The Henderson Tennis Open is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor hard courts. The event is classified as a $60,000 ITF Women's Circuit tournament and also part of the USTA Pro Circuit calendar. It has been held in Las Vegas, United States, since 2009 and played at the Red Rock Country Club. It was previously played at the Darling Tennis Center, the former site of the ATP Tennis Channel Open.

Henderson Tennis Open
Current event 2022 Henderson Tennis Open
ITF Women's Tour
Event nameHenderson Tennis Open (2019–2022)
Red Rock Pro Open (2014–2018)
Party Rock Open (2012–2013)
Lexus of Las Vegas Open (2009–2011)
LocationHenderson, Las Vegas, United States
VenueWhitney Mesa Tennis Complex
CategoryITF Women's Circuit
SurfaceHard
Draw32S/32Q/16D
Prize money$60,000
WebsiteOfficial website

The tournament was founded by Tyler Weekes of Courtthink, LLC, who also serves as the co-tournament director along with Jordan Butler, a Las Vegas attorney and a WTA-certified player agent under his agency Agent Atleta.[1]

In the summer of 2012, Weekes met Redfoo (a.k.a. Stefan Gordy) of the hit techno group LMFAO and gave him a tennis lesson at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Weekes expressed concern that his tournament was in need of a new title sponsor and soon after Redfoo agreed to have his Party Rock line of clothing become the new title sponsor of the event.[2][3]

The Party Rock Open was held at Darling Tennis Center and featured a Cox Kids Day on the opening day of the tournament that was attended by more than 500 local Las Vegas children, as well as Redfoo.[4][5] The highlight of the tournament came on semifinal Saturday night when Redfoo participated in a flash mob and was joined by hundreds of kids on court before the evening session. He sang two of his hit songs, including Party Rock Anthem and Sexy and I Know It.[6]

The Party Rock Open is played the last week of September and was won in 2012 by 19-year-old American Lauren Davis, who beat fellow teenager Shelby Rogers in the final.[7]

In 2014, the tournament ended its two-year association with Redfoo and Party Rock Open, which also featured the Party Rock crew and a full-time Deejay on Center Court. As a result, the tournament name changed to the Red Rock Pro Open and the site of the tournament moved back to the Red Rock Country Club, where it was originally held between 2009 and 2011 as the Lexus of Las Vegas Open.

In 2019, the venue of the tournament was moved to the Dragonridge Country Club Tennis and Athletic Center in Henderson and subsequently the name of the tournament was changed to the Henderson Tennis Open.

In 2021, the tournament was moved to the Whitney Mesa Tennis Complex.

Past finals

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Singles

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
2023
tournament cancelled
2022   Yuan Yue   Diana Shnaider 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
2021   Emina Bektas   Lily Miyazaki 6–1, 6–1
2020
tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019   Mayo Hibi   Anhelina Kalinina 6–2, 5–7, 6–2
2018   Belinda Bencic   Nicole Gibbs 7–5, 6–1
2017   Sesil Karatantcheva   Elitsa Kostova 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
2016   Alison Van Uytvanck   Sofia Kenin 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2
2015   Michaëlla Krajicek   Shelby Rogers 6–3, 6–1
2014   Madison Brengle   Michelle Larcher de Brito 6–1, 6–4
2013   Melanie Oudin   CoCo Vandeweghe 5–7, 6–3, 6–3
2012   Lauren Davis   Shelby Rogers 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–2
2011   Romina Oprandi   Alexa Glatch 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2010   Varvara Lepchenko   Sorana Cîrstea 6–2, 6–2
2009   Regina Kulikova   Anikó Kapros 6–2, 6–2

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
2023
tournament cancelled
2022   Carmen Corley
  Ivana Corley
  Katarina Kozarov
  Veronika Miroshnichenko
6–2, 6–0
2021   Quinn Gleason
  Tereza Mihalíková
  Emina Bektas
  Tara Moore
7–6(7–5), 7–5
2020
tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019   Olga Govortsova
  Mandy Minella
  Sophie Chang
  Alexandra Mueller
6–3, 6–4
2018   Asia Muhammad
  Maria Sanchez
  Sophie Chang
  Alexandra Mueller
6–3, 6–4
2017   An-Sophie Mestach
  Laura Robson
  Sophie Chang
  Alexandra Mueller
7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–2)
2016   Michaëlla Krajicek
  Maria Sanchez
  Jamie Loeb
  Chanel Simmonds
7–5, 6–1
2015   Julia Boserup
  Nicole Gibbs
  Paula Cristina Gonçalves
  Sanaz Marand
6–3, 6–4
2014   Verónica Cepede Royg
  María Irigoyen
  Asia Muhammad
  Maria Sanchez
6–3, 5–7, [11–9]
2013   Tamira Paszek
  CoCo Vandeweghe
  Denise Mureşan
  Caitlin Whoriskey
6–4, 6–2
2012   Anastasia Rodionova
  Arina Rodionova
  Elena Bovina
  Edina Gallovits-Hall
6–2, 2–6, [10–6]
2011   Alexa Glatch
  Mashona Washington
  Varvara Lepchenko
  Melanie Oudin
6–4, 6–2
2010   Lindsay Lee-Waters
  Megan Moulton-Levy
  Irina Falconi
  Maria Sanchez
1–6, 7–5, [10–4]
2009   Anikó Kapros
  Agustina Lepore
  Kimberly Couts
  Lindsay Lee-Waters
6–2, 7–5

References

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  1. ^ "CourtThink Brings Tennis to The Strip At The Cosmopolitan-Las Vegas". 10s balls. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
  2. ^ "Musician Redfoo Backs USTA Pro Circuit's Party Rock Open". Tennis East Coast. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
  3. ^ "LMFAO's Redfoo: Party rocking on the court". US Open. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
  4. ^ "Redfoo at Party Rock Open tennis tournament". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
  5. ^ Gordy, Stefan (September 27, 2012). "Party Rock Open blog: Tournament sponsor Redfoo". United States Tennis Association. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
  6. ^ "Shelby Roger and Lauren Davis Will Meet at the Party Rock Open". 10s balls. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
  7. ^ "Party Rock Open". 10s balls. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
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