As of July 2022, The Hawaii Open is now the Waikiki Cup.
The Hawaii Open is a
hardcourt
A hardcourt (or hard court) is a surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. It is typically made of rigid materials such as asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resins to seal the surface and ...
men's and women's professional tennis
tournament
A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses:
# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
held annually in Honolulu, Hawaii. The tournament features players from the WTA and ATP Tours. The invitational tournament occurs immediately before the ATP Tour and WTA Tour begin the new season in late December.
The Hawaii Open features three rounds of single-elimination matches played over three days in a best two-out-of-three set format. Third sets are played as a tie-break with the first to 10 points declared the winner.
History
The Hawaii Open tennis tournament began as a Women's Tennis Association (WTA) 125K series event in 2016. During the first two years as a WTA 125K series event, the tournament was held at the Patsy T. Mink Central Oahu Regional Park. The tournament was held during Thanksgiving week in late November.
2018 Hawaii Open
In 2018, the tournament added a men's draw and became a men's and women's invitational tournament over three days, December 21, 22, and 23. The tournament featured six men and six women and moved to the
Blaisdell Arena
The Neal S. Blaisdell Center is a community center near downtown Honolulu, Hawaii. The complex has a multi-purpose arena, concert hall, exhibition hall, galleria, meeting rooms, Waikiki Shell and others.
Constructed in 1964 on the historic Wa ...
in Honolulu. The tournament also featured a Pro Am at Kailua Racquet Club and a Players Party held at the Prince Waikiki.
The 2018 Hawaii Open men's draw featured:
# Kei Nishikori (JPN)
# Milos Raonic (CAN)
# Ryan Harrison (USA)
# Christian Harrison (USA)
# Andre Ilagan (USA)
# Phuc Huynh (USA)
# Mackenzie McDonald (USA) – McDonald participated in the Hawaii Open Pro Am and other special events. He withdrew from match play due to injury.
The 2018 Hawaii Open women's draw featured:
# Elise Mertens (BEL)
# Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)
# Genie Bouchard (CAN)
# Monica Puig (PUR)
# CoCo Vandeweghe (USA)
# Christina McHale (USA)
2019 Hawaii Open
The 2019 Hawaii Open presented by Ward Village and Hawaii Tourism was held December 26, December 27, and December 28, in Honolulu, at the
Stan Sheriff Center
The SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center is a 10,300-seat multi-purpose arena in Honolulu CDP,Jordan Thompson replaced
Kei Nishikori
is an inactive Japanese professional tennis player. He is the second male Japanese player to have been ranked in the top 5 in singles (after Jiro Sato), and the only one to do so in the Open Era. Nishikori first reached his career-high singles ...
2019 Women's draw
*
Danielle Collins
Danielle Rose Collins (born December 13, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She has reached career-high WTA rankings of No. 7 in singles and world No. 86 in doubles. Collins has won two WTA Tour singles titles, at the 2021 Palerm ...
replaced
Maria Sharapova
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ( , ; rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова, p=mɐˈrʲijə ʂɐˈrapəvə, a=Maria_sharapova.ogg; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian former List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 ...
2019 Mixed doubles results*
*C. Harrison (USA) / D. Collins (USA) Querrey (USA) / Y. Wickmayer (BEL) 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 0–6''
* Added to replace women's final due to player withdrawal.