The Brighton International was a tennis tournament held in
Brighton
Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
,
UK. It was a
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour.
WTA Tour tourna ...
event from 1978–1995 and an
ATP Tour event from 1996-2000, upon the discontinuation of the women's tournament. The women's event was held in October.
It was competed on indoor
carpet courts and was a WTA Tier II event prior to being removed from the tour. The men's event was held on outdoor clay in
Bournemouth
Bournemouth () is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest town in Dorset. It is situated on the Southern ...
from 1996-1999, and in Brighton, on indoor hard courts in 2000.
Steffi Graf
Stefanie Maria Graf ( , ; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 for a record 377 weeks and won 22 major singles titles, ...
won the tournament a record 6 times. The only
British winners were
Sue Barker
Sue or SUE may refer to:
Music
* Sue Records, an American record label
* ''Sue'' (album), an album by Frazier Chorus
* "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)", a song by David Bowie
Places
* Sue Islet (Queensland), one of the Torres Straits island ...
, who defeated
Mima Jaušovec
Mima Jaušovec (; born 20 July 1956) is a retired Yugoslavian tennis player. She won the 1977 French Open singles championship.
Early life
Jaušovec was born in Maribor, in present-day Slovenia, when it was part of Yugoslavia.
Career
As a gir ...
in 1981; and in the men's,
Tim Henman, who beat
Dominik Hrbatý in the final year of play.
Results
Women's singles
Women's doubles
Men's singles
Men's doubles
External links
ATP Results Archive
{{WTA Tier II tournaments
Carpet court tennis tournaments
Clay court tennis tournaments
Hard court tennis tournaments
Indoor tennis tournaments
Tennis tournaments in England
ATP Tour
WTA Tour
Recurring sporting events established in 1978
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2000
Defunct tennis tournaments in the United Kingdom
1978 establishments in England
2000 disestablishments in England