Past Champions
| Year | Singles Champion | Doubles Champions |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Tatjana Maria | Ashley Weinhold - Caitlin Whoriskey |
| 2016 | Naomi Broady | CiCi Bellis - Ingrid Neel |
| 2015 | Tatjana Maria | Julie Coin - Emily Webley-Smith |
| 2014 | Heather Watson | Anna Tatishvili - Heather Watson |
| 2013 | Lauren Davis | Melinda Czink- Mirjana Lucic-Baroni |
| 2012 | Olga Govortsova | Andrea Hlavackova - Lucie Hradecka |
| 2011 | Lucie Hradecka | Jamie Hampton- Anna Tatishvili |
| 2010 | Elena Baltacha | Lucie Hradecka – Laura Granville |
| 2009 | Lucie Hradecka | Yi Chen- Rika Fujiwara |
| 2008 | Laura Granville | Shenay Perry- Ashley Harkleroad |
| 2007 | Jill Craybas | Laura Granville- Abigall Spears |
| 2006 | Maria Emilia Salerni | Milagros Sequera- Meilen Tu |
| 2005 | Laura Granville | Yulia Beygelzimer- Kelly McCain |
| 2004 | Jill Craybas | Sofia Arvidsson- Asa Svensson |
| 2003 | Bianka Lamade | Teryn Ashley- Abigail Spears |
| 2002 | Na Li | Janet Lee- Elena Tatarkova |
| 2001 | Yoon Jeong Cho | Yvette Basting- Elena Tatarkova |
| 2000 | Nicole Pratt | Nannie de Villers- Rika Hiraki |
| 1999 | Anne Kremer | Liezel Horn- Samantha Smith |
| 1998 | Alexandra Stevenson | Catherina Barclay- Kerry-Anne Guse |
| 1997 | Kimberly Po | Angela Lettiere- Nana Miyagi |
| 1996 | Anna Kournikova | Angela Lettiere- Corina Morariu |
| 1995 | Chanda Rubin | Chanda Rubin- Brenda Schultz-McCarthy |
| 1994 | Brenda Schultz | Erica Adams- Jeri Ingram |
| 1993 | Ros Nideffer | Patty Fendick- Meredith McGrath |
| 1992 | Helen Kelesi | Manon Bollegraf- Meredith McGrath |
| 1991 | Helen Kelesi | Meredith McGrath- Anne Smith |
| 1990 | Linda Ferrando | Alissa Finerman- Lisa Seemann |
| 1989 | Shaun Stafford | Il-Soon Kim- Jeong-Myung Lee |
Face In The Crowd
Like stockholders, they’re here every year to cultivate their investment
Yes, there are fans who’ve attended every Tennis Classic since 1989 when the purse was $25,000, and the crowds were slim.
Ethel Carter, and Miriam and Gil Harter were there in 1989 when Shawn Stafford won the first singles title, defeating the kid from Midland, Meredith McGrath, 6-3, 6-3.
The players have changed. They’re fitter, taller, more mobile. The game has changed. Baseline power duels are the new world order. The event has changed. It’s now an eight day Tennis Festival with educational/cultural outreach for 4,000 students, adults and families. And the crowds have changed. They’re bigger, noisier, more engaged.
As the season’s top sports/entertainment event, the tennis draws national media coverage on the Tennis Channel, and other major media outlets.
But for a growing number of faces in the crowd that have been there for the entire ride, theirs is the spirit of stewardship for professional tennis in Midland, Michigan, the USTA’s Best Tennis Town in the U.S.
Yes, there are fans who’ve attended every Tennis Classic since 1989 when the purse was $25,000, and the crowds were slim.
Ethel Carter, and Miriam and Gil Harter were there in 1989 when Shawn Stafford won the first singles title, defeating the kid from Midland, Meredith McGrath, 6-3, 6-3.
The players have changed. They’re fitter, taller, more mobile. The game has changed. Baseline power duels are the new world order. The event has changed. It’s now an eight day Tennis Festival with educational/cultural outreach for 4,000 students, adults and families. And the crowds have changed. They’re bigger, noisier, more engaged.
As the season’s top sports/entertainment event, the tennis draws national media coverage on the Tennis Channel, and other major media outlets.
But for a growing number of faces in the crowd that have been there for the entire ride, theirs is the spirit of stewardship for professional tennis in Midland, Michigan, the USTA’s Best Tennis Town in the U.S.
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