The Brighton International was a tennis tournament held in
Brighton,
UK. It was a
WTA Tour
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event from 1978–1995 and an
ATP Tour
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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 court
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s 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 from 1996-1999, and in Brighton, on indoor hard courts in 2000.
Steffi Graf won the tournament a record 6 times. The only
British
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winners were
Sue Barker, 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
Timothy Henry Henman (born 6 September 1974) is a British former professional tennis player. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis. He was the first British man to reach the singles semifinals of Wimbledon since Roger Taylor in th ...
, who beat
Dominik Hrbatý
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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