathan Erlich Artem Sitak	Marcelo Arévalo Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	6–1, 6–2
2017	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Rajeev Ram	Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith	6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
2016	Sam Groth Chris Guccione	Jonathan Marray Adil Shamasdin	6–4, 6–3
2015	Jonathan Marray Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Nicholas Monroe Mate Pavić	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
2014	Chris Guccione Lleyton Hewitt	Jonathan Erlich Rajeev Ram	7–5, 6–4
2013	Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Tim Smyczek Rhyne Williams	6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–5]
2012	Santiago González Scott Lipsky	Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins	7–6(7–3), 6–3
2011	Matthew Ebden Ryan Harrison	Johan Brunström Adil Shamasdin	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2010	Carsten Ball Chris Guccione	Santiago González Travis Rettenmaier	6–3, 6–4
2009	Jordan Kerr Rajeev Ram	Michael Kohlmann Rogier Wassen	6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–9), [10–6]
2008	Mardy Fish John Isner	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–4, 7–6(7–1)
2007	Jordan Kerr Jim Thomas	Nathan Healey Igor Kunitsyn	6–3, 7–5
2006	Robert Kendrick Jürgen Melzer	Jeff Coetzee Justin Gimelstob	7–6(3), 6–0
2005	Jordan Kerr Jim Thomas	Graydon Oliver Travis Parrott	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)
2004	Jordan Kerr Jim Thomas	Gregory Carraz Nicolas Mahut	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
2003	Jordan Kerr David Macpherson	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	7–6(7–4), 6–3
2002	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Jürgen Melzer Alexander Popp	7–5, 6–3
2001	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	André Sá Glenn Weiner	6–3, 7–5
2000	Jonathan Erlich Harel Levy	Kyle Spencer Mitch Sprengelmeyer	7–6(7–2), 7–5
1999	Wayne Arthurs Leander Paes	Sargis Sargsian Chris Woodruff	6–7, 7–6, 6–3
1998	Doug Flach Sandon Stolle	Scott Draper Jason Stoltenberg	6–2, 4–6, 7–6
1997	Justin Gimelstob Brett Steven	Kent Kinnear Aleksandar Kitinov	6–3, 6–4
1996	Marius Barnard Piet Norval	Paul Kilderry Michael Tebbutt	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
1995	Joern Renzenbrink Markus Zoecke	Paul Kilderry Nuno Marques	6–1, 6–2
1994	Alex Antonitsch Greg Rusedski	Kent Kinnear David Wheaton	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1993	Javier Frana Christo van Rensburg	Byron Black Jim Pugh	4–6, 6–1, 7–6
1992	Royce Deppe David Rikl	Paul Annacone David Wheaton	6–4, 6–4
1991	Gianluca Pozzi Brett Steven	Javier Frana Bruce Steel	6–4, 6–4
1990	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	Todd Nelson Bryan Shelton	7–6, 6–2
1989	Patrick Galbraith Brian Garrow	Neil Broad Stefan Kruger	2–6, 7–5, 6–3
1988	Kelly Jones Peter Lundgren	Scott Davis Dan Goldie	6–3, 7–6
1987	Dan Goldie Larry Scott	Chip Hooper Mike Leach	1–6, 6–3, 7–5
1986	Vijay Amritraj Tim Wilkison	Eddie Edwards Francisco González	4–6, 7–5, 7–6
1985	Peter Doohan Sammy Giammalva Jr.	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	6–1, 6–3
1984	David Graham Laurie Warder	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 7–6
1983	Vijay Amritraj John Fitzgerald	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–3, 6–4
1982	Andy Andrews John Sadri	Syd Ball Rod Frawley	3–6, 7–6, 7–5
1981	Brad Drewett Erik Van Dillen	Kevin Curren Billy Martin	6–2, 6–4
1980	Andrew Pattison Butch Walts	Fritz Buehning Peter Rennert	7–6, 6–4
1979	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	John James Chris Kachel	6–4, 7–6
1978	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	Colin Dibley Bob Giltinan	6–4, 6–4
1977	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–7, 6–3, 7–6

See also

• Newport Casino Invitational – invitational tournament held between 1915 and 1967.

References

External links

• Official website
• ATP tournament profile

Coordinates: 41°28′59″N 71°18′25″W / 41.483°N 71.307°W / 41.483; -71.307