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The Boodles
Tournament information
Founded2002
LocationStoke Poges, Buckinghamshire
Great Britain
VenueStoke Park
CategoryExhibition
SurfaceGrass
WebsiteOfficial website

The Boodles Tennis Challenge (former Boodle and Dunthorne Champions Challenge) is an international five-day tennis exhibition held at Stoke Park in Buckinghamshire, England. In coordination with Boodles, a luxury jeweler, it was initially founded by veteran sports agent Patricio Apey as an event to help players hone their grass court skills in the lead-up to Wimbledon. It is played in a similar style to the AAMI Classic giving the players at least three matches each and allowing non competition players to appear in one match per a day. Over recent years Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Tim Henman, Marat Safin, James Blake, Andy Roddick, Fernando González, David Nalbandian, Novak Djokovic, Fernando Verdasco, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Andy Murray have all appeared. Since its inception, The Boodles has turned into a lifestyle event featuring British luxury brands such as Boodles, Veuve Clicquot and H.R. Owen.

Often described as an elegant English summer party around world class tennis,[citation needed] attendances are strictly limited to 1900 people per day to ensure every guest has a view of both the tennis and the jewellery on display.

Winners by year

Year Champion
2018 No champion declared
2017
2016
2015
2014 Netherlands Robin Haase
2013 Serbia Viktor Troicki
2012 Croatia Marin Čilić
2011 Spain David Ferrer
2010 France Gaël Monfils
2009 Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber
2008 Germany Nicolas Kiefer
2007 Spain Fernando Verdasco
2006 Russia Mikhail Youzhny
2005 Chile Fernando González
2004 Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
2003 Australia Mark Philippoussis
2002 Belarus Max Mirnyi

History

2015 event

Matches and results
Date Players Result
23 June 2015 Serbia Janko Tipsarevic (1) v France Lucas Pouille (1) 2-6, 6-4, [10-5]
Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber (1) v Netherlands Robin Haase (1) 7-6(5), 6-7(4), [10-7]
Serbia Dusan Lajovic (1) v United States John Isner (1) 6-3, 6-4
Czechoslovakia Lukas Rosol (1) v South Africa Kevin Anderson (1) 6-4, 1-6, [10-6]
24 June 2015 Spain Tommy Robredo (1) v Netherlands Robin Haase (2) 7-6(4), 6-2
Spain Fernando Verdasco (1) v Italy Fabio Fognini (1) 7-5, 6-3
Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber (2) v France Lucas Pouille (2) 7-6(4), 6-2
Spain Nicolas Almagro (1) v Czechoslovakia Lukas Rosol (2) 5-7, 7-4, [10-4]
25 June 2015 Netherlands Robin Haase (3) v Italy Fabio Fognini (2) 6-4, 7-5
Serbia Novak Djokovic (1) v France Richard Gasquet (1) 6-4, 6-7(4), [10-8]
United States John Isner (2) v Australia Thanasi Kokkinakis (1) 6-4, 6-4
Spain Fernando Verdasco (2) v Spain Tommy Robredo (2) 6-7(4), 6-2, [11-9]
26 June 2015 Spain Tommy Robredo (3) v United States Jack Sock (1) 6-4, 7-5
Germany Alexander Zverev (1) v Serbia Novak Djokovic (2) 6-4, 6-3
Spain Rafael Nadal (1) v NetherlandsRobin Haase (4) 6-4, 6-2
United States Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (1) v Germany Alexander Zverev / Mischa Zverev (1) 8-5 (Pro set)
27 June 2015 United States Taylor Fritz (1) v Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas (2) 6-4, 6-2
United States Jack Sock (2) v Spain Fernando Verdasco (3) 6-4, 6-4
France Cedric Pioline (1) v Croatia Goran Ivanisevic (1) 7-6(10–7)
Czechoslovakia Radek Stepanek (1) v Spain Nicolas Almagro (2) 6-4 6-7(5) [10-8]
2015 players

References