Vancouver Open
| Odlum Brown Vancouver Open | |||||||||
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| Founded | 2002 | ||||||||
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Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
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| Venue | Hollyburn Country Club | ||||||||
| Surface | Hard / Outdoor | ||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||
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| Category | ATP Challenger Tour |
| Draw | 32S (32Q) / 16D (0Q) |
| Prize money | $100,000 |
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| Category | ITF Women's Circuit |
| Draw | 32S (32Q) / 16D (0Q) |
| Prize money | $100,000 |
The Vancouver Open, currently sponsored as Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour, and of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Circuit. It is held at the Hollyburn Country Club in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The event was hosted continuously from 2002 to 2015, but will return in 2017 after a one-year hiatus.
The inaugural Odlum Brown Vancouver Open took place in the summer of 2002, in the Jericho Tennis Club, before it eventually moved to the Hollyburn Country Club, in West Vancouver, for the 2005 edition. Started as a $25,000 ITF Women's Circuit event, the Van Open saw the victory of eventual World No. 1 Maria Sharapova over Laura Granville in 2002, and of then-Junior World No. 1 and French Open girls' singles champion Anna-Lena Grönefeld in 2003.
The following year, Tennis Canada and Tennis BC (tennis' governing body in British Columbia) joined to bring the event to the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour as a $110,000 Tier V event. Czech qualifier, and eventual top ten member Nicole Vaidišová won the singles final over 2002 runner-up Laura Granville, becoming, as World No. 180, the lowest-ranked player to win a tour title during the 2004 WTA Tour season, and at 15 years, 3 months, and 23 days, the sixth youngest player to win a professional title in tour history.
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